Life Is A Highway

Save Your Tears

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"Rise and shine, sleepy head!!!"

Korra stiffened and groggily squinted her eyes away from the morning sun. Well, evening sun. The bartender knew it was every bit of a couple of hours after two o'clock. Despite that, she still wanted to stay in. If she had it her way, she'd be sleeping until midnight, but she knew that was out of the question. They were packed from the day before to leave tomorrow morning and the only plans she had were sleeping in, munching on pizza and re-routing their way to the cabin with Asami. Why couldn't Opal just let things be?

"Opal, close the curtains." She groaned and turned on her stomach, face first into her pillow. She tugged at the sheets that she and Asami shared to shield her from any leaking sunlight.

"Oh, no you don't." Opal snatched the covers off of the upper half of her body. "Get up. The rest of us are already half dressed."

Turning her head, Korra peaked at what her friends were wearing and took note that they were going for a casual-flashy look. They looked far too presentable for them to just be having a regular outing. Something was up.

Korra grunted at thought and to everyone's surprise, she actually sat up a bit and stretched inwards. "Fine, fine," She yawned. "I'm up."

Opal came behind her, not missing the opportunity and smacked her on the ass as she headed for the door, causing Korra to yelp in surprise. "Atta girl! Considering what I have planned, you won't regret getting up."

The main door clicked as it shut and Korra only blushed furiously as she sat back on her backside all the way. "I've been violated." She said blankly.

"She...has the tendency to get carried away," Bolin hissed unapologetically. "sorry."

"I can see that."

Korra flipped the rest of her covers away and headed for the bathroom door, prepared to let Asami know that she needed to finish up. On her way there, she bumped into a weirdly chipper Mako. She was ready to snap at him, her face twisted into a scowl, but when he stopped and looked at her apologetically, she eased up.

"My bad," He said as he plucked an earbud from his ear. "you okay?"

Korra averted her gaze away from him. After their constant bickering on Friday night, she hadn't had the courage to say anything positive to him. "Uhm, yea, yea. I'm good. I should probably watch where I'm going." She sheepishly admitted.

Chuckling, he half shrugged his left shoulder. "It's fine. Not like I was paying much attention either."

Korra nodded, awkwardly holding her towel close to her. She didn't know what to say. Rarely, she was ever at a loss for words, it seemed like it was one of those rare moments. She only eyed the taller man from the shoulders down, still disregarding his hard and intense gaze. Caving, Korra decided that she should at least apologize.

"Uhm, look, I'm sorry for...the other day...or whatever." She battered around the bush.