Goodbye Sanity, Hello Headlines

Chapter 2

"Jerome? Do you want to talk anymore about him?" She asked, knowing that talking about him always lifted my mood. That's how our sessions would usually work, she would ask me about something really personal, I would get upset and she would let me talk about Jerome for the remaining time.

"Well I mean have you seen him? Of course you have he's everywhere... He's so cute, you know when we were together he was always making me laugh, when he wasn't trying to shoot me but I totally get that now. I mean he didn't actually shoot me and I was just being stupid you know?" She smiled slightly in what looked to be almost pity.

"You miss him don't you?" She asked softly. I wiped a stray tear before answering.

"Sure do." I chuckled sadly. "He's coming back for me you know? He always does, it's really romantic. Last time he wrote me letters and snuck in my room when I was asleep, then he kissed me up on that rooftop. I mean how poetic is that! That was where we met, he looked so cute that day, his hair all spiked up and that smile beaming down at me, I didn't think so at the time of course, Like I think I was sick or something and I watched him push those people off the building. He cackled the whole time, only stopping to tell me to move, I totally see what's funny now." I laughed to myself at the thought.

"So you didn't see him romantically at this time?" She asked and I giggled slightly.

"Of course not doc!" I exclaimed. "How would you feel if you watched someone throw bodies off of a building and threatening to hit you with them?"

"When did these feelings change? When did you realize you loved him?" We never really spoke about how we met, only ever speaking about how I found him funny and how he was coming back to get me.

"I mean, it didn't happen all at once if that's what you mean. I guess you could see it that way, like I all of a sudden snapped and killed a man but it was more than that. I see that now." She nodded with interest and gestured for me to continue. "I guess the first time I really thought he was a little bit cute was when we were at Theo's and he told me to stop apologizing and I was so scared that I went into this horrible string of apologies. He kept telling me how I was cute when I blushed and we were just laughing so hard that I couldn't breath. I never admitted to feeling that way, he was my kidnapper and at that point I hated him, or at least I thought I did and from there my love only grew."

"And after you escaped?" She questions.

"Well that was a completely new ballgame doc." I sobered up. "You see the jury think that the whole thing was staged, that Jerome and I were in it together the whole time but I can promise you that I hated his guts for ages." I explained, dragging out the last part.

"I see, and during your escape you mention you stayed with Mr Edward Nygma?" Her head tilted and my eyes widened

"Oh Ed." I laughed to myself. "If you want crazy he's your man."

"Is that right?" She smiled slyly, crossing her legs and intertwining her fingers. "Did you remember seeing any psychotic tendencies during your stay there?"

"Oh boy did I ever! At first everything was all good, we talked and I could never thank him enough for letting me stay there but then things went really weird. He started talking to himself, not even Jerome did that! I didn't really think anything of it until. He invited Kristen over." I sighed dramatically.

"Kristen Kringle? The one he murdered?" She seemed to only get more interested as I went on.

"That's the one, can't say she didn't deserve it." I shrugged, she was incredibly nasty to him.