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Lexi's POV

"Talking" 'Sign language'

We ended up playing music all afternoon. Dan and Joe had left earlier, so it was me and Jack and we were just talking and watching TV shows from when we were kids. We were telling each other stories from our childhood. When we finally looked at the time, it showed 7:34.

'Shoot. You have to get home Jack it is getting late. You should probably get going.' I said, and he didn't look worried at all.

"Don't need to." He smiled as confusion washed over me but he opened his mouth to continue. "Because I live right near you!"

'Wait really?' I signed happily to him and started to jump up and down. He grabbed my arm and pulled me back on the couch so I would stop jumping around. 'Do you walk to school?' I asked him hoping I could start walking with him in the mornings.

"Yeah. You wanna walk with me in the morning?" I feel like he can read my mind at this point even though he just met me this morning. I just nodded, and we started to watch more TV.

8:30 rolled around and I got a text. I pulled out my phone to see if Dan or Joe had texted me only instead to see someone I was hoping wouldn't send me a text like this.

Sorry Honey I have to go into work for the night love you! ~ Dad

I sighed and just dropped my phone onto the couch.

"Who texted you?" Jack asked randomly almost making me sky rocket off of the couch. I just pretend to sit up straight and fix my shirt.

'It is nothing,' I told him hoping he would brush it off and wouldn't insist I tell him. 'You are welcome to stay the night if you want to.' I hoped to change to subject to help my case of him not furthering his question.

"Only if you tell me why the heck there is a sudden change in attitude." Great. He furthered his question and I am screwed over and now I am forced to explain myself.

'My dad has chosen to go back to work to get some things done and I am going to be home alone tonight so I would like someone to stay with me so I am not lonely.' I had signed this to him lazily with defeat. The signs were pronounced enough you could tell what I was signing but it could be a little hard if you didn't pay attention hard enough. Kinda like mumbling.

"Let me go ask my mom if I can stay and if I can't stay over here. I will ask if you can come over to my house." Jack surprised me that he understood me but before I could question him he was out my front door, sprinting to his house and I could practically hear him yelling something that sounded like "HEY MA!!!" but I am unsure. A few minutes later I saw him sprinting back across the street with a bag but he was in his pajamas.

"I am back!" He yelled at me.

'With your yelling I might become deaf at this rate.' I joked as I silently laughed.

"So, where am I allowed to sleep?" The question made me wonder why he asked, I mean it isn't like he is going to make some sort of move. I am pretty sure by the way he acts around me that I have been friend zoned. I am cool with that because he is definitely not my type.

'Anywhere I don't care.' I told him and headed upstairs so I could change and get to bed with extra time to sleep.

"You sure?" He sounded confused, and I just nodded as I headed up the stairs to my room and about halfway up I heard him start to follow me.

I changed into my pajamas as Jack went into the bathroom. As Jack came out of the bathroom I decided to hide in my closet and see his reaction.

"Lex? Lexi where are you?" He sounded slightly concerned, by the sound of it he went into the hallway. "Lex?" He continued to call out for me as if I would just walk out of nowhere. I walked out of the closet and went up behind him and slammed my hand on the wall that was between my room and the office/music room. He jumped badly and I watched from across the room as he ventured into the dark hallway and I silently walked out of my room as he walked into my music room. Once he was in, I slammed my door closed and sat on the stairs quickly pulling up a FNAF Freddy jumpscare noise on my phone. "Lexi?" He sounded scared at this rate as soon as I saw him get right next to the stairs I jumped out and played the sound off of my phone. "JESUS FOOKIN' CHRIST!!!" He screamed and ran into my music room.

I walked over to the room and knock on the door. 'I got you!!!' I signed while silently laughing.

"You scared the motherfookin' life out of me Lex. Jesus Christ. What makes it worse is that I play FNAF too!" He was laughing, and I just grabbed his hand and pulled him into my room. "The hell you doing now?" I just hummed in response. I sat him down on my bed and just moved his hands over his eyes and stood there for a second to make sure he wouldn't peek. He didn't, but I still didn't trust him so I turned him around making sure he wouldn't be able to see and I went into my closet and found my Bonnie plushie. "Can I look?" I nodded then facepalmed and realized he couldn't see me so I just walked over and took his hands off of his eyes and handed him the toy. "Aww it is so cute!" He giggled as he held the Bonnie plush. I waved my hand in front of his face.

'Ok I am going to bed good night.' I laid down and turn off the lights with my fan remote and snuggled under the covers and I faced my wall. I suddenly felt the bed dip behind me and an arm wrap around my waist above the covers.

"Hey, you said I could sleep anywhere sooo..." He made it obvious that there was no way to get him off of my bed. I just shrugged and drifted of to sleep.

~Dream~

Jack and Mark were together playing around with fake guns. They seem to be no older than 10 and they had a song playing.

You'll never take us alive

We swore that death will do us part

They'll call our crimes a work of art

You'll never take us alive

We'll live like spoiled royalty, lovers and partners
Partners in crime
Partners in crime

This, the tale of reckless love, living a life of crime on the run,
I brush to a gun to paint these states green and red,
Everybody freeze, nobody move, put the money in the bag or we will shoot,
Empty out the vault and me and my doll will be on our way,

Our paper faces flood the streets,
And if the heat comes close enough to burn then we'll play with fire 'cause...

You'll never take us alive
We swore that death will do us part
They'll call our crimes a work of art
You'll never take us alive
We'll live like spoiled royalty, lovers and partners
Partners in crime
Partners in crime

(Oh, just try and catch us!)

Here we find our omnipotent outlaws fall behind the grind tonight,
Left unaware that the lone store owner won't go down without a fight.
Where we gonna go? He's got us pinned!
Baby, I'm a little scared
Now, don't you quit
He's sounded the alarm, I hear the sirens closing in.

Our paper faces flood the streets,
And if the heat comes close enough to burn then we're burning this place to the ground 'cause...

You'll never take us alive
We swore that death will do us part
They'll call our crimes a work of art
You'll never take us alive
We'll live like spoiled royalty, lovers and partners,
Partners in crime
Partners in crime

([inaudible] police department. Come out with your hands up, we have the place surrounded. Put your weapons down, put your weapons down! Ready, men? Aim... Fire!)

The skies are black with lead-filled rain,
A morbid painting on display,
This is the night the young love died,
Buried at each others side,
You never took us alive
We swore that death would do us part
So now we haunt you in the dark,
You never took us alive,
We live as ghosts among these streets,
Lovers and partners
Partners in crime
Partners in crime
Partners in crime

"Hey Markimoo?" Jack asked in a playful tone.

"Yes Jackaboy?" Mark answered back in an equally playful tone.

"I love you." Jack said it like no big deal but it surprised me why he said it.

"I love you too." As Mark told Jack, he kissed the Irish man on the cheek.

"Partners in crime?"

"Partners in crime."