The car ride was filled with silence. I wasn't sure what had gotten to her, and I was scared that I had done something wrong. She had wanted me there, right? I glanced her way frequently. She just remained staring out the window, into the dark shadow of night.

When we pulled up to her apartment, she opened the door and climbed out, no words were uttered.

"Leigh?" I said.

She stopped, turned around, and leaned back into the car, an annoyed look shot my way. "What?"

I was shocked by her tone. "What happened?"

She plastered a fake smile on her face, a gesture that was unneeded; we both knew how to fake physical responses that came naturally to others. A smile was easily faked, and now she could hardly make it seem natural. "Don't worry about it, Dexter. I'll call you."

She closed the car door and walked away. She moved stiffly, arms crossed. Her human side slipped out of her.


Later on, I would lie down in bed, and Leigh would refill my mind.

She stood over me. A smile, a natural one; the one I saw earlier during her kill. She pulled a knife out from her back, and toyed with it. Her eyes moved over the blade, and a look of comfort appeared on her heart.

"You know," she began, "there are people in this world that don't find any means of coping."

I was confused at what she was getting at. I tried to respond, the words muffled by the rag.

"Let me explain something, Dexter. What you and I do, that's our own way of dealing with things. We want to kill people, and we give into that demand from our 'id' but we justify it by killing people who are truly evil. But some people, they don't do anything. They are the ones that are fucked in life. They are the ones who find no means of release for any anger. The drug addicts, the killers, the people who are looked at by society to be 'fucked up,' they are the ones who understand the world. They just try to find ways to make it through."

She pulled the rag out of my mouth. I could think of no response.

"You have to understand that I have to do this, Dexter. It was going to come down to one of us lying on the other's kill table. You know that."

I nodded.

"I am sorry. You're the only person that's seen my true self and survived to tell the tale."

The knife glinted in the light as she moved it, positioning it to slice my throat. "Wait," my voice suddenly coming into control.

She stopped, surprised by my vocalization.

"You don't have to. You and I, we're one in the same. I'm not going to do anything to you, and you don't have to do this now."

Her eyes questioned my logic, while she brought the knife to her side.

"We're in this together."


My phone rang out. I knew it was Deb. They had found the body, and they needed me at the scene.

I arrived at the scene, and found Vince and Deb in the room. Deb wanted desperately to leave, that was clear, while Vince searched the floor for any strand of hair or any shred of evidence that Leigh had been so careful to avoid.

"Dex," Deb said. "I can't believe this. Who the fuck does something like this?"

My eyes wandered the scene. Something was not right, something had been changed.

"I found something," Vince called out. I walked to him, and saw the brown hair that he was holding.

Shit.


I tried calling Leigh. I tried ten times before she finally answered.

"What?" she asked, anger dripping with her words.

"Leigh," I started, "they found a hair at the scene."

The line was silent; I waited for her to respond. It felt like an eternity passed.

"Leigh?"

"I know."

"You know?"

"Someone knows." And just like that, I knew we were going to be caught.


Author's Note: Hey guys! I'm so sorry for not following through with the whole "more regular updates." I could say that I was incredibly busy this time, and though some weeks I have been, there has plenty of laziness setting in. I will actually try harder this time. I know this chapter is rather short, and I'm sorry. Hopefully the next chapter will be longer. I've been rather out of it, since I haven't written in so long. My apologies for the long wait. Thank you for the patience. ~missmuffinpants