( — ready, aim, fire. )

‘ you gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. you are able to say to yourself: i've lived through this horror, i can take the next thing that comes along. alma carraway x 26 x firefighter x mum

[almacarraway]

“ well...i fell on my face in an ice skating ring and a bunch of hormonal teenagers laughed at me. i mean, i probably would’ve laughed too if i wasn’t the butt of the joke, but what a bunch of little jerks. ” maybe going a bit off topic alma ran her finger down the corner of her eye, feeling a sting. she was so frustrated about how she looked. “ icing it and some makeup, -uh..that seems simple enough.” 

[almacarraway]

“ yet, not obvious enough for me to actually do it. so i’ll be splurging on an cooling pad. -clever woman you’ve got, i’ll definitely dab a little makeup on before i go back to work. i mean, i would like to get this swelling down as soon as possible because i kinda want to skip traumatizing my coworkers with my face. ” 

[almacarraway]

“ great. ” alma paused with a huff. “ i fell flat on my face in an ice skating ring yesterday. i don’t have a future as an ice skater which is a bummer. -i honestly should’ve known better, it’s basically just teenagers with razor blades on their feet. ” the blonde allowed a small smile to creep across her lips. “ i actually didn’t ice it straight away, hence why my face is so swollen. ” 

[almacarraway]

humming in agreement, alma nodded, why hadn’t she iced it yet? the blonde perhaps wasn’t in the best head space after falling flat on her face. “ definitely, my eye’s a bit blurry and it kinda hurts to blink. i’m thinking that’s pretty normal though? ”

[almacarraway]

“ okay-..well now i’m very flattered, ” alma flashed a smile, putting her ID back into her wallet. “ i’ll have just have a rum and coke with loads of ice, thanks. i’m alma, by the way. ”

[almacarraway]

“ seems obvious enough, but somehow i didn’t really think of it, i just fell asleep as soon as i got home and my eye grew twice the normal size when i woke up. ” gesturing her eye, she subtly nodded. “ i think i might get checked out by doctor later on today. -hey, thanks for the advice though. ” 

[almacarraway]

“ my clumsiness definitely decided to pay me a visit! or i think perhaps ice-skating is not my forte. i pray to god my daughter doesn’t take it up as a hobby. ” alma huffed out a little laughter. “ i don’t know why icing it down hadn’t crossed my mind yet. ” 

[almacarraway]

his reaction startled her a little, though the humorist in her made her whisper underneath her breath: “ nope, not jesus.. just alma. ” humming in agreement, it was really difficult not to notice that half of her face was bruised, even the magic of makeup wouldn´t help her. “ definitely-...definitely answered my question. i think i might splurge and get a cooling pad on my way home, ” she paused before subtly shaking her head. “ you know, it’s actually a funny story. so i went ice skating yesterday with my daughter and faceplanted. it was hilarious and horribly painful at the same time. it kept swelling up and now i look like this. ”

[almacarraway]

“ okay, be honest. how bad does it look? ” alma asked the other as she stared at her own reflection in the tainted window in front of her, even then, her left eye was noticeably swollen and quite bruised. “ -shit…it looks shit. ” she paused, then turned to face the other. “ any advice to get the swelling down? ” 

[indiejosie-blog]

“Hey sweetie, can I see your ID?” 

[almacarraway]

“ wh-...i’m quite confused about how i feel, i don’t know if i’m feeling flattered or not. ” nonetheless, alma took her out ID which clearly stated that she was 26 and handed it over with a small smile. 

[joey-baker]

“You might be able to have a piece of pizza if you really say please,” Joey began, grinning from ear to ear. She paused for a moment, contemplating. “No wait. Don’t say please. Say Joey is the most kickass person I’ve ever met in my whole life and she could beat up anyone easily. Then you can have pizza,” she decided with a grin.

[almacarraway]

“ bribery? over a pizza slice? i kinda like that.  ” alma huffed out a light laughter, folding her arms over her chest. “ how’bout you just give me the slice? it’s so much simpler. ”

[nora-foster-blog]

“No, it looks weird if you don’t wear the chicken suit. Trust me.” 

[almacarraway]

“ i don’t know, look at all those feathers.. i think the chicken suit is a bit too flammable. it wouldn’t exactly be great if a firefighter would go up in flames in a chicken suit. imagine the headlines though. ”