It's in the stars

REMEMBERME

Merida seemed to find herself in any place outdoors she could find these days. For one thing, she was sure her roommates wouldn’t appreciate arrow-holes in the walls from her boredom. For another, it was peaceful and receptive to her need to think. It was like a cloud had settled over the innermost part of her mind, and try as she might, she couldn’t chase it away.

She had lost track of time on this day, however. The red haired girl had left her room in a mess, and though the clutter didn’t bother her, she figured she should try to keep her space tidy. It was just so difficult! Merida was one who knew where everything was when it was scattered about, but as soon as she cleaned, she had no recollection of where she had placed anything. But, obligations were obligations, and the sun had already well passed the place in the sky that she’d sworn she would return home after.

The trek back took longer than she expected; Merida didn’t realize how far she had wandered. The wind danced around her and tugged at the end of the flowy blouse she had chosen to wear. It felt familiar, like something was calling to her… for a moment, she turned to see what was behind her. All that met her eyes was an endless expanse of open field. Her mind was playing childish tricks on her. She shook the strange feeling off and continued home.

Finally, she arrived! With a little more enthusiasm than she intended, Merida flung the door open and her eyes met with three of her roommates. “Missing a party, am I?” she asked with a grin. She invited herself to sit down with the others, and was about to say something else until a particularly scrumptious looking bowl of berries caught her eye. “Don’t mind if I do!” she exclaimed, plucking a plump red fruit from the top of the pile.

“This is delicious,” Merida said, after sinking her teeth into the end of the strawberry. Quickly she gorged herself on a couple more bites and swallowed them before asking, “Who got these? They’re fantastic!”

LILO KAIPO PELEKAI CORDELIA CONSTANCE FLOUNDERS @koda @dory

SOMEONE BY YOUR SIDE TO SING ALONG

[attr="class","next"] Cory was thankful for her roommates. They always made her smile, but Lilo was right. It was hardly ever quiet like this in the house. There was normally something going on…or someone arguing over who had used all the shampoo in the shower. They were a rambunctious little group. A group of kids who didn’t entirely have their acts together with Dory at their helm, it seemed like a real home. At least, it was the only home that Cory could remember having. They didn’t make fun of her for being a little wary of the world, in fact, they were always the first to help her try and over come her fears.

Sometimes it weirded her out the way they couldn’t really remember anything before a couple of months ago. Then again—

The door flung open and Merida trounced in. Cory grinned and threw a strawberry in her direction, “Welcome home, Red!” She said with a laugh before resuming the position of hanging her head and yellow-blonde hair off of the edge of the couch’s seat. Koda and Lilo were back and forth and Cory sort of hummed along to the sound of their voices. They always talked a lot more than she did — sometimes she thought they were in love, but of course, she would never say it out loud.

”You’ve got other friends?” The words slipped out of Cory’s mouth before she could stop them and she placed her hand over her lips, trying to hide the smile. Honestly, she hadn’t even realized that she had been listening, let alone responding. She hadn’t meant it maliciously — she just always had a way of saying the wrong thing at the wrong time.

“The ceiling’s the floor and the floor’s the ceiling and—” Cor realized that the distortion of reality was making her feel a little bit queasy. She immediately rolled over and threw her legs back off the couch, righting herself as she slipped onto the floor in front of the love-seat. Too much of a good thing, she thought with a shrug of her shoulders, “We should start growing berries.” She said as she popped a raspberry into the air and tried to catch it the way that Lilo had a few minutes before. Instead, it landed on her eye and caused her to flinch and flail, sending it ultimately onto the ground.

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