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Opening door to the dark, wet night, I ducked my head as I ran out into the rain and jumped into my black 1969 El Camino I breathed deep as the rain thundered off arette filled up the newly upholstered cabin

Looking in the rearviewhair tied back and let my damp hair down Marble dust covered every inch of ave a shit how I looked

Of course I knehy I gave a shit The reason was about five feet six, had a fucking body to die for, long dark-brown hair that fell to the est Spanish eyes I’d ever seen Yeah, that’s why I gave a shit A hot wo froet this done, Axe Leave the chick alone Naround info to shut her up about the text boards Then leave and never go back

Entering the back staff entrance, I flicked uard as always at his desk The guy ducked his head behind the desk to break any eye contact He was terrified of me Didn’t surprise me; most people were All except Vin, and maybe Aliyana Vin because he wasn’t exactly sane, and Aliyana? Fuck knohy

Noticing the black curtains were shut, I then heard so a deep breath and wishing to God I’d had another smoke to calallery It looked so different fro fros to position them remained Handwritten notes were scattered on the floor around each piece

Hearing off-key singing fro brutal sound As I rounded the corner, Aliyana Lucia was there dressed in an oversized white shirt, tight black leggings, pink Doc Martens, with her dark hair tied in a messy knot on top of her head

I couldn’t take my eyes off her

But the outfit and her looks weren’t what hada paintbrush in her hand, painting what looked like tester pots of tones of white onto the back wall, while shaking her hips, badly singing, "Amor Prohibido murmuran por las calles Porque somos de distintas sociedades…" in perfect Spanish She was having fun, letting loose…

My eyebrows pulled down In all my life, I don’t think I’d ever been around anyone who ever just had fun I’d never had fun…

An unfa of warmth spread inout the lyrics, her brush strokes keeping time to the beat

For the first time in my life, I wanted to feel that happy, if only for a minute, I wanted to knohat that level of freedo her hips, not a da on your face when you’d been stuck in a dark pit your whole life