Crazy Love

Akira's POV

For the second time that night, I'm in a club. The lights are flashing, the music is pumping and scarcely dressed bodies are dancing around me but I block it all out. I need to find her. Before it's too late. Before he takes her away forever. The stench of smoke and sex hangs in the air. Random people are making out in booths and dark corners of the club, but she's not in any one of them. Drunken bodies stumble into me, spilling half of their drinks and slowing me down. She's not at the bar, she's not on the dance floor, she's not making out with a random dude (thank god!), she's not in the bathroom, she's not anywhere.
Only one more place to check.
I push through the faceless crowd and rush straight for the back door that leads to the alley. She has to be here. There's no where else to look after this. I burst out of the door at full speed and peer into the darkness for her figure. There's no one out here. Where is she?

Then the screams start.

"No! Don't do this, please! Help me! Someone help! Help me, please! He's trying to kill me! Hel-" the end of the screams cut off and I hear a dry, rasping sound. Like someone's getting choked. My hands start to shake. I know that voice better than my own. The screams start back up, but they're weaker this time.

"Help me please before he kills me! Please!"

"Kelsey! I'm coming Kel! Where are you?! Kel, say something! Kelsey!" I shout as I race down the alley in search of the source of the screams. It's a dead end. I see outlines of two people near the end of the alley but I'm too far to see them clearly. It looks like a man and a woman. Something's wrong. The woman is laying on the ground and she seems to be struggling with the man. The man is seriously built. Broad shoulders, biceps that must be made of pure steel, what seems to be rock-hard abs, lots of tattoos and he's as big as a bear. Like I said before, he's seriously built. He has something in his hand. I cautiously take a few steps forward and try to make out the thing in his hand better. Holy shit! It's a gun! The woman starts screaming.

"Someone, anyone, help me! Please! Help me!" She sobs while still struggling with the man. No! It's her! My Kelsey. I try to go to her but my feet stay glued to where they are. No matter how much I struggle, they won't budge. I try to yell to her, to let her know that I'm here, to encourage her to keep fighting but nothing comes out. My mouth is moving but no sound is coming out. What the fuck?! What's happening? Why can't I do anything? I was just yelling and running a few minutes ago! Can't whoever's doing this see that I need to help my sister? Can't they see that she needs me right now? I can only watch helplessly as she continues to cry out for help.

"Why isn't anyone helping me?! He's gonna kill me." The man finally gets control over her arms and pins her down. He puts the gun to her temple. She looks right at me. I barely hear her last words because they were so soft, almost a whisper. "Goodbye, Akira. I love you" He pulls the trigger.

"Kelsey! Kelsey, I'm sorry! I'm so sorry! I tried!" I sob as I'm abruptly kicked out of the dream. I feel a wet tongue lick my face and Bear comes into view. He whines and rests his soft furry head on my chest. I give him a hug and rub him behind the ears. "I'm okay Bear. It's ok, boy" I coo to him even though I'm really flipping the fuck out on the inside. I'm shaking, my body feels like I've just run a marathon and my throat is hoarse. My heart feels shredded to pieces all over again.

I peel the sweaty sheets off of me and go into the bathroom. I splash some cold water on my face and look in the mirror. I haven't had a nightmare in a while. What caused them to come back? I sigh and walk back into my room. I hope that this doesn't become a regular thing. I've come too far to go back to that dark place again. A tremor travels down my spine when memories of those dark, depressing days resurface and I strain to push them back down. Like I said, I'm not going back. Ever. It doesn't matter how hard it is to resist. I have to remember my vows to Kelsey. To keep living. That Bear needs me. I walk to the kitchen, take down Bear's breakfast and pour some fresh water in his bowl.

"Bear, come" he obediently comes to me and sits in front of me until I give the command to eat, then he dives into his food like a normal dog. To be completely honest, sometimes he creeps me out on how obedient and smart he is. He is almost never disobedient and in my mind, that's not normal dog behavior. But obedience ties into becoming a champion dog, so I guess that I shouldn't complain. I'd rather have a ridiculously obedient dog than a dog who has no manners at all. Up next: His daily exercise. I secure him in his harness and clip his leash on. Setting the treadmill at a jog, I tie his leash onto the treadmill and he begins his (artificial) walk. I'll let him exercise for about 45 minutes, that'll give me enough time to get ready for work. I probably sound horrible for doing this, but at least I had the energy to continue my morning. Between the pounding hangover that I have from the partying last night and my nightmare, you wouldn't want to get out of bed either. Let alone go out into the bright sun and go to work that same morning. I start the coffee and go back to my bathroom, starting the shower. I turn my stereo on in the bathroom and step into the hot shower. I sing along to Natasha Bedingfield's 'Pocket Full Of Sunshine' as I rub shampoo into my hair and wash the rest of my body. After I finish washing up, I wrap a towel around me and step out of the bathroom with the stereo still on full blast.

"Take me away, a secret place! A sweet escape, take me away! Take me away to better days! Take me away, a hiding place." I sing loudly while taking my out my work clothes and dancing a little. I stay still long enough to put on my makeup for the day and get dressed for my job at Jenna's (Her Outfit: http://www.polyvore.com/akiras_work_outfit/set?id=116159836 ) I give Bear more water after I unclip him from the treadmill and gather my bag. I pour my coffee, grab my keys and finally make it out the door. Hopping in the car with Bear, I hook my iPod up to my radio and turn it up loud. As you can see, I like my music loud. It only takes about 10 minutes to get to Jenna's Coffee Cafe. Jenna's is this little artisan cafe where people go to finish their work or just hang out with friends. Musicians, poets, authors and other different form of artist go there to relax, or perform one of their pieces. As I take a deep breath, the smell of coffee and freshly baked pastries is abundant in the air. I love this place. Jenna's originally started out as a summer-before-college kind of job. By the time that it was time for college to start, I was already in love with this place. I just couldn't leave. I could care less if the food tasted like shit (don't worry, it's doesn't). I love the whole place in general. The staff, the customers, the experience, I love it all. The fact that Jenna also let's me bring Bear to work helps too. I get out of the car, grab my stuff (and Bear) and lock the door. Time for another day at work.

"Hi, Bear! You ready to work today? Huh, boy?!" Stephanie, one of my co-workers, coos to bear as she sees us walk in. He barks and wags his tail. Yep, Bear works here too. Not with the food, of course. He just give the customers the menu and ordering pad then brings the back the orders to the kitchen for the chef. He also brings in more customers. The little kids love him and where ever the kids go, the parents usually follow. After clocking in, I put Bear's little work vest on? I swear that it's for safety reasons only. So people won't start bringing their pets in the cafe. I never dress Bear up for fun. Period.

"You ready, Bear?!" He continues to wag his tail and gives me an excited whine. "Ok Bear, go work." The moment he hears the. Words 'go work' he takes off for the tables. I laugh softly and shake my head. I guess that you can say he loves his job. I should probably go do mine. Today's Music Monday, so I get to present the musicians today! Ah, did I mention how much I love my job? I rush over to set the microscope and speakers. Once their set, I walk up onto the stage to test the mike. "Mike check one, two. Mike check one, two. Ok, looks like everything's working." I say to the crowd. "Hey everyone! Thanks for coming to Jenna's tonight. Now who's ready for Music Monday?" The crowd cheers. "The first artist up is Rixton with their song 'Me and My Brokenheart'!" {A/N This is a real band and song. They're really good in my opinion and I think that you guys should listen to it.} I walk off the stage as the first chords of the song starts to play. I nod my head in time with the beat and do a little dance as I clean the empty tables. They sound pretty good.

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"Give it up for the Glitter Freaks with their song 'Glitter Freak', everyone!" The three girls take a bow as the crowd applauds them and rush off stage. There has been about 8 performances since the first one and I'm exhausted. Thank god that this is the last one. "Ok, last but not least is Alexander Wolfe?" What?! He didn't tell me that he was performing today. I didn't even know that he sings. "He'll be singing a cover of Justin Bieber's song 'Confident'." Alex runs up onstage with a group of what I think are dancers and gets into place with their heads turned towards the floor. I go to the back of the crowd to watch. I have to see this. When the music starts, they all look up and start rocking from left to right. Alex finds me in the crowd and starts to sing with his gaze still on me.


"Don't do it to me
Don't do it to me
Oh no no, oh no no
Don't do it to me
Oh no no, oh no no
Don't do it to me
Oh no no, oh no no
Don't do it to me
Oh no no, oh no no

Focused, I'm focused
She got a body like that
I ain't never seen nothing like that uh uh
Like a fantasy in front of me ah ah ah
I think that something special is going down
That's right I think she foreign
Think she foreign, got passports
Mi amor started slow, got faster
She gon' work some more, work some more
No stopping her now, no stopping her now

Then she started dancing, sexual romancing
Nasty but she fancy, lipstick on my satin sheets
What's your nationality?
I wonder if there's more of you
She's got my attention
She's confident

Oh no no, oh no no
She's confident
Oh no no, oh no no
And I'm down with it
Oh no no, oh no no
She's confident
You could tell by the way she walks in the room

She said it's her first time (alright, yep)
I think she might have lied
Feels so good damn
And I don't know why I'm addicted (alright, yep)
Something like a headache
Got me twisted, but still I gotta have it

Explosive, explosive
I could still smell her perfume
It's not hard to notice, that I'm open
Hypnotized by the way she moves

Then she started dancing, sexual romancing
Nasty but she fancy, Mona Lisa masterpiece
What's your nationality?
I wonder if there's more of you
She's got my attention
She's confident

Oh no no, oh no no
She's confident
Oh no no, oh no no
And I'm down with it
Oh no no, oh no no
She's confident
You could tell by the way she walks in the room

She said it's her first time (alright, yep)
I think she might of lied
Feels so good damn,
And I don't know why I'm addicted
Something like a headache
Got me twisted,but still I gotta have it"


Alex steps back as one of the dancers steps up to sing the rapping part. Alex must have been working on this for weeks. It looks like he's doing the exact same dance moves that Justin did on the video. And his vocals?! Don't even get my started on that voice. I can tell that he put a lot of time and dedication into this performance. And the worst thing about it? I think that it's all for me. I shake my head and try to shake the thought away. Stop being conceited, Akira. The whole world doesn't revolve around you, I think to myself. Maybe he just wanted to finally show his talent. I turn back to the stage as Alex steps back up to the front.

"Oh no no, oh no no
She's confident
Oh no no, oh no no
And I'm down with it
Oh no no, oh no no
She's confident
You could tell by the way she walks in the room

She said it's her first time (alright, yep)
I think she might of lied
Feels so good damn (alright, yep)
And I don't know why I'm addicted
Something like an addict
Got me twisted, but still I gotta have it

Still I gotta have it
Still I gotta have it
Still I gotta have it
Still I gotta have it
Oh no no, oh no no
Oh no no, oh no no
Oh no no, oh no no
Oh no no, oh no no
Oh no no, oh no no
But still I gotta have it"


Alex and his dancers pause in their last pose and the crowd erupts into applause and cheers. I wait a for a few minutes until the noise dies down and walk back onstage.

"One more time for Alex and his crew!" The crowd starts clapping and whistling again for a couple more minutes. "That was our last act of the night and can I just say, what a way to end it. Am I right or am I right?" I say playfully to the crowd. "Thank you all for coming here tonight and thanks to all the performers for this amazing show. Have a great night everyone and enjoy your meal!" I turn off the mike and wave to everyone before walking offstage. Putting the equipment up, I go and search for Alex. I find him surrounded by his dancers, discussing something, so I wait until they're done. Once the last dancer has left, I run to him and give him a big hug. "That was amazing! Why didn't you tell me that you were going to perform tonight?" I ask him as we pull apart.

"I wanted to surprise you." My god, his eyes are so pretty. They're like this really pretty gray/brown color, almost hazel.

"You don't need to surprise me."

"Well, I wanted it to be special. If I'd told you about it, it wouldn't have been as special as I wanted it to be. It wouldn't have been as new to you as it was tonight. Am I wrong?" I blush and look down. Of course he's right. Suddenly his eyes get all serious. "You know that song was meant for you, right?" I nod

"Yeah" I say softly. "But you didn't have to do that, Alex. I was going to go talk to you about it when I got off of work today.

"I know Ky, but I wanted to. I know that I haven't really been putting myself out there for you, so I'm starting now before someone else gets to you first. We can still talk after you get off. I just wanted you to see how I feel about you." He leans down and kisses my forehead. "I'll see you when you get off." He says as he walks out the door to the parking lot? I stay glued in my spot and stare after him, so many questions are bouncing around in my head. Was he always this confident? What exactly did he mean when he said that he 'wanted to put myself out there for you'? But more importantly, when did he get so goddamn hot?

Notes

I can't believe that it's been two weeks since I've last updated. I'm so sorry guys, I'm disappointed in myself. First I was just too lazy, then I had writers block, then the snow storm came and I couldn't update for about three days, then the laziness again, add trying to keep my grades up and that's why I didn't update for a while. I'll try to update sooner in the future. But on a totally different note, my dad got me front row tickets to the WWA Tour in Tulsa! I can't wait til the boys come!

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