Beneath the surfaces

Ugh!! Why won't this stupid alarm stop ringing!'' Ariana groaned as she covered her head with two pillows. Her alarm clock hasn't gone off for the past five minutes and it was pissing her off.''Gosh, I need my beauty sleep''she yawned reaching her hand for the alarm clock which was on a small cupboard by the left side of her bed to put it off.

''ARIANA!! Don't you think it's time to get out of that bed?'' Shouted a woman a seventy-year-old woman named Alice

''You should get out of that bed if you don't want to be late for work'' she added.

''Grandma, I want more sleep!!'' Ariana groaned tossing and turning on the bed.

''Fine...it's your job. Do whatever you want'' Alice shrugged.

Alice wasn't Ariana's biological grandmother. In fact Ariana doesn't know who are biological parents are.Alice picked her up on the street wrapped in a blanket and laid on the floor 17 years ago. She was just four months old when she was picked up. Alice decided to raise the poor baby and named her Ariana.She lied to Ariana telling her that her parents lost their lives in a car crash so she had to take her in.

''Grandma, could you prepare a simple breakfast for me'' Ariana shouted from her room.

''Come downstairs and prepare it yourself'' Her Grandma replied with a small smirk.She hummed softly as she stirred her cup of coffee.Ariana and her grandmother lived in a very small house.They were poor so Ariana had to combine school and part time jobs to support her grandmother and make ends meet.

Ariana who was still tossing on her bed glanced at the wall clock and gasped immediately.

'' Oh my God...I'm fucking late!'' she shrieked jumping out of bed and grabbing her towel.

''Shit! Mr.Geoffrey will kill me for coming late the fourth time this week'' she groaned taking her pajamas off at a fast speed. She threw them at different corners of the room and bolted to the bathroom.

Ariana turned on the knob of the shower but no water came out.

''What's going on?'' She asked turning the knob aggressively, tapping her right feet repeatedly. It finally dawned on her that there was no water. She leaned her back on the wall of the bathroom in despair brushing her hair backwards with her right hand.

She opened the bathroom door pissed to find her grandma with two pails filled with water beside her.

''I figured out the water in the bathroom wasn't coming out so I fetched this from the tap aside so you wouldn't waste more time'' Alice spoke, placing her left had on her waist.

''Oh Grandma! You are such a life saver!'' Ariana replied happily grabbing the pails, transferring them to the bathroom.

''Whatever.'' Her grandmother replied rolling her eyes.

''You better hurry up. You are pretty late. I've also made sandwiches for you to pack'' she continued

''I thought you said I should prepare it myself'' Ariana smiled sheepishly teasing her grandma.

''I changed my mind.''Alice frowned.

''You still have time to chat with me...uh?? ''

"Stinky brat"

''You better make your bath quick or your boss might fire you this time Alice scolded Ariana while walking out of her room and closing the door behind her.

Ariana brushed her teeth and took her bath as fast as she could.She rushed out of the bathroom, cleaned her self with a towel, flung it aside not minding the direction it went to.She began to search for her clothes hastily.

''What do I wear?...What do I wear?'' Ariana mumbled repeatedly throwing clothes in different direction of her room.She finally selected a faded baggy jeans with a white top and a baggy Jean jacket. She threw them on quickly and put on her worn-out white canvas.She didn't bother to do anything about her hair.She just wiped it dry with a towel and threw a white cap over head.

She grabbed her Tote bag from the door knob, threw in the important things she needed and dashed out of her room.

''Easy..Easy'' Her grandma cautioned as she sighted her running down the stairs at full speed.

Ariana grabbed her packaged sandwich from the small table in the kitchen, kissed her grandmother on the check and ran out through the back door.

''Good bye Grandma!'' She shouted as she hoped on her bicycle and sped off.As she rode, she found it hard to answer to greetings of people in the neighbourhood due to her time. After 15 minutes of riding,she reached the restaurant where she worked as a waitress.She got down from the bike, parked it and peeped through the window.

''How come there are so much people already?'' Ariana lamented looking through the glass window.Unknown to her, her boss Mr.Geoffrey already sighted her looking through the window. He scoffed in annoyance crossing his arms.

Ariana walked to the back door of the restaurant trying to sneak into the kitchen.She tiptoed to the other side of the kitchen but unfortunate for her, she bumped into her boss while tiptoeing.

She looked up slowly to meet an angry expression on her boss's face.Ariana gave a sheepish smile in return and ran past her boss.

''Rodriguez!! We aren't done talking'' Mr.Geoffrey yelled turning to the direction she ran swiftly.

''We were never talking!'' Ariana answered as she ran.

'' Gosh why am I still keeping her'' Mr.Geoffrey sighed face palming himself.

''Girl you are late...again! This is the fourth time this week'' Daya , Ariana's co waitress stated.

''She's always late'' Another waitress Kate scoffed rolling her eyes.

''Mind your freaking business...Bimbo'' Ariana fired with a glare.

''What did you just call me?!!''

''I called you a freaking Bimbo...Bimbo'' Ariana replied with a smirk.

''How dare you!!!'' Kate fumed tightening her fist.

''Guys...this is not the time for this'' Daya cautioned.

''We have a lot of customers today, we shouldn't be doing this. And Ariana...you just got in. It's too early to start causing trouble.''

''Whatever'' Ariana replied rolling her eyes.

''Just tell this bimbo to stop meddling in my business.''

''For Pete's sake Ariana stop calling Kate a bimbo'' Daya scolded.

''Go in...change your clothes then come take this order'' Ordered Daya.

''Mr.Geoffrey mustn't walk in here and meet you like this.''

''And Kate, stop interfering in Ariana's business. You know she hates it when you do'' Daya continued. Kate murmured something to herself in response and walked out of the kitchen. Ariana glared at her hard as she walked out and headed for the changing room