"Revive Me With Just One Touch..."

Leila

"That motherfuck-bitching fuck!".

We all watchedrather amused as Jalen stomped around the house cursing up a storm.

"Fucking McFucking Fuck!What the fuck?!".

"She must really like the word fuck",Vic whispered.

I smacked him,"Quiet before she turns on us".

Jaime had been trying to calm her down since we woke up this morning realizing we were all idiots.Not only was Velair gone but Tony was missing too.
Mike was none too happy about that.

"How could she le-",Jalen was cut off in mid rant when the front door burst open.

Jasper swaggered in looking a bit too peaceful for someone on the run.
His eyes were red and glazed over,dark circles loomed under them.
His lips were cracked and slightly bloody,his hair was a disheveled mess atop his head.
Don't even get me started on his clothes,he looked like he'd slept on concrete.

A while back Jalen had burst through Vic's front door and told me she had a bad feeling about Jasper and of all her suspicions.Looking down at the darkened purple blotches on his arms I was beggining to feel the same.

"Morning",he grumbled.

He had been picture perfect not too long ago,a true sight to see.Now I had to force myself to even peek at him.He was the definition of a low life junkie.Pathetic.

"Where have you been?".

The question was left unanswered as he made his way into the kitchen."Where's Velair?".

If looks could kill that boy would be six feet under.Jalen had no mercy for a boy like him."She left".

In a flash the refrigerator door was slammed shut,a bottle was smashed,and Jalen was up against a wall.

"What the fuck do you mean 'she left'?",Jasper spoke through gritted teeth.The broken bottle pressing up against Jalen's neck.

His tone didn't so much as shake her,"I mean..she's fucking gone dipshit!".

Apparently Jasper didn't take too well to backtalk,especially not after his 'night out'.He gripped Jalen's neck in his hand and threw her across the room.Her back hit the coffee table.The flower vase shattering as it made contact with the back of her head.

"Don't be smart with me bitch",he snarled,"Where is she?!".

Jaime,Vic, and Mike stood before him in an instant.Jasper was just too well trained when it came to this sort of thing.He easily dodged Jaime's punch and elbowed him in the gut before grabbing his face and slamming it down on the ground.When Vic ran at him,Jasper sent him flying into a wall with a kick to the back.

Being closer to Jalen I ran to her side,blood was trickling down her forehead."Jalen,Jalen look at me!".

Her eyes were slowly drifting closed,and I wasn't prepared to handle the situation.

"Listen you worthless piece of shit",Mike's voice rang in my ears,"She left because you are no fucking help to her.She almost had a stroke and you didn't even fucking show up!She deserves better than you!".

I heard a grim chuckle erupt from the older boy.Jalen groaned at my side.She was losing consciousness  and I was losing my mind,where was the beautiful boy Velair loved and said such wonderful things about?Jasper obviously wasn't him.

"You must think you're real tough kid.Standing up to the big brother because you have yet to even come close to fucking the little sister",Jasper had a sickening smile on his face,"Meanwhile,you're 'friend' is probably doing just that".

I watched Mike's expression quickly shift from anger to shock and then back.In truth I was shocked too.First that Jasper had even noticed Tony wasn't here and second because he was actually talking about Velair like that.

"It was all too obvious really,you kept trying and she kept shutting you down.Fuck even I felt sorry for you man".

That must have struck a nerve because out of nowhere Mike lunged at him.He took Jasper down with ease,I watched helpless as both boys began breaking each other.Jaime and Vic were both already unconscious.I was so scared I didn't even try to stop myself as the tears ran down my cheeks,what was I supposed to do?I was all alone now.

"You're real pathetic kid".A grunt followed soon after. 

I turned towards where the two boys had been previously fighting.Mike was on the floor,a broken bottle sticking upwards from his stomach.
A scream tore from my throat,I didn't have to see the blood I could smell it in the air.

Jasper's hand wound around my neck.He lifted me off the floor in one quick motion,his hand tightening as I kicked my feet in the air.

"Tell me a story princess",his eyes bore into my own,"before the lights go out".

Laughter filled my ears and the pressure increased on my neck.A strangled gurgle was all that could escape past my lips.Black spots danced across my vision,my body began to grow numb.
Before the darkness consumed me I heard Jasper's sickly sweet voice.

"Sweet dreams,sugar."

Tony

"So,exactly where are we going?".

Velair was at my side too busy trying to make sense of the map in her hands to answer my question.I reached a hand over and turned it right side up,her cheeks glowed pink.

"So are you going to tell me or am I just going to keep driving around without a clue?".

She smiled up at me,"Let's go to Sea World!".

I looked at her skeptically,"Seriously?".

"Well excuse me for being from Tennessee".

"Where the whiskey burns and the girls are...",I swallowed my words when I caught her glaring at me."Sea World it is".

"I was joking Tony,just keep driving.Hang a left at the next exit".

She sounded like she knew here she was going so I didn't argue.Who knew the streets better than a runaway?

Out of the corner of my eye I watched Velair as she gazed out the window,a whimper leaving her."I don't know how I got this way,I know it's not alright.So I'm breaking the habit.I'm breaking the habit tonight."

"Velair?".

"Just keep driving".

Her words were laced with sorrow and I felt my heart go still.She was close,so very close.My foot hit the brake and both our bodies jolted forward.Before she had the chance to react towards my actions I had engulfed her in a hug.She was quick to respond.

"What's wrong with me,Tony?".

My hand rubbed circles on her back,"Nothing.This wasn't ever your fault,your mom went wrong and she took it out on you.You deserved so much better".

I felt her body tense as I mentioned her mom,"It's my fault he's dead".

My shirt became a sponge,"Who?".

She had pried herself away from me and was now leaning against the window.Her eyes were glazed over with unshed tears.

"I was so close,oxygen was leaving my body.She was so close.I was almost gone but he walked in and he didn't like what he saw.He pushed her off of me and pulled me out of the water.He asked if I was okay but I couldn't speak,he was so wound up in me that he didn't notice her behind him.Her eyes screamed bloody murder and so did the butcher knife in her had.I saw my father smile at me as the knife pierced his heart.'Run',he choked out as blood spurted from his lips onto mine.She left when he did,I stayed by his side until Jasper came looking for me.Is it sad that I didn't cry?".

She didn't let me answer,"I just drowned myself in quiet sorrow and my fathers blood.I was the one that pulled the knife out and I was the one that layed him down on the floor.I wanted him to be comfortable,is that silly?".

Again she didn't let me answer,"When Jasper found me I was in hysterics.He told me to pretend like we were playing hide and seek.He promised to come find me,took him quite a while".

I waited this time just in case there was more she wanted to say.Apparently not."Velair you didn't kill your dad".

She didn't so much as glance in my direction,"I didn't push the knife in Tony,but I distracted him long enough for it to happen and that is just as bad."

What could I say?Velair had this happen to her when she was a kid and she had her whole life to think of that.It was no wonder Velair didn't like talking about her father's death,she blamed herself for it.

What could I say?Nothing,so I didn't.

Instead I leaned over the seat and grabbed her chin so she would face me.Her eyes went wide as I leaned in closer.Mine's drifted closed when I felt my lips brush against her.

"T-Tony",but she didn't get the chance as my lips captured her own.

She turned her body ever so slightly so I was just about lying on top of her.Our mouth moved in sync molding into each other perfectly.
It wasn't long before I felt the need to breath and pulled away regrettably.

"I don't know how I got this way,I'll never be alright.So I'm breaking the habit.I'm breaking the habit tonight".

And just like that,her lips were on mine and setting my insides on fire.