Bonnie & Clyde

Chapter 5: Recognition

My time with the pleasant stranger was unfortunately cut short by a slobbering couple who stumbled their way into the room.

They were grabbing and groping at every part of each other's bodies and sucking faces with one another. Their tongues were all over the places and I couldn't tell where one body ended and the other began.

No Name and I catapulted off of the mattress so we wouldn't get run down by the two monkeys in heat.

"Uh, do you wanna get out of here?" No Name asked. He jutted his thumb towards the door and I nodded my head in agreement.

When I walked out into the hallway I had to squint my eyes to adjust to the sudden light change. It was far brighter out there than the bedroom.

I turned back to find No Name gently closing the door behind him. "I don't think Sophia would appreciate her room being torn down by a bunch of wild animals during mating season," I said.

No Name waved his hand in the air slightly. "She'll be fine," he said. "They're not even a bunch."

"Right," I agreed. "Just add a few more then we got ourselves a party."

The familiar man chuckled. The sound warmed my heart. "We're already at a party."

My cheeks flushed. "Oh, right."

"I know you," he said suddenly. He pointed his finger at me and squinted his eyes.

I let out a sigh of relief. "So I'm not the only one with that nagging sense of familiarity weighing on them."

His smile widened as he shook his head. "I could tell by your voice."

"I could tell by yours," I seconded.

"My Bonnie to my Clyde," he said wth a smile.

I smiled back. "My Clyde to my Bonnie."

"Fancy meeting you here," he said. "Do you go to school in the area?"

"Yeah, you?"

"Gap year," he answered. So he was in college. How old did he say he was?

I nodded my head in understanding. "College is such a pain," I said. My sister was taking a gap year because it was too stressful.

He rubbed the back of his neck. "Yeah, it is."

Before I could say anything, my phone rang. "Uh," I let out. "Hold on." I pulled out my phone and held it to my ear. "Hello?"

"BONNIE!" Sammy screamed. I had to yank it away from my head so I wouldn't pop an eardrum.

"What's wrong?" I asked. Clyde shot me a look of confused worry as he watched me take the call.

"WE HAVE TO GO!" Sammy yelled. I could hear the panic in her voice.

I looked at the stairwell and asked, "What the hell happened?"

"Do you need help finding her?" Clyde asked low enough so he wouldn't disturb my conversation. He probably knew it was a girl I was talking to because she had been screaming so loud through the receiver.

I nodded my head. "She's short with equally short brown hair and has a shit ton of charm bracelets on her wrists," I said quickly as I walked towards the stairs.

"Tell me what happened?" I asked sternly through the speaker again.

"MY-" she said before she got cut off with the never ending beep of an ended phone call.

I rushed down the stairs and quickly looked around me. There were too many people and the noise was far too loud.

"What's her name?" Clyde asked as he scanned the living room.