Stitches

Chapter 9 'Give me an O'

Like always Jerome woke me up. I obviously wanted to keep sleeping since I barely got any sleep. Yesterday's events kept plaguing my mind, I still haven't found a way to tell Jerome he's going to be a father, I gave him a cheap excuse about having the flu.

"We have another mission to go on," Jerome said, I blinked away my thoughts and nodded. I stood up to go to the bathroom and he placed an arm around my waist, stopping me in my place. "You okay?" He asked, raising an eyebrow in concern. I nod softly and said, "Yeah, it's just the flu, y'know?" He nodded and let me go... I hate lying to him... He has to know something is wrong.

Today we wore straight jackets, just like regular clothes, not the whole tied up, stirring around like crazy act. We all sat down to eat at the dinner table, they were all having conversations about potential murders while I just kept quiet. I felt a hand on my thigh and saw it was Jerome, he looked concerned... I gave him a reassuring smile and excused myself from the table.

I went to the balcony of the penthouse, it was a cold yet sunny day, something that could only be found in Gotham. I looked down and all the people walking by looked like tiny ants. I jumped as I felt a pair of arms around my waist, "Hey, good lookin'" Jerome said, I chuckled and said, "Hey yourself,"
"What's wrong? You seem off," Jerome asked, I wrapped my hands around his neck and said, "Nothing, my love, just needed some air,"

"Hey lovebirds, we gotta go!" Greenwood yelled as he stuffed his mouth with a donut. I placed a kiss on Jerome's lips and walked past him, I felt his stare on the back of my head. Soon I'll tell you everything soon...

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"Yay Gotham!" Greenwood said as we saw the Gotham school bus pull up. We cut off the bus, getting in front of it so they couldn't leave, Jerome got out with his gun and tapped the door of the school bus, making the girls inside scream in terror. He went inside and did his usual showdown, "Alright Give me an O," he said, silence, the girls were too terrified to answer, he shot his gun and then commanded once more,
"Give me an O," this time the girls responded, I heard everything that happened as I helped unload everything.

"What does that spell?" He asked, I handed him the hose and he kissed my cheek softly. All the cheerleaders responded in unison, "Oh no!" Jerome sprays them with the hose, I backed away from the bus, making sure to be close to the truck, the smell of gasoline was unbearable. After soaking all the girls in gasoline he tried to light the bus on fire but his lighter wouldn't work. The faint sound of police sirens suddenly got closer and closer until finally the cops arrived. "Jerome!" I called, and he saw all the cops taking out their weapons, "June, in the truck!" He yells and starts shooting at the cops. I nod and get in the truck, everyone else got in except Dobkins, he was left to lit up the school bus.

As we drove off I said, "We left Dobkins!" Greenwood cleared his throat and Jerome said, "He'll be fine, don't worry," but I knew he wasn't going to be fine, I wasn't stupid, I heard one final shot and I knew that wasn't cop bullets, Dobkins is dead. Just like we would've been if we got caught.

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I walked into the living room, airing out my recently washed and brushed hair, I dressed in a light blue shirt with some shorts and I noticed Jerome was wearing his red robe...it looked sexy. Anyways, it looked like Theo had a new shipment of weapons come in, they looked very expensive. Jerome opened a box and said "Ooh shiny" as he admired the brand new sword. Greenwood stole the sword from him, I knew this wasn't gonna end well.

"Give it back," Jerome said, extending his hand out for Greenwood to give him the sword back.
"Make me," I heard Greenwood say, I rolled my eyes and opened a crate, inside of it was two pistols and the holsters that were meant for them. I admired the pistols, we could obviously use whatever was in these crates, I mean who else was it for, its not like Theo needs an army of guys with Tabitha by his side. I snapped out of my thoughts once I heard and saw Jerome try to fight Greenwood with a chainsaw. 

Theo handed them a gun with one bullet. Not Russian Roulette, this bitch is trying to leave me without child support.

"Ooh yes love it," Jerome responded, Greenwood took the gun and pointed it at his head, pulling the trigger, click, nothing, no death, Jerome took the gun and said "Hey Greenwood what's the secret to good comedy?"
He pointed the gun at his head and pulled the trigger, click, "Timing."

He puts the gun on his cheek and asks "And what's courage?"
He pulls the trigger, click, "Grace under pressure,"

He puts the gun under his chin and he says "And who's boss, " I wanted to close my eyes but at the same time I needed to watch. He pulls the trigger, click, "I'm the boss," Jerome stated. This crazy little ginger actually managed to pull that off, I'm impressed and maybe a bit horny after that. I walked over to Jerome and said, "If you ever pull another stunt like that, I'll kill you," then I placed a passionate kiss on his lips and pulled away, "But good job," I said.

Jerome smiled and went back to his rightfully won sword. I kept looking at the crates and I kept seeing Theo side eyeing me, the look on his eyes kept pressuring me to say something to Jerome. Soon I'm going to have to go to a doctor and he's the one paying... And if Jerome finds out from someone else, there's going to be hell to pay.