- Sixteen Days Until Trial -
Seen Through the Eyes of Hana Song
The phone began to buzz approximately mid day. A steady jingle that was both teeth rattling and irritating. Surely it was a sound that, as time went on, become substantially more frustrating to endure. It had only been four days and already, Sombra's mother was calling, no doubt looking to hound her daughter for her 'poor judgement' and bad decision making. This was the third time in the hour that the phone had rung.
"Shouldn't we pick it up?"Hana asked, glancing back and forth between Sombra and the phone anxiously. "Who knows maybe your dad is calling. He's gentle and nice"
She judged the look of agitation on her companion's face as to be a no.
The phone sounded its angry call again for the fourth time of the hour. This time Hana grabbed it from the cradle and pressed it against her ear. The ringing stopped and was instead replaced with a harsh, heavily accented voice.
"Sombra! You got ARRESTED?!" The slight girl flinched away from the voice, as if it was about to hit her like a bus. It was not Sombra's father. That was for sure .
"Umm excuse me." She timidly uttered into the receiver. "This is Hana."
There was a short pause, followed by a hyperventilatory breathing that was as heavy almost as a dog panting. She could here that Ana was composing herself on the other side of the line. When she replied it was of a completely different composure.
"Hana! How are you sweetie!" Her tone of voice was sickeningly sweet.
Ana had a strange affection to her daughter's lover. In her eyes Sombra had done everything wrong in her life except for choosing her girlfriend. At first she was against the idea,and quite frankly was homophobic. But after the Christmas party last year, they had clicked and related to each other through music. Ever since, Hana was a jewel to her.
"I'm good thanks." She squeezed out in her cutesy voice trying to act innocent. "Umm so Sombra is actually not awake at the moment she had a long long night she is exhausted."
Ana sighed clearly disappointed that she was not gonna get to scold her daughter. The next few words that came out of her mouth could chill anyone to the core.
"Well Gabriel and I are coming up right now. We are boarding our flight in about an hour."
Hana's jaw dropped to the floor, eyes wide open with terror. She knew it would be a slaughter when she got here, which was only a matter of hours. Sombra had heard as well, hacking access into the line nonchalantly and listening in through her headset. When looking at her, she had miraculously turned a shade of green from her usual smooth cocoa color. Not to mention the expression on her face was far from nonchalant.
"Um oh. I see. Are you sure though that it's the best idea to come? You must be very busy with being… Retired." Hana was never good at persuading people. Only good at being persuaded herself.
"We'll be there in two hours. Can't wait to see you!" Then the line disconnected. She looked at Sombra. The expression on her face said it all, cocktail of panic and annoyance.
Sombra quickly glanced at her, then back to the phone. "If we leave now we can be out of the country before they even board the plane." She said in a serious manner.
Hana cracked up, not able contain her laughter. The best part was that Sombra was completely serious about it. She could tell that today was just going to be an excruciatingly long day.
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Seen Through the Eyes of Sombra Reyes
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There was a knock on the door, a short while before two o'clock. After Ana had called, Sombra and Hana went to work cleaning the house. No one had cleaned up the cheesecake mess from the night before. At this point, it had started to mold, growing rancid in the scorching light of the sun, beaming through the bay windows. Dishes had been cleaned, papers taken off the desks, the fridge organized. It had to look good otherwise she would be compared to her sister. And not in a good way.
Sombra was busy picking up the scattered clothing that was spread across the floor of the entry hall when a set of raps on the door split the silence of the house.A panicked fumbling of things quickly followed suit. Instinctively, she activated her veil, shrouding her from sight. Searching for Hana's electrical signature was easy enough and from there she hacked into the headset that never left her neck. It took her less than ten seconds. I
"Darling?" Sombra sighed out in a slightly worried voice. "Would you be a dear and get the door?"
Moments late, Hana came through the the doorway from the kitchen and approached the door. Sombra was sitting on the steps of the stairs to go to the second floor. She thought that her mother was going to knock the entire wall down by the time her girlfriend had grasped the doorknob.
She had only begun to turn the knob when the door ferociously swing open. Ana strolled in, strutting like she owned the house. The instant she saw Hana, a bear hug was imminent.
"Hana sweetie!" She exclaimed. "How are you lovely?"
"I'm good." Such a fake tone. "Come on in. I was just about to prepare dinner if you would like to help me."
At this, Ana turned and stepped through the doorway. Hana turned her head to look directly where Sombra was sitting and winked. And with that she followed her soon to be mother in law through the door.
Moments later, Gabe entered the house carrying bags upon bags of living items. At the sight of him, Sombra uncloaked and through herself at him. Before he could put down his luggage, she had already wrapped her arms around his chest, tightly holding him.
"Hi daddy." She mumbled, melting herself into his shoulder.
"Hey princess. It's been a while hasn't it?" He said quietly. "I see you dyed your hair like you said you would. Looks pretty edgy." He smiled
She laughed and let her tension drain away. "I bet you can guess who I got from."
So maybe this week wouldn't be as bad as she thought it would be.
Author's Note: First off I am so sorry that it took me so long to get this chapter out. I just finished finals week and I had on much going on to even think about working n on it. Second off I hope you like how I portrayed Ana and Gabe. And lastly yes I did hint at a new character who is going to be coming in pretty soon. Try and guess. Anyway I should have the next chapter out by the end of next week as I'm on vacation so yea. Enjoy!
