When Our Worlds Collide

The Clean Up

Mara P.O.V.

I was crying so much, every emotion I pushed down the past couple of weeks came at me in waves. Tomorrow, Shawn and I are faking his death, then he's coming back to us. A knocking sound scared me, "Uh, just a second!" I quickly wiped my face, hoping that it wasn't obvious that I was crying. "Mar-Mar, Oliver's here. Wait, what's wrong Love?" I shook my head, "I'm fine Lennan, I swear." I sniffled, "Ollie's here" He nodded slowly, "I'm here if you wanna talk Hun." I smiled, "Thanks Boo." I got up, putting my hood back up on my bunny sweater. I walked out to the main area where Oliver was talking to Janet and Elizabeth, "Hey Sweetheart." I wrapped my arms around his middle and hid my face in his chest. "Hey Babe." He hugged me back, pulling me closer to him. "You look like you were crying, you ok?" I nodded, "I'm fine." As Nyela was walking by, she scoffed, "Mara has the ability to push everything down into nothingness and can make it seem like she's fine. One time, she went 3.5 weeks with a broken arm and cracked ribs." I growled, "Shut up Nyela!" She laughed, "Just saying Oliver, watch out with that one." He chuckled, "I may be kind of dumb, but I can tell when you lie Mara." I groaned, "Stop."

We ate burgers, all of us were in the mess hall. A mixture of Italian and English conversations, and obviously Oliver was talking in English. "Liam, Lennan, Codey, Nyela, Janet, Elizabeth, Mercedes, and Gene. We need to get bats and axes to fake Shawn's death tomorrow." Mercedes raised her hand, "Why?" I sighed, "Shawn sta tornando a casa. (Shawn is coming home.)" I was smiling a little, "Non è pericoloso? (It isn't dangerous?)" I shook my head, "Ne abbiamo già parlato. (We have already talked about it.)" I sighed, "Hey Ollie, pass me another burger please?" He nodded, and we continued to eat. "Are we doing the circle around method?" I laughed, "Yeah, we are." Oliver had a confused look on his face, "What's that?" I grinned, "It's my favourite method to kill someone. We basically have them on the ground in the middle of like 8 to 10 of us. We have our weapons-not guns-and walk around them to intimidate them. I usually have a barbed wire bat and we swing at them. It's a brutal and messy kill, but it's exhilarating." Oliver grimaced, "How lovely." All of us laughed, his reaction was hilarious. "If you wanna be a part of the Knights, you need the tattoo and have a strong stomach. Cuz we've all done some pretty fucked up shit." I smiled, "Wait, Elizabeth, I'm sending you on a solo mission. Drug run, an interrogation, and a killing. The target is Geoffrey Hark." She nodded, "I can do that." I gave her a thumbs up.

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We broke into Shawn's place, he told me that he had to live with Harry and Monroe. We did what was planned, the two boys watched in horror as their "Best Friend" was "Murdered". I had Max and Oscar hold the boys back. "After you held me captive, I thought You Deserve this." Everyone blocked the view of Harry and Monroe while I got Shawn to escape and place a dead body that looked like Shawn down. I took the first swing, blood splattered everywhere. Everyone swung at the body, yelling random things in Italian angrily. Hit after hit, the body was a pile of goop afterwards. You couldn't tell what was guts and skin because it was so massacred. We walked out of the house and met Shawn down the street. "Rest In Piece Shawn William Dorek." He ran up and pulled me into a tight hug, "Thank you so much!" I laughed and patted him on the back, "I wouldn't do it for anyone else Dorek, consider yourself lucky." He laughed as well, "But still, it means so much to me." I smiled, "Whatever." We walked to the bus, I was excited to get back to Oliver.

We decided to go out for a date, at a local diner. Mercedes worked here, and she was our waitress. "So Mara, com'è andata? (How did it go?)" I smiled a little, "È andato bene, Shawn è a casa. (It went well, Shawn is home.)" She smiled as well, "Good. Now, what do y'all want?" I looked at her with a ~Are You Serious~ look, "Double cheeseburger, only cheese with bacon. And a big glass of coke." Oliver laughed, "I'll have the same thing." She wrote it all down, "I'll let Chef Hazel know." She grinned and walked off. "So, how did it go at Shawn's?" I smiled a little, "It was good! We got the shit done, the guys he lived with were scared shitless." He laughed, "Well yeah, it makes sense that they were. Liam told me that Max and Oscar were holding them back. They are huge! And plus, you can be super duper scary." I giggled, "How do people find me scary?" He scoffed, "The glare you give is terrifying. You look so intimidating, I almost pooped myself when we first talked. Especially when you stood up to the teacher and bumped my shoulder. You exude confidence, strength and badbutt-ness." I laughed, "Badbutt-ness?" He laughed a little as well, "You know that I don't swear." I smiled a little, "Yeah." Our food arrived and we started eating. "It's gonna be our 4 month anniversary on February 15th." He smiled, "Yeah. I'm surprised you stayed with me this long." I grinned, "I could say the same thing." He leaned over and pecked my lips, "Love you." I grinned wider, "Love you too." We ate and talked, I was happy.