Squee looked up at me in a confused fear, then over towards Devi, who came
closer and closer. " Who?" He squeaked clutching onto my hand tighter as if
he sensed grave danger. My heart was in my throat; all I wished to do was
run but my legs couldn't move.
"Hey one side moron!" a fat hairy man who looked as if his name should have been Bruce in a black wife beater two sizes too small spat at me as he pushed against my back, sending me against the side of the building I stood near. I admit, Squee and myself WERE hogging the walkway, but that man was uncalled for.
" Fuck you ass hole!" I shouted back at him, flipping him a gesture with my hand, though he was lost in the sea of people next to me. I was though; quite surprised I had no intuition to disembowel him right then and there.
" What the fuck are you doing out here.." A sultry voice cooed darkly in front of me. My heart stopped, as a block of ice formed in my stomach. Swallowing hard I shut my eyes and turned my head to the front of me then reopened my eyes slowly. Devi stood before me, looking up into my eyes angrily like a rattlesnake on the hunt; her emerald eyes narrowed and burning.
Words failed me plain and simple as a small squeak came from my throat. Devi's eyes narrowed more as her lips pursed, twisting into a grimace, gritting her teeth. Suddenly, the feeling came back to my legs as I dropped my grasp on Squee's hand and lowered myself, turned around, and dashed as fast as I could, mowing through the crowd, knocking over outdoor stands and tripping over small children spouting apologies left and right.
But I wasn't fast enough; I could hear her charging full tilt behind me as well as Squee's little voice calling after me. I pushed myself harder and harder beginning to lose her, gasping for air and searching for any means of escape. Finally, I began to close in on an alley taking a sharp turn and nearly crashing into the scattered boxes all over the ground. I stopped, panting and leaning forwards looking at the ground then suddenly feeling something very sharp hit my back, followed by weight as my body suddenly met the cold hard ground knocking the wind out of me. A hand appeared on my left arm, holding it with a painful grasp flipping me to my back as I once more looked into the emerald glow of Devi's angry eyes, now burning with even more rage. She straddled my chest, making it unable for me to catch my breath easily as I coughed. She dug her nails into the palms of my hands and forcefully pinned my hands down with hers over my head lowering down a little and glaring into my own wide eyes. I dared not fight back, remembering what happened last time.
" I should have fucking let you bleed to death you louse..you fucking bastard.." She hissed, shaking as she spoke in a voice barely above a whisper, tears forming in her eyes. " What the FUCK are you doing on the streets..why the FUCK did they let you out..it was so much better for me..you..YARGHHH!!!" She screamed, hurting my ears. Suddenly she let go of one of my hands, now shaking in pain from her nails and struck me as hard as she could across my face leaving an echoing slap resonating between the walls. He head snapped in the direction of her strike, looking stunned, at the garbage cans next to me.
" WELL ANSWER ME GOD DAMNIT YOU SKINNY FAGGOT!" She shrieked, shaking. I felt two small droplets of water fall onto my neck as I heard a soft sniffle. "Answer me.." She repeated in a meek, shaky voice. " I swear to God if you try to kill me again I will break your neck.."
I looked up at her, still hard of breath. Her eyes were now shut, though small beads of water collected at her lashes. " Devi.." I whispered, trying to sound as calm as I could. " I..why did you-"
" You're not answering my question Johnny.." She interrupted in a calmer sounding voice, opening her eyes and looking down at me pathetically, nails digging harder into my palms, causing me to wince.
"I..I don't know..The nurse let me out on good behavior I guess.."
" The words good behavior and you don't go together." She whispered once more interrupting me and closing her eyes once more as more tears fell onto me. My eyes began to narrow as I frowned; this wasn't at all what I was expecting, especially from the one who saved me.
" You know you didn't have to save me Devi, you could have just let me die." I said in a low voice. Her eyes shot open at my tone and her body stiffened in fear, though melted back into anger.
" You didn't deserve to go the easy way out. You deserved to live in the filth you caused yourself." She hissed; I glared.
" Then why did you send me to an asylum Devi huh? Seems to me you didn't want me to live in the 'filth I caused myself'."
She looked down at me stunned, eyes wide once more, then narrowing in absolute hate. Her hand let go of my palm once more and found itself clasped to my windpipe tightly causing me to choke.
" Listen here Johnny-pooh..I could have cared less if you died, but I wasn't about to let the other people on that street have to see you die. They didn't need to see that or have to have the picture of your blood spewing from your wrists like a fucking geyser printed in their minds forever.." she hissed darkly letting go of my throat and standing back up. I coughed, sitting up and rubbing my neck, glaring at her.
"S..since when do you c...care what others think or s..see?" I asked coolly. She spun around looking at me as if I had uncovered a terrible secret, blushing slightly, and glaring then spinning around away from me. As I arose to my feet, I saw Squee standing at the mouth of the alley, clutching Shmee with great fear then running to me as fast as he could, clinging onto my leg and shaking.
"What just happened Mr. Nny sir?" He squeaked looking up at Devi who slowly was walking away.
" Oh nothing. Just simply caught up with someone who once meant something to me." I said sharply glaring. She stopped and spun around.
" Yeah...just another helpless person to disembowel for absolutely no FUCKING reason and leave me paranoid of my own damned SHADOW!" She shouted throwing a broken bottleneck at me, which missed and shattered against the wall. Squee squealed and hugged my leg tighter.
" Will you PLEASE just get over that Devi?!" I bellowed feeling anger arising in me " I said I was sorry and GOD I've never meant it more than I ever did when I said it!" I took a deep breath, trembling slightly, expression growing softer as I looked over her. " I would never try doing anything like that again, because of you." ((A/N: Stupid teen angst mode..))
Her eyes narrowed as she bared her gritted teeth. " Don't you DARE try to make it sound like I heroically saved your life because of any pathetic, lovey-dovey feelings I had for you..." She hissed.
" Then why did you Devi? Why! I don't buy your bullshit story of trying to spare the 'innocent people' from seeing me die. Hell, the things they see everyday on T.V is MUCH more graphic than seeing a man lying there with bleeding wrists." I said forcefully back, though quieted down as Squee gave a dry sob burying his face into my trench coat. I looked down at him pathetically and placed my hand on his back in condolence.
Devi looked at me once more as if I had uncovered another deep dark secret, eyes darting back and forth and sighing deeply. For the first time that evening she calmed down, looking like she did a long while before; before I tried to kill her. She pulled her coat closer to her and looked down at the ground, wind dancing in her hair..God even in the lack of light she looked so beautiful..
" Okay. So maybe I thought that with help, the side I once knew before would come back.maybe I 'vainly' thought that you weren't the horrible person you had made yourself into." She muttered, spitting as if the words tasted like filth and glaring at me.
" Then why don't you see for yourself if your little 'selfish mission' succeeded." I spat back glaring as well, taking Squee's hand and walking towards her, as she backed away from me. " You hungry? Squee and I are getting something to eat. I suppose we can catch up over I don't know..tacos or something." Devi's eyes narrowed again in hate, as she began to circle around me.
" Don't think for one moment that I've succumbed to you or something.." She hissed in a warning tone. I looked back at her queerly raising my free hand.
" Look..you don't have to come with us. I just think it's a tad rude to not invite someone to dinner who took it upon her to save my life." I shot back. She looked at me for a moment, not moving then sighed shaking her head.
" Oh fucking fine. All right already.."
" You sure?"
She glared at me, pushing past me walking ahead of me infuriated with her self.
" YES! FOR THE LAST TIME!" she shouted back at me. I looked down at Squee, smirking slightly and followed her towards the Taco Hell.
" You like her Mr. Nny sir?" Squee asked me lightly. I laughed somewhat to myself, watching her storm on.
" Like you wouldn't believe Squeegee..Like you wouldn't believe."
((Author's note: Thank you those for your lovely comments ( and all you others...REVIEW OR I SHALL MURDER YOU! I appreciate knowing my work is read and appreciated! Okay so this chapter isn't as interesting as the up coming ones..but I can guarantee your wait for some interesting action will be wonderfully fulfilled. I've got some NASTY little twists up my sleeve. Chapter six will be up within the week, and this is the chapter where things began to "heat up" (take that as foreshadowing if you may..::evil grin:: )
"Hey one side moron!" a fat hairy man who looked as if his name should have been Bruce in a black wife beater two sizes too small spat at me as he pushed against my back, sending me against the side of the building I stood near. I admit, Squee and myself WERE hogging the walkway, but that man was uncalled for.
" Fuck you ass hole!" I shouted back at him, flipping him a gesture with my hand, though he was lost in the sea of people next to me. I was though; quite surprised I had no intuition to disembowel him right then and there.
" What the fuck are you doing out here.." A sultry voice cooed darkly in front of me. My heart stopped, as a block of ice formed in my stomach. Swallowing hard I shut my eyes and turned my head to the front of me then reopened my eyes slowly. Devi stood before me, looking up into my eyes angrily like a rattlesnake on the hunt; her emerald eyes narrowed and burning.
Words failed me plain and simple as a small squeak came from my throat. Devi's eyes narrowed more as her lips pursed, twisting into a grimace, gritting her teeth. Suddenly, the feeling came back to my legs as I dropped my grasp on Squee's hand and lowered myself, turned around, and dashed as fast as I could, mowing through the crowd, knocking over outdoor stands and tripping over small children spouting apologies left and right.
But I wasn't fast enough; I could hear her charging full tilt behind me as well as Squee's little voice calling after me. I pushed myself harder and harder beginning to lose her, gasping for air and searching for any means of escape. Finally, I began to close in on an alley taking a sharp turn and nearly crashing into the scattered boxes all over the ground. I stopped, panting and leaning forwards looking at the ground then suddenly feeling something very sharp hit my back, followed by weight as my body suddenly met the cold hard ground knocking the wind out of me. A hand appeared on my left arm, holding it with a painful grasp flipping me to my back as I once more looked into the emerald glow of Devi's angry eyes, now burning with even more rage. She straddled my chest, making it unable for me to catch my breath easily as I coughed. She dug her nails into the palms of my hands and forcefully pinned my hands down with hers over my head lowering down a little and glaring into my own wide eyes. I dared not fight back, remembering what happened last time.
" I should have fucking let you bleed to death you louse..you fucking bastard.." She hissed, shaking as she spoke in a voice barely above a whisper, tears forming in her eyes. " What the FUCK are you doing on the streets..why the FUCK did they let you out..it was so much better for me..you..YARGHHH!!!" She screamed, hurting my ears. Suddenly she let go of one of my hands, now shaking in pain from her nails and struck me as hard as she could across my face leaving an echoing slap resonating between the walls. He head snapped in the direction of her strike, looking stunned, at the garbage cans next to me.
" WELL ANSWER ME GOD DAMNIT YOU SKINNY FAGGOT!" She shrieked, shaking. I felt two small droplets of water fall onto my neck as I heard a soft sniffle. "Answer me.." She repeated in a meek, shaky voice. " I swear to God if you try to kill me again I will break your neck.."
I looked up at her, still hard of breath. Her eyes were now shut, though small beads of water collected at her lashes. " Devi.." I whispered, trying to sound as calm as I could. " I..why did you-"
" You're not answering my question Johnny.." She interrupted in a calmer sounding voice, opening her eyes and looking down at me pathetically, nails digging harder into my palms, causing me to wince.
"I..I don't know..The nurse let me out on good behavior I guess.."
" The words good behavior and you don't go together." She whispered once more interrupting me and closing her eyes once more as more tears fell onto me. My eyes began to narrow as I frowned; this wasn't at all what I was expecting, especially from the one who saved me.
" You know you didn't have to save me Devi, you could have just let me die." I said in a low voice. Her eyes shot open at my tone and her body stiffened in fear, though melted back into anger.
" You didn't deserve to go the easy way out. You deserved to live in the filth you caused yourself." She hissed; I glared.
" Then why did you send me to an asylum Devi huh? Seems to me you didn't want me to live in the 'filth I caused myself'."
She looked down at me stunned, eyes wide once more, then narrowing in absolute hate. Her hand let go of my palm once more and found itself clasped to my windpipe tightly causing me to choke.
" Listen here Johnny-pooh..I could have cared less if you died, but I wasn't about to let the other people on that street have to see you die. They didn't need to see that or have to have the picture of your blood spewing from your wrists like a fucking geyser printed in their minds forever.." she hissed darkly letting go of my throat and standing back up. I coughed, sitting up and rubbing my neck, glaring at her.
"S..since when do you c...care what others think or s..see?" I asked coolly. She spun around looking at me as if I had uncovered a terrible secret, blushing slightly, and glaring then spinning around away from me. As I arose to my feet, I saw Squee standing at the mouth of the alley, clutching Shmee with great fear then running to me as fast as he could, clinging onto my leg and shaking.
"What just happened Mr. Nny sir?" He squeaked looking up at Devi who slowly was walking away.
" Oh nothing. Just simply caught up with someone who once meant something to me." I said sharply glaring. She stopped and spun around.
" Yeah...just another helpless person to disembowel for absolutely no FUCKING reason and leave me paranoid of my own damned SHADOW!" She shouted throwing a broken bottleneck at me, which missed and shattered against the wall. Squee squealed and hugged my leg tighter.
" Will you PLEASE just get over that Devi?!" I bellowed feeling anger arising in me " I said I was sorry and GOD I've never meant it more than I ever did when I said it!" I took a deep breath, trembling slightly, expression growing softer as I looked over her. " I would never try doing anything like that again, because of you." ((A/N: Stupid teen angst mode..))
Her eyes narrowed as she bared her gritted teeth. " Don't you DARE try to make it sound like I heroically saved your life because of any pathetic, lovey-dovey feelings I had for you..." She hissed.
" Then why did you Devi? Why! I don't buy your bullshit story of trying to spare the 'innocent people' from seeing me die. Hell, the things they see everyday on T.V is MUCH more graphic than seeing a man lying there with bleeding wrists." I said forcefully back, though quieted down as Squee gave a dry sob burying his face into my trench coat. I looked down at him pathetically and placed my hand on his back in condolence.
Devi looked at me once more as if I had uncovered another deep dark secret, eyes darting back and forth and sighing deeply. For the first time that evening she calmed down, looking like she did a long while before; before I tried to kill her. She pulled her coat closer to her and looked down at the ground, wind dancing in her hair..God even in the lack of light she looked so beautiful..
" Okay. So maybe I thought that with help, the side I once knew before would come back.maybe I 'vainly' thought that you weren't the horrible person you had made yourself into." She muttered, spitting as if the words tasted like filth and glaring at me.
" Then why don't you see for yourself if your little 'selfish mission' succeeded." I spat back glaring as well, taking Squee's hand and walking towards her, as she backed away from me. " You hungry? Squee and I are getting something to eat. I suppose we can catch up over I don't know..tacos or something." Devi's eyes narrowed again in hate, as she began to circle around me.
" Don't think for one moment that I've succumbed to you or something.." She hissed in a warning tone. I looked back at her queerly raising my free hand.
" Look..you don't have to come with us. I just think it's a tad rude to not invite someone to dinner who took it upon her to save my life." I shot back. She looked at me for a moment, not moving then sighed shaking her head.
" Oh fucking fine. All right already.."
" You sure?"
She glared at me, pushing past me walking ahead of me infuriated with her self.
" YES! FOR THE LAST TIME!" she shouted back at me. I looked down at Squee, smirking slightly and followed her towards the Taco Hell.
" You like her Mr. Nny sir?" Squee asked me lightly. I laughed somewhat to myself, watching her storm on.
" Like you wouldn't believe Squeegee..Like you wouldn't believe."
((Author's note: Thank you those for your lovely comments ( and all you others...REVIEW OR I SHALL MURDER YOU! I appreciate knowing my work is read and appreciated! Okay so this chapter isn't as interesting as the up coming ones..but I can guarantee your wait for some interesting action will be wonderfully fulfilled. I've got some NASTY little twists up my sleeve. Chapter six will be up within the week, and this is the chapter where things began to "heat up" (take that as foreshadowing if you may..::evil grin:: )