deranged [sequel to unlovable]

part 6

[caleb's pov]
jack is nicer than damien. i got to choose my weapons & i received my black belt with all the holsters. they gave me gifts & i look so badass.. like i'm in a movie or something.
the bonus to all of this is to get to work with vanessa. her attitude has changed a lot since she left.. she's gotten more confident. stronger.
i have a feeling this whole thing will be a great release of stress and anger.
damien walks in, "i'm not letting you two go together on this one."
"why the fuck not, damien? you're so irritating, i swear. it will be good for the both of us & i'll make sure everything runs smoothly. please?" vanessa says, walking in behind him.
he sighs, "vanessa..."
"please?" she looks him in the eyes and bats her eyelashes. that would work on me...
"vanessa, you're a pain in the ass. fine." he grabs a file off of the table & hands it to her.
she smiles & opens it, then looks at me.
i'm just staring at her, she looks amazing & i can't get over this new attitude of hers. it fits her really well.. and i'm excited.
"well, are you going to come look?" she asks.
i snap back into reality and stand by her side. the file reveals a man with blue hair. he has many piercings & tattoos.
she reads his file out loud, "he's 26. he killed 7 people. he's a clerk at a corner store."
damien pulls out his keys & tosses them to vanessa, "you can take the escalade."
"really!? fuck yeah! thanks damien, love ya." she blows him a kiss.
i don't know why but i feel like something is going on between them.. i'm a little jealous.
she notices and holds my hand.
i see damien's jaw clench. he fucking likes her, doesn't he?
vanessa & i turn and walk out the door. she runs to the car & is giggling like crazy.
the sound makes me happy, her laugh is the best.
i quicken my pace & climb into the passenger's seat. this car is crazy nice. the interior is a glossy jet black & the windows are deeply tinted. he looks over at me & smiles, "you ready?"
i nod and pat the gun in my holster, "so ready."
she bites her lip and starts the car.

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[vanessa's pov]
"he's working right now so this might be tricky. we can't draw too much attention to ourselves, caleb." i try to explain.
if people were to get in the way or get traumatized by seeing this, they could act on it or even worse.. turn on us, thinking we're the bad ones.
it feels good to have caleb by my side, though.
my earpiece starts beeping. fuck.
i tap it three times, "hello?"
"vanessa? where the hell are you?" cody says.
oh great, just what i needed. caleb looks at me in confusion.
"i'm out running errands. why?" i lie.
"well, christmas is in 2 days.. i was thinking we could go shopping together."
fuck my life! what kind of excuse can i make?
"my mom wants help with stuff today, i'm sorry." i lie against
"vanessa, your mom is at your apartment."
fuck!
"sorry, i meant my dad. listen, i'll text you later. love you, bye."
i hang up as fast as possible. fuck. i'm in for hell when i get back.
caleb notices me stressing and grabs my hand in his. he runs his thumb over the back of my hand.
i try to focus on the road for now.. we're approaching the gas station.
"thank you." i mumble to him.
i know he hears me because he nods.
when we pull into the corner store, there's only two cars in the lot.
that's a good thing.. we don't need lots of people around for this.
we get out of the car & walk side by side to the doors. we try our best to hide our belts.
when we get inside, we see him helping a costumer behind the counter.
he looks exactly like his photo.
the costumer grabs his cigarettes from the counter and leaves the corner store.
it is now completely empty, except for us.
"can i help you?" he asks.
i give a nod to caleb & we both draw our guns from our belts at the same time.
i feel caleb's body press up against mine. my heartbeat gets louder.. stronger.. faster.. he wraps one arm around my waist as we point our guns at the clerk.
the man stands in shock, unsure of what to do.
he tries to bolt, but caleb & i pull the triggers.
my bullet hits the top of his right shoulder, caleb's bullet hits his left arm towards the middle.
i tap my earpiece twice.
the man tries to yell but caleb & i are fast to get to him behind the counter.
"how'd you find me!?" the man shouts, pain laces his tone of voice.
we pull him to his feet.
i scoff, "that's your question.. really?"
blood pools from the man's arms. we grab paper towel from the counter behind us to try & soak some of it up. we want the man alive, not dead from blood loss. two bullets was not the original plan.
i apply some pressure to the wounds.. i don't care about the blood.
a minute later, a white van is pulling up and taking him from us.
caleb & i look at our hands and arms which are now coated in blood. it starts to dry around our fingertips. a lot of people would think this is super gross, but it feels just like water. i am not bothered by any of this whatsoever.
caleb doesn't seem to be bothered either.
he smirks & grabs my neck, kissing me hard. his tongue swirls with mine as our hands travel over each other. blood smears and starts to get everywhere.. but we don't care.. we're high off of the adrenaline. it's a rush.

an adrenaline rush with a hint of insanity.

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yEET i love bloody make-out sessions.

hopefully that guy's blood was clean/safe lmao

that part was LOWKEY inspired by the music video for robbers by the 1975 which is suCH A FANTASTIC VIDEO WTF i love the 1975 so much ugh :))))

thank you for reading! xo

- adrianna