Nikole brushed her hand into her blonde hair, standing at the security counter the man stamping her Passport. "Bienvenido a Panama y disfruta de." He smiled handing her Passport back.
"Gracias, tiene un dia agradable." Nikole smiled in return. Walking to join Alex a few meters away staring at his cell phone.
Alex kept looking over the message he wrote, he kept thinking about how now, everything was going to shit, but worst of all, he was pulling Nikole into the hole with him, now he kept thinking about getting the brothers, he just needed to find them while glancing up to look at Nikole standing in front of a deck, his eyes working over her back, feeling how he got so lucky.
Looking over Panama City, Nikole thought it looked beautiful. The canal visible from almost every angle. The big green leaves on the palm trees, she lent on the railing carefully. Listening to the people, they didn't seem to busy with life, they seemed calmer, enjoying the things in life.
Biting her lip, she kept thinking about what Bill Kim said, what he could do to Alex. She glanced back, looking at Alex, their eyes connected for a second and she partly smiled.
Getting to his feet, Alex kept walking over to Nikole placing his hand around her waist after putting his cell phone into his pocket while looking over her. "What are we waiting for Nikki," his voice didn't mean to sound hard, but the fact his pen was calling to him, but he knew he was running low.
Standing up completely straight, Nikole looked back to the city with a sinking feeling in her stomach. "Oh." She paused. "Nothing, sorry... Lost track of my thoughts." She kept looking to him. Feeling was her head spin.
"Well," he started to walk her to the exit, "we need to get a cab," he kept thinking of how this was going to work, his fingers playing against her waist, "We've got to make sure we get this over with." he kept thinking of the plan, "You know, we're going to have to stick with this all the way, no turning back."
Nikole was leaning against him a little bit, as they stood outside under the afternoon sun. "I know, I don't even think we could turn back." She let out a nervous laugh. Biting her lip. Looking around. "Oh, taxi." She pointed to it.
Alex opened the door for her, being a gentleman letting her get in first. "Nikole," he said down beside her, feeling his eyes kept focused on her face, he held it softly before kissing her, pulling back watching her eyes. "I want us, to make this work, with the money, the boat, everything, we can start a fresh, just you and me, maybe even Cameron."
Feeling herself looking at Alex deeply in the eyes before Nikole looked down, playing with her fingers lacing them together and unlacing them and twiddling them. Before exhaling a small breath. "Do you think...?" She sounded worried, "Cameron would approve of me?" She side glanced Alex. Feeling a ton of different emotions piling up on her.
"You're amazing," Alex kept trying to remember the plan, the idea for them both to get off the radar of the Company, to both be free. "He'll love you, just as much as," he paused looking to the taxi drive, "hotel Fin Del Camino Gracias..."
Nikole stared, before feeling awkward and nervous, her palms were sweating. "S'really hot here... Hotter then Mississippi hot..." She whispered, feeling like she was losing her mind, trying to concentrate.
"Welcome to Panama..." he kept smirking the driver loved this about Americans coming to his hometown.
Alex kept touching Nikole's waist holding her, "Don't worry, after this, we can live anywhere you want, over the boarder..."
Nikole carefully lent against him, her head resting against his shoulder/side of his chest area. Glancing up at him, biting the side of her finger. "That sounds..." She felt sad, thinking about Olivia, Lincoln and Michael. "Wonderful."
Olivia kept looking around, she glanced to her watch feeling like she was missing something, she didn't even know what the time was really, her watch still on Central time, her eyes focused to all the pretty dressed, shoes, her hands going to her stomach thinking about how she's going to get big again, that this was going to be another child with a father, she didn't know if she could do it all again, feeling her eyes focused on a pretty white dress with yellow flowers, her hands touching it softly.
Standing still, Nikole bought a pair of sunglasses from a vendor using some of the cash she had on her, pulling them on. The sun outside felt ten times stronger.
A part of her wished, American Doctors had authority to get drugs from Pharmacies.
She felt depressed, but she didn't like it. She kept walking slowly. Looking around but not really paying attention while Alex did his thing. She bumped into something. "Sorry..." She said lowly unsure of what it was.
Olivia paused, her eyes focused on Nikole, "Oh shit," her voice kept calm, "you found me," she the paused for a longer moment, "Wait, never mind." her hands going into her pockets of her now denim short, she kept feeling she looked like Daisy Duke.
"Olivia." Nikole focused on her, "You made it! I mean... I knew that... Oh, I shouldn't see you." She tried to pretend like she didn't. She felt nervous, before calm.
"Well I shouldn't be wondering around a market place," she kept looking at the clothes. "But, alas, I am possibly carrying another child of a man who used me." she kept trying to ignore the pain in her chest, the fact she felt useless again.
"Used you?" Nikole took the sunglasses off. "What do you mean? Do I have to go cutting off balls?" She wondered seriously. Looking down at Olivia's stomach. "Have you taken a test?"
For a second Olivia inhaled, "Yes," she then sighed, "But I've kinda been walking around with the test in my pocket." her voice was low, she didn't like the feeling. "I've not mustered up the courage to look at the results." she kept rubbing her stomach. "But I'm official four days late."
Making an off face, Nikole looked from Olivia's face to her pocket, brushing her fingers into her own hair again. "You're carrying a stick around in your pocket that you peed on? - No never mind, you haven't looked yet?" She focused on the most important thing.
Olivia reached into her back pocket taking it out not looking to the screen, "I put the cap back on..." she held it out for Nikole, her holding the middle of the test, "I am not looking, cos the longer I don't look, the longer I can be in blissful ignorance..."
Nikole took the test from Olivia. Her thumb was replacing Olivia's thumb on the centre screen. "Clear blue; the most sophisticated piece of technology you will ever pee on!" She said in that manly voice like on the Television Commercial. "You have to look, I'll look, as your Doctor - and yes I am pulling that card, I have a right to know!"
"Bliss and ignorance," she waved, "Hand in hand..." she now closed her eyes for a second. "Please, just tell me if I'm going to need to buy bigger pants, cos I can't take another pregnancy alone..." her eyes wide, "Tell me it's negative and I'm having early menopause."
As Nikole looked from Olivia down to the pregnancy test in her hands, she carefully moved her thumb away from the Digital panel with the test result. Staring at it for a minute, she glanced back up to Olivia, down to the test again, back to Olivia, down to the test and finally back to Olivia, her eyes finding hers. "Well." She stated off slowly. "Lincoln sure as determined sperm." She turned the test over; 'Pregnant.' was flashing in black letters at them.
Olivia's eyes feel, "I just can't catch a break." she exhaled. "One time without a condom," she waved her hand, "One time!" her eyes kept focused on the test, "The second time I ever have sex, I get pregnant again!"
"Dang." Was all Nikole could manage for a minute, her eyes staring at Olivia's head as she stared at the test. "I mean, I'm sorry." Her voice got lower. Brushing her hand onto Olivia's shoulder, squeezing it consolingly.
"I," Olivia's eyes meeting Nikole, "Baby, little tiny growing infant in me, who's going to be born into the world, and never know family." she kept looking over Nikole more. "Why are you in Panama?"
Nikole froze, sliding her hand away from Olivia's shoulder, looking away from her, toward the cities buildings. Biting her lip, before looking back to Olivia. "I came with ... Alex." Her voice was low.
"Alex is doing something bad right now, isn't he...?" she asked seriously, her hands into her pocket placing the test back into her pocket, "Well, I have a dilemma, but if Alex is here, well, I guess I don't have to worry about telling Lincoln," her eyes going to Nikole, "your phone is ringing..."
Listening to Olivia saying she won't have to worry about telling Lincoln made Nikole wince, "Don't say that..." She stopped, now hearing her cell phone ringing after she pointed it out. "Oh." She reached into her pocket, taking the cell phone from it, flipping it open, pressing talk and putting it to her ear. "Wilson." She didn't check the caller I.D. in case voicemail decided to kick in.
"Nikole," it was Alex, his tone was low, "I've gotten Burrow for our plan." he kept his voice calm; trying to do everything he could to ignore Lincoln standing behind him. "I just want you to know, we're nearly there..."
"What!" Olivia snapped hearing Alex say Lincoln's name, her eyes looking to Nikole.
Alex's ears prick, "Nikole, you need to bring Olivia to me, please, we need her..."
"Still dragging other people into your business, Mahone?" Lincoln snapped from behind him, hand cuffed to a mental pole, leaning against it.
Nikole listening to Lincoln, closed her eyes for a minute, opening them again, she kept staring at Olivia, her heart sinking. "Yeah." Her voice was solemn. "I'll bring her, where are you?" She didn't want this to be happening anymore.
Olivia kept looking to Nikole, "It's okay," her voice light, "I'll come willingly." she tapped her shoulder.
Alex heard it, "I'm a warehouse," he proceeded into telling Nikole the location.
"Okay, we'll be there soon." She said into the phone, before flipping it closed, looking it into her pocket, staying silent for a minute, pondering her options. Looking up at Olivia. "I'm really... Sorry." She whispered, putting her phone back into her pocket.
Alex sitting in the warehouse now, kept looking over Lincoln while watching him carefully, "So, think how much your brother is willing to give, to get his brother back..." he kept calm as he could manage, but the fact was, his pills were running out.
"Shut up." Lincoln narrowed his eyes looking disgusted to even be in the same room as Alexander Mahone. "You have me, isn't that enough? Now you have to drag everyone else into it!" He hissed.
"Well," Alex held the gun, "For you to do what I want you to do," he inhaled seeing Nikole and Olivia walking into the warehouse, he grabbed Olivia's hand pulling her close to him. "I have to apply some pressure," he pointed the gun to her. "Because I am getting out of this, I am going to get my life back, a life I can live free from everything."
Olivia inhaled, "Just shot me," she exhaled, "Cos I really don't care..."
Lincoln's eyes going wide, he fought against the handcuff that was wrapped around the mental pole, "No! Stop it!" His voice was dangerous, looking over Alex again. "Leave her alone!" He wanted to kill that man.
Nikole remained still, looking Olivia, her stomach twisting. Lincoln looked at Nikole. "Nikole! You're a Doctor! You're supposed to help people, not let - crazy people hurt them!" He pointed out, still fighting against the handcuffs, trying to make Nikole turn back to their side. Nikole bit her lip.
"See this is the problem Linc," Alex kept holding onto Olivia's arm, "I need your co-operation, and no one will have to get hurt." now looking to Nikole, "we just want to get as far away from this mess as we can." he glanced over Olivia, "But by the look on her face, and you there..." he smirked, "I don't think she wants you anyway near her."
Lincoln kept pulling the handcuffs, as if he could rip the pole from the wall. He stepped back, his back against his, fingers around the mental cog holding it together. Turning it quickly. His were eyes staring daggers at Alex. "Shut up, you have no right to judge my relationship." His was hissing at Alex, poison in his words.
"Linc." Nikole caught his attention and he looked at her. "Stop arguing, it's getting you no where." Her voice was low. Lincoln stared at her disbelieving.
Alex glanced over Nikole, "Have you got a number for the boat Linc?" he kept Olivia still, but it seemed she has no resistance to him, she kept stood in front of him.
Olivia didn't look at anything, in the back of her mind, she kept thinking about this was all Michael's fault, because with life, it all boiled down to Michael Scofield.
Lincoln glared at Alex again, before seeing Olivia his heart sank, she hated him, he could tell.
He was starting to wish they just executed him in Fox Rivers weeks ago.
"Yeah." His voice was rough.
Nikole taking her phone out of her pocket, flipping it open. "Dial it." She said darkly.
Taking the phone with his free hand, Lincoln stared at her background display; he glanced from the phone to her again. "Can I at least tell him I'm sorry?" He asked darkly. Looking at Alex again.
"How about you dial, I talk, you won't say anything to him," he pointed the gun again.
Olivia rolled her eyes, "He's not going to do anything stupid!" her tone was bitter, "so just call him okay!" she snapped feeling the barrel of the gun pressing into her temple. "Please..." she added at the end.
Alex took the phone pressing the call button, it run a few times, "Hello," Michael sounded worn out, "Who is this?"
"Alex Mahone, I think you know me," he said as well as he could. "I have two things you're missing..."
Michael's voice paused, "What do you want?" his voice stressing the want part.
Alex kept his eyes on Lincoln, "Well first being that stash of money," he exhaled, "That boat, and you can have your brother and best friend back..." he felt weird saying best friend like they were in high school.
Lincoln was twitching, against the handcuffs again, biting his lip, he couldn't say anything, he wanted to, but he kept looking to the gun placed against Olivia's temple. Listening to Alex con his brother out of everything.
Nikole had her back to Alex, biting her finger she exhaled, looking at Lincoln, the look in his eyes. She looked across the warehouse to Olivia, she kept thinking about the pregnant test she read no so long ago. She looked like she was fighting a breakdown.
"How do I know you've got them there," Michael's tone smooth, looking around the sea, feeling worse.
Alex laughed, "don't trust me," he smirked, "Right," he placed the phone to Olivia's ear, "Speak!"
"Michael..." Olivia said lightly, her eyes kept going to Lincoln. "He's got me, Linc, and right now I have a gun to my head, and a prom situation..."
Michael inhaled, "Livia," he was light.
"Thank is enough Michael," Alex had no clue was she was trying to tell him, but he was business, "How far will you go to save your brother?"
"Don't worry about me!" Lincoln tried to talk logic into his brother. "Forget about me! Leave Olivia alone, let her go." He raised his voice, twisting the screw around the pipes again, unnoticed. "She didn't DO anything." Lincoln kept going before stopping.
Nikole looking to Alex holding her cell phone to his ear, to Olivia who looked weary, to Lincoln who didn't want it to end like this. "Linc, stop." Nikole said seriously. "You're going to put her into more danger if you don't... Just stop talking." She warned him.
"Look," Michael said calmly, "I will need to know where you are." his voice smooth.
Alex smiled, "Good Michael," he told him the location, the two men going over the ins and outs of what was going to happen, as Alex hung the phone up, he kept looking to Lincoln. "I am going to be free from this." he turned to Nikole, "He's on his way..."
"You'll never be free, Alex. It'll follow you, everywhere no matter how far you run." Lincoln's voice dangerous.
Nikole thought back to Charles Haywire, exhaling to herself, brushing her fingers into her hair, before pulling it into a messy ponytail. "Oh his way, good." She nodded now.
Olivia kept still, "Linc," she shook her head, "You're complaining to someone who doesn't care..." her eyes going back, "Alex, I know you're not going to kill us."
"How you know that?" he snapped, "What makes you know, I won't put a bullet in you?"
Olivia turned to look at him, "Because you need someone to take the fall when you run away, boat and money."
"She's gotta point Alex." Lincoln said looking from Olivia to Alex. Nikole looked up. "Forgetting the fact, he only needs one of you alive to do that, though." She looked from Olivia to Lincoln.
Alex kept watching Lincoln's face, "Just think about," he then watched Nikole, "I am just going to wait until your brother contacts me." he nodded toward Nikole, "Time to get Bill Kim."
Olivia didn't like that name, "I am so bored right now," she glanced to Alex, "Can I sit down or..." she stopped holding her stomach. "I think, I'm..."
Alex quickly turned her away from him, "Not on me!" he was quick to have her narrowly miss puking on him.
Lincoln winced listening to the sound of vomit coming up from Olivia's mouth and splatter on the floor.
"Oh that's gonna smell real nice in about two minutes." Nikole said walking over, taking her cell phone off a crate. Flipping it open, dialling a long distant number, putting the phone to her ear.
"Kim." A dark voice said on the other end.
"It's Nikole." Nikole said turning and pacing, listening to the voice she hated, ignoring the sick on the floor. "About time you called." Bill Kim kept his voice the same darkness.
"Where are you?" She asked him dryly.
"In Panama...I'm presuming you've got Scofield, Burrows and Hart?" His looked around the disgusting city. Well he found it disgusting. "Hart and Burrows, Scofield's on his way." Nikole looked up.
"Good, honestly Nikki I'm proud." Bill got into a car. "Funny." Nikole said sarcastically.
"Where are you?" He asked her. "The warehouse." Nikole looked around, "By the docks." She said.
"Good, I'll be there." He hung up and so did she.
"Sorry," Olivia glanced to everyone, "I just can't take the stress," she glanced to Alex, "you still got any of them pills spare?"
Alex for a moment kept still, he glanced from Nikole to Lincoln, back to Olivia feeling weird, "I don't have many left..." he said quickly.
"Well, with the money, you can buy all the narcotics your tiny black heart desires..."
"Olivia don't antagonize him." Lincoln said swiftly. Trying to pull himself free of the hand cuffs, but stopping feeling the screw about to let the pipes go, it wasn't the right time.
"Shut up, Lincoln!" Nikole snapped at him. "Shut up, shut up!" She said again wanting to slap him. "Keep your mouth shut until your brother shows up, you make everyone angry!" She pointed at him, having a little moment.
Alex quickly looked to his pen, back to Olivia, "Well with what's going to happen to you," he then watched her face.
"I knew it!" Olivia kept looking to everyone, "you know what, I am sick of this shit, I am..." she quickly shoved Alex knocking him back, she charged Nikole pushing her into a box running away.
Alex quickly fire where Olivia ran, he fired again before seeing she'd gone.
Lincoln had watched Olivia run off. "Run and don't look back, Olivia!" His voice was echoing across the warehouse.
Nikole pushed herself up from the box she was pushed into; inside the boxes around were glass-some things or others. They were lying smashed across the floor.
Lincoln kept looking around anxiously, wondering where Michael was. But feeling a relief that Olivia had run off.
"Shut up!" Nikole slapped Lincoln across the face and Lincoln felt the sting. "This is your fault, I'll rip your balls off if you say one more thing, so help me God I will!" She warned him. Looking around again.
Alex blinked a few times, "Nikole..." he said while trying to keep her calm, "Are you okay?" he touched her face while looking into her eyes. "You've," he glanced over her pocket. "You've not had your medication..."
Staring into his eyes, trying to focus herself, Nikole reached into her pocket. Taking out the see through brown pill bottle. One 20mg green and white pill was left in the bottle. "No, because I have one... I'm fine. I'm fine..." She put the bottle back into her pocket. Looking around, anxiously. "I just want to get out of here." She glanced to Lincoln, staring at them, while rubbing his cheek.
Alex kept touching her, "Why don't you go get some air," he touch her face, "Then before you know it, this is all going to be over." he kissed her softly.
Pulling back, Nikole nodded. "Air, yes... Good Oxygen." She looked up at him. "Be careful." She whispered, brushing her lips against his for just a second, before stepping back. She looked from him to Lincoln and turned away.
Walking outside, closing the door of the warehouse behind her, leaning against it, rubbing her hands over her face, she exhaled a long stressful breath.
It felt better, he didn't have the money, Alex didn't mind, he got away, he hand phone Nikole to meet him, as he walked and talked to the Dock man on duty he see the police surrounding the boat, his eyes kept searching.
"I'm sorry, is this your boat sir?" the officer looked to Alex.
"Yeah, but do you need a warrant?" Alex asked keeping his eyes on the officer; he turned to see if Nikole was near.
The Officer kept serious, "We was informed this boat is involved in some illegal drug trafficking," his eyes going to the officer's searching the boat.
Alex shook his head, "no, no, you're misunderstood," he glanced to an officer with a packet, he cut it open showing the cocaine inside.
Walking up the white sanded beach, Nikole was watching her feet in her sand every step she'd take, the waves how they would wash up close but not touching.
She glanced up, doing a double take; she dropped the Popsicle she was eating.
Seeing the Christina Rose in port. Officers were surrounding it. Her heart sunk, getting closer, but not close enough.
She watched an Officer hand cuffing Alex behind his back. "No, no, no..." Her voice shook, she started running up the beach. "Alex! Alex no!" She watched, the officer putting Alex into the back of a squad car.
"Alex!" Nikole yelled again, feeling tears starting to blur into her eyes.
Olivia was sitting on a bench wearing a simple summer dress, she was looking to the sandals she wore, her hands on her lap, she threw away the test, she knew she felt her eyes looking around the area, she had no idea what she was going to do on her own now.
Rubbing his wrist, looking at the two marks the handcuff left and finally rubbing his cheek, feeling the sting from where Nikole lost it on him. He looked around the bushed area, clearing his throat, he felt like a douche for what ever reason that might've been.
He came to a clearing, listening to the waves getting closer, he saw someone he froze for a minute, he knew that hair, that plum hair with ash blonde starting to show in the roots. ",'Livia?" He asked carefully standing back a few feet, just in case it wasn't her.
"Shit," Olivia got up looking to Lincoln, "Well, you're not dead," she kept still; she didn't know how tall he really was. "Where's Michael?" she asked trying to keep calm, but something felt wrong.
Lincoln for a minute felt panicked. "Sara, found us... Bill Kim showed up, he was gonna kill the three of us. Sara shot him first, killed him. The money's gone... We ran, we split up." He looked behind himself nervously.
Olivia ran her hands into her hair, "Why did you split up?" her voice cool, she didn't want to look at Lincoln right now, the thought of him made her upset.
"The Police, the Military what ever... It was like, they knew, right away." Lincoln was biting his lower lip, a little to hard, because he could taste the copper-salt.
Olivia turned around, "Well, it looks like you're going to have to go to the American Embassy," she ran a hand into her hair, "Just," she sighed, "We can't because we'll be liable for arrest being wanted convicts." she sat down on the bench closing her eyes covering her eyes.
"Actually." Lincoln spoke carefully, very carefully, exhaling. Watching Olivia sitting on the bench, he remained standing. "I've been exonerated, in the States... Sara told me, before everything happened."
"Wow," Olivia looked up, "Well, you can go get your brother back," she kept looking to the sky, big clouds were starting to make their ways towards them, Olivia felt the drops of water falling on her face. "You better go," she got to her feet, "I'll see you around." she went to walk away.
"Olivia, where are you going? You can't wonder around Panama by yourself, it's not safe..." Lincoln was walking behind her, the raindrops getting heavier around them. ",'Livia..." He trailed off, still following slowly.
"Lincoln," Olivia turned around, "Hotel, big one, I'll be there in the bar," she turned walking away from him, stopped turning around. "I can't do us right now, so don't give me puppy eyes anymore, so please." she waved her hands walking away.
Alex inhaled looking to the telephone, he kept looking around while starting to dial her number, he then kept thinking about everything, the phone was ringing, and each ring would make his heart ache for Nikole.
Inside a small hotel room, Nikole was standing on the balcony of the second floor; the roof cover over the balcony was protecting her from the large raindrops falling over a darkened Panama.
Tears were falling from her eyes as she tried to stop crying. She was holding her cell phone tight in her hands.
She frozen, her heart skipped a beat when it started ringing. The I.D. came up unknown. She brushed more tears from her eyes, flipping the phone open and answering, trying to sound like she hadn't been crying. "Hello?" She asked.
Alex paused feeling her voice through the phone, "Nikki," he kept his voice calm, but over his face he was breaking. "Look, Nikki, I need you to forget about me Nikki..." he kept looking to the phone, he rested his arm, placing his face into the crease of his elbow, "Nikki, I want you to forget about me, forget I ever come into your life..."
Nikole felt her heart breaking, holding the phone close to her, sitting down on a chair, just inside the hotel room.
Listening to his voice, more tears started streaming down her cheeks. "I... I can't do that, Alex." Her voice cracked. She bit her thumb trying not to sob. "No, I can't."
"Nikole," Alex spoke softly, "Nikole, meeting you, knowing you was the best thing for me," he tried to not cry, "but all I've done is poison your life, I am toxic and you're better off without me," he glanced to the phone, "I love you, goodbye..." he hung up the phone pinching his eyes, feeling the tears falling down, seeing the officer with cuffs, the pain just taken over.
Listening to the phone line going dead, Nikole closed her eyes, her head bowing down. The tears were welling up behind her eyelids.
The cell phone slipped from her fingers, no longer able to grip it. It landed on the hardwood floor with a thud.
'I love you, goodbye...' Echoing in her head, making her sob out loud, opening her eyes, the tears starting flooding out, down her cheeks. Her fingers shook, her body hurt - all over. Pain, just pain, "No." Her voice squeaked, pulling her legs up onto the chair, her knees into her chest, her forehead resting against her thighs. "No... N-Alex..." She could feel her heart breaking, slowly.
Her fingers brushing against her lips, she could feel his lips against hers, their fingers together.
How she could be her true self around him. Standing up quickly. She started pacing. Her eyes looking around the room, the rain got louder.
She hadn't known him very long, but she hadn't needed too. He made her feel so, different.
Something she couldn't describe. The thought of living without him, was getting too much. Rubbing the sleeve-cuffs of her shirt against her eyes, trying to calm down.
The pain was turning to anger, but this was her fault. All her fault. "NO!" She finally screamed letting it out, her fist hitting the cream coloured wall. "NO! NO! NO!" She smacked the wall now. The picture hung by a nail shook.
"Alex." She turned around quickly, was this was a sick joke? Her fingers pulling at her hair hard, but she couldn't feel it. "Please..." She slid down, against the wall. Biting her fingers.
Crying, her eyes protesting any more tears.
Pulling her shirts collar over her mouth and nose. She could smell him on the fabric. At least she thought she could.
Shaking, she crawled across the hardwood floor. Picking up her cell phone, trying to press re-dial on the number he'd called from, but nothing, a dead dial-tone made her sob again. She looked from her phone and back to it quickly.
Her display picture was a half blurred picture of him, which he'd taken by accident when he'd 'stolen' her phone.
Teardrops landed on the screen, her thumb brushing against it, drying the screen, but continued brushing the screen, more-so; Alex. "You, can't - do this... To me." She shook her head, like he could hear her. Sitting in the same place on the floor, staring at her display picture, until her phone finally died from a low battery.
Her fingers pulled her sleeves around her hands. They were soaked from her tears.
She could barely make herself stand up. Walking into the washroom, turning on the tap, she let her shirt go, the sleeves falling back, against her wrists, cupping her hands under the water; she splashed it against her face.
For a minute, she saw herself in the mirror, her sink pasty white and her eyes were blood-shot. The icy blue colour had turned into a broken-sad looking blue.
Her eyes scanned over herself. She could see him, behind her. His arms around her waist, that was how it was suppose to be, she felt her eyes going blurred again, fingers curling into a fist, she brought it to collide against the mirror as hard as she physically could. It didn't smash, but it cracked and shattered around her fist in the corner she hit, the pieces falling against the counter, into the sink. Some embedded into her fingers. Her elbows were on the sink, holding her up. Crying harder. Feeling nothing but ... Sadness.
