Midnight Smiles

Don\'t use that language with me young lady!

You know those balls I finally found?

They f*****g disappeared.

"If I die I will take you with me." Ry said looking out of the window as I chuckled nervously. If she dies, I will jump for real from that roof I was last night. There was fear in her eyes. I could see it. And it made me feel bad that she was scared. After all I was the one causing that fear.

"Don't worry Ry, I'm here. If you fall, I will catch you." I placed my hand on her shoulder. Well I hope I will catch her. Just for sure let's hope she won't fall at all. Better that way. I don't know if I'm the right person to play heroes. I'm not a hero. In all of this I'm the stupid blonde who screams her lungs out in fear as the hero does the whole job. So yeah... I'm the stupid blonde. "I will wait for you outside. Be careful. Okay?"

She smiled at me. That.... Why the f**k do I like her smile? It is stupid... Like me.

Rolling my eyes at myself, I leaned out of the window and used the tube to get down in the safe ground. As I raised my head to see if Ry was coming down as well, I noticed her head peaking out of the window seeing me with a worried look. Sheepishly I smiled at her as she shook her head at me.

It was her turn to come down, but she was eyeing up the high and having no idea what to do. I know she was scared... I hope she doesn't die.

"Use the tub over there." I whispered yelled at her, pointing at the tub that was not far from the window. It was the tub that came from the roof for the rain. That freaking tube has changed my whole life. Wow... A life changed by a tube. Things like this, could only happen to me.

As she was still looking at the tube, I took the chance to put on the God damn mask, filling like the i***t I am. After that my eyes went up to her.

Her arms wrapped around the tube as she weighted all her body on the tub, leaving the the edge of the window. Anyway... I watched her terrified, cursing myself since now, just in case she falls. And as I thought that, her foot slipped and a low scream came from her.

I almost had a heart attack on those moments, but thankfully I acted fast and caught her in my arms as a smirk formed in my face.

Thank God she didn't die. SHE IS ALIVE!!! IT'S ALIVE!!!

I'm getting out of the point here.

"Just like I said. I will catch you." She smiled a my words.

It felt... weird? To know that I could somehow make her smile. How could I do that? She would just smile at my words... Well yeah... It's like I have came from a freaking book, since I use a lot of the words I write in my books... But most of the time I sound like a i***t.

"What is that?" She pointed at the mask.

I put her down on the ground, actually forgetting that she was still in my arms. Taking out of my back pocket the other mask, I handed it to her with a silly proud smile in my face. It's official. I'm drugged. With air or I don't know. Or maybe it is her fault. It's like she drugs me. Or it's my fault. I'm just a moron.

"Seriously?" She asked in disbelief. In my defense I write books about crap that somehow makes people cry and laugh, and not science books. I'm not Einstein. And I'm not a genius. But I have my ideas. Stupid ideas. But you can't wait clever ideas from a stupid. Stupid people have stupid ideas.

But again in my defense... Stupid people have fun ideas.

"Dead seriously." I grinned saying that prahse for the second time tonight. She chuckled. That only made my grin became bigger, but I shook it away and waited for her to put on the simple black mask.

"Why am I wearing a mask?" Ry asked as she fixed her hair. I smirked at her and shrugged carelessly.

Okay... I might have gone back home, when I was on my way to her house to get the masks. A few years ago... Before I became who I was now, I forced Aiden to wear as Zorro for a Halloween party. I was dressed up as The Arrow. It kind of happened to me to buy two masks instead of one. And none of the masks was green. But I have to say that I looked really hot in that green costume. What? I'm just being honest. And like I was saying... I went back home to get the masks... I wanted to get out of that room with her. I didn't want to spend all the time I could with her in her room. I wanted more...

"For two reasons." My eyes were looking away from her just to make the moment more dramatic. "To look cool and... Because I don't want be the only one with the face covered. For once I want us to be equal." She smiled at me again. Thanks to the light of the road I could see her better now. Her brown hair reaching her shoulders... Her blue eyes... Her full lips... Okay let's go back to the eyes.

I grabbed her hand and pulled her down the road. "Where are we going?" Ry asked curios, but there was something in her tone... Like it was trembling. And that's when I noticed I was holding her hand. That made me smirk, but there was now way I was going to let it go. Nothing in me wanted to let go of her hand.

"I will show you the life everyone misses during night." My voice was soft.

When you sleep just two days a week, your room during the night, gets a little bit boring. So sometimes I find myself going out, finding out, I wasn't the only one awake. Yeah I am an i***t and the perfect person to trust to always make the bad decisions, but I also was a pro in the art of losing myself.

"The Midnight's life." Ry muttered loud enough for me to hear her.

I chuckled and looked in front of me the road... The empty road. It was so silent... It felt so nice. It was like the world didn't exist... like we were all alone in this world... And that thought strangely didn't scare me. It made me smile. For sure, I had no idea where all of this was going, but I knew something. I liked staying with her. Talking to her... Seeing her smile. It was a sincere one. Not a smile that was pitying me. It wasn't sad... It wasn't fake... That's what I liked about her smile.

I turned my head to her. She was looking up at the sky smiling.

No matter how or when... You will at least one time in your life, smile in the darkness just because.

I'm not a philosopher, but I know things. I knew things...

And I knew at one point she would leave me. This thing... It was just stupid and shouldn't even happened. But it did. And even though it was sweet and it tasted so good, I knew it was wrong and it would break me in the end. And all I need is that to be soulless.

I let go of her hand and faced with her as soon as we reached the city center. My lips formed a straight line. I didn't want to loose this. All of this that was happening. This night.... Maybe it would mean to me more than I think. "Promise me you won't leave me Ryder. That no matter what, you will spend this night with me."

"I won't leave you, if you don't leave me." She smiled to me. A smirk formed in my lips at her words. Funny how she thought that I had balls to leave her. I would always find myself going back to her.

"Be prepared to see what I have never showed to anyone, little Ry."

The art of loosing yourself.

***

You know when you are walking down the street and you see a total weirdo, that looks like is out of this place? And you just stare at that person or start talking about it with your friends or I don't know? We were those total weirdos.

The masks made people look at us. Apparently it was too weird to wear a mask in the middle of the night. Why do people even care? I could die in the middle of the street and they wouldn't even glance at me. But wearing masks? They see you like you are from Jupiter.

Those stares made Ry uncomfortable. I could notice it. She did this thing every time she was nervous. She always played with the edge of her shirt. Always. I found it cute. And not knowing what came into me, I grabbed her hand in mine and smiled at her.

Ry smiled back at me.

The smile didn't leave her face, and that made me feel better. It was enough the fact that I made her sneak out of her room in the middle of the night with a stranger who made her wear a mask. So yeah... She being nervous made me feel bad. It was so unfair what I did to her. It wasn't right. If only I could show her my face. Tell her who I was. But I was still scared. Seriously, I need to find the balls again.

I smirked as the destination I was looking for, came in the sight. Mwhahahahahahahaha!!! This will be so fun.

Okay I have problems. I'm mentally challenged. Do you think if I go to the asylum, I will be the king of it? Imagine that. Me going there and finding a crazy girl to be the love of my life. And then we will get married in the asylum and have a lot of crazy children. And we will rule the asylum all together.

Perfect.