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Why Do You Torture Me So?

I'm The Killer Who Burned Your Home.

I woke up with a killer headache and a sore body all over. What the fuck did you do last night Alice? I asked myself blinking several times to adjust to the light. And I groaned rolling over into a strong fleshy force. My eyes flew back open and I slowly turned my head to see a bare tan fleshy chest stopping me from getting out of my bunk. My mouth opened, forming an ‘O’ shape as I rolled back over to face the wall and freak the fuck out.
What did I do last night? I can’t remember anything other than yelling at Mike then hiding in my bunk for several hours. After that I came out and got the Jack Daniel’s and drank some. Vic came out and asked me what was wrong then…Fuck! Oh God! Oh God! What the fuck did I do?
I lifted my blanket up to reveal I was still fully clothed and Vic still had his pants on. Phew…I wiped the invisible sweat from my brow and sighed. Vic stirred from next to me as I pulled the covers up over my head. I peaked at the sleeping Mexican to see he had his eyes open and was stretching out like a cat. He had a smile stretched across his features and I couldn’t help but smile. Vic looked so cute when he was sleeping and oh look at his hair! It looks so- My thoughts were cut off as Vic began to whisper.
“Good Morning Darling.” He whispered as he stretched out. I reached my hand over to him and fiddled with his hair trying to keep myself from saying anything. “Do you feel better now?”
I nodded feverously. I was starting to feel uncomfortable. This was all wrong. I thought I liked Mike…but now I’m falling for his brother. Oh heavens help me.
“Good. I’m gonna get up and make some breakfast okay? I don’t expect to see the guys up for at least another few hours. After today we start to head back to San Diego. Are you going to miss it here Alice?” Victor asked with a sad-ish smile attached to his face.
“No. Not really. Vic, I’m going to go to my real home with my best friends. I’ll see Mama and Papa Fuentes again and we’ll be a big happy family. I don’t need to be sad anymore. I’m gonna be with you guys. And that’s gonna make me happy. Though I do need to stop by my house and grab one other thing.” I explained as I crawled out of my bunk. The Mexican nodded with a smile on his face.
“Well then. I’ll leave you to get dressed then we’ll head over to your house. How does that sound?”
“Perfect. Thanks a lot Vicky.” I smiled at him happily and began to rummage through my bag for a clean shirt and my jeans from the day before.
“What type of food do you want?” Vic asked me and I turned my head quickly.
“Can you make eggs? I think that’ll be good.” I replied causing him to nod happily.
“Sure! Now hurry up girl.” He shot back at me as he walked away.
“Calm your man-boobs. It’s only 9, I’ll be ready in like 15 minutes.” I heard him laugh a he held up a hand. I almost expected him to flip me off but instead he gave me thumbs up.
I took off my old tee and replaced it with a Black Veil Brides tank top and I pulled on some tan capris that were hiding in the bottom of my bag. The outfit I wore was very simple but yet it was me. I liked simple things but yet in the same fashion, complicated things made me smile. Complicated things were enjoyable and yet you could look in a museum and appreciate them. Yet I was too complicated for my own good.
“Eggs are ready~!” Victor had called from the kitchen just as I bent down to tie my construction boots. I pulled them on with ease and smiled as I reached into the bunk below mine and grabbed a little make up bag.
“I’ll be there in a minute. I need to put some make up on quick.” I called from the bunks as I walked into the bathroom. I shut the door quickly, not thinking much as I pulled the eyeliner around my eyes giving myself the cat look. A devilish grin crossed my lips while I accented my lips with a deep red lipstick.
“You almost finished?” Vic asked walking into the bathroom where I was standing fixing my eye shadow. “Wow, Umm Why do you look like that?” He asked reaching his hand up to wipe at some of the eye shadow that strayed from the look. I turned to face him and flashed him a little grin.
“Oh just a little something.” You could hear the sass just ooze out of my voice. He just laughed a bit, grabbed my hand and led me to the table to sit down and eat. I scarfed down my food without a second thought. ‘Could I seriously get away with this? Could I really burn it down to the ground?’
“Let’s go.” The soft voice sounded pulling my thoughts away from what I was going to do.
“Okay.” I smiled slipping one of Mike’s lighters into my pants pocket stealthily. The Hollywood Undead song ‘Let’s watch this city burn. From the end to the top of the world. Till there’s nothing left to burn…Let’s watch this city burn away.’ Held sharply in my mind as we walked down the street to my house. Vic had stopped me on several occasions asking about what I was say/muttering but I always just shook my head and said ‘You’re hearing things again Victor Vincent. Be careful.’ He would always chuckle and take my hand in his.
The silence was comfortable to be honest. I had time to think about everything. Well just until my phone went off with a text from Tony. I pulled my phone from my pocket and smiled at it. ‘Hey where are you and Vic? I woke up and you were gone.’ I typed quickly seeing the house. ‘We went for a walk. Get ready to bolt. Oh and could you let Swanson out quickly? We’ll be back in a few.’ I clicked send and opened my music.
“Alice, what are we doing?” Vic asked with confusion and I giggle like a madman as I twirled around with City by Hollywood Undead playing loud enough for the whole street to hear it.
“Come on Vicky! Oh and put this on.” I told him, tossing a pretty purple mask with a black butterfly soring up his cheek. His hair fell behind him as he walked and I continued to spin while singing along to the song. I spun the short distance to my house I stopped with a disgusting grin stretching across my face.
“All my battles have been won, But the war has just begun!” I yelled from my spot in front of the double house that has been vacant for such a long time. I was determined to keep whatever they had from never surfacing again. I lite the lighter and ran inside the house igniting everything I could. From old pictures of happier days to books that I bought not even a month ago. Everything was up in flames. I ran up the steps and followed in suit with the second floor. I was cackling like a madman as I ran around in the fire. I leaped up the attic steps two at a time until I reached the electric box.
“Let’s watch it burn…” I whispered into the nothingness as I reached in to pull all of the wires out. It ignited the old empty box which quickly spread to the rest of the attic. I was no use I didn’t think this plan out really well. Oh whatever. I ran down the flights of steps as fast as I could without tripping.
“ALICE?! WHERE ARE YOU?!” Vic yelled from the outside just as I leaped out the front door into his arms.
“Run.” I replied in a whisper as I grabbed on his hand and we ran as fast as we humanly could. We got away before anyone noticed us. And as we reached the tour bus we heard the sirens and Fire trucks’ wails. I had a huge grin on my face as I panted like mad and so was Vic.
“That was-“ I couldn’t even finish my sentence before Tony stood up with Jaime and Mike at his sides and they cut me off.
“That was stupid and irresponsible Alice Abigail Franklin! And Victor Vincent! What were you thinking of letting her do that?!” Tony was pissed. And so were Hi-Me and Mikey. Oh well.
“I was going to say amazing but stupid works too.” I giggled out clutching my sides as the bus worked its way down the street. I didn’t even notice we were moving at first until I looked out the door’s window. I saw the smoke pour out of the windows and it reached high into the sky. I grinned at my handy work as I looked for the remote.
“Shush up and sit down.” I commanded turning on the news to see a reporter who seemed to be very excited about the whole event.
“It was a quite morning on Susquehanna ave, when a fire broke out around 9;30 today. Firefighters say the fire broke out in the attic from a box falling onto the wires and pulling them out and it cannot be vanquished. Sources are saying it is an electrical fire and neighbors will need to wait it out. If anyone has any news on this fire, they are encouraged to call the local fire department. This has been Shelby Decker signing off.” I turned off the TV with a blank look sprawled across my features. It was less satisfying to me now that it was gone. But now I was free and I would be free. I’d be with my best friends again and no one got hurt.
“Come on guys. No one was there and if you saw it you would’a screamed it was that bad. We have the animals and it’s all good.” Vic said and Hi-me nodded.
“Yeah. Alice is safe now and we don’t need to worry. Let’s just forget about it and enjoy the ride home.”
Home. That sounds good.
“Let’s go home.”