Bordering on Insane by Erin Crowley (good e books to read .txt) 📖

not your fault." I said, seeing the pain he was in.


"You're not hurt are you?"


"No, I'm fine Revvy." I sighed and looked over where Shadz was threatening Spike. Shadows turned his back and rolled his eyes at Zacky. That's when it happened. I blinked and he was gone. Halfway down the street he got into a car and drove away. Shadows and Zacky started flipping and my heart started beating faster.


"Revvy…I'm scared."


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I was sitting on the couch with Revvy eating ice cream out of a tub and watching reruns of Bones. Revvy's arm was around my waist, holding me in place so I couldn't run away with the tub of ice cream. He put another spoonful of ice cream in his mouth and I tried to shift position again.


"No! You aren't running away with the ice cream!" Revvy said, holding me tighter.


"Ugh! Fine, here! I have to pee so let go!" I said, shoving the tub of ice cream at him and running to the bathroom. When I came back out Syn had stolen my spot next to Revvy and using my spoon. I growled and approached them.


"What are you doing?"


"…um…" I sighed and went back to the kitchen, grabbing a new tub of ice cream and a spork.


"Why do you have a spork?"


"So if I get pissed off I can gouge out someone's eyes with it and eat ice cream." Syn decided to stay quiet and I sat down next to him and began eating my ice cream. Two minutes later, a spoon crossed over into spork territory. I pinned it down with my spork and looked up.


"Syn, would you care to explain why your spoon is in my ice cream?" Revvy choked and started laughing insanely.


"That…that sounds so dirty!" Syn wacked The Rev in the head with his free hand before turning his attention back to me.


"Give me your fedora and you will go unharmed." I said menacingly.


"Fuck you."


"Fine." I said, lifting the spork from the container of ice cream.


"Fuck, here!" Syn put his fedora on my head and I smiled, putting my spork back into the ice cream.


"Can I encroach on your ice cream now?"


"Not with a spoon." I replied, putting a sporkful of ice cream into my mouth.


"If I get a spork?"


"Fine." I said around my mouthful of ice cream. Syn got up and went to the kitchen before returning with a spork and a beer.


"No."


"huh?" Syn looked confused as he placed his beer on the coffee table.


"You aren't eating my ice cream if you drink that."


"but…but…"


"No. As soon as you take a sip of that this ice cream disappears."


"Ugh. Fine." Syn leaned back and placed an arm around me to better reach the ice cream. We stayed like that for about an hour before Zacky came through the door.


"What are you doing to my sister?" I paused with a sporkful of ice cream halfway to my mouth and raised an eyebrow at him.


"Zacky! Syn's eating all my ice cream!" I whined before putting the spork in my mouth.


"God you sound like my mom!"


"No, Syn if I sounded like your mom, I would have said, 'Brian stop eating that ice cream! It'll make you fat!'" I said, mimicking his mom. Of course they all started laughing so hard that Syn fell off the couch.


"watch your beer." Syn grabbed his beer before it spilled and took a long drink.


"Ha! No more ice cream for you!" I said, getting up triumphantly and doing a victory dance. Syn's fedora fell off my head and landed on his lap and he placed it on his own head.


"It looks better on me."


"Faggot."


"No, that's Johnny."


"true." I said, finishing my ice cream and throwing the container away. "It's gone." I pouted before laying down across Zacky and Revvy.


"You're gonna get fat if you keep eating like that."


"What like you?" I asked, poking Zacky's stomach.


"Ha! You've admitted I'm fat!"


"YOURE NOT FAT!" I yelled, hitting him in the arm.


"than what's this?"


"You're fluffy, not fat. If you were fat I would disown you as my brother." I said, causing Syn to snort his beer.


Chapter Seven- Second Heartbeat


I woke up and felt cramped. In my half awake state I panicked and thought Spike had got me. I heard another heartbeat and screamed.


"Rave! Rave, look at me!" I focused on the voice and recognized Syn's face in front of me. "Rave, it's okai."


My head turned to look at the clock. 11:23Am. Syn opened the curtains and light flooded into the living room. He sat down next to me and I hugged him tightly. He put his fedora on my head and lifted me so I was on his lap. I buried my face in his shoulder and tried not to cry. After a few minutes I lifted my head and my eyes fell on a pack of Newports. *No. You don't need to smoke. You're above that.*


"Rave." I looked at Synyster and lowered my eyes.


"Hey, it's Zacky's birthday today. Wanna help me set up a surprise?" I asked a thought flying through my head and bouncing around like the deathbat on speed. Syn laughed and nodded as I got up. He held out his hands and I rolled my eyes as I helped him get up from the couch. We spent the next few hours decorating the house and drawing a giant deathbat on cardboard. We cut it out and painted it before hanging it on the wall in front of the kitchen.


"Done."


"Now we get to wait for four hours." I said mock excitedly. Syn laughed and grabbed a beer out of the fridge.


"Ah! Beer, ew!" I said, holding my fingers out in front of me in the shape of a cross.


"It's just beer." Syn laughed, taking a drink.


"But its EWWY!"


"No, it's good!" he said, coming closer to me. I had backed myself into a corner…fuck! Syn stopped four inches away from me and held the beer in my face.


"No…get it away from me…please?" I begged, cringing. Syn put the beer on the counter and trapped me between his arms. I grabbed his fedora and put it on my head to hide my nervousness of being in this position, thinking maybe, just maybe, he would be distracted enough for me to escape. No such luck. Syn tilted the hat back so it wasn't in my face and I tried not to shake. Syn's face was so close to mine when the phone rang. Syn picked it up and held it to his ear.


"Hello?"


"Stay Away From Her!" Syn's face went blank as he pushed record on the tape player.


"Who are you?"


"Just call me Spike." The voice replied. I froze against the counter.


"What the fuck do you want!?"


"That doesn't concern you. Just stay away from her. I'm watching you." The dial tone rang and Syn slammed the phone into its cradle. Tears of terror slipped down my face as I tried to stay calm. Syn looked over at me and pulled me into a hug.


"That bastard will never hurt you. I promise." Syn's voice was hard, like steel, and I flinched. "I'm sorry."


His voice softened and he tilted my face up to meet my eyes. I muttered something unintelligible and brushed my bangs out of my face. Syn was looking down at me and his chocolate colored eyes made me think of a lost puppy. And that's the last thought I had before I felt his lips press against mine. I gently pushed him away and shook my head.


"Rave-"


"I can't do this Syn."


"Rave just-"


"You're Zacky's best friend! Brian how do you think he'll react?"


"That shouldn't affect how you feel. And it shouldn't keep you from doing the things that make you happy."


"Not today. Don't…it's his birthday for fuck's sake! Don't ruin it for him." I sighed and walked over to the couch, sitting down and putting my head between my knees.


"I'm gonna pass out." I felt Syn's hand run across my back, soothing the muscles that were tight with tension. I sat up and looked at him, his face unreadable. I lifted his hand in mine and turned it over, tracing the lines. His hand closed over mine and he pulled me closer as he kissed me again.

Chapter Eight- Critical Acclaim


That's when Zacky decided to walk through the door.


*surprise! Ha…ha…* I thought. * Shit. What do I do? Do I act upset and shocked or hit him or what?! AH!* Alarms were going off in my head, but then Zacky did something completely unexpected.


"Oh my god!" Zacky made a weird happy squeal noise thing and hugged us.


"Um…Zacky, what the fuck?"


"I've been waiting for you two to get together for ages! You're too perfect for each other not to be together! AND YOU MADE ME A GIANT DEATHBAT!" Zacky yelled, hugging us again.


"Um…you're welcome?" Zacky ran back to the kitchen and stared at the deathbat cake I made him and started looking for a camera. I laughed and handed him one as Syn and I got out to the kitchen. We left Zacky to go insane and went to the outside world. Syn sat down next to me on the front steps and placed an arm around my shoulders.


"Want to continue that conversation?"


"No…I want to restart it." I said, shrugging off his arm.


"Rave don't tell me-"


"Don't tell you what Syn? The truth? That no matter what, we can't work! Brian, I have a stalker that threatened you for being around me!" I yelled.


"Rave…don't…don't do this. Rave, we can make this work!"


"No! We can't! Don't you see? I care about you, Syn, I really do, but-"


"Then try! Rave…I'm not asking for forever, I'm asking for right now. I'm asking for a chance!" Tears were streaming down my face and I looked up to see tears of frustration in his eyes.


"I can't do this." I whispered. I ran off down the street toward the park, my safe-zone. An image of Spike appeared in my head and I cursed at my stupidity, turning around and heading toward April's house. Syn grabbed