Flying Freedom (ON HOLD)

Chapter 53

I wake up to a warm embrace. Wait, when did I fall asleep? I open my eyes a smidge and see the clock reading 3:23 am. Sighing, I try to sit up, but a restraint keeps me held down. I glance down to see Preston's arm draped over my waist. Seriously, I'm glad he isn't awake or he'd see me blushing like a tomato. I still can't believe Twi made us do this... I inch my way out and stand up, not feeling tired anymore. It's like my nerves are all super energized for some odd reason. Meh, probably nothing. I open the door only to find myself drenched in icy cold water. Shrieking as loud as possible, I glare when my friends step around the corner. Preston laughs from behind me. I guess he wasn't asleep after all! Twi opens her door to see what the problem was and gets the same fate as me. She lets out a bloodcurdling scream before shoving Mitch out of the room in anger. Slamming the door in his face, she turns on her mindcom to full. I mentally click on her icon.

'Why did they do that?!?' She rages. 'WHAT. WAS. THAT?!?' I can hear loud banging sounds coming from the room, almost like furniture is being thrown around. The door flies open and Twi runs out, followed by a giant hairy spider. Lachlan laughs, showing us the remote control. Seriously, man? Not funny. I feel an itch on top of my head and reach up. There's something furry up there.... I scream and shake my head, flying into the air. I bang into the doorway and almost fall over the railing of the stairs before Preston grabs my arm and prevents me from flying off. He reaches up and pulls a bee plushie out of my hair. Okay, now I'm just embarrassed. The bee is super cute, with kawaii shading and a cute little smile. That thing could never hurt anyone! I blush as I look the thing over, and it just keeps getting even cuter. Seriously, little sparkly wings and tiny feet? You can't just do that - Ken from Life In the Dreamhouse would faint upon seeing it! Unicity's currently huddled in a corner while Jerome parades around in a Chewbacca mask, but she doesn't know that - she thinks he's some kind of mutant beast or something. Lachlan runs over and shoves Jerome out of the way before picking her up into his arms. Oooooohhh... that's new! Flit's eyes widen in sadness before she clears her throat and looks away. Unicity gets dropped on her butt as Lachlan leans over to give Flit a hug.

"LACHLAN! It is rude to drop a LADY on the floor on her bum! Have you no manners?" Unicity whines from the floor. Lachlan shrugs as Jerome makes his way over to Flit. She sees him and squeals, jumping onto Lachlan and knocking him over. Ooh, that's an awkward pose... The rest of us look around, trying to seem not too interested when we really just want a seat and popcorn to watch this happen. Unicity stands up and walks over to Flit before pushing her away.

"Flit! You should know better!!!" She scolds.

"I... um.... it was only an accident..." Flit whispers, looking down at the floor.

"Fine, but please refrain yourself from attacking a guy next time. Do it to Peony if you must," Unicity shrugs.

"Heeeeuuuuuuh??? Why ME?!?" Peony shrieks. We all giggle as she thinks it over for a moment. "Oh, well I guess it's only fair since I do that to you guys all the time..." we nod in unison.

"Anyway, now that THAT happened, what do you say we all eat breakfast and go gift shopping?" Unicity asks, still rubbing her aching butt. Lachlan shouldn't have dropped her - she'll make sure he regrets it!

"Sure, I saw this really kawaii Japanese store not too far from here!" Twi grins.

"You DID?!?" I squeal, turning to look at her.

"YEAHHHH!!!" She squeals back. We both jump around in excitement before diving off of the stairway to the kitchen. I snap my wings open and land almost as if I had simply been walking. Twi lands on a small pebble and shrieks. Ooh, that's gotta hurt! She jumps around on one leg before throwing the poor stone across the room. It knocks over Jerome's microphone and the whole thing goes crashing to the ground. Jerome protests and nearly trips over himself while rushing down the stairs. Sheepishly grinning, Twi snaps her fingers and the microphone places itself back onto the table nicely. With another snap, the microphone gets a cute face on it which says 'ごめんなさい' (sorry). He shrugs.