The Zodiac War

Chapter 3

  "If I'm gonna be here, might as well make some allies," Rose thought, acting as if she was planning out a battle strategy. Rosalie leans forward in her airplane seat, trying to make eye contact with Jessica. Jessica looks up from her book for a split second, then notices Rose staring.

  "May I help you, honey?" she acknowledged in a sassy tone.

  "No ma'am. I'm fine," Rose replied, sitting in an upright position, "Just wanted to make a friend."

"Well try one of the people who want friends. I'm fine, thanks, hon," Jessica growled, returning to her book, The Call of the Wild. Rose noticed this.

"Call of the Wild? Really?"

"Got a problem with it?" Jess snapped.

"No. It's my favorite book," Rose responded calmly.

"Oh, okay. Um... Sorry, I guess," Jess sighed, "Not used to making friends." Rosalie smiled warmly at Jessica, helping Jessica relax in this new situation.

  "I'll leave you to reading, Jessica. Unless you wanna talk about our periods or something, ya know. Bonding and shit," Rose decided, getting up from her seat to socialize.

  "I ain't gonna talk about my period with you, but I'll come with you to meet others. It'd be good to make some allies."

  "I have a feeling we will be good friends."

-=+=-

  "What do you two want from me?" Blue hissed as Rosalie and Jessica approached him. Spafina padded up to join them.

  "Money. Nah, but we do wanna socialize with ya. Well, we are actually kinda being forced to be here, but yeah," Jess reaffirmed him.

  "Hm. Fine. If I'm forced to talk to you... What should we do?" Blue sighed, obviously not comfortable with this.

"I don't know. You're Scorpio, right? Tell us about that. Talk about South Carolina," Rose suggested.

"I hope you know that any other day, contact and conversation amongst our signs is forbidden. So why should I tell you anything about myself? It's not like you care," Blue huffed, crossing his arms defensively.

"Whoa, mister. This is supposed to be a friendly trip between signs," Chase spoke up, joining their conversation. "We need to all get along."

"Aren't you Taurus? Go stuff yourself with airplane snacks then," Blue retorted. "Scorpio may be dirty minded, but at least we've got more dignity than Taurus. All they do is eat."

  "Hey! That was rude and uncalled for!" Spafina interrupted.

  "You really think I care? I'm trying to avoid you all right now, but you keep on persisting."

  "Don't make fun of my sign," Chase growled at Blue.

  "Will everyone just leave me alone?" Blue sighed loudly, flopping himself on the airplane chair.

  "Blue, just ignore everything like I do," Wolf suggested, handing him a pair of headphones. Blue gratefully accepted them.

  "Hey! Kids! Time for a social activity!" Valinda called. Everyone groaned in distaste. "Put down your devices for the rest of this flight, please!"

-=+=-

  "Now to start us off, we should all tell each other some things that they think others would like to know. And yes, this is mandatory."

  "I'll go first!" Spafina offered, raising her hand. "I'm fourteen, Rose is my sister, and, um... I prefer cats over dogs."

  "What the hell is wrong with you?" Jessica said, amazed.

  "Dogs are better," Blue mumbled.

  "I prefer dogs," Chase agreed. Most others nodded their heads in agreement.

  "I like cats more," Elizabeth declared proudly.

  "Same here," Jonathan agreed shyly.

  "Are we seriously going to fight over this, guys? This is stupid," Rose stated.

  "But! But! Rose!" Spafina protested, tugging on her sister's shirt.

  "Oh my gosh, someone else please go," Rosalie blurted out.

  "I'll do it," Elizabeth volunteered. "My mom is famous, I'm a government kid, and when I run for election, I'm going to be just like my mother, ruling fairly with no room for bullshit!"

  "I wouldn't say your mother rules fairly," Chase argued quietly, adjusting his position.

  "Yeah, Aries is better than your mom," Blue agreed.

  "Aries? You mean Charlotte? That old grandma? My mom is way better than her."

  "Imma end this argument. My mom is better than all of yours," Jonathan spoke up. "It's just a joke, guys."

  "Ha, ha. So funny," Colin remarked sarcastically. "The real joke here is your dick. I bet it's tiny as hell," Colin smirked.

  "You be lookin, Colin?" Jewel laughed, punching Colin on the shoulder.

  "Can we please leave dicks out of this conversation?" Blue wondered aloud, making his discomfort obvious.

  "I'm leaving, children. I'll be over here..." Valinda left awkwardly, leaving the kids all alone.

  "Welp, she's gone. Let's have an orgy," Colin declared out of no where.

  "Yo! You're disgusting!" Elizabeth groaned.

  "I'm down, Colin," Chase joked.

  "Same here," Rosalie joined.

  "You people are revolting," Blue mumbled. "I like it. Wanna know something, guys?" Everyone gave Blue their undivided attention. "I would never kill an animal. I'm more of a people person."

  "The fuck?" everyone muttered at once.

  "Are you clinically insane, or just annoying?" Aria grumbled loudly.

  "Probably both. There's a line between crazy and genius. I like to use that line as a jump rope," Blue responded.

  "You're sick," Jewel laughed.

  "I prefer the term 'twisted'. 'Sick' makes it sound like there's a cure," Blue replied, winking. Everyone laughed for a while, coming up with new topics and making new jokes. Then it was time to get off the plane.

  "Here are your twitter machines," Valinda grunted, handing everyone their phones as they exited the plane. "Welcome to North Carolina, kids! Now remember, only our Sagittarius representative is able to interact with the people. The law still stands for the rest of you."

Chase was outraged. "That's ridiculous!"

"It's the law, honey," Valinda shrugged, leading them to a limousine.

"Well maybe the law should be rewritten," he mumbled lowly in disgust.