Author's Note: First off I would like to thank everyone who has reviewed my story thus far, your comments have been taken on board, it really motivates me to continue when you guys give me such support (Sniffle), Whoo, now that's over and done with we can get down to the juicy stuff, if you all can bear with me for a few more chapters of fluff then I swear by the Darkness that binds us all together, that I will repay you by giving you the Goriest, Bloodiest, Sexiest, Sweariest? chapters that you have ever seen, and will continue to do so until I am either consumed by madness or I lose interest, whichever comes first (Fingers crossed for the madness).
Chapter 2: Hard Work Sucks
Waking up with a hangover sucks, I mean really sucks, especially when you wake up on the couch in the apartment of the woman you love, and her boyfriend is the one to wake you up, wearing little more than a towel, and seeming really happy for a guy who got just as wasted as you last night, anyway, after being woken up by Tom he tells me over a cup of coffee that Lilith had to dash out to see someone about something she saw on the news that morning, it seems to me that he doesn't know what but am too out of it to question him, I do however manage to bring up my nose, which seems to sense that I'm talking about it and starts to throb again, yay, anyway, he tells me that he can fix it but it's going to hurt, I say that's fine, I can handle it, but then he places his thumbs on either side of my nose and then I almost black out with pain as I hear an audible SNAP and suddenly I can breathe through my nostrils again, albeit kind of wheezily, he explains that it should heal as good as new and asks me if it was ever broken before, I tell him about when I was a kid and he expresses shock at my tale, not believing that I could have done such a thing and even more shock at the fact that I didn't feel my nose break the first time, I don't know what to tell him at that moment in time so I just shrug and sip my coffee, there's an awkward pause before I glance at my watch, 09:14am.
"Hey, why aren't you at work?" I ask Tom, he looks at me and says that it's a Saturday, "Oh, right" I exclaim before remembering something I'd forgotten, today's my birthday, I almost drop the mug I'm holding as I scramble to get my coat and put it on, Tom jumps a little at my sudden burst of speed and asks me where I'm going, after I explain to him my predicament I grab a piece of paper that was lying around and jot down my address, handing the paper to Tom I ask if he can give that to Lilith when she gets back, rushing to the door as I do, before I yank open the door and, after politely closing it behind me, dash off down the hall, completely disregarding the elevator on my way, reaching the stairwell I bash through the door as I fall almost down the flights of stairs, when I reach the bottom I'm gasping for air, We really need to get in shape" the voice chirps in as I'm rushing to the front doors, opening them I look around to get my bearings, noticing the street name I do a quick scan of the road and spot what I'm looking for, a taxi, walking to the cab I pull open the door and get in, before telling the cabbie my street name and sitting back, watching the world go by as the car stutters before rolling out.
I got back to my place a few minutes later and, after paying the driver, climb out the door and make my way to my apartment, putting my key in the door I'm startled when it flies open and my mother grabs me and hugs me before pushing me into the apartment and yelling at me, that goes on for a while, she's yelling at me about last night, about when I was a kid, about everything, it's like she's held all this back but now it's coming out, a huge ocean of yells, after explaining everything about last night, minus the whole mugging and killing part she expresses embarrassment and then joy at the fact that I ran into Lilith, then she tells me that because I'm now 18 that I can live here because she's going to go live with the guy from last night, my mouth, as you can imagine, drops so much that I can taste the carpet beneath my feet, now it's my turn to yell at her, we go round and round the houses but the truth is that she's happy with this guy, and while I could never be on the same page as some guy who was sleeping with my mom, I have to admit that a part of me is truly happy for her.
Lilith calls by a few hours later, after my mom's finished hugging her and talking with her she leaves so we can have some time to talk, I explain all the things that just happened but she seems distant, almost as if she's ignoring me, as I'm going over the fact that I now live on my own Lilith turns to me and plants her lips on mine, shocked, all I can do is go with it, pushing my lips against hers, before she breaks contact and asks me something I wish she hadn't.
"Did you do anything last night?."
"Like what?" I say, getting up and walking over to the window.
"Like kill two guys in an alley?." she replies, also getting up and going over to my coat, reaching inside the pocket she pulls out the gun, "Maybe with this?." she says, throwing it onto the coffee table, it lands with a resounding BANG, feeling more nervous than I did last night I quickly rush over and grab the gun before running into my room and hiding it on top of my wardrobe.
"I saw a report on the news this morning, about two guys shot dead in an alley, the only thing near them was a picture, torn in half", at this point I'm beginning to sweat, and figure there's no use hiding it anymore, so after explaining everything about last night, the mugging, the picture of her getting torn in half, me turning into some slick shit killer, nailing two guys with pinpoint accuracy, kinda feeling proud of that fact, she just looks at me and then does something I never expected her to, she gets up, comes over to me, sits next to me on the edge of my bed and whispers in my ear that she doesn't care, "I can see why you like her" the voice chips in, before I take a deep breath, swallow and say "What?, you don't care that I shot two guys?, why the hell not?."
"Because you did it for me", she replies, looking me in the eyes as she does so, then she kisses me again, slower than before though, and I feel something stir deep inside me, putting my hands on her waist and the back of her head I lower her to the mattress before planting kisses on her neck and after unbuttoning her shirt, her chest, my hands now caressing the slopes of her breasts, but before my hands have a chance to travel any further south, I feel a sharp stabbing pain in my head and have to stop, sitting up I tell her that we can't do this, wondering all the while why not, she wants me to explain so I do, I tell her that she has a boyfriend, that I just committed a crime, that it's not how I imagined it to be, that I need to get in shape before I can do anything with her, that I have so much going on right now, more than I have ever had before, as I'm catching my breath after vomiting all that out, she agrees with me before buttoning up her shirt, slowly I might add, then I walk her to the door and, after assuring her that things will change, open I and let her out, then I proceed to shut the door and bang my head against it furiously, shouting "WHY?" though gritted teeth.
The next few months pass in a blur, my mom moves out, she sorted rent out with the landlord, I'm set for a year, I get lonely more often than I'd like and end up walking the streets, gun in pocket, hoping for something to happen night after night, I start exercising and cutting out most of my fatty foods, god do vegetables taste awful, every morning I weigh myself, feeling myself getting thinner and thinner, it helps to think of Lilith when I feel like I can't do it anymore, in fact I've never had more motivation for anything in my life before this point, after a few more months I feel confident enough to join a gym, lifting the weights and running on the treadmill, makes me feel even more alive than anything, I even manage to get a job as a doorman outside a fancy restaurant, the new year comes and goes, I throw a party at my place and invite my friends from work and Lilith and Tom as well, only at midnight Lilith kisses me instead of Tom, the look on his face is one of pure hatred, but I ignore it, thinking nothing will ever come of it, my job goes even better, one night, as I'm standing outside the joint this swanky looking car pulls up, the door opens and some rich guy with fancy looking hair gets out of the car, he walks over to the door and I'm just about to open it for him when it swings open from inside.
"Jackie, it's good to see you, come on in". a guy says, Vinnie I think his name is, I seen him around a few times, but never this Jackie guy, maybe he's the owner, I think to myself as I stare into the line of people waiting to get in.
"Hey Vinnie, How's the family, Jackie replies heading inside, "Which one?" Vinnie says, shutting the door behind him, but not before I hear something about the brunette at the front desk, checking my watch I notice that it's the end of my shift, I open the door and walk over to the aforementioned desk, after having a short chat with the brunette I ask for my pay as it's the end of the week and she says of course before disappearing out of my sight for a few seconds before popping back up and handing me a wad of cash in a brown envelope, I thank her and then make my way out, heading home that night I can't help but feel like I missed something, but what I can't tell.
Author's Note: Bet you're sick of seeing these am I right?, anyway, sorry if this seems a little shorter than chapter 1, I can't judge my spaces and so everything looks the same to me, but enough about my inadequacies, I'll say it now so as to get it out of the way, the uploading schedule for these chapters is gonna be a little erratic, I was going to do a weekly thing but I just want to write so much, and so often that I vomit these chapters forth whenever I can, some weeks there might be two chapters, some weeks there might only be one, so don't get discouraged if I haven't acknowledged your reviews or comments when you read the new chapters, I will get around to it, so it might be a few chapters later than you think but I will definitely get around to it, you won't get left behind or forgotten, Ohana.(Means Family in Hawaiian).
