On yourself

"Lulu, have you seen Nine? I can't find him anywhere?" asked Dom as he walked into the kitchen to see Lulu who was drinking a cup of water.

"I have tried calling him, but he isn't picking" said Dom.

"Oh he went out to get me something" said Lulu with a smile.

"Get you what exactly?" asked Dom with a suspicious look on his face.

"Oh just a very expensive lipstick that is on a sale today" said Lulu with a smile.

"You can't be doing that Lulu, you can't send Nine on errands just because you know he won't say no" said Dom with a sigh as he shook his head.

"Hey, it's not my fault that he loves me so much, besides, it's a one in a time thing" said Lulu.

"Lulu, I don't want you troubling Nine just because you know he has a soft spot for you" said Dom.

"Yeah, yeah I get it, but it's only this once, I need that lipstick, you don't know how expensive it was Dom, like seriously, and it all melted into a puddle of red" said Lulu as she sniffed.

"And whose fault is that? I always tell you not to leave important things on the dashboard of a car" said Dom.

"I didn't leave it, I forgot it, you should sympathize with me" said Lulu.

"No Lulu, I should be the one upset here, your melted lipstick glued to the dashboard and hardened there, I had to go get it removed" said Dom.

"You are just being unfair Dom, it was an accident" said Lulu.

"Just what is going on here?" asked Natasha as she heard the loud voices coming from the kitchen as she saw Dom and Lulu in there and they seemed to be arguing.

"Dom is bullying me Natasha, that's what" said Lulu as she whined to Natasha, as if reporting Dom to her.

"Why are you bullying her?" asked Natasha as she looked at Dom.

"Can you at least ask her what happened first?" asked Dom as Natasha looked at Lulu, honestly, she didn't want to get caught up in this whole sibling fight mess, but she was already in it.

"What happened?" asked Natasha as Dom gestured that Lulu tell the story anyway she wanted, it would not change the fact that he was right.

"Well I went out with Dom's car a few days ago, and I left my expensive lipstick on the dashboard and it melted due to the extreme heat" said Lulu.

"Now Dom is blaming me for being careless and messy since it got stuck to the dashboard and he had to go get it fixed" said Lulu.

"He's right you know Lulu, makeup on a hot day in a car is not a good setting" said Natasha.

"You should have been more careful" said Natasha.

"Thank you, that's exactly what I was trying to say" said Dom.

"Okay, okay, fine I get it, gosh" said Lulu.

"Fine, I apologize, I will be more careful" said Lulu.

"Thank you Lulu, that Is all I needed to hear" said Dom as Lulu walked out of the kitchen as Dom followed after her and Natasha shook her head, it was times like these that she was happy she was an only child, siblings could get on each other's nerves sometimes.

…

"Why did I let Lulu talk me into going to by lipstick for her?" asked Nine to himself in a regretful tone as he stood in the store aisle that was solely dedicated to makeup.

"You brought this on yourself Nine, you should have said no" said Nine to himself as he sighed, searching the shelves one by one, until he finally caught sight of an entire shelf that was filled with different lipsticks as he stood in front of them.

There were different brands, with different colours, different prices, different shades, it was as annoying as annoying could be.

Nine was perplexed to say the least, he wondered why women would need so much of his products, he felt like a fish out of water, he didn't even know the lipstick that Lulu wanted.

In the midst of his misery, Nine was trying so hard to recollect the lipstick that Lulu wanted him to get for her, that he did not notice several women in the aisle looking at him as they laughed and walked passed him.

Not like Nine minded at all, he just wanted to get in, and get out, as simple as that.

"Jen, this will be perfect" said a woman as she showed Jennifer a glossy lipstick.

"Yeah, I think so" said Jennifer with a smile as she looked up only to be surprised to see Nine standing in the aisle looking at lipsticks as she recognized him immediately.

"Come on, let's go" said the woman as she smiled.

"Wait a minute, you can go ahead, I will catch up to you later" said Jennifer with a smile as the woman agreed and walked away.

"I didn't know that you bought makeup Mr. White" said Jennifer as she walked to Nine who turned to look at her.

"I don't usually, but my little sister asked me to buy some for her" said Nine as he replied, he recognized her as Joy's teacher, and they had met on a few occasions.

"Oh I see" said Jennifer.

"But you look rather confused" she said.

"I am, I don't know which lipstick she wants" said Nine.

"Don't you have a picture?" asked Jennifer.

"I did, but my phone died" replied Nine, considering the fact that he just dropped everything to attend to Lulu, he had forgotten to charge his phone, and It died on him.

"Oof, that's tough" said Jennifer.

"Tell me about It" replied Nine.

"I have a portable charger and a power bank, I can lend it to you if you want" said Jennifer.

"That would be great" said Nine.

"Here" said Jennifer with a smile as she looked through her handbag and she handed Nine a charger as he plugged it to his phone as it immediately switched on.

"It's on" said Nine as he went to his texts and got the photo of the lipstick that Lulu sent him as he also happened to receive another message from Dom.

"I got it, thanks for your help Miss Honey" said Nine as he removed the charger and he handed it back to her.

"You are welcome" replied Jennifer with a smile as she walked away.

Nine picked out the lipstick that Lulu needed as he looked at the price and he was surprised, doubting if Lulu was sure that this lipstick was on a sale today.

Nine just walked away, shaking his head, never again would he allow Lulu make him buy her makeup again.

…

Nine entered into his car as he remembered that he saw a message from Dom telling him about a meeting he had with a client.

Nine wrapped Lulu's lipstick with the plastic and he threw it to the back seat, he didn't want it melting again.

Nine started his car as he drove off.

...

Nine drank his coffee as the waited for the client to show up, he had been here for the past thirty minutes, he was starting to get annoyed.

Nine checked his phone that was still dead, maybe Dom had sent a message that the client had cancelled, today was just not his day.

"Mom Is going to love this" said a brown haired woman with a smile.

"I know right" said Jennifer as she laughed and replied while sipping her coffee.

"I still think we should have chosen a darker colour" said the woman.

"No, no, this colour is the best, you know Mom will end up complaining if it's too dark" said Jennifer as she laughed.

"Yes, yes, you are right, I agree" said the woman as she laughed and her phone beeped.

"Oh I need to go now Jen, see you at home" said the woman as she stood up.

"See you Bea" said Jen with a smile as her sister left and Jennifer looked at her phone as she frowned and stood up to get some more sugar.

Nine sighed as he stood up, there was no point waiting here while it was clear that no one was coming.

Nine pulled out his chair as he did no notice that there was someone behind him and he accidentally bumped into her, which caused her to drop her coffee as it spilled all over the floor.

"Aww…" said Jennifer as she looked down at her spilt coffee which got on her shoes.

"I am so sorry" said Nine as he turned around only to be surprised to see Jennifer here as well.

She wasn't following him, and neither was he following here, this just happened to be some sort of coincidence.

"It's fine…" said Jennifer as she looked up and she was surprised to see Nine… again.

"I am starting to think that you are following me Mr. White" said Jennifer as she looked at him, what were the odds, and on top of that, he made her spill her coffee.

"I'm not, I am honestly surprised to bump into you… again" said Nine.

"That makes the both of us" said Jennifer as a waiter came to clean up the spill.

"Let me buy you a coffee, to make up for this one" said Nine.

"Sure" said Jennifer as she smiled and she spoke to the waiter.

"You can sit here if you want" said Nine.

"Aren't you here with someone?" asked Jennifer.

"No, the client didn't show up" said Nine as Jennifer sat down and Nine sat down across her.

"I wasn't paying attention to where I was going, I apologize" said Nine apologetically.

"It's alright Mr. White, accidents do happen" said Jennifer with a smile as she thanked the waiter who gave her, her coffee.

"Thank you once again for helping me back at the store" said Nine.

"You are welcome, this must be my nice reward for helping you" said Jennifer as she laughed and Nine just smiled.

"I guess It is Miss Honey" said Nine with a smile.

"Oh please don't call me Miss. Honey, only my students call me that" said Jennifer as she smiled.

"You can just call me Jennifer, or even Jen, everyone calls me Jen" said Jennifer with a smile.

"Alright Jennifer" said Nine as he smiled.