Bite me

My eyes were shut. It didn’t matter if they were open or closed. I was going to be surrounded by darkness and insanity either way. Its felt like days since anyone has come in here. The silence has started to drive me crazy. I took a deep breath. There was no way in hell that i would talk to myself. That would only prove that my sanity was slipping. So instead, i broke the silence in another way.
“You’ll never take us alive.” I began to sing. My voice barely above a whisper. “We swore that death will do us part.” I clutched the sheets in my hands. “They’ll call our crimes a work of art.” I slowly opened my eyes, accepting the darkness. “You’ll never take us alive.” I forced myself to sit up, my back leaning against the headboard. “We’ll live like spoiled royalty, lovers and partners.” The pain in my arms was almost unbearable. “Partners in crime, partners in crime.”
“This, the tale of reckless love, living a life of crime on the run, I brush to a gun to paint these states green and red.” I could feel tears beginning to run down my face. “Everybody freeze, nobody move, put the money in the bag or we will shoot! Empty out the vault me and my doll will be on out way.” This song brought back so many memories.
“Our paper faces flood the streets, and if the heat comes close enough to burn then we’ll play with fire cause..” This was the song Alex, my ex use to sing to me. Back before he got abusive. Back before my life began to fall apart.
“You’ll never take us alive.” I didnt hear the door open. “We swore that death will do us part.” I didnt hear it reshut. “They’ll call our crimes a work of art. You’ll never take us alive. We’ll live like spoiled royalty, lovers and partners. Partners in crime. Partners in crime!” I didn’t hear the lock click.
“Here we find out omnipotent outlaws fall behind the grind tonight. Left unaware that the lone store owner won’t go down without a fight.” I didnt even notice the sound of his feet against the concrete floor. “Where we gonna go, he’s got us pinned. Baby I’m a little scared! Now, dont you quit. He’s sounded the alarm, I hear the sirens closing in.” The bed shifted under his weight, but i was too lost in the song to even pay him any mind.
“Our paper faces flood the streets, and if the heat comes close enough to burn then we’re burning this place to the ground ‘cause…” My voice had grown louder and more confident.
“You’ll never take us alive! We swore that death will do us part. They’ll call our crimes a work of art. You’ll never take us alive! We’ll live like spoiled royalty, lovers and partners. Partners in crime. Partners in crime!”
“Police department.” I made my voice sound low. “Come out with your hands up, we have the place surrounded. Put our weapons down, put your weapons down! Ready men? Aim….Fire!” My voice returned to normal by the time i sang aim.
“The skies are black with lead-filled rain. A morbid painting on display. This is the night the young love died, buried at each others side, You never took us alive! We swore death would do us part. So now we haunt you in the dark. You never took us alive! We live as ghosts among these streets. lovers in partners. Partners in crime! partners in crime! Partners in crime!” I smiled softly as i finished the song.
“That was beautiful.” I startled at the unexpected voice coming from right next to me. Andy chuckled. I felt his fingers at my wrist. Then, i heard the cuff click as he unlocked it. The did the same to the next cuff. Andy wrapped an arm around my waist and forced me to lie against him. My back pressed against his chest. “What did that song mean to you. I could hear the emotion in your voice.”
“It was my ex’s and I’s song. We use to get into so much trouble together.” I smiled fondly at the memory. “Tell me about him.” Andy demanded. “His name was Alex. We had grown up next to each other. His mom was friends with my mom, so he was always at my house. When we were kids, we would just get into small amounts of trouble. Lying about who broke the vase, letting out the animals when no one was looking. Just child pranks.”
“When we got older, and my feelings for Alex began to grow into something more then friendly, we got into more trouble. Stealing, drugs, had a couple of stays in juvie. But i swore he was worth it. We ran away together. Then...things got bad. He became abusive. He constantly cheated on me, even brought some girls home with him. But i stayed with him. I thought i loved him.” I shook my head at my own stupidity. “I left one night. He swore he was gonna kill me. I was terrified. So i ran. I tired to go home to my parents...but they informed me that i no longer had a home with them. I couldn’t go back to Alex..so i've been on the streets since then.”
“At least until i ran into you jack asses.” I snarled. Andy stayed silent. “Go to sleep.” He ordered. And for some reason, i couldn’t resist his command. I lost all conscience.

Notes

The song Clarity sings is 'Partners in Crime' by Set it off.