One Maniac at a Time

Keep pretending

Tara's POV

It was now the 20th, time had been flying by, I did my drugs, dad became distant, I didn't blame him, I mean come on, his daughter is a mess.  I and sitting in the skate shop with Max on twitter.  I laughed to myself.

"Are you stoned?" He asked.

"A little, but that's irrelevant, listen to this shit '@tarawentz is so fucking ugly, how could Pete ever love her?' '@tarawentz makes Lindsay Lohan look normal' those bitches are fucking stupid." I laughed.

"Who the fuck do they think they are?" Max asked.

"I have now clue." I replied.  

"Hey guys." Violet said poking her head with now light blue hair in the shop.  I ran over and gave her a huge kiss.

"Hey!  keep it down, no sex in the shop!" Max yelled.

"Give the girls a break." Kyle said walking in behind Violet.

"What are you guys doing here?" Max asked.

"Well we were bored and I figured Tara would be here." Kyle said.

"Seems legit, so how's school going for you guys?" I asked.

"shit, how about you?" Max asked, he was only a year older than Kyle.

"I am somehow passing all my classes, I don't even remember any of them." I replied.

"Same." Violet said, she had been quiet.

"Come with me." I said standing up and dragging her out the door.

"Where are we going?" She asked.

"It's a suprise." I replied as I blindfolded her.  I grabbed our skateboards and tucked them under my arm and put my bag over my shoulder.  I lead her to the skate park.  

"Why are we here?" She asked smiling.

"To do something fun." I replied opening up my bag.  

"Graffitti?" She asked happily.

"Yeah, some cool lyrics was what I was thinking." I said.

"How about 'They'll never take us alive' From 'I don't care if you're contagious'." She said.

"It sounds perfect." I smiled. We put on masks to protect from fumes and got to work, it was beautiful the background was Alice in Wonderland themed.  

"This is perfect." I told her, kissing her neck.

"I know." She said grabbing my wrist.  I winced.

"Hey, when is the last time?" She asked.

"Yesterday." I whispered.

"Oh my god, Tara, be careful, you can't risk hitting a vein." She said.

"What about you?" I asked.

"I- uh, that's not important." She said.

"Yes it is, I love you and care about you." I replied, tears in my eyes.

"I don't care about me as long as I have you." She said.

"Without you the is no me." I whispered.

"That's not fair.  Those are just lyrics, not words." She said.

"But you know how much weight they carry, they are the truth.  I love you.  Please can't you see." I cried. She looked at me, like her eyes were being opened for the first time.

"Stay with me." She begged as she kissed me.

"Always." I replied kissing her back as her lips collided once more with mine I felt whole.