People like you

After changing Desiree offered to take me home, which I gladly accepted. When I got home I just flopped on my bed and slowly drifted to sleep. I was awaken though in the morning by the ringing of the phone. I picked it up thinking it was Maria and said drowsily, "You get that it is my day off, right Mars?"

"Lissa, I need ya at the grounds." Ethel said 

"Yea, is Jimmy coming to pick me up?" 

"No Eve and Paul are. See ya soon." and then she hung up as I heard the truck pull up.

"What's wrong?" I shouted from my bedroom window as I pulled my dress on

"Jimmy" Paul shouted back as I raced to dress faster than I was, only thing I could think was that it was my fault.

I was driven right to his door, Ethel sat outside waiting as I ran to open it.

"Love wait a second." She put an arm across me as I heard the fight inside

"You can see the future, are you in it?" He slurred

"No." another teary voice replied

"Is she?"

"Jimmy, please..."

"ANSWER ME!" He screamed back

"Yes." it was barely a whisper

"Gosh Maggie, I really messed up on love."

"What we had..."

"Wasn't real! With her it's real!"

"Then why don't you get her?!?"

Then sobbing, and a pissed Maggie storming out of the trailer. She shot me a dirty glare as she stormed off, glass crashed inside the trailer.

"He's drunk, isn't he?" I asked 

"Went out with Dell to talk about the Eve attack, came back drunk and screaming, Maggie tried to calm him down, but he only wants..."

"Me." I finished her sentence as she walked in the trailer.

"Jimmy. Ya have a visitor." She sweetly said

"Tell 'em," He paused as I heard a liquid swish in a bottle, "That lobster boy isn't feeling in the mood today."

"Jimmy, not all your guest wanna see ya for your finger fucking party." She snapped as she stormed out.

I slowly stepped into the trailer and saw Jimmy sitting on the floor, bottle of some brown liquid in front of him, he didn't look up when he slurred, "I'm not in the mood to please you today."

"Well I'm not leaving, until you sober up." I walked over and snatched the bottle from him, and dumped it down the drain.

"What are you doing!" His face shot up and when he met my eyes with his dark brown orbs he just whispered, "Lecia."

"Yea, now change your clothes and get in the blasted bed." I directed to him as he climbed into the bed, "Jimmy, change your clothes."

"No." he snapped back, laying his head on the pillow as I dragged a rusty, old chair over to the side of his bed, resting a hand on his arm as he laid on his side, just staring at me.

"Did I ever tell you how beautiful your eyes are Alicia Mae?"

"No you never have James Darling." I whispered

"Alicia Mae, you have the prettiest blue eyes I have seen." He smiled as his eyes shut

"Well your eyes aren't that bad either Darling."

"I love you." He whispered as he drifted off to sleep.

Did he just... no way I must have misheard him. I got up and started to clean the dirty dishes, along with the floor. When I finished I walked outside to find Ethel sitting on the lawn chair outside. I sat on the ground next to her, "He's sleeping right now." 

"Good. He tell ya anything?"

"Yea, he said I had pretty eyes, and that he loved me."

"He what?" She seemed as confused as I did, I just blushed

"He said it before he drifted to sleep, I figured he won't remember so I won't press the issue." 

"And if he does?"

"Then I tell him I love him too." I said looking out over the camp.

"Lecia?" Jimmy mumbled as he started to wake up from his 6 hour nap

"Jimmy." I answered from the floor, I was sitting there watching him sleep

"Oh gosh what happened?"

"Well you got drunk and I came to make sure you didn't make a fool of yourself."

"Did I?"

"Yea, you did. It's ok though, it's just on the six o'clock news." I laughed as he tried to get out of bed, which then lead to him just sitting next to me.

"So do you remember anything." I asked

"Not really, just you helping me into bed, and sitting there till I passed out."

"Oh, remember saying anything funny?"

"No, just that I told Elsa to be quiet." 

"Oh ok, want some coffee?" 

"That be great darling." He got up and walked outside, I could hear Ethel and him exchanging words and then heard Maggie yell at him, "Don't talk to me, ass."

I looked out the window just in time to see her storm off, he really had no idea what he did. I walked outside with his coffee as I heard Ethel say, "Ya told her you didn't love her."

"I didn't say anything else did I... about love?" I could hear the panic in his voice as Ethel replied.

"No ya didn't, just some gibberish before you passed out." She said, "now go get your coffee from Lissa."

"What do you mean she's dead?" I exclaimed, Jimmy had come to the diner, a couple drinks were clearly in his system, and he had pain written all over his face. He didn't even put the gloves on when he left the site.

"I mean, Ma Petite is dead, found her bloody dress in the forest. How did I let this happen?" he started to cry a bit, as I wiped the tears away with a napkin I replied, "This isn't your fault Darling."

"Yes It IS!" He screamed, slamming one of his hands on the table, "You Don't Understand What It is Like To Be Mistreated for Being A Freak Like Us! You Are Perfectly Normal, I Am Suppose To Protect Them, From People Like You, and WhatEver Else Will Cause Us Harm In This Fucked Up World." 

"Sir, If you keep screaming like that in my diner, I'm going to have to ask you to leave." Larry said harshly before emerging back into the kitchen.

"Sorry people like me are such a fucking threat." I hissed as I stormed out of the diner, kicking his bike as I stormed off towards home. I then heard the motor behind me five minutes later causing me to quickened my pace, fighting back tears from his comparison. I never meant them any harm, never viewed them poorly, was nothing but nice to them, but all of a sudden I was mixed in with all the other people who were dicks them. I even loved them like they were my own family, I wanted my old Jimmy back, because this new one scared me.

"Lecia stop." He had pulled ahead of me, jumped off the bike and tried to reach for me.

"No Darling, I don't want to stop, especially for you." I stormed past him.

He didn't go after me this time, didn't stop me, didn't come to the diner the next day. I didn't hear from him until the next day.

"Hello?" I asked as I picked the phone up.

I could hear sobbing on the other side, and then a shaky voice say, "Lecia."

"James Darling, what the hell do you..."

"It's Ma. She's dead."

"How quick can you get here?"