A Foolish Grave

Chapter 9

Devyn's POV

Jamie kicks Shane, shoving him backwards. Lerching forwards he punched Jack straight in the mouth. He only laughed and kicked the other back. Sprinting forward I ran into the middle of the room, holding my hands out,

"stop!"I shout,

everyone freezes. I look at Jack, worry etched in my face,

"are you okay?"

"I'm fine doll, you've seen me enure much worse"

"not the point"I scoff,

Turning I look at Jamie, he's panting, mouth wide,

"You're back.."He whispers,

"yes."

He walks towards me slowly, I hear Jack growl slightly. I put my hand back up behind me. Suddenly Jamie has grabbed my face and pulled me into a rough and sloppy kiss. I rip my mouth away from his. A scowl plastered across my face, Jamie backs up as I walk towards him my balled fist collided with his cheekbone, flaying his neck backward like a willow caught in the wind. As he stumbled, he nearly fell over the sofa, rubbing his cheek with his palm. My action certainly took him by surprise. I hear my friends gasp, a feeling ruins through my veins, something I'd never felt before,

"what the fuck Devyn?!"

"How dare you. I've heard about you, looking for me, destined to make me be with you. Sorry to break it t'ya it ain't gonna happen. Eveyrthing you think you know is wrong. The Joker wasn't harming me, he was doing the opposite, I just kept getting in the way hence why I got hurt."

"you were with him for the past 2 years"He spits,

"no but I was looking for him."

Jack wraps a hand round my waist and moves me out the way. I stumble into Shane who holds me steady. Reaching forward he brings Jamie up to him, putting the kife flush with the skin on his face,

"stop looking for her, anything that was between you and her is gone. you don't want to find out what happens if you keep looking"he spits

"do your worst"He smirks, "you don't scare me, freak!"

A laugh rips through Jack. I look at my friends stood beside me, I wink at them and they stifle laughs,

"It's not me you want to be ah scared of"He smirks,

He lets go of him and walks back. As I step forwards Jack thorws me a knife, I catch it and push it inside Jamie's mouth. His body shook with fear and shock,

"Leave me alone, you understand?"

He just stares at me, I start dragging the blade through the side of his mouth, beeds of blood start appearing as the knife slices the tissue. He mumbles and tries to look down at his mouth,

"What was that?"I ask pulling the knife away,

Once again nothing so I move but he screams,

"okay!! okay!! I'll stop..please just dont do anymore.."

He looked pathetic, whimpering, teeth smeared with blood,

"good."I wipe my hands on him and turn to the others behind me,

I see Jamie get up and sprint out the door, Jack snarls at him as he does.

"holy shit that was badass!"Shane laughs,

Millie looked at me, she was laughing but I could see the tint of fear in her eyes. Suddenly I didn't feel so great, I handed the knife back to the Joker,

"2 years on the streets does that to ya, eh?"She laughs,

"yeah, I guess, living in the Narrows you need to know how to defend yourself"I shrug,

"you were living in the Narrows, doll?"

Looking over my shoulder at him I nod,

"yeah, I was living in my fathers old apartment."

"I really wish you had of stayed with your friends here..The Narrows are-"

"-I know how they are..I grew up there.."

My breath is suddenly taken and I feel my legs buckle. Everything goes back for a few seconds until a memory clicks on in my head as if I'd turned the TV on.

It was the loud bang that left a hole in the wall, the thump of the flying vase, and the crash of the figure coming in contact with the floor. It was the unapologetic 'I'm sorry', the oh so loving laughter, and the slur of a drunken fool. These were the sounds made by the man that called himself my father. The monster that was okay with laying his hand on the one that he swore he loved. The monster that damaged her forever. The monster that created the sounds forever replaying in the back of my mind. The monster was never under my bed, because he was too afraid to be in the house of that man. The only monster I needed to fear, was the one waking me up in the morning, not the one coming out after I was asleep.

I wake suddenly, every thought in high definition. Taking in my surroundings, my body is draped over Jack on the sofa, my head against his chest. I felt hot, so incredibly hot, my skin burning. Jack's hand slowly came down to stroke my hair as Millie and Shane came into view, they were sat opposite from me, I try to sit up,

"woah! De don't sit up"Shane ushes,

So I don't. The feeling of Jack pressing against my back and his fingers in my hair grounding me. Finally getting a breath in I realised I'd passed out,

"what was that?"Millie asks, taking my hand,

"..a memory..for years I've tried to surpress them..but recently they've been coming back"

"you never told us about you're childhood, you said you came from out of Gotham.."Shane says,

"I did that because I ran away from my father at 16, I met you guys at 17...5 years ago"

I sit up this time, my two friends panic but Jack just stays quiet, placing his hands on my waist to steady me, 

"I'm going to go back with Jack guys, I'm tired but I promise I'll be back soon"

Millie comes over to me and hugs me. Standing  and walking over to Shane I hug him too,

"drop in whenever De"

"I will, I love you guys"

They grin at me, Jack stands beside me, taking my hand in his,

"It was nice to meet both of you, I won't harm her or either of you, if you ah need help in any way, just uh contact Devyn and I'll do my best"He says,

They awkardly smile, Shane sticks a hand out and Jack shakes it. As we walked out the door I waved to them. I felt so tired and weak as we walked down the steps, 

"come here"Jack smiled, 

I pushed a hand against him, "I'm fine"

He didnt listen as he picked me up in his arms as if I was nothing more than a child. I sighed happily and let back into him, wrapping my arms around his neck. I feel this blackness come over me. Like a blanket, but not a blanket of warmth but a blanket of coldness making me shiver. But somehow it's making my eyes feel heavier and heavier. I finally close my eyes finally sending me into a dreamless sleep.