Complex Situations

Chapter 1) In Which Foreshadowing is Obvious

         The sun slowly creeps over the horizon, leaving a warm colourful path in its wake. It inches higher and higher as if someone was pulling it out of its eternal slumber. It's graceful rays appear on my face as it continues its advance into the waiting sky. I squeeze my eyes close, feeling the warmth fill through my body. A light breeze gently flutters over my warm skin. I hum appreciatively into the still dawn, wishing that I could wake up like this every morning and that this moment would never end. I lay in the comfortable grass for a few long moments enjoying the solitude and the peace it brings along with it.

All of the sudden, a high pitched 𝑏𝑒𝑒𝑝 cut through the silence like a knife. I jumped slightly, scared out of my wits before realizing that it was just my ear communicator. I groan at the beep and ignore it, she could wait for just a little longer. As if the com could hear my rebellious thoughts, it beeped again, a higher pitch with a louder tone. I groan again while sitting up slowly. My back pops quite loudly while I grin in satisfaction. Nothing quite feels as good as stretching after staying still for a while. I pause, well, that can be debatable. I grin again, slightly bigger this time.

I press the button on my earpiece and my ear is instantly greeted with yelling from the other side. I sigh, swinging my legs over each other into a pretzel. (Basically Criss Cross Apple Sauce). Droning out the obnoxiously loud voice from my communicator, I drag my eyes back over to the cloudy skies once again. "Azuri!, are you even listening to me?!", the voice squawks in frustration. "Yes, El, I am listening", I respond back with a slight hint of annoyance. "Well", the voice huffs, "What did I say just now?". "You were saying how much you hate our squad captain for giving you more paperwork than he usually does, correct?" I already know this answer of course but the reply just brings a smile to my face.

I hear a muffled scream of rage coming from my earpiece. I openly smirk feeling her frustration from miles away. "Not fair!", Ella pauses midway of her rant for a breather, " You can use your freaky MIND POWERS to remember anything without even having to listen to it!". I inhale quickly in exasperation. "I'm freaky, Ms. I-didn't-wanna-do-my-paperwork-so-imma-just-light-it-on-fire?", I respond back with a retort.

"ZURI!, that was such a long time ago!". No, it was not, that was only a few weeks ago, she is so forgetful. "Are you ever going to let it go?", she interrupts my thought process, frustrating me further. "Nope!", I say, popping the p. "Letting it go is only for bipolar ice princesses who almost murder their sisters." I pause for a moment thinking. Didn't Elsa try to kill her twice? "Twice", I retort sassily. I hear a breathy sigh from my com. "Azuri, I swear I am not letting you near another Disney Movie. Especially the Disney Princesses", Ella responds a light sigh following her words. 

 I think for a moment. There is one Disney Princess movie I haven't seen yet that I have been wanting to see for ages. My friend Ella-May is a Disney Movie Fanatic, seeing the movie before it's even in theaters. I've seen the trailer and I think the movie looks extremely interesting. If only I could remember the name...

"Ella?", I say with a slight questioning tone, "What's the movie with the rebellious nerd who dates a monster with a weird rose obsession while dancing with kitchen appliances who are obviously high? The princess was called..", I pause thinking. "Alarm? or was it Chime?", a voice cuts off my question. "AZURI!, you better not be talking about princess Belle in Beauty and the Beast!?!?". 

So that's what her name is, I knew it had something to do with noise. I mean, her voice sounds like an alarm for my sensitive ears. I cringe, remembering the Beauty and the Beast movie trailer songs. "Uh, I'm pretty sure that's what the movie is called", I respond. I murmur to myself, "But if that's what is called a beauty than I am the ruler of the world." 

As soon as those words drop from my mouth, I hear deafening silence from my com. 

I curse silently, reprimanding myself for even thinking of those cursed words. I forgot how sensitive Ella is about Disney princesses. Ella-May has been obsessed with them since she was little. They have been her role models for the longest, and I have just insulted one of her favorites. I wince, I have made a grave mistake...

Suddenly, I hear incoherent babbling noises increasing in sound and volume from my com. As soon as I heard that I knew she was heated. I snorted, heated, perfectly describes the pyrokinetic. "AZURI!!!", Ella screeched into my ear. I decided right then and there that I was not going to have this rant her rant right now. 

I don't need her to further damage my eardrums. I cut her off, "Gotta go, cya later you crazy pyromaniac." "AZ-", I ended the call. I snickered to myself for a while before sobering up as I realized that as soon as I got back, I would be in for a huge lecture. I sighed and stood up. I smiled as the familiar popping sound of my back filled my ears. I take back what I said earlier. Nothing is better than stretching after sitting still for a while. I straighten out my blue shirt while brushing off any excess dust from my navy leggings and I start to jog at a slow pace back to the base.

I mean...

What's the rush?