(Korra)
I get to work and I'll have you know that I made it 2 days without talking to Asami.
I do my work then leave.
No stopping in her office to ask, how she is doing or anything of that nature.
But it hasn't been easy
avoiding her is hard because she is everywhere.
She did smile at me once yesterday but I just turned away
What did she except my reaction to be, to welcome her back with open arms?
I don't even know what her problem is. We had a great time at lunch then all of a sudden she gets all angry.
I'm sitting on the truck waiting for one of the workers to give me some boxes.
"Hey stranger I hardly see you anymore, it's like you get your work done then run off" Opal says
"Well, what else am I supposed to do, wait around here all day when I'm done with my work"?
Opal frowns
"What's wrong, you been a little tense lately, is it your mother again"?
"No, she been actually kind of nice lately"
Kuvira comes out with my boxes
"Hey I didn't know we were having a meeting instead of working" ?
"Sorry Kuvira,I was just checking on Korra, I'm on my way back inside"
"I know you're Opal"
Opal then waves and walks back inside
"Why are you so mean to her"? I ask Kuvira
"What are you talking about, I'm not"
"Yes you're, just because you're dating her brother doesn't mean you can boss her around"
Kuvira laughs
"Umm my job, is kind of to boss people around"
I pick up one of the boxes
"Well you can be more nicer to people"
Kuvira picks up one of the boxes
"Korra what's wrong"?
I set one box back onto the sidewalk
"WHY DOES EVERYONE KEEP ASKING ME THAT"?
"I DON'T KNOW MAYBE BECAUSE YOU'RE ACTING STRANGE AND DIFFERENT"
I sigh "It's nothing ok"
"Does it have something to do with Asami"?
"Why do you say that"? I ask
"Because I saw you get in the car with her a couple of days ago, and when she came back you weren't with her so I asked Asami where you were and she just slammed her office door"
"It has nothing to do with her ok, I'm fine just tired, lifting can be really exhausting"
Kuvira gives me her you're lying look
"Ok whatever you say" and then she walks off
I continue to pack the truck
I don't know why Asami slammed the door she was the one that messed up
not me
(Asami)
It's been 2 days and I have yet to talk to Korra. I did smile at her yesterday but she just gave me the cold shoulder I guess I deserved it.
It's like everywhere I go I see her. The guilt is eating me alive I just want to talk to her. But I don't know what to say.
I have the whole sorry part down, but I don't have an explanation on why I said the things I said . I'm sitting in my office when my phone rings
"Hello" I say picking up the phone
"Asami is this you, it's Lin"?
I'm surprised she is calling me at work
"Yes this is she"
Lin laughs but I can tell it's fake
"Your father is busy packing for his business trip and he wanted me to call you"
"Ok"
"Well I'm going on the trip with him"
I knew that already why does she have to rub it in?
"Yes I'm aware of that Lin"
"Your father doesn't feel right leaving you all alone in your apartment"
What is my father talking about, I been doing great on my own
"Why, I already live on my own why can't I stay by myself"?
"Him and I believe that leaving you by yourself wouldn't be fit"
She has some nerve to make decisions for me like that
"Where do you want me to go then, if I can't stay in my own apartment?"
"Can't you stay with your friends"?
What friends I basically ruined my one and only friendship so far
"No not really"
"Well you can always come with us"
"I CAN'T I HAVE TO WORK"!
"Oh yeah, well I don't know Asami, it's either you come with us or find someone to stay with for 2 days I have to go to a book club meeting today and I don't want to be late goodbye"
"Goodbye"!
I then hang up the phone
This is so dumb I bet it was that dumb Lin idea to not allow me to stay by myself.
I put my head on my desk and hear a knock on the door
"Come in"
"Hey what's wrong" Zhu li asks
"Oh nothing just my dumb evil stepmother, won't let me stay home by myself, so either I go with them or stay with one of my friends"
"That's fun"
I pick my head up "No it's not, I don't want to go on a business trip with my dad flirting it up"
"You could always stay with me"
"No, I couldn't you need your space"
"What are you talking about Asami, you will have fun with me and the boys"
" I know, but that wouldn't feel right, I'll just talk to my father later today"
(Korra)
It's lunch time so I decided to go home for lunch.
I walk through the door of my house and a group of women are sitting in my living room
awww man I forgot my mother was having her book club thingy today.
My mother gets up
"Everyone this is my daughter Korra" I smile and wave trying to get to the kitchen as quickly as possible but my mom stops me
"Don't be rude Korra, tell the ladies about yourself"
I stand there awkwardly
"Hello my name is Korra, I work at the war production factory hints why I look like this right now, and I came home for lunch and if I knew that you all would be here, I probably wouldn't have come home for lunch"
I then walk into the kitchen leaving my mother's friends speechless
my mother locked poor Naga all up in her cage
I turn around and see my mother talking to her group
So I unlock It
I open the cabinet to make me a peanut butter and jelly sandwich
And over hear my mother's book club conversation
"Your daughter is beautiful, I bet all the boys are drooling over her" I pretend to gag at Naga while she looks at my sandwich
I kneel down and let her lick the peanut butter off the spoon making sure my mother isn't watching
"Yeah they're but my Korra is so picky"
The women laugh
"She reminds me of my lover's daughter ,she is the same way she want to be independent"
I never seen this woman before
I walk out the kitchen and try to sneak Naga upstairs
We get halfway past them when my mother stops me
"Korra" I smile
"Yes mother"
"we are having someone stay over for 2 days"
I nod
"Ok that's fine can I go upstairs"? she looks at me suspiciously
"Sure, remember to bring your plate down"
I nod "Ok mother, nice meeting you all"
Naga and I run up the stairs
(Asami)
I decided that I need to talk to Korra it's been too long. I walk outside during our lunch break
she usually works overtime.
She isn't by the truck so I turn back around and Kuvira waves at me
"Are you looking for Korra"? I nod
"Yes have you seen her"?
"Yes, she went home for lunch which is strange she never does that"
"Oh ok"
"Did you and Korra have a fight or something"?
" Did she says something"? I ask
"No but her carefree positive energy was off today, you know"
I sigh
"Yeah we did have a fight, it was all my fault though, I said something I shouldn't have and I feel really bad about it"
"Have you told her that"?
"NO THAT'S WHY I'M LOOKING FOR HER"!
"Well Asami, I feel bad for you, once Korra gets mad, it's over"
My mouth drops and she walks off
"Where are you going"? I call out to her
She walks backwards "Away from you, a storm is coming and I don't want to get caught in the rain" she say laughing
I head back inside and Zhu Li walks out and smiles
"Turn around, you are coming home to have lunch with the kids and me"
This can't get any worse
(Korra)
I'm crossing the street on my way back to work and a car goes through a red light. Making the on going cars swerve out of the way
One car hits a mailbox I run up to the scene
A woman with red hair steps out of the car
Her car doesn't look that damaged just a broken head light
"Hey are you ok"? I ask
The woman turns around and smiles
"Yeah, just glad I'm alive" she says
I frown "I wasn't asking if you were alright I was asking, the mailbox"
She laughs
"Haha very funny"
"No really are you alright, I can call an ambulance" she shakes her head
"No I'm fine, I just need the police"
I look around
"Well they're nowhere to be found" I tease
We stand there
"Oh I'm so sorry my name is Ginger" I smile and shake her hand
"My name is Korra"
"Nice to meet you, no need to wait for the police with me"
"Nonsense, I don't want to just leave you, hurt or not, you were involved in a car accident, also I have a few minutes to spare before I head back to work"
"Where do you work"?
"The War Production Factory" I say looking around
I then notice one of the cars involved in the accident hit a pole and it's tilting over
"That man in the car needs help" I run over to the car
"Korra, don't go it's too dangerous"
I hear sirens but from the look of this pole we don't have time to wait for them
I get to the car window "Hello"
the man turns his head in the car and he is hysterical
"Please help me"!
I look at the pole again trying to find a way I can help this man
"I'm going to die" ! he says
"Shhhh not you aren't"
He starts to panic
"Please stop moving, My name is Korra, I won't let you get hurt, can you relax for me" ?
he nods
Maybe if I he backs up his car really fast he can
noooo that won't work
The pole slowly starts tilting some more
It's going to fall regardless Ugh I wished I was the Avatar then I could metal bend this pole but that's just a comic book
"Ok we need to get you out, and it's going to fall any second now so our best bet is, letting me help and get you out, is that ok"?
He nods again
"Great" I move closer to the driver side
"Ok slowly open your door, and as quickly as possible get out"
"No I can't it going to fall"!
The pole tilts even more the crowd formed around us gasps
"Please just do this, you have a chance just listen to me"
he isn't moving so I just open the car door and the pole tilts further down
"What are you doing"? he asks
"I'm trying to save your life" I try to pull him out but his seat belt is stuck
I start tugging on his seatbelt some more
"We are both going to die" the man says sobbing
I keep trying to get the seat belt off but I need something to cut it then I remember
I reach in my back pocket for my box cutter
"We are going to di…" I hold up my box cutter to his neck
"If you say that one more time, I will make sure I will kill you before the pole" the man looks at me with wide eyes and nods
I start cutting the seatbelt as fast as I can
The pole starts coming further down and my peanut butter sandwich keeps coming up
I think I'm going to be sick
I finally cut the seat belt and push the man out of the car and I fall to the pavement
while the pole comes timbering down on top of the car
I cover my head
" MY CABBAGES" the man yells the police officer run to us
"Are you two ok"?
I look up
"Yes you know, just resting my head on the ground"
The policer officer laughs "You know you just saved this man's life"?
"NO ,SHE DIDN'T SAVE MY CABBBAGES"!
I'm just about to fight this ungrateful old man when news reporters rush over to me
"What's your name"?
"How old are you"?
"Were you scared"?
"How does it feel to be a hero"?
I smile I mean it's not every day that you get praised
I move closer to the microphone
"Well my name is Korra, and I'm just like you, I put my shirt on one arm at a time, today was a great day, well not for the cars but for the people in the cars, it all started with my peanut butter jelly sandwith…."
(Asami)
Zhu Li's boys were crazy one of them kept spitting paper balls at me at the table and I was about to scream. It's almost closing time and I hear a knock at the door.
"Come in"
The door opens and it's Opal
"Hey Opal what are you up to"?
"Oh nothing, I just finished my work, and now I'm on my way to load the boxes"
She then covers her mouth
"What do you mean by load the boxes, that's Korra job" ?
She moves her hand from her mouth
"Yeah but I haven't seen her, I think she is maybe sick"
This is so selfish of Korra, she is taking her anger out on the company I can't have our deliveries delayed all because of her grudge with me
I get up from my desk
"Please don't be mad at Korra" Opal says
"It's too late for that, go head home Opal, I will finish loading the truck"
(Korra)
I'm so late for work it's almost closing time.
I make it to the factory and catch my breath from running here
I look up and notice the boxes are not on the sidewalk like I left them
I hear someone lock the back of the truck
I get closer and Asami jumps down from the truck
And we make eye contact she looks mad
she takes off her gloves and throws them to the ground and walks towards me
"YOU HAVE SOME NERVE" she yells
I turn around because there is no way she is talking to me with that tone
"WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM KORRA"?
I can't help but smile at such a dumb question
"I know you aren't talking, WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM"?
She stops half way from me
"I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM OTHER THAN, YOU NOT DOING YOUR JOB"
I can't believe she is mad, I should be the one mad
"I'm sorry, I'm late I have a reason why I was late, there was this ca….." Asami cuts me off
"I DON'T NEED YOUR LIES,YOU WERE LATE, BECAUSE YOU WANTED TO AVOID ME"
I look around in disbelief
"YOU THINK I DIDN'T DO MY JOB BECAUSE OF OUR FIGHT"
She crosses her arm "Yes I do"
"WOW, YES ASAMI YOU ARE SO RIGHT, I PURPOSELY DID ALL THIS TO GET BACK AT YOU" I say sarcastically
I then turn around to head home
"DON'T YOU DARE WALK AWAY FROM ME KORRA, OR YOU'RE FIRED"!
I stop and turn back around
"YOU KNOW WHAT, THAT'S FINE BY ME, YOU WILL DO A GREAT JOB LOADING BOXES, BECAUSE YOU ARE USED TO CARRYING YOUR OWN BIG EGO, LIFTING HEAVY THINGS WON'T BE A PROBLEM"
I then turn back around and continue walking home
(Asami)
I decided to drive to my father's house to take him on that offer by going on the business trip with him.
I know I probably shouldn't be leaving my workers like that especially when I'm short one workers all because of Korra
I can't believe she acted like that, so selfish, so immature
I walk into the house "Father I'm home" he comes around the corner
"Sami, great you just made it for dinner, Lin cooked an amazing dish"
I try to put on a genuine smile
"Great let me wash up"
I get to the table and Lin fixes me a plate
"How was work today" she asks while taking off her apron and sitting down
"It was great, a lot of weapons were made today"
My father nods "I knew that assembly line I created would be beneficial to you"
I nod
"Have you listen to the radio today" Lin says changing the topic
"No I haven't, what happened" ?
"Well your friend, Korra was on the radio today"
I drop my fork on the ground
"Why"?
Lin smiles "Well she is a hero silly, she saved this man life, a pole was going to fall on top of him, but she stepped in and got him out, all of Republic City is talking about her"
I start to feel sick
"Asami are you ok"? my father asks
I take a sip of water
"Yess I'm fine"
"Good because, I don't want to leave you here when you're sick"
"Wait I can stay here while you two go on your business trip"?
My father wipes his mouth
"Yes, I wanted you to come but Lin insisted, that you stay"
I look at Lin and she smiles at me
"Thank you Lin, I appreciate it" she nods
"Welcome, but you can only stay under one condition, you must stay with someone"
"Who"?
"Well I met, this woman at my book club, and I told her about your dilemma, and she said you could stay with her and her daughter for two days"
"Who"?
"Your friend, the hero Korra"
No not her, I basically just fired her for saving someone's life, she is going to kill me
"No father, it's fine I can just go with you and Lin"
my father looks at me with a concern look
"You can't Asami, I already paid for Lin and I train ticket and all the seats are booked, you have no other option but to stay with your friend"
Staying with Korra for 2 days I might as well get shipped off to war
Happy Fourth of July