The Joker and the Queen

PART II: ANGER

A FEW MONTHS LATER...

Ray woke up with her arms around his waist, facing his bare and broad chest. His arm settled underneath her head with the other slung lazily across her waist. She raised her head to see her Chatty peacefully sleeping and snoring lightly. She smiled to herself, snuggling closer into his chest.

Ray looked out the window and realized the sun had risen high into the sky. Widening her eyes, she frantically untangled herself from Chatty and grabbed her phone from the nightstand. There were missed calls from her family and friends. Ever since their situation with her and Bonbon, they've all been very concerned for her.

So, to avoid having a search party on her ass, she twatted out, good morninggggg!

Scrunching her nose, she called her best friend in the entire world – April Fooze.

"Ray fucking Mond, where the fuck have you been?" April immediately answered her call, "Why didn't you answer my texts? Didn't answer my calls?! Do you know how hard Max and I had to cover for your ass? We had to recruit Sooty for crying out loud!"

"I told you not to wait up!" Ray cleared her throat which was still raspy from all the screaming and moaning she had done before, "Also... I'm still at the funhouse."

"Still?!" April gasped.

"Yeah, I kind of fell asleep," Ray muttered, "Uhm– can you do me a favor?"

April straightened up, "Of course. Anything."

"Don't ask anything, okay?" Ray insisted. Upon hearing a confirmation from her best friend, she continued with a question, "Can you bring me a change of clothes?"

"A change of..." April was about to repeat the favor and realized why her best friend needed a change of clothes, "Oh."

"Yeah– oh," Ray gritted out, "Just bring me clothes. Please."

"Do you mind if I bring Max? I don't fucking know where the Funhouse is," April quietly asked as she began packing clothes and underwear and a few necessities in one huge canvas tote. She muttered back, "I'll ask Max to give me a ride and I will call you back as soon as possible."

"Okay, okay," Ray hurriedly mumbled, "I'll explain when you get here. I promise."

Biting her lip, Ray glanced at Chatty who was starting to furrow his eyebrows in his sleep as his hands began looking for the warm body that was supposed to be there. He started mumbling in his sleep and only stopped when she grabbed a pillow, putting it between his arms. She would love to cuddle more, but she was starting to overthink about telling April and Max about her current status with Chatty.

She and Chatty never broke up nor does she see it ending soon. But, she had always told her best friends that what they had was nothing serious. She doesn't know why she still kept denying it and, she wanted to stop doing so. She loves Chatty and Chatty loves her. Why would it be so scary to have something serious between them?

She gulped before going to the bathroom, taking a quick warm shower, and grabbing a black and red robe that hung by the side. She found a spare toothbrush in one of the drawers and brushed her teeth before combing her hair. Ray took a sharp inhale of breath as she heard Max's signature horn outside the funhouse.

This woke Chatty up in a slight panic, rushing to stand up and grab some kind of weapon from his bedside drawers. Ray saw the fear in his actions and rushed toward him, putting a hand on his cheek, "It's okay, Chatty. It's just April and Max; they're bringing me some clothes. You're okay. I'm okay."

"Oh," Chatty breathed out, his shoulders sagging in relief, "You can always leave some of your clothes here if you want."

Ray gave him a soft smile, kissed his cheek, and gently murmured against his skin, "I'll pack a bag soon. Thank you, Chatty."