42nd Country Road

Happens to the Best of Us

"I'll kill him! I will!" A man screamed, holding a gun to another mans head. The man being held was in tears, and ripping at the dark man's arm that had a hold of him.. I looked at his eyes. They were pitch black. Jonas started to step forward. I put my hand in front of him stopping him.

"Let me do this," I said looking back at him. I went dark and my black hands had everyone's attention. I looked over to see Lisa, hiding behind Jack's legs. My attention turned back to the crazy man.

"Hello," I said in my dark voice. He cocked the gun.

"I'll do it I swear," He said through his teeth.

"I have no doubts," I said standing up straight.

"What?" he said confused.

"Go on," I said crossing my arms. He blinked twice, letting the gun fall a bit. He went normal, letting the man go. I didn't go normal.

"I'm so sorry, Jonas," He said.

"It's fine, It happens to the best of us," Jonas replied. Everyone cleared except for Mark, Jack, Lisa, and I. I walked over to Lisa, still dark, and sat on the floor.

"Hello Lisa," I said.

"Hello," She said shyly. I smiled crookedly, but she smiled back.

"Ev thought that it would be a good idea if I finally met you," I said

"Why are your hands black?" She asked.

"Well, I don't actually know, this happened before I happened," I said

"Oh," she said. I held out a hand. She grabbed it and hugged me. I was a bit shocked. The dark me wasn't used to this. I lightly hugged her back. I went normal and fell backward. Little Lisa landing on top of me.

"Ev?" She questioned.

"I'm okay Lisa," I said. I stared up at the ceiling. My vision started to go black. Lisa started to cry. Jack grabbed her off of me and Mark helped me up. I was completely limp

"She uses so much energy," I said drunkenly.

"Breath Ev, Just Breath," Mark said soothingly, as he laid me on the couch. I looked up at him and smiled.

"You should get drunk," I told him

"It's only three," He replied, laughing. I smiled and closed my eyes. I grabbed the back of his neck.

"Not now, later," I said. He laughed in response. He bent down and kissed my lips lightly.

"I'll be right back," He said in a low, sexy tone.

"You better be," I said still in a drunken tone. He walked upstairs and I just laid on the couch. I heard someone enter the living room. I went dark, but it was a drunken dark. I looked to my side to see Edison looking at me.

"Why hello Edison," I said, in my drunken tone.

"Hey Ev, Where's Mark?" He asked

"He's upstairs," I said, rolling off the couch onto the floor. I pushed myself off the floor.

"Are you okay? I know you're crazy, but other than that," Edison said in concern.

"I'm dark yes, and yes I'm okay, I just need Mark," I said smirking and looking around the room for Mark. I saw Mark walk down the stairs, with a dark smirk on his face. I ran unsteadily over to him. He grabbed behind my back and went for my lips. I grabbed his face and kissed him back. He opened my lips teasingly. He moaned slightly into the kiss. He pushed me back onto the counter.

"Can you guys get a room?" Edison said in almost disgust. I grabbed a dagger out of the drawer without breaking the kiss and through it at Edison. It landed in the wall holding the collar of his tee shirt down. Mark grabbed my hand and ran me upstairs.

"I thought you said it was only three," I said, going normal.

"It is," He replied shoving me onto the bed. He placed his hands on the mattress beside my head. He went after my lips again. I reached for the back of his head and held it.

"Doesn't mean you have to wait?" I breathed out onto his lips.

"I can't wait," He said, lustfully, rejoining once again. I flipped us over so I was sitting on top of him, pinning down his hands.

"You have to wait," I said with the slightest smirk.

"Baby, please," he said through a whine. I bent down brushing my lips off of his.

"I said wait, baby," I replied through merely a whisper. He brushed his lips off mine. I backed away so he couldn't have more. I sat back up, moving my hips a bit. He bit his lip and his eyes rolled back. I smirked a bit and did it once more.

"Please..." he said through a breathy moan.

"Tonight, you have an entire bottle of liquor to share with Jack," I said, "And then..."

"And then?" He said eagerly

"You'll have to find that one out," I said, smirking. I got off of him heading out of the room, stumbling a bit. I looked back at Mark who was laying his head back and panting.

"Damn it," He said. I pulled the door shut so he would think that I left. I started down the hallway when I heard him moan. I rolled my eyes and laughed a bit. I headed downstairs to see Jack and Lisa looking out the front window. Jack was telling her about all the things that she didn't know.

"Jack, what's that?" She said pointing to an old tractor.

"Well Lisa, that's a tractor," Jack said

" What's a tractor?" She asked looking up at him.

"Back when you were just a baby, people called farmers used to drive those things to help grow plants and transport animals," He said. I smiled at them. Lisa kept asking questions about the things in the window and Jack would answer them with patients. Jack would be such a good dad. I sat on the couch just listening to Lisa's curiosity. I fell asleep to an endless line of questions.