Sxnity shifted

Chapter twelve; Laughter

Word count; 1003
Maria's pov

Before i'm able to walk to my room, Ed grabs my forearm lightly. He pulls me to face him. I let out a little yelp as i didn't expect him to grab me.

"Ed, wha-" I begun, before he smashed his lips onto mine, his hand moved to my waist as his lips fight with mine.

"Now you can go get ready." He says, after pulling away. He walks away briefly, sitting on my sofa.

I sigh and shake my head before walking to my room. Something catches my eye though, a newspaper.

I pick it up and lazily trail my eyes towards the words,

Gotham gazette; "Riddler" plants bomb in bank, injures 5,detective James Gordon saves day.

Is highlighted in green ink, I shrug and get back to getting ready.

I throw on a red and black striped dress and black boots, this'll go with the circus..

I put light makeup on and i go back to Ed, he's sitting on the sofa, fiddling with something.

"Eddie?" I ask, he looks up, startled. I tilt my head. He shoves the item into his pocket and smiles, i shrug it off. Not wanting to ruin the day.

"Ready to go?" I ask him, he nods. He links his arm with mine and he opens the door, we walk through and leave my apartment.

The smell of fake butter, sweet churros and hotdogs waft around the circus.

I nearly explode with happiness, even though I'm at a circus. In Gotham city, one of the worst cities in the world!

I look around and see a one of those balloon popper games, I squeal.

"Ed!! Lets go to the balloon one!" I say, before pulling him along. Hes sort of behind me as he's kind of been disconnected lately. It must be Edward. Ugh, thinking of him spoils my mood.

The bored looking teenager running the booth hands me four darts, i hand him five bucks.

"Four darts, four tries." He says, very unenthusiastically. I frown

"Kid, you should value life more. Never know when it could end." I say, painstakingly sweetly on purpose. Before flashing him a grin.

I throw a dart at the green balloon and it pops, i throw another and it pops a yellow balloon. I throw another and once again,

POP

I suck in a deep breath, if i get this. I'll be able to do one more. Which means i can get the huge fluffy koala.

I throw it and i wait for the pop, i open my eyes to see it hit the wooden wall behind the balloons.

"Shit.." i breathe out, Ed wraps his gentle arms around me.

"It's alright Mar." He pulls out a fifty dollar bill and hands it to the kid. He reaches to the koala and pulls it down for me.

Ed kisses me as he hands it to me, i smile like a idiot.

"Awe.." i coo out to the bear,

"Thank you Ed!" I say, i tip toe and kiss his clean shaven cheek. He smiles at me, he slings a arm around my waist loosely as we walk around.

I go to a booth and buy an two vanilla ice cream sandwiches,

I run back to Ed. I hand him one and he unwraps it, i take a bite of mine and i begin to walk around once again. I see Jim Gordon walking around with Harvey, in their suits. Jim sees me and waves, i feel Eds grip on my waist tighten. He finishes up his icecream, im only left with a bit of mine.

Jim and Harvey approach us,

"Hey Maria," Jim looks at Ed,

"Ed.." He says, hesitantly.

"Hello, Jim." Ed says, quite bitterly.

"Hey Harv!" I say, moving Ed and Jim aside. They can work on their conversation.

"How ya been kiddo?" He asks, giving me sort of a bro hug.

"Eh," i say, gesturing towards Ed and Jims little staring contest.

"Oh.. I get it. Once had a buddy back on the force, pretty sure he died. He had the hots for a girl another guy liked. Yeah he killed the other guy, then got shanked in prison. Inside job apparently." Harvey rambles on, i stare at Edward and Jim in thought.

What if Ed kills Jim?.. Or Jim kills Ed? Or what if they both kill eachother..

I take a bite of my sandwich and return my attention towards Harvey,

"So then my step kids grew up thinking Veggie tales was codename for The Shining, because i got shitfaced one night and accidentally taped The Shining over Veggie Tales.." Harvey continues, i now realize his breath kind of smells faintly of alcohol.

Oh boy,
I turn around to see a irritated Ed and annoyed Jim,

"Uh.." i try to get Harveys attention but now hes talking about some dad he knew named Tony,

"Um." Still nothing, hes rambling on about some cool guy named Robert now.

"Harvey, they're going to kill eachother." I mumble,

"Wha- Oh." He says, now looking at the now very mad pair.

"Alright, Jim we're on duty right now." Harvey says, practically pulling Jim along.

"Bye Jim, im sorry!" I say, before he disappears into the crowd.

I turn to Ed, he leans in close.

Focusing on my lips, he brings his hand up and gently brushes the corner of my lip with his thumb. He sucks on it,

I tilt my head.

"I can get freezer burn easily, and i can stay cold for decades. But the rays melt me just as easy." I laugh,

"Ice cream." I shout, gaining stares from strangers,

"Also that was a bad riddle and I'm still mad at you." I say, turning on my heel.

As soon as i turn away from him, gunshots break out.

I widen my eyes before everything goes dark.

Im sorry for the very very long wait, and the short chapter. I've been all over the place, thanks to everyone who put up with my bs. Ive been writing more quiet and peaceful scenes up until now, theres going to be action next. Also its 4 am as i publish this so if there are any typos, my bad. Ill edit it in the morning. Bye for now.