Cardiac Arrest (Lapidot)

Chapter 2

"Holy shit, dude look at all this cash!" Jasper shouted in excitement as she dumped the bags of money onto our coffee table. I sat on the couch with my hands clasped together as I stared at all the green before me. I smirked and took a banded stack into my hand. I pulled the rubber band off, tossing it to the side. "That was probably the closest one this week, though. We gotta find a new strategy." I said, carefully counting the dollar bills in my hands. 

"I counted my half of the money. You and Aqua go figure that out while I figure out what I'm doin' with all this!" Jasper explained, staring joyfully at the wads in her hands. I rolled my eyes and sighed, looking up at television in front of the coffee table. 'FOURTH BANK ROBBED IN BEACH CITY THIS WEEK – IDENTITIES STILL UNKNOWN' was the heading of the segment currently running on the news channel. 

I chuckled to myself, knowing damn well that all four of those robberies were us. "We don't gotta worry so much about getting caught. Whatever we've been doin' seems to be working." Amethyst suddenly piped up behind me. "Well it wasn't your turn this time. Tonight was a really close one. We got surrounded and everything." I explained, cocking my head to look over at her. "It couldn't have been that bad. You're just overreacting." Ame claimed, waving me off. 

"We had to jump off a building, Amethyst!" I raised my cracky voice. My fellow accomplice only snickered at my statement, and laid herself across the top of the couch like some cat. "Ugh, I'm exhausted. My clothes are still wet." I grumbled, standing up and tugging at the hem of my shirt. "Go change 'em, dummy." Amethyst barked from the couch. I groaned and trudged to my bedroom upstairs, halting at the door. I sluggishly kicked it open, and stepped in. 

I swung the door closed behind me, and I looked over at my bed – which looked extremely comfortable right now. I took my smudged glasses off, and set them down on the sidetable. I checked my digital clock sitting on the table – which read 1:23 AM. I unzipped my dark green hoodie, and let it slide off my shoulders and down my arms. It dropped to the carpeted floor, and I yanked my t-shirt off. 

I kicked my jeans off, and threw on a pair of shorts and a dry sweatshirt. Oh god I'm so tired, I lazily thought, staring at my bed. I jumped into it, landing on my stomach with a grunt. I stuffed my face into my soft pillow and fell asleep not even a second later.

. . . .

I was falling. The wind blew through my hair, and the air was slightly cold. My eyes were closed, and I don't know where I was falling, but I couldn't care less. My body turned slightly, and my stomach was now facing downward. The air hit my face harshly, but I grew used to it. My eyelids finally fluttered open, and my eyes immediately widened as I saw the concrete floor beneath me getting closer and closer. My arms began to flail, and my legs started kicking. I tried to make any sound but I was unable. I just stared as I only grew nearer and nearer to the grou-BANG! 

My eyes shot open to the sound of a gunshot from downstairs. I sat up quickly and looked around, noticing I was in my bed...in my own bedroom. I ran my fingers through my hair, and exhaled sharply. I looked over at my door, and arched an eyebrow. What the fuck was that? "AMETHYST WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK?!" I heard Aquamarine's high-pitched scream. 

"I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS LOADED!" Amethyst's voice shouted back. "Pffft. Yes you did." Jasper added. Ughh. The mattress squeaked as I clumsily hopped out of bed, and stretched my arms up. Putting my glasses on, I slowly walked downstairs and yawned loudly. I squinted my eyes and regretted coming downstairs as soon as I saw the scene before me. 

A busted milk carton sat on the kitchen table, and milk painted the walls, as well as the floors. Amethyst was covered in it, and so was Aquamarine. Jasper sat in a chair across from the table, and her newspaper shielded the upper half of her body. "Where are the cleaning supplies?! Ohhhh my godddd what the fuckkkkkk..." Aquamarine whined, pacing back and forth.