Leaves danced around her as she spun, they fell down in front of her eyes like burning pieces of paper with words written on them no one else could read.

"Does it take your breath away? And you feel yourself suffocating?"
Her head spun as her stomach wrenched.

"Does the pain weigh out the pride, and you look for a place to hide. Did someone break your heart inside? You're in ruins!

Lina spun faster as the song coming from the radio blasted.

She was hiding, hiding from the pain, hiding from the thought of all the things she didn't have. Hiding from the things she could have, but just didn't have the courage to attain. Hiding from the pain.

"One! Twenty one Guns! Lay down your arms! Give up the fight! One! Twenty one guns!

Throw up your arms! Into the sky! You and I!"

She was at the end of her road, she'd lost all sense of control. It seemed like her mind had broken the spirit of her soul….that is, if she even had one anymore. She was sure she'd had one at one point in her life, but now, it didn't seem to exist.

"YOUR FAITH WALKS ON BROKEN GLASS! AND THE HANGOVER DOESN'T PASS! NOTHINGS EVER BULIT TO LAST! YOU'RE IN RUINS!" Lina sang louder as tears poured from her eyes.

More fire danced in front of her eyes as it started to burn through her skin, pouring through her veins like hot acid.

The people in front of her laughed and danced along of their own accord.

But Lina was alone, Lina was always alone.

Pinpricks came up from her skin in an unfamiliar feeling. People laughed and screamed and shouted….But the world had gone quiet to Lina.

Something was wrong. But she didn't know what.

Suddenly, the world was spinning faster and sweat dripped down her neck.

The sound of silence was oppressive on her ears as she swayed back and forth.

And then, there he was. Just like that.

Running to her.
Running to her!
Her, a painful, pitiful, drunken thing that wasn't worth the shit she was made out of.
And he was calling her name!
She couldn't hear it. But she could read the name on his lips.

Then… the world went black.

'One, Twenty one guns, lay down your life, give up the fight… you and I…'