Chapter 3: Lack of Days (Song by Unfinished Thought)

"So, what's up, Xoe?" Charlie asked from his car as she walked past him.

Xoe flashed her blue eyes. "Nothing. Now go away and leave me alone."

"Kill anyone else?"

"...Not yet. Now leave me alone."

"Oh, who are you planning to kill next?"

"I'm planning to kill you next because you're harrassing me. Now do what I say and go bug some other girl." Xoe continued walking. Charlie followed her with his car.

"You know, I still don't understand why he broke up with you. You're so..." Charlie grew hearts of desire in his eyes. "...so mysteriously beautiful..."

"Say that again, and I'll gauge your eyes out." Xoe sped up her pace, but he continued to follow her with the car.

"You're so...amazingly amazing... So...excitingly awe-inspiring... So...sexy..."

Finally she turned around toward the car and screamed, "GO THE FUCK AWAY, YOU FUCKTARD!" Xoe took out her knife from her belt and stabbed the hood of the car.

"...She's mad," Charlie murmured as he backed up the car and drove past her.

"YOU BETTER RUN, YOU FUCKER!" Xoe screamed after him. "RUN BEFORE I KILL YOUR ASS!" She put away her knife after a minute. "Sigh... He's starting to get to me... All of this because I just killed his best friend and he keeps on harrassing me emotionally and sexually..." Xoe puffed up her cheeks as she walked away.

::So What's The Deal::

::With Your Piercing Eyes?::

::Such A Fucking Cheap Disguise::

::So Pale So Thin::

::Your Remarkes Soak In::

"Just answer your phone," the answering machine said in Charlie's voice. "I only want to talk to you."

Xoe stood over next to her bed. "Why won't he leave me alone?" she whispered to herself.

Another message came on. "Xoe, I'm not trying to harrass you... I just want you to answer your phone."

Another. "Hey, Revie, I was wondering if you wanted hang out sometime... You know, just you and me..."

Again. "We can hang out at the mall..."

Once more. "Answer your phone..."

Another message. "Xoe, once again, this is Charlie. Why don't you answer your phone? I haven't seen you out and about as usual... I was thinking you were home..."

And finally the last message came on. "Hey, Xoe, answer your phone! I was wondering if you wanted to come over to my place."

Xoe opened her eyes from her closed state. She smiled mortally as she picked up her phone. Xoe obviously had an idea...

::As I Wash My Eyes::

::And My Hands Of Joy::

::Never Expect Me To Be Able::

::To Handle Your Coy Ways::

"Hey, Xoe! I'm glad you decided to come over," Charlie remarked as Xoe walked in through the front door. She glanced around the apartment and found it almost like hers in a way. Candles were lit on every surface available, a table was set up with a large candle on it, and the bed on the far end of the apartment was topped with lots of pillows. Xoe knew exactly what Charlie really wanted.

"You can sit down at the table if you want," Charlie acknowledged as he grabbed her paw and pulled her over to it. "Also please take out your knife."

Xoe sat down at one end of the table as he walked to the kitchen part of the apartment. She brought her knife out of her belt and set it on the table. He came back and served her dinner. After they finished eating, Charlie sat down on the couch and beckoned her over.

"I know you may find me crazy, but, Xoe, I was wondering if you would be my girl," Charlie whispered as he came onto her.

Xoe tried backing up a little. "Wellys, it's a little too late to be asking..."

"Why?"

Xoe smiled. "Go over to your bed and push off everything including the mattress until you got the frame there."

Charlie glanced around awkwardly. "Alright."

When he pushed the mattress off, Xoe walked over. She smiled bloodthirsty as she ordered, "Now lie down in the middle of the frame."

Charlie did so. He had a wacked-out grin on his face, and Xoe had her canniballistic smile on her face. She kept on smiling with the Grim Reaper in her eyes as she slid off her blue dress. Charlie was breathing hard now. Xoe only had on her belt, a coarse and hard strap of leather that had many loops and pouches. She hung over him.

"Now stretch out your arms and legs."

Charlie followed her commands. Xoe brought out four pairs of manacles from her belt and handcuffed his paws and feet to the four posts.

"...What now? Aren't you going to-"

"Be quiet, Charlie, and let me do my job." Xoe brought out a large flacon of gasoline. She opened it up and poured the gasoline all over Charlie. He began to sweat.

"You're going to kill me, aren't you?"

"What did you think?"

"BUT I DIDN'T TELL ANYONE! I DIDN'T TELL ANYONE!"

"You harrassed me, and you said if you did anything that I didn't like that I had permission to kill you."

"DON'T KILL ME, PLEASE!"

"Calm down..." Xoe put away the large flask and brought out a lighter. Charlie began sweating harder as she bent over him. Xoe kissed him on his lips and stood back up.

"I told you not to play my game, Charlie, but now we do things my way." Xoe smiled deathly as he sobbed with fear. She ripped off part of her dress that was lying on the ground beside her and lit it. Xoe yelled, "Good-bye, dear Charlie! Have a nice eternity!" She then threw the blazing piece of cloth onto him and stepped back.

Xoe heard him scream painfully. She laughed as his whole body caught fire. She carved "Xoe" into the backboard of the bed. Xoe put her dress back on, took the keys to Charlie's car and her knife, and then walked out of the apartment.

Xoe sat in Charlie's car to watch the rest of the scene. She had to keep herself from laughing insanely as the firefighters came in to put out the fire that had now plagued the building. There were ambulences to carry off hurt people, but none came out.

She spent the night there watching the police officers and firefighters trying to figure out where the fire started. They came upon Charlie's room to find all of the melted candle wax on the floor. They found the ashes of Charlie's body and part of the backboard. It unclearly read to them "X" for the "oe" had been burned off.

::I Told You Not To Play My Game::

::Now We Do Things My Way::

"Did you hear about Charlie?" one of Xoe's so-called friends that had been obsessed with him named Anna, a light blond hamster, questioned. "Did you hear about how they found out someone had chained him down, poured gasoline onto him, lit him afire, and then left? Did ya?"

"That's what I TOLD you," Xoe murmured as they walked down the sidewalk. "Damn people... They can't remember anything..."

"What's wrong, Xoe? You had a crush on him?" Anna teased.

"Shut up, he harrassed me."

"Why?"

"Because I killed-"

"You killed your ex?!! OH MY GOD, THE RUMORS ARE TRUE!"

"Say a word to anyone else, and your life is gone into rusted dust."

"...Alright." Anna gulped. "You wouldn't, would you?"

"Yes, I would."

Anna screamed. "OH MY GOD, XOE IS GOING TO KILL ME!"

"Yes, I will, if you keep on screaming," Xoe threatened as she grabbed the handle of her knife from her belt.

"So who all have you killed so far?"

"...Josh, Marie, and Charlie. You're gonna be next if you repeat any of this."

"OH MY GOD, YOU KILLED CHARLIE?!!"

"Yes, I did."

"YOU JUST KILLED HIM?!!"

"No, he deserved it. So did the other two. And you will, too."

::I Wonder If You Know::

::That My Tough Shell Is So Weak::

::Such A Charade::

::To Force Me To Speak::

"Gah, I don't think I should have said what I said," Xoe whispered to herself as she hugged a pillow while she sat on her bed. "I know her... She'll tell everyone in the book about my confessions. If she says a word..."

::No Words Can Be Said::

::To Account For My Troubled Mind::

::Plastic Or No There's No Sense Of Time::

Xoe sighed. "I'm just in this whirl of nothingness... Just a fucked up lonely girl in this world... No one matters now... Only this tiny voice inside my head understands my strong and deadly emotions..."

::Just A Lacadaisical Whirl::

::Just A Fucked Up Lonely Girl::