Ok, ok, I wanted to get to romance part out of the way. But, all of this romance cuts into the Drama end of the stick, so, enjoy the chapter, please.

Chapter 6

The next day, Elise woke up with a splitting headache. She had woken up way before all of the other inmates, and noticed that it was still dark out. She lit her bedlamp, and took out a diary that was hidden underneath her bed. She moved around as little as possible, so not to wake up T-Bag.

She flipped the pages and landed on a page labeled, "Angel Eyes." She read it and smiled.

Thank you so much for who you are,

Even if you are far away;

And the words that you speak to me,

I'm never mad at what you say.

(Chorus)

Angel eyes have seen me

And I have seen them, too

I am always happy

Happy to be with you

I don't know why I need you so,

or how I know that you'll be there

But, oh, how much you mean to me.

In times, my heart can hardly bear.

You are the good in me.

(Bridge)

Knowing simply that you are there,

Forever thinking so much of me,

Opens up my happiness,

Undone for all those to see.

I am happy

I want to be the strong one

To count all of the things you've done

To guide with all that love can lend

Until all of these troubles end.

(Repeat chorus)

May we share all our special days,

The happiness of one for two;

And if we must go separate ways,

Let my love remain with you.

This was her song dedicated to Michael.

Here, she could write down all of her dreams that she would have wanted to make possible, all of the feelings and emotions she was feeling, and all of the secrets she wanted to be remain untold. Here, in this diary, she could write her life.

Elise gasped as she could hear T-Bag rustle underneath her. She looked over her bed and saw him. He mumbled something and went back to sleep. She smiled at the Alabamian and then, sat up, turned the next page of her diary, and started to write down something that had been on her mind.

A few hours later, it was time for all of the inmates to get up. T-Bag accidentally kicked the top-bunk, causing Elise to scribble a bit.

"Sorry, Elisabeth."

"It's ok, Theodore. It's only my diary."

T-Bag got up and placed his arms on the side of her bed, and placed his head in his hands.

"Your diary?"

"Yes…my diary. I have been writing in it ever since I was 18. When my life turned upside-down." Elise continued to write in the notebook, and T-Bag was trying to peek. "Will you stop?" She smiled at him.

"I wanna see if you wrote anything about me."

Elise looked at him and laughed. She then closed it and locked it. T-Bag gave her a curious look, and she simply shook her head at him.

"No, I am not telling you if I wrote about you."

"Then, I'll have to force it out of you."

T-Bag climbed the top bunk and straddled Elise. He began to tickle her, making her laugh out loud. She, of course, still wouldn't tell him, which made him tickle her more.

"Theodore, stop! Fine, fine, I'll tell you."

"Good."

She kept her mouth closed, holding in a laugh. He caught on to her act and began to tickle her again. T-Bag's face got really close to Elise's, that their lips were only millimeters away from each other. She took in his scent, as he did her's. Then they heard Bellick walk by the cell.

"Ok, lovebirds. Up and at'em."

T-Bag got off of Elise and got his clothes for the day. He walked of the cell, but waited for her. Elise hid the book underneath her mattress, and then hopped off of the bed. She also grabbed her clothes. She walked out and walked with T-Bag to the showers.

Michael walked down, and stood next to Elise.

"Are you serious? You're taking a shower with all of these guys?"

Elise looked at him and laughed.

"What? I have a private stall. Don't worry, Michael."

Michael smiled and looked at T-Bag. T-Bag just looked at him and started to walk with the rest of the inmates. Michael looked back at Elise.

"After the showers, we all have to talk."

"Ok." Elise quickly followed T-Bag to the showers, and instead of going into the main shower room, she walked into stall that was in the room, but it was closed off for her. She walked in the stall and turned on the water. She then noticed someone standing outside of the stall, and peeked to see who it was.

"Theodore!"

T-Bag's eyes widened as he looked at the angel in front of him. She was all he had dreamed of. With all this racist crap going on, you wouldn't think that T-Bag was actually falling in love with a mulatto girl, who, by the way, was a few years his junior. He quickly blinked and closed the curtain. He walked away and felt more mortified in that moment than in his entire life.

Elise had covered herself, and then, once the curtain was closed, she went back to washing. Why did he do that, she wondered. She noticed, before he left, that he didn't have a ravenous look in his eyes, but a loving one. Like he had just seen something that he had been longing for, for the longest time. If that was the case, then Elise was going to have to cope with the fact that the man whom she once hated was now falling for her, and she was falling for him, too.

Later on, when the group was in P.I., they started to have the meeting. C-Note noticed that T-Bag was just staring out of the door, looking at someone, and not looking out for anyone.

"T-Bag? Who are you looking at?" C-Note walked by him and noticed that he was looking at Elise. C-Note looked at Michael, who looked at Lincoln.

"T-Bag!" Lincoln shouted.

"Wha--? Oh, sorry about that." He walked over and became part of the group.

"Are you with us, now?" Michael asked.

"Yes."

"Good. So, now, we have everything done. Except for the infirmary. I am going to have to do something about that pipe. It's our only way out."

"Get Elise. She is good friends with the doc." C-Note pitched in.

"Yeah. She talks to her all of the time, and is always allowed in the infirmary." T-Bag stated, since she was his new cell mate and all.

"That's a good idea. She will probably know a very quick and efficient way to get that pipe out of the picture."

"So, are we all good on the plan?"

The group all agreed and then, they all exited. Michael went over to Elise, who was sitting on the bleachers and talking to a few of her friends.

"I need to ask you a favor."

Elise looked at him, and nodded.

"I need to get rid of that pipe in the supply room. The one that leads to the infirmary."

"I can think of something to do it as quick as I can get it. What type of metal is it?"

"No idea."

"If it's weak, then all you need is any type of strong chemical and fire, to rust it away." Elise looked at him. Her face was flushed, ever since her encounter with T-Bag in the shower.

"Are you ok?"

"Yeah, why?"

"You look flushed."

"Oh. Well, I had an encounter while in the showers. Not a bad one, but a very, very surprising one."

"Who was it?"

"My cell mate."

Michael raged and got in her face.

"Did he touch you! Because if he did, then I'll…"

"He didn't do anything. All he did was just stand there and look at me."

"He was probably thinking about raping you, right then and there." Michael looked at her, and saw that there was hurt in her eyes.

"Why would you say that?"

"He's a monster, Elise. He's probably just putting on a show to kick it with you."

Elise looked away from, and noticed T-Bag, who was talking to a few of his cronies, but he kept on looking up at her. He would smile at her a few times, before continuing his conversation.

"I don't think so."

"Why?" Michael looked at her intently.

"Because he didn't have the rapacious look in his eyes that he would usually have. He looked as though he had just seen something that he had been yearning for, for a long time, and that he was in love with it. And the truth is, I'm thinking that I liked that look."

Elise looked at him after she had finished and saw a look on his face that she had never seen before. He was hurt. Michael's bottom lip trembling and had tears forming. He had never known it, but, he was in love with her. Ever since the day that they met, he knew that they would be together as friends, but, ever since a few months ago, he wanted to be with her, and be more than friends with her.

"Well, I'm happy for you…" Michael got up and walked away.

"Michael, wait." She got up and followed him. "What's the matter?"

"Nothing. If this is what you want, then, fine."

"This is not what I want, Michael." She stood in front of him and stopped him. "What I want is for you to tell me why you seem so upset."

"Isn't it obvious? I love you, Elise. I have ever since we were younger. When we met, I knew we were supposed to be together. We may be as different as can be, but, we are so alike, that…" he took a breath, letting a tear flow down his cheek.

"Oh, Michael…" She took his face in her hand, and kissed his cheek. He finally broke and started to sob into her shoulder. She held as though he was a child, soothing him and caressing his back, telling that everything was going to be ok.

After awhile, Michael composed himself, and they all got in line to go into the prison. As they filed into GenPop, Elise didn't go into her cell, but went into Michael's cell.

"Sucre? Could you give Michael and I a few minutes? Thanks." Elise sat down beside Michael on the bottom bunk and took his, like she would when they were younger.

Michael looked at her and smiled.

"I'm sorry about that, before. I must've seemed like a big baby."

"No, you weren't a baby, Michael. You just had to let out all of your emotions."

"What I said was true. But, if you like T-Bag… I'm not gonna hold you back."

Elise looked at him and bit her bottom lip.

"I don't wanna see you unhappy, Michael. If me being with T-Bag is going to hurt you, then let it not be done."

"I won't be hurt by it. I just needed to tell you that because, I really do love you, and I always will." He looked at her, and before either of them knew it, Elise placed a gentle kiss on Michael's lips. She then parted, and rubbed his cheekbone, and smiled.

"I will too."

They talked for awhile longer, and then, Elise decided to go back to her cell. She hugged Michael tightly and then, made her way to her cell. What she didn't know was that two eyes were watching her every move. As she got into her cell, T-Bag was sitting on his bunk, looking at the wall.

"T-Bag?"

"What?"

"Are you ok?"

"Never been better?"

Elise knew what was wrong and sighed.

"Listen…"

"I already know, Elise, ok," He got up and stood up in front of her, "I knew you loved him. I knew it since the day I met you. You two were always up on each other, and you kept on denying it. But, now, the truth comes out. You do love Michael, don't you?"

"T-Bag…"

"Don't you!"

Elise looked at him and saw that he was a mixture of anger, sadness, hurt, and just about everything.

"I walked in on you today in the shower, because I wanted to be with you. I have never…NEVER…wanted to be with someone as much as I wanted to be you. It's true, Elise. You have changed me. I don't want to deal with the new fish that come in, anymore. I don't care about raping people, and killing people, and everything that I thought about before I met you. All I think about is you, you, you, and no one else. I love you, Elisabeth Webster, and I have never said those words to anyone else before tonight."

Elise just looked at him, words not coming from her mouth. Tears were in her eyes and she smiled. So it was true… He did love her. Finally, she spoke up.

"It may seem that I'm lying, but, I can't stop thinking about you. I did write about you in my diary, Theodore," she reached for under the bed and took it out, unlocking it, turned a few pages and put the books in his hand, "And I continue to write about you."

T-Bag read a poem that she had written. It was telling a small story about two completely different people, finding something that they had been both yearning for…love.

He closed the book and handed it to her. He looked in her eyes, and cupped her face in his hands, and kissed her with a passion he had never known before now. Elise kissed him back, and as they connected, the lights were dimming and everyone was going to sleep, but T-Bag and Elise were arriving at the first stop of a relationship… telling each other the hidden secrets they held from each other for the longest time.

Meanwhile, two other people were starting to get to know each other a little bit more.

LJ and Olivia had become closer as the weeks went by. LJ had to admit, having Olivia as a friend wasn't so bad. She was funny, smart, always polite, and always cared about what he felt. She wasn't like the other girls at school that he was used to. The girls would be dressing all slutty and would hang all over him. He used to like it, but now, the thought of it made him sick.

"So, what movie do you wanna watch?" LJ asked Olivia, as they sat on the couch together.

"Anything, really. I don't care." LJ flicked on the movie "Pirates of the Caribbean", and Olivia told him to keep it there. It was the beginning, so they had time to watch it together.

As the movie went on, LJ and Olivia were talking about school and sometimes, they would bring up the case. But, they would always usually be talking about other stuff.

"So," Olivia looked at LJ, while chewing on an eggroll from the Chinese food that they had ordered, "What kind of girls do you like? Tiffany is always all over her."

"I don't know what kind of girls I like." He looked at and it came to him that he loved the small things that she would do. How she would laugh, smile, twitch her foot. He liked that in a girl. Olivia didn't hide anything. Her personality was true to form and her ways of being a human being were remarkable. She was helping people she never knew, and actually liking it.

"I guess I like girls like you."

Olivia gulped down her eggroll, and looked at LJ. LJ saw how she looked and stared at the T.V.

"Sorry about that."

"It's ok, it's just that, you're the first guy from a different clique, who has said something to me and really meant it."

LJ looked at her and smiled.

"Really?"

Olivia nodded, and looked at the T.V. screen. It was the last scene, where Will Turner and Elizabeth Swann were kissing. Olivia looked at LJ, and he looked at her. Then, they kissed, both enjoying a moment of peace between themselves. Olivia was the first to part, and smiled at LJ. This was a night to remember.

So, here it is. T-Bag and Elise are together, and Olivia and LJ are together. What more can you ask? I know that Elise kissed Michael, but… She really loves T-Bag. I know y'all are wonderin' "Who would fall for him? He's so creepy. Well, now, you have seen a different side of him.