jack's pov

"no...oh my god. he's dead, we need to call someone, jack!" siena tried to reach for my phone in my pocket but i promptly pulled back.

"no, we can't!" i disagreed.

she frowned at my response, "why not?! a man is dead!".

"but they'll take us back home and we'll be in even more trouble than we already are".

she pushed her hair back in frustration, "but...but we can't just leave him here".

siena turned to me to get some answers, but i honestly had no clue what our next move should be if we can't call the ambulance.

eventually, i thought of an idea and scratched my head whilst wondering if it would work.

"okay, just calm down" i told, then held onto her shoulders. "listen to me, i want you to go to the car and i'll fix it".

"what? no, fix it how? what are you going to do?".

"i'll figure it out. but go and i'll meet you there, and if you see anyone else on the way, don't say anything, run and drive away".

she grabbed my arm, "are you crazy?! i'm not leaving you".

"no, you need to and i'll just meet you back at the house" i stroked her cheek in reassurance.

siena nervously pursed her lips and glanced down at the dead body at our feet, "...okay".

"good. now, go" i quickly pulled her in to kiss the top of her head, then watched her jog away to get to the exit.

i cursed to myself as i looked at the corpse and grabbed my phone out of my pocket. i put it to my ear once i tapped the number that i wanted.

"hello? yeah, long time too, skeez. i, uh, need a favour...i know, i had to get away with my girlfriend and i still owe leon a ton of money, so you can't tell him where i am...i-i just need you to fix this" i explained.

i briefly started telling my friend all about what happened and gave him the address of the aquarium, so that he could get rid of the mess that i created.

once i was done, i rushed out of the building and back to the parking lot, where i thankfully saw siena still sitting there. i expected her to say something when i got in the car or at least ask what i did to take care of the body, but she didn't.

we had been driving home for almost ten minutes and she still hasn't spoken.

"i can't believe this" siena interrupted the tense silence. "he died in front of us. a stranger died because of us and our stupid antics".

i kept one hand on the wheel and the other nervously pulled through my hair as she spoke.

"what if the police find out it was us?" she added. "we could go to prison for murder or manslaughter or however they see it. there's no way that i'll survive in—".

"just stop, siena!" i loudly interfered. "okay, stop!".

her scared reaction immediately made me feel bad that i took a deep breath to relax myself.

"i'm sorry" i calmly apologised. "but no one is going to prison".

"how are you so calm about all of this? did you not see what just happened?" she retorted. "and what did you do to "take care of it", huh?".

i licked my lips and slouched back in my seat, focusing back on driving down the dark road.

"don't worry about it" i bluntly stated.

"oh, here we go. jack being a completely closed book again" siena scoffed. "fuck, i'm so tired of it".

i narrowed my brows at her, "what's that supposed to mean?".

"nothing".

"it doesn't sound like nothing".

"well, i don't really want to talk about it now considering we just killed someone" siena spat, just as the car started to gradually slow down.

a harsh sound erupted from the hood before we unintentionally stopped in the middle of the road.

"shit" i angrily hit the wheel and pulled my hands down my face. "this is just what we needed".

i jumped out of the car and opened up the hood before a large amount of smoke engulfed my face and surrounding. i couldn't see the issue because it was so dark out and it wouldn't make a difference since i didn't have any tools either.

i slammed the hood down and got back into the car.

"what is it?" siena asked in a tone that didn't really seem like she was bothered. i ignored her and took out my phone to call a mechanic.

"typical" she muttered back to my silence.

we stood against the car as the mechanic fixed the problem. during the time that it took for him to arrive and for him to fix the car, siena and i refused to say a word to each other.

and at the moment, that was my last concern because all i could think about was whether my friend successfully took care of the body or not.

"should be all good now" the mechanic closed the hood and dusted his hands off.

"thanks" i said.

he headed back towards his own vehicle, but paused and turned to us, "so what are you kids doing out on this road at half 12 at night?".

"um, just driving around" i replied.

the mechanic nodded then glimpsed at siena, who stood with her arms folded and an apprehensive expression.

"are you okay, miss?" he asked her.

she nodded and flashed a fake smile, "yeah".

"you two from around here?".

i shrugged, "yeah, kinda. we're on holiday".

"really? you two look quite familiar" the mechanic squinted his eyes.

"we just have one of those faces" i calmly brushed off.

the mechanic thankfully nodded in realisation, "oh. well, it's quite late so i must be wrong. anyways, enjoy your holiday, kids".

"thank you" i said and allowed him to get back into his car and drive away, before we did the same.

+

i turned over in bed, partially still in slumber and felt that siena wasn't lying beside me. i opened my eyes and looked around the room, then got up to check for downstairs.

i came into the dark kitchen and saw her standing against the counter in my shirt and with her arms hugged around her body.

she looked so anxious and fragile, and it kills me to see her like this. we haven't spoken since the mechanic fixed our car because when we came home, we both showered then got straight into bed.

i sauntered over to her as she noticed me walk in.

"hey" i whispered.

"hey" she answered as low as me.

"you okay?" i asked. siena sighed and jumped up onto the counter, shaking her head at me.

"no. i just can't stop seeing that dead man whenever i close my eyes" she confessed. "i'm sorry. i know you don't want to hear it, but—".

"what? no" i disagreed, going to stand in between her legs. "i don't want you to ever think that i never want to listen to you or that you can't tell me anything. i know that you went through that with your parents and i promise it's not the same with me".

she nodded whilst i rubbed her bare legs to keep them warm.

"i was just stressed out earlier because of what happened and i'm sorry that i took it out on you" i informed.

"i'm sorry too. but it's just...that feeling i had when the police almost caught us at that party is back" she told me.

in concern, i stared up at my girlfriend as she struggled to continue.

"jack, i feel like i breathe in a little every day with anxiety and eventually, i'm going to get to a point where i can't hold my breath any longer and—".

she cut off her own words by her voice cracking a little and her eyes filling up with tears. i lifted my hand to wipe them away then wrapped my arms around her waist, pulling her into me tightly.

"i'm sorry, i'm so sorry. this is my fault, i shouldn't have suggested that we sneak in to the aquarium, it was stupid and selfish. just please don't cry" i begged.

siena sat up more and wiped her own tears, "it's not your fault. i just thought that i should try and be reckless for once. but i'm okay...i, uh, just need time to get past today".

"yeah. me too".

she held her hands onto the back of my neck and touched at the hairs on my head. "love you".

"i love you too, baby. so much" i said as she bought my head closer to kiss her lips. "why don't you go back to bed? i need a drink, so i'll meet you up there".

"sure. don't be too long" she pecked my cheek and i grabbed her waist to lift her off the counter.

before she left the kitchen, she turned to me.

"i know i asked before but," she began. "what did you do with the body?".

her question caught me off guard and i was sure that it was obvious.

"i'm sorry, but i need to know, jack. you can't just expect me to not care like we normally go around killing people everyday".

i sighed and rubbed my chin, "i just took it somewhere that someone else could find him. then they could report it to the ambulance instead of us".

siena took a while to process my words. she stared at me blankly, blinking her eyes a few times and from here, i could see that reality was hitting her and tears were slowly filling her eyes again.

"...okay" she nodded, speaking almost inaudibly.

"you don't need to worry about it, siena. someone will find him and it'll be over, i promise".

without responding, she heavily wiped her eyes and turned around to continue heading upstairs.

once she was out of sight, i opened the cold water and splashed some on my face. my mind was casting back to the security guard's lifeless body.

my chest began to tighten as it reminded me of old events and i gripped onto the sink. but i took a few slow and deep breaths that used to work before, to help myself calm down again.

as if on cue, my phone beeped with a text from skeez. it was now half two in the morning and this is the first text that he's sent me since i called.

skeez:
it's done. body's taken care of and there should be no trace back to you. you owe me big time, jack.

i picked up my phone and started writing a response.

me:
thanks, skeez. i do owe you. just don't tell anyone, especially not leon. he can't know where i am.

-

*sips tea*

damn, jack's just filled with secrets.

next chapter is gonna be eventful too because now jack and siena have to learn to deal with the aftermath of what they did

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