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"Get up!" A guard shouted into each cell as he stomped down the hallway. Felix sighed and rose his head with a straight face. Jamie was still asleep with her head resting on her left arm.
"Up!" The officer smacked his baton against the bars of her door. She shivered then rose her head with her eyes still closed.
"Hit the showers. Let's go." Two officers began to unlock each confinement. Jamie opened her eyes and picked up her jacket. "Drop it and follow me." Officer James narrowed his eyes. The girl hesitantly did so. 'Oh no. Please no. I don't want anyone to see me naked. Nobody.'
Although oddly calm mentality, her feet felt glued to the ground. She sighed before nodding and copied the exact footsteps of the other men in front of her. 'Please let me go last. Please.' The girl tightly crossed her fingers once she was led inside the loitering area of the showering room.
"One..Two..Three. Go." Three prisoners were randomly selected.
"Did you sleep well?" Jamie almost screamed but instead hiccuped, recognizing the voice seconds later. "You can say that I guess. I mean it's not the happiest place on earth, but you know." She turned her body and folded her arms.
"Yeah I know. But it felt like a rather rude awakening." Jamie shrugged and rubbed her eyes. "It was. But what can you do? If you can't beat them, join them."
"That so? Wish you told me earlier sweetheart. Little late for that advice don't ya think?" Jamie glared to the left of her. It was the same man who almost slugged her yesterday for calling him a lady.
"Don't you have anything better to do?" He chuckled and purposely slapped her on the back, hard. She tightened her eyes with a small groan. "Well I'm not that busy today." He smirked. "That's a darn shame isn't it?"
Jamie rolled her eyes as they opened. "Yeah. But ya know what?" "What? Do tell. My heart is pounding." "Shame can be corrected." She smirked. "Good luck trying that. Ever heard of a permanent record? Whatever you do, it will follow you until the day you die."
"One..Two..Three." Jamie sighed, letting her face fall as Sweeney appeared in her thoughts again. "Dude. You're pretty smart for a girl. That has me thinking,.." 'Oh I'm dying to know.' "..Why are you here? Aren't ya supposed to be at that crazy house or whatever the hell it's called?"
Jamie took a deep breath. "I committed murder. Now carry on." His mouth tried to remain shut. "You want to be next?" The girl scratched the back of her neck. "Wait wait wait." "Wait." She giggled. "Wait." Felix jumped in but was unheard by them.
"Halt." "Stop." "End." "Last." "Shut up." Jamie gulped as her mouth got ahead of her again. "Please?" She added with a small smile. "Haha. Good save. You got a name?" "I told you yesterday didn't I?"
He shook his head. "Can't say ya did." "Jamie." She was brave enough to extend her hand. "Jamie..My niece's named that. They call me Ed. You do the same m'kay?" His large hand took hers. She sighed at it's warmth. 'He reminds me of a teddy bear.' "Yes sir."
"You..You..You." Jamie widened her eyes as a hand pushed her to the entrance. 'Oh god.' She blushed, looking around for the most secretive shower. There was one. In the far back with no curtain but a door in it's place. 'Oh thank you!' She steadily walked towards it and locked it behind her.
Jamie sighed and set her underclothes along with her outfit on a wooden ledge. "Make this fast. And cross our fingers that that old man wants nothing to do with me." Her eyes wandered around the faded white tiles on the wall as she picked up a bottle of what seemed to be shampoo.
"Huh." She took a quick sniff of it, squeezing the bottle trying to describe the scent. It was sweet but dry. "Smells like..forget it. Just get out of here before I get yelled at for taking so long." Her head was leaned back under the shower head with her eyes shut. She then squirted a little of the shampoo on her hand.
"Well that went well." She rolled her eyes and quickly dried herself with a towel. After dressing back in her uniform, Jamie stepped out. 'Short hair means less problems.' She shivered as a drop of water dripped down her neck.
'I bet everyone's going to want to use that bathroom now. Men.' Her eyes rolled before exiting the shower room. 'Hope I don't become responsible for a fist fight.'
"One..Two..Three." An officer murmured. "You. Follow.." Jamie held her breath. 'Oh no. Not this early. I despise him. Seeing me only as an object. I'm not stupid.' "..the line." He pointed to two men turning the corner.
She sighed and ran down the hall to catch up. 'I'd rather die than be stuck with him, but apparently that's not an option.'
After turning the corner and being very shy to strangers, she slowly walked into the line with her head down. 'I really don't understand the psychology behind the closed doors of a jail.' Jamie quietly lifted a tray off of the serving station.
Out of nowhere, A hand was quickly placed below her left and tilted the tray towards her. Hot coffee and oatmeal dripped down her bare chest. Jamie tightly shut her eyes trying to not say anything and distracted herself from the embarrassment.
"That's for not answering my question yesterday." She shivered as a finger slowly slid across her chest, clearing most of the mess. "Thought you'd have better taste than that." He licked his lips after wiping his finger on his pant leg.
"Send him out!" Three officers responded within seconds to the order given by the server. Jamie just stood there. Scared and humiliated. She just wanted to leave. 'I am hungry but I don't care.'
"Keep the line moving. Let's go." Jamie was pushed to the floor and onto her back by yet another male inmate. 'Honestly. I'd rather live with this than deal with him.'
Felix and Ed calmly entered the cafeteria as they started talking. They tilted their heads seeing a body on the floor then ran over. "Damn." "You said it." Jamie shook her head and struggled to her feet, hoping to avoid another scene.
"What the hell happened to you?" Felix quickly assisted her back before she sunk back onto the ground. Her eyes shot open, still trying not to look around to see if she was the center of attention.
The girl cleared her throat to speak as if everything was fine. "Let's say uh..I don't like the scent of coffee."
"Don't lie to me. Who did this to you?" Ed cracked his knuckles. Jamie quickly shook her head. Yes she was still mad but she wanted revenge to be taken into her own hands. "Dude. I'm not dead. It's fine." "Picking on some little girl like you ain't right."
"Got up on the wrong side of the bed I suppose. Forget about it E.." She gulped. "..I can call you Ed right?" He nodded. "You can stick with us for the day." Felix took five napkins and handed them to her. "Thanks." Jamie smiled and wiped off her chest. Thankfully most of it was on her clothes.
"But I can't afford to pay you." Ed chuckled at the implication he was now her bodyguard. "Your smile's all I need. Come on." She lightly smiled and followed them to an empty table. "Looks like you just vomited on yourself." Jamie rolled her eyes and rested her chin on her right hand. "Thanks for the compliment, haha."
A new tray was set in front of her. Her eyes glanced to the right. Without a word, Officer James walked back over to the corner of the room to supervise. 'Weird.' She shrugged and took a tiny bite of the food, same meal as before. "So you got any other friends?"
Jamie set down her fork and slyly smiled. "Other friends? You're considering yourself a friend to me?" "Yeah. Ya know. Nuthin' more." "What's the magic word?" The girl quietly sang. Ed blinked and scratched his forehead. "Don't push it. I have a temper too ya know." Jamie nodded and held out her left knuckle.
After clearing his eyes, He looked at her fist then to her. His lightly bumped hers. 'Huh. Making friends in jail. The more you know.' Jamie quickly ate her meal.
Five minutes later, a loud buzz echoed off the walls, almost making her shriek. "Oh." She sighed and picked up her tray. "So I'll see you at lunch I guess." Ed nodded. "Yeah. Wait, What about my man Felix?" "Luck was brought forth." She set her dirty tray on top of the others.
"We're cell mates. Just around the corner. Where are you?" "Eh. I'm a few blocks from ya. Peace." He left down a ramp. Felix and Jamie made peace signs back with their fingers and headed back to theirs. "You sure you're okay?" "Never felt better." She hummed and stepped into her cell.
"Thought I really was a goner back there." "You?" He went back to his before continuing to talk. "Nah. Security's too tight around here for crap like that to go unpunished."
Jamie cleared her throat. "Got a point there. So are we allowed to do anything other then talk or no?" "Nope. Even the simplest sharing can lead to deadly consequences." "Wow." Jamie gulped. "Okay then."
Sweeney emerged from his room with nothing more than a straight face and walked down the hall to the bathroom. His reflection stared back at him and he sighed. "You stole my razors too didn't you?" Mr. T muttered to himself about Jamie. 'Jail wasn't that bad. I get shipped back to Australia, she's coming with me.'
He picked up a pair of scissors on the end of the sink and gulped, snipping away the top white painted strands of his hair. "Just black now. Like my soul without your love."
Water was splashed on his face and he dried himself with a towel. The dark circles under his eyes cleared up and were now barely visible. Next he undressed to shower.
After doing that, He looked around and found a laundry bin of clothes. He walked over and rummaged through it, settling on a black dress shirt and tan pants. Sweeney's old clothes were still a problem.
Doing his best to rip his shirt and pants, he threw them out an open window. 'This better work.' His hair was straightened down to look completely unrecognizable. 'Now for identity. Hmm.'
