Criminal ~ Shoey

Chapter 8 - Transitions

Chapter 8 - Transitions 

* Sawyer's POV *

"Sawyer! Wake up!" My eyes flickered open. Joey was pushing my shoulder, a huge grin on his face. 

The last thing I remembered was seeing Joey and Shane kiss.. 

I couldn't believe how much that kiss effected me.. It affected me so much that I wanted revenge. But now that I've slept off my craziness, I realize how childish that'd be. Joey wasn't mine for the taking anymore... I made that pretty clear. But that didn't change the fact that Shane was still the riffraff around here and I definitely wouldn't let him forget it. Definitely not now. 

"What?" I asked, rolling my eyes, as Joey stepped away from me. I sat up and rubbed my eyes. "We're here! We're in Rome!" Joey shouted, dancing around. Shane stood up and put his hands on Joey's shoulders, "Dude.. You okay?" Why weren't they making out or something? Or flaunting their love? Were they scared of me? Were they scared of what I would do if they told me? Cute..

"What are we waiting for?!" Joey kept shouting.. I knew he was excited but it was kind of hurting my head. "Come on!" He gathered up our usual carry-on, filled with light clothing, and jam-packed with the money and jewelry we'd stolen. Oh, and of course, our gun. I sat up groggily, groaning. "You can sleep more once we find a hotel, Sleeping Beauty!" Joey said, knocking on the cockpit to signal the pilot to open the plane's door. "We have to find a place to rent a car... We have to find a hotel. We'll eventually have to get jobs and find a house.. We won't even need jobs if we pawn all those diamonds.." Joey was thinking out loud. I think he was relieved to be out of America, where we could easily be caught. I had to say, I was too. I didn't think they'd have people in Rome on the look out for us, so we were fine. Plus, they only had outdated pictures of what we looked like before all the robberies started. People probably wouldn't notice us, anyway, not without our disguises. 

The door to the airplane lifted, making a weird 'whoosh' sound. Once Joey, Shane, and I filed off of the plane we saw that we were in the landing strip of a small airport. The pilot, dressed in his usual uniform, came off of the plane. He shook my hand, and spoke in a grave voice, "There's a cab waiting for you guys.. Figured you'd need a way to get around." I thanked him and then he spoke once more, "I won't turn you guys in.. I think you're cool." He smiled at us all before boarding the plane once more. I was glad we had friends in all the right places. He was a good guy. 

"Guys, guys! We should definitely rent a car first... We don't know when we'll have access to cabs.. We'll also have to get used to the time zone here.. Gosh, what a transition!" I rolled my eyes at Joey's constant babbling. 

I truly wasn't annoyed at Joey... I was worried.. I'd been addicted to robbing places for so long. I'd robbed them to feel powerful.. I didn't know if the need for power would just disappear.

I didn't know how long I could go without performing another robbery. And to fulfill my need for power, it'd have to be bigger and better than ever before. 

I'd have to bring the nightmare back, eventually. 

New country or not..

* Joey's POV *

We rented a really cool car. It was the same kind of car I had back when we didn't do all those insane robberies. I'd called that car Satsuki. I'd have to think of a cool name for this one. 

I hoped we ended up buying this one or one similar to it. 

We checked into a hotel called The Westin Excelsior Rome and it was so fricking fancy. I'd never been in a hotel like this before.. Sawyer and I were used to shitty ones to keep ourselves on the down low. Now we had money, a lot, and we didn't have to hide anymore. It was $655 a night per room and we were renting two rooms... 

Maybe we would have to get jobs.. But only to support us in buying a house. I kept telling Sawyer and Shane how I wanted to settle down. I think I was annoying them. 

As soon as we got here and rented the rooms, we ran around the hotel like fools just looking at everything. I think my favorite part of the hotel was the dining room. I hoped Sawyer could find something to occupy himself one night so Shane and I could eat there. 

After we checked everything out, we all sat down in Sawyer's room to discuss our plans. Not like robbing plans, just.. How long we were going to stay here, how we'd split the money... things like that.

Tomorrow we'd all go clothes shopping. And we'd all buy a suitcase or two to keep all our stuff in, in case we do end up buying a house soon and have to move. We definitely needed new clothes. Since there was a laundry room in the hotel, we didn't have to worry about that. We didn't have to worry about food, either, for there was a grocery store... In the hotel! Which was absolutely insane, but it was so cool. We also talked about buying phones or laptops and such. We all decided to buy phones and stick with that. When Sawyer and I ditched our old lives and went on the run, we ditched our phones, too. Sawyer had his iPod and I had my iPad but that was it. 

I was insanely excited to start over here. I hoped this could be a fresh start for Shane, too. It'd be nice to start over with someone. We'd have to tell Sawyer about us eventually.. But for now, We were eachother's secret. 

The sun was setting already when we arrived so it was about nine now and we were all super tired. So Shane and I left Sawyer's room and went to ours, across the hall. And what do you know? There was only one bed.. I guess we'd have to share.. 

The room was uber fancy. It had the biggest flat screen I'd ever seen in my entire life. Plus the entertainment set was full of movies and it even had a Blu-ray player. It also had a refrigerator, Already filled to the hilt with drinks! The bed was a queen size and just by looking at it, I knew I'd be sleeping in heaven. The bathroom had two sinks, a Jacuzzi tub and a shower with glass doors.. That wouldn't be awkward.. 

But at least the toilet was in a small, separate room. Our room was modeled different than Sawyer's and I was glad to say that ours was better. 

We decided to put off showering or any of that until tomorrow. We were both jet-lagged and would be for days but we'd just have to get over it.

I sighed happily as Shane and I jumped (Yes, we jumped like little five year old's) onto the bed, erupting into a fit of laughter as we bounced. We instantly quieted when there was a knock on the door, followed by an angry voice, "Keep it down!" Nice to know we were stuck with the bitchy neighbors. 

Shane grabbed the remote from the nightstand and turned on the TV and I shut off the light (their lights were controlled by remotes! How cool?!). I snuggled up to Shane, resting my head on his shoulder. He kissed the top of my head, whispering to me "I love you, Joey.."

I smiled and looked up at him, "I love you, too, Shane." 

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But there will indeed be trouble in paradise. ;) You'll just have to wait and see. 

I know this chapter was fast moving and crazy and not written in much detail. I'm sorry. I've got a raging migraine so I'm trying to get this done plus my dad keeps coming in and reading over my shoulder. Sigh. 

But here you guys go! :) Wow, and Thanks for 400 Reads! ;D I loved coming online to that. 

Anyway, Thanks for Reading & Voting; May the odds be ever in your favor, goooodbye. cx (And I know Joey said he wanted to change his outro in his new vlog but you know what? I'll still use his outro as my outro even if he changes it. xD )

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