Liquid Courage

Oh No//Ch10

Amber's P.O.V.

It had been a few days since Karen had taken me shopping and now I was sitting in a chair at a salon getting our hair done after we had gotten our nails done.

Amber's nails were dark blue with little flecks of gold that made it look like a beautiful night sky. They were a soft olive shape that was round but still, they looked like they could kill.  She was so happy with how they turned out. She instantly took pictures of them.

My nails were a soft nod to the masks and that of my favorite Greek tail. My nails were a dark maroon color with soft black tips in a coffin nail shape. I smiled when I saw them finished and when I showed them to Karen she was enamored by how simple and pretty they were.

While we were deciding on hair we talked about what would look best with our dress. Karen went for an updo that had a few loose hairs and a couple of pieces of charms that matched her jewelry and her makeup was a soft airbrushed look with sharp eyeliner.

For my hair, we ended up choosing a little more free-flowing look that framed my face in waves but still kept it a little more out of my face and a charm crown look that kept the strands in place. My makeup was a soft maroon look that was perfect and went along with my nails and dress pulling it together well.

It was now a few hours before the mascarade party. We had decided to get ready together in order to help each other out if needed as Alisa was out on a date and Nathan was working on something he wasn't exactly up to tell me what it was and I was scared to possibly get stuck or something, Although I had tried on my dress at the shop I still knew there were risks of zipper failure and other issues only added to the fact that most of the products at that shop are used. 

Together I and Karen helped each other get into our dresses and like I thought of course the zipper got stuck but Karen got it fixed with quick thinking. We happily laughed and talked as we got everything together and on. 

As I heard a knock on the door I glanced at Karen who was in the middle of putting on her shoes. So I made my way to the door joyfully. Opening the door I was startled to see my ex-boyfriend Stephan Boyde the asshole scientist who experimented on his girlfriend because his lab wouldn't fund him enough for the experiment. 

I hadn't yet put on my shoes so it made it easy to kick the door shut and wire it shut with sludge. I called out to Karen telling her we had to leave. When I walked into her room she looked at me confused but I didn't have time to explain and she saw the panic and seriousness on my face. She grabbed what she could and we quickly ran out the back way only to just hear the door being slammed in and Stephan instantly screaming out for me. 

I made a quick call to Foggy who frustratingly didn't answer. 

"Ugh for fucks sake Foggy" I grumbled as we ran. Karen sorta out of breath told me to call Matt. Without question, I called him and to my surprise, he answered on the first call. I and Karen stopped for a moment allowing us to catch our breaths a little while I put on my shoes and explain what just happened to Matt.

He quickly tells us to head to his apartment which to our luck wasn't too far away and oddly close to my apartment. I shook my head and had Karen lead me there while I kept Matt on the phone just in case something were to happen. 

Once we arrived at his door he quickly let us in and offered us some water. He asked me a few questions and once I said Stephans name Matt's face morphed for only a split moment before he shook his head and grabbed his phone calling Foggy who of course had answered. 

I give Foggy a little bit of shit for not picking up when I called him only to receive a slightly hurt look from Matt before Foggy said he was at Matt's apartment now. 

As he entered the apartment Foggy noted how nice I and Karen looked. I glared at him slightly before finally taking a second to look at Matt and it was hard not to slightly drool at a dressed-up Matt. I mean don't get me wrong he dresses nice for work but damn did he look good for a black tie event. Although I'll admit I smiled when I saw a dark maroon tie instead of a black one. 

When everyone took a minute we decided to call the cops and then go to the mascarade ball. When we talked to the cops they said they would look for my ex and see if there is any issues with Karen's apartment although they recommended that we both stay somewhere else for a little bit just to make sure that we are safe. I quickly questioned why I had to stay somewhere else and they mentioned that it was my ex and he was after me and for now, we have no clue what he knows. 

We discussed who would stay where and we decided Karen would stay with Foggy and I would stay with Matt. We decided that after the mascarade we would figure out what to grab and hopefully be able to grab it.