If I Had A Heart

Chapter 17

The world was spinning, but something was still holding Regine steady and anchoring her to the ground, keeping her restrained.

David continued to hold her close to his body, arm draped heavily across her shoulder with his gloved hand holding her upper harm in a tight grip as they headed towards the entrance of the boardwalk. They were walking against the crowd, making it near impossible for the couple to maneuver by but David pushed them through the throng of people regardless. For the most part, Regine kept her eyes trained to the wooden planks at their feet but one small glimpse up at her surroundings alerted her to the numerous stares being cast in their direction.

What seemed like a few innocent glances at Regine from curious passerby's were suddenly transformed into wide-eyed stares of recognition as their attention quickly shifted to David. Judging by the way they would immediately cast their eyes to the ground and almost desperately try to sidestep away from the the pair, a few regulars on the boardwalk knew what David was capable of and weren't about to get in his way, especially considering the murderous expression he was currently wearing as they pushed forward.

"David," she whispered almost inaudibly, his head inclining just the slightest inch down indicating that he'd heard her despite the thousands of voices chattering around them and the blaring cheery music being blasted from each ride they passed.

"Mm?"

"Where are we going?" she could barely choke out before the absence of David's scent filling her senses was too much to bear. She clung to him once more, her face almost flat against his chest now as she breathed him in, not even pausing to realize that she probably looked absolutely insane to anyone watching.

He sniffed. "Somewhere a bit more private. You won't last very much longer out here surrounded by all this fresh meat and we don't want you ripping the throat out of some poor bystander, now do we?"

It was an unnerving feeling to know that Regine understood exactly what he was talking about, regardless of the fact that she had no idea how he could possibly know how she felt.

"But there's no where to go," she all but whimpered, feeling herself beginning to lose control once again. "This place is packed."

Her body continued to slump against him as David dragged her along, his eyes shifting from side to side and spanning across the near impenetrable sea of bodies surrounding them as he silently searched for a place to hole up for a bit. He didn't respond until he gave a bit of a chuckle and looked back down at Regine nestled against him as they paused their furious pacing for just a split second.

"You're not gonna like this," he cautioned, but there was nothing in his tone that made her feel like he cared much about her comfort. She would just need to accept whatever it was and that was that. Regine didn't care as long as the pain went away; she'd do anything, go anywhere he wanted so long as she was able to find any semblance of peace when they got there.

He then started to lead her off to the right side of the boardwalk to an area located slightly behind the Ferris wheel and the small cotton candy stand.

Over to where a long line of porta-potty's sat...

He wasted no time heading over to one of the dingy pink cubes at the end of the row that had just barely opened up, the small man who had been exiting gawking at the pair with wide eyes before David shoved him out of the way to let the two of them through.

"In here. See? Nice and cozy," he said as he all but flung her into the small plastic box before stepping in himself and yanking the door closed, paying no mind to the long line of miffed tourists who had been patiently waiting for their turn.