On the Ledge of Retrograde

Chapter 12: Sleeping Beauty

Cammie's POV

"So what movie are we going to be watching Miss Shannon B?" I say as Shannon comes back up the stairs with popcorn and pop.

"Well since it's almost like you've never even seen any movies before I thought we would start with the classics. Disney Princesses."

"Okay, I'm down with that, but you didn't answer my question. What movie are we going to be watching."

"You'll see." She says with mischievous grin.

"But Shaaaaaan," I whine and throw a pillow from her bed I'm sitting on at her.

She dodges it, sets the snacks down and chastises me by saying, "You're going to have to do better than that Cam."

I jump up from her bed running at her with a pillow. I reach her and start hitting her with the pillow while she squeals.

"Cam, this isn't fair! I don't have a pillow."

"That's to bad," I say somewhat maniacally. Next thing I know, Shannon grabs the pillow out of my hands and tackles me on to the bed.

"Shan let me go," I scream and giggle. She's on her back and I'm on top of her, but she's got her arms wrapped around my stomach sufficiently keeping me in her grasp.

I eventually wiggle free and she flops back on the bed sighing.

"I'm tired," she complains.

"I know the poor baby needs her rest," I pat her head and sit up with my back against the head board. I hear her say hey after my comment but ignore it and ask "Can we pleeeease start the movie?"

"Not until you say sorry," Shannon says while crossing her arms and sticking her lower lip out; still lying on the bed.

"But what ever did I do to you?" I say mocking innocence.

She looks up at me with a frowning expressing acting full heartedly like a two year old.

"You called me a baby."

"I'm sorry I called you a baby, because really you're acting more like a toddler now. Can we just start the movie?"

"Fine," Shannon says breaking out of her two year old character and she gets up and gives me a kiss on the cheek causing me to blush. Then, she goes over to her computer and starts playing the movie on the TV, but pauses it at the beginning.

She walks over bringing the popcorn and pop with her and says, "Alright this movie is called Sleeping Beauty I personally enjoy it a lot, although not as much as Peter Pan,"she adds off-handedly.

"What's it about?"

"A girl named Aurora who gets pricked with a spinning wheel on her finger." Shannon comes and sits down with me.

"Oww I say holding and looking at my own finger,"

Shannon starts the movie and we lean up against each other in comfortable silence. I watch as a King and Queen throw a celebration for their beautiful baby. Then, when it seems that everything was perfect the evil witch/fairy shows up and curses the baby.

"Sweet princess, if through this wicked witch's trick, a spindle should your finger prick... a ray of hope there still may be in this, the gift I give to thee. Not in death, but just in sleep, the fateful prophecy you'll keep. And from this slumber you shall wake, when true love's kiss, the spell shall break." Says a small fairy on the screen over the baby.