Well, now with that out of the way, let's get on to the proper story now, shall we?
As the explosions died down, I turned my head (which was quite painful because of the neck wound) and looked at Marla in disbelief. "She's back I thought, she's really back!" The tissue fell out of my neck, causing warm blood to slowly flow down my neck. Marla turned her head towards mine and her eyes soon filled with tears.
"What happened to you?" She asked, visibly upset.
"Well I shot myself" I said too quickly. I realized that it made me sound like I attempted suicide, but I couldn't risk going into all the details in case something bad happened. I swore to myself I would tell her everything when we got back to Paper Street's Atomic Shithole, the place I currently lived in. At least there it was safe.
Marla quickly sidestepped towards me and turned at the same time, wrapping her arms around me and I quickly threw the gun to one side. I could feel Marla's warm tears because her face buried into my chest, causing her tears to flow into my underwear. It looked like I had wet myself, but I didn't care, all I cared about was that Marla was with me now and she was all I cared about for the time being.
"Why...how did... are you okay?" Words seemed hard for her to find. But were they all that necessary? She was with me now. The same man who screwed her and screwed her over. The same man who kicked her out of his house. The same man who made her leave the city. The same man who saved her, protected her and loved her. I felt awful about those things and I regretted them deeply.
"You're back" I croaked, I attempted to apologize and make it sound as convincing as possible, something not easy with blood pouring out of your throat. "I'm sorry for everything Marla, I am so sorry" I said apologetically.
I felt my blood pour out of my neck slowly onto Marla's hand, causing my apology to rub off on her in more ways than one. She was asking herself "Why did he do this, what was he thinking!?" "If only you knew" I thought.
I felt her head move backwards slowly and I looked down towards her, her head slowly raised and looked at mine. "Why did you shoot yourself?" Marla asked, I noticed that she was showing a new emotion that she had never shown towards me before: concern. The only emotions I ever saw her display were anger and relief. I decided to ignore it for the time being and tell her what I thought of me shooting myself.
"It doesn't matter now. You're here and everything's fine." I insisted, then I realized that I might regret saying that, depending on Marla's reaction.
"You don't just shoot yourself one minute and forget about it the next," Marla was getting angry and I prepared myself for the worst. "How stupid can you be? I'm not even that stupid. What the fuck were you thinking?" Silence then came over the both of us. All I could do was stare into her big, brown eyes with quiet sadness, causing tears to start coming out of my eyes because of how beautiful they were, they were the most perfect eyes I had ever seen!
Marla's anger then turned into understanding. She knew why he did it; she once tried to kill herself as well. Although that time he was there to save her, "now it's my turn to save him" she thought.
I saw her eyes soften, I figured out she was no longer angry and tears started to come out of her eyes again. I thought this would be the perfect time to confess to her what I wanted to tell her for a while. "I I love you Marla" I said bluntly. Marla then buried her head back into my chest to let the tears flow out silently again and said the most heart-warming thing I have ever heard: "I love you too" she paused before continuing, "and that's why I came back" She said while we were both silently crying. Words weren't necessary now as we both know how we felt about each other.
As the tears slowed down, I then feel hands move up my body. I look at the hands and I saw they were Marla's as her head was slowly rising. I look at her as she slowly wraps her arms around my neck. I can't help but smile for the first time in a long time, because I knew what was about to happen. She pulls me closer until our lips kiss. The kiss is long and smooth. The only time we kissed was when she asked me to feel her breasts to see if there was a lump on them (Which I am pretty sure she lied about), but I decide not to question anything and enjoy the moment. My hands roam her body, pulling her closer. Marla's breasts became bigger and she started to moan in pleasure.
I am Jack's true happiness.
After about 5 minutes, we had to stop the kiss because we needed air (because when you kiss you forget to breathe through you nose). "Marla" I said, causing her to look at me. "While I would love to make love to you right here and now, I'm afraid it's too dangerous, so let's get out of here and I will attempt to explain everything when we get back to my place, OK?" Marla nodded. I could tell she was eager to make love to me as well.
"What about the guys downstairs?" asks Marla with a hint of fear in her voice. I couldn't blame her, they did kidnap her after all.
For the first time in a long time I am confident as I wrap my right arm around Marla's shoulders and say "Just be quiet and let me take care of them OK?" I ask politely. "OK" replied Marla as we walked into the elevator and went down to the lobby.
During the elevator ride, I felt Marla wrap her left arm around my shoulders. We smiled at each other but said nothing as the elevator descended to the lobby.
When we arrived at the lobby, the space monkeys were downstairs waiting for me. "Attention!" I shouted and all the space monkeys turned towards me and looked at me.
"Just do this as fast as possible so we can get out of here" Marla nudged me.
"Don't worry, I will" I replied before looking back at the space monkeys.
"First I just wanted to congratulate you on succeeding with your mission, you accomplished it rather well! As a result, I have decided to retire from Fight Club and live a normal life. My last order is to leave me and this Woman with me alone. Go find a new leader and goodbye forever!" I say as me and Marla walk out of the building and walk home, not hearing whatever the space monkeys are saying!