Flicker - Chris Sturniolo

Fight or Flight

"Alora if you don't answer your damn phone I'm going to chuck both it and you across the fucking room," Miya yelled at me before taking her pillow and throwing it over her face.

Groaning I sat up and finally reached for it. Lance Sterling was written across the top of my screen. If someone asked me why Lance was calling me at 7 am on a Saturday I don't think I'd ever be able to come up with an answer.

"Hello?" I answered after my phone rang for the 4th time.

"Rise and shine sleeping beauty!" Lance practically shouted making me pull the phone away from my ear.

"Dude, it is 4 in the fucking morning over in LA why are you up, and more importantly why did you wake me up?" I said throwing my head back onto my pillow.

Lance Sterling was my manager. He figure out every little problem that stood in the way of my career and made sure it was solved. He is the absolute base of my job and without him, I probably wouldn't be anywhere close to where I am now, but at times like this I realize he really has no perspective on time.

"Well if you must know sunshine you have a flight to catch tonight back on over to LA because someone has a show Wednesday night." I might have been listening, but I was barely comprehending a word that he spoke.

"And why exactly do I have to be there for this said show?"

"Alora sweetheart you are the one with a show. I managed to book you a show to finally close off the tour the way the fans wanted."

"Alright alright, whatever I'll see you tonight or tomorrow or maybe never." I wanted this phone call to be over. I was mentally yelling at myself for not just hanging up and knocking back out.

"Alora are you even listening to me?" Lance asked clearly annoyed

"Lance Matthew Sterling it is seven in the morning. I haven't even had a chance to breathe yet. Do you really think I'm listening?" I was growing more and more tired of this conversation as every second passed.

"I'll call you at noon, but remember I called you now and tried to tell you the plan so you have absolutely no right to be mad at me later. You hear me?"

"Sure thank you now please for the sake of everyone get some sleep Lance I'll talk to you later." I clicked the red button that was calling my name and tried to go back to sleep.

It felt as if I only was asleep for 5 minutes before Miya started shaking me to wake up.

Miya Aoki and I have been attached at the hip ever since she offered me some of her goldfish in kindergarten. Who knew that goldfish would be the start of a bond so unbreakable? There hasn't been a moment in my life where I don't remember her being by my side. Whatever she did I did with her, and whatever I did she did with me. When I felt alone she reminded me that she was by my side. Miya was everything I needed in life and more. I knew that no matter the situation I could turn to her cause she would tell me what I needed to hear.

"I swear if you are waking me up to tell me Lance is calling me again just kill me now," I mumbled pulling the blankets up over myself.

"Fine guess I'll go get McDonald's hash-browns by myself." She grumbled and I felt the weight next to me disappear.

In a matter of milliseconds, I was up and ready to go. If there was one thing about me it was that I would never EVER turn down a chance to get breakfast from McDonald's.

"I'm up I'm up. Let's go."

"I'll go get my keys!" Miya said while running out of my room

As I was putting socks on I heard my phone start to vibrate on my bed. Walking over I looked at the screen to see that Cillian was FaceTiming me. Smiling I answered the phone.