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ONE- The Chance Encounter
Ty Lee isn't sure how her life had managed to turned itself into the disaster it had become in just one day. her cellphone was ringing again for the umpteenth time and she has received hundreds of messages asking for her to give a response just so they would know she was still alive. Childish or not, she had refused to give any of them that much satisfaction.
With her millionth sigh of the day, she lifted up her phone from off the table carefully, only with her forefinger and thumb as if it was a disgusting thing to touch. Her face twisted in a grimace at the caller appearing on her screen. Almost as a reflex, she threw her phone over to the opposite couch. these people can't seem to understand that she clearly just wants to be left alone.
Swirling the wine in her glass mindlessly, she looked at her dazzling wristwatch, a birthday gift from her father a year ago when everything was just about to head for the stars for Ty Lee. It's 2am and she is sitting in one of the VIP rooms of Club Altitude by her lonesome and that is certainly some kind of record achievement for someone who is always surrounded by people- friends or strangers. Ty Lee just loves people.
Her family had finally accepted her back when they found out she was dating one of the few whom they had thought was eligible (rich & therefore influential enough) for her. He was the heir of Hakoda, the man who controls more than half of the world's potable water supply with his patented desalination technology. His son, Sokka was quite intelligent, witty and good looking. To any other women, he has it all. And when Ty Lee had agreed to marry him, she had thought that was true too – she thinks. Although now, Ty Lee feels like she has to rethink her life over again (nothing new there).
When she was disowned by her parents some 5 years back, she had followed her whim of becoming an actress, disavowing the family business and thereby tarnishing the family name to pursue a childish dream of following a profession so shallow and short-lived (according to her parents). The world proved to be too harsh for her and she was brought down to her knees having been left penniless and achieving nothing to her name that she decided to abandon her pursuit and return to her family.
Of course Ty Lee believes her family must have pulled all the strings that they can to make things extra difficult for her when she left her family home. She had vowed to make a name for herself and put all those who had ever slighted or doubted her abilities to shame. For 4 years she had struggled and scrimped, doing everything she can to pursue the art and career she loved. however, having no support added with her father's negative pressures on everyone she's worked with, Ty Lee only found herself in an absolutely heartbreaking and pathetic situation. and yet to those who knew her, it didn't seem a surprise at all; they never really thought highly of her. Ty Lee was never a very bright student. She was childish and carefree although she did excelled in gymnastics, ballet and was very active with the theater department in school. Ty Lee is just glad most of them still can't tell her sisters and her apart so even if they want to throw insults at her, they couldn't as they weren't too sure who to aim it at.
A year after her return to her family's good graces, here she is again finding herself in a similar situation, about to abandon her them. Again.
"I wish you would stop being so flaky and grow up, Ty Lee!" She knows exactly what her mother would be saying to her if she had answered her phone. "You don't even have to love him now. You will learn to when you realize he can give you everything this world can offer,"
Enticing. Very enticing. Ty Lee just loves owning a lot of precious things and her mother knows it. But there is a lot more to Ty Lee than just that.
She feels the twisting in her stomach. Ughh … why am I doing this again?
Of course, the reason she was breaking up with her fiance was because he had been cheating on her with one of her closest friends who happen to be his ex-girlfriend. It's not like Ty Lee really cares about the cheating- she could have stopped it if she had wanted to but Ty Lee didn't really care. All he was, was her ticket to get back into her family's good books (bank account). That's just how her family has maintained itself as one of the top 5 ruling families of the Fire Nation, through its network of very important friends and families.
Her impending marriage to Sokka would help her father extend his influence further; beyond the Fire Nation waters and into the Southern Nations and thereby gaining much respect and favour by Ozai, the Chairman of Sozin-Roku Holdings and the most powerful man in the Fire Nation. All her other sisters have been made into instruments of investments according to her father's wishes and to think Ty Lee was just about to allow herself to be a part of that too fills her with quite a rage she has never felt before.
She just can't do it. No- She won't do it!
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Summer came earlier this year and the heat is unbearably sweet, at least to the two inhabitants of the room. Gold, glazed eyes locked on the contours of her companion whose movements does more to accentuate her tantalizing curves.
Her companion tonight is an exquisite creature. A smooth talker, extremely pleasing to the eyes (even with her clothes on) and she is an almost perfect partner to parade around at her family's numerous society parties. Almost.
Everyone knows Azula is never seen with the same partner after attending 3 consecutive parties with them. And Azula personally makes sure she keeps that reputation intact. Even with this knowledge she was never want of a partner. Every other person just wants to keep trying to be the one who could tame this wild animal and bring her to the "righteous" path. And this gorgeous beauty before her is just the same like all the others and she is seriously running out of time.
For now, Azula decides to simply enjoy her company. She really is not too bad a lover and an even better dancer. Still, she lacks something.
Everyone lacks something except for me of course.
She smirks at her own thoughts before sticking her tongue out to tease a rose-colored nipple. The girlish gasp that came from her companion excites her more than she cares to admit as she rubs her finger against clit. She could feel a warmth surging through her body as her free hand moves to caress smooth bare skin, pressing her companion closer to her body.
Their lips crash and their teeth clash and within this room, not one person cares how uncomfortable it feels until the foreign sound of glass breaking on the floor rudely interrupted their passionate activities.
"I- I'm terribly sorry. I must have entered the wrong room,' a flustered but very cute looking intruder stood by the door, her eyes everywhere except at the two persons staring at her while in their very provocative positions. 'You see the hallways are really dark and I was just returning to my own room after having my drink refilled at the bar only to realize I didn't exactly have to go all the way down there for a refill and-"
"Is that you Ty Lee?"
A very familiar voice belonging to a very terrifying person whom Ty Lee can recognize anywhere. It was futile now to try to step out of that room unrecognized, Ty Lee realized. She let out a heavy breath she didn't know she was holding and slowly turned her head in the direction of the voice of dread.
"Azula, what a pleasant surprise to see you here," Ty Lee said and she was surprised that her voice hadn't cracked under pressure. She was finally looking at Azula and she has to admit, the girl is just hot. They haven't seen each other since high school and if anything, she's even more dazzling now than ever. Running into Azula would usually result in all kinds of embarrassing situations for Ty Lee. For some reason, the little wires in her brain would choose at that moment to go on overdrive and then shut down entirely.
"Yes, I know. You look a total mess. Have you really let yourself go like they said you have?" Azula asked, her lips in her signature smirk that Ty Lee wants to carve it out with the broken glass pieces by her feet and keep it in her purse.
"Rumors are never kind to people like us, you know that,' Ty Lee replied as smoothly as she can although she could feel her voice almost cracking.
"They are usually true and that's why we have our PR's paid handsomely well to handle them for us." Azula replied casually. Genuinely casually. It's ironic to Ty Lee how comfortable Azula is with a naked girl in her lap while Ty Lee feels like she would even pretend to be a chair if she could escape this situation.
Ty Lee and Azula had had a long history of hating each other's guts since they were kids. They had gone to Sozin's Institute of Learning when they were younger; a private school that gives any of its graduates direct admission to any of the Ivy League colleges they prefer. Unsurprisingly, people would kill to get into that school and even more unsurprising is how strictly the admission process is governed. Even if one is a 4 pointer average, a place is not guaranteed. Admission criteria is not simply based on grade scores; family background places a higher importance. Of course Azula and Ty Lee never had to worry about admission to the school. From the day they were born they were already guaranteed a place in Sozin's Institute of Learning. Anyone within that powerful network of family and friends is automatically entitled to a place in SIL.
While in school, Azula is conceited, selfish, extremely narcissistic and needlessly cruel (Nothing has changed much since then). Ty Lee on the other hand is kind, cheerful and carefree (Nothing has changed much since then). At one time, Ty Lee was lauded as the most popular girl in school; everyone wants her to appear in their plays, the school radio shows, have her commentary on the school magazine columns and there is no party that she was not invited to.
In SIL, that should never happen.
The heir of the school's founder should never be any less and crossing her is not a path anyone wants to take. 2 months later, Ty Lee found herself ostracized and kept to the sidelines after rumors of her sleeping with her teachers in exchange for good grades surfaced. Of course the boys were not too affected by this, they were more receptive in fact. If it was even possible, Ty Lee was even more popular with the boys after news of that got out. Ty Lee of course was happy with the attention she received as a side effect of the rumors. The girls hated her but Ty Lee supposes it is all for the best. (She never openly agreed to or denied the rumors.)
"Were you really caught having sex in the back of the Chanel store with the sales assistant?" Ty Lee asked, a genuine curious expression on her noticeably flushed face. The perpetual smirk on Azula's lips had disappeared, replaced with a raised eyebrow that was slightly twitching which tells Ty Lee that she had struck a nerve.
Azula had not expected Ty Lee to be aware of her little indiscretion. Azula was having a very bad week and she was not thinking straight when she decided to succumb to her needs and have her way with that girl who wasn't even that good looking in the first place; she just happened to be there. Her PR manager had assured her that it will never come out in the news in spite of a witness having actually captured photos of her and the sales assistant in flagrante delicto. Now what's left of that piece of exciting "almost scandal", is merely talk without a base.
The world is just funny that way- everyone is well aware of her reputation for changing partners like she changes her clothes and yet one scandal with a sales assistant could almost ruin her family's business and political reputation. But now the important thing is no one would even know the truth of the matter, especially not her father.
How this ignoramus person whom has never been able to get her life together could have caught wind of this news however, simply baffles Azula.
"Are you really still that interested in me Ty Lee?' Azula responded after quickly regaining her composure. "My, my, you had never really gotten over that high school crush of yours that you had on me, did you? I am genuinely flattered."
Stiletto in the face.
If only Ty Lee's thoughts came true simply when she thinks them up, that is exactly what Azula's face will become. How dare she bring up an issue from their days in school that Ty Lee thinks she had almost succeeded to erase until she finds Azula with a naked girl and a part of her wishes she was in her place instead.
"You wish, Azula,' Ty Lee says, pointedly rolling her eyes at Azula's suggestion and she prays silently that her act of nonchalance would be convincing enough. In her mind, Ty Lee is trying to justify her thoughts, repeating over and over again: I'm just feeling vulnerable tonight.
"If you will excuse me, I have better things to do then discuss your never ending self-obsession with you. Good night Azula and I hope we never have another opportunity of seeing each other again. Even by chance."