“Join the club”, I said in a sarcastic tone. She jumped, and turned around, her back now against the wall. She stood still for a long time, not breathing. The rain had stopped, and the full moon was beginning to make its way out from behind the clouds, shining its light into my cell. As the light gently filled the room, I could see her face. She had big eyes, and full lips. She looked straight at me, and wore a curious look on her face. After a moment she smiled and took a deep breath.

“You scared me”, she said calmly. “I didn’t know you were here”.

I was speechless. I couldn’t take my eyes off of her beautiful face. She brushed the hair from her face, and smiled at me. “What are you in for?”

“To be honest, I have no idea” I replied back. I continued to stare at her, forgetting all about the pounding in the back of my head.

She laughed quietly as she began to walk over to me. She took slow, even steps, as if she were afraid of me. Suddenly she stopped, and looked towards the window. “Shit”, she whispered as she ran over to me and huddled herself next to me. She tucked her head into my shoulder and froze listening to the voices outside.

“What are you…”

“Shh”, she cut me off. She continued to focus on the voices outside, never moving. The voices seemed far away, too muffled for me to understand. Her body was hard, and cold against my bare chest.

When she finally unfroze, she sat on her knees and looked into my eyes. She looked down to my bare chest and smiled, as her eyes slowly followed my arms up to the cuffs that were around my wrists. She stared at my wrists for a moment, and then her eyes met mine again.

“Why are you in trouble” I asked her. She looked back towards the window, staring out at the moon.

“I did a stupid thing”, she paused, and then laughed. “I’ve done a lot of stupid things”. Her eyes left the moon, and went to my wrists again. She moved closer to me, and placed her hands on mine. Her fingers were ice. I shivered from the cold. She quietly laughed.
”Sorry.”