The City Of Astan

Louis

I flash a smile back and eat as well.

Sam

I think about something and swallow, taking a sip of my wine.

This feels right...but wrong at the same time. I feel like I'm coming in the way. Why do I feel this way, you ask? Because I'm a criminal, you're a cop. It's so freaking complicated...

Louis

I drift into thought, the silence too thick to break yet. How is this going to work? She won't be able to stay forever...

Sam

I finish my food and take my plate to the kitchen, sighing. The saddest thoughts enter my mind and I make sure I'm not crying before downing the rest of my wine and walking back out to him, "I'm...I'm heading outside for a little," I tell him, my voice wavering, "I-I'll see you later or something..."

Louis

I stand and swallow my food, "O-okay. Are you okay?"

Sam

I don't answer, not wanting to break down, and just slip out the window again. The midnight air is cold, something I'm used to, and I Just plop down infront of the building, looking up at the stars with anxiety.

Why...did this have to happen to me. All the time, this happens to me. I finally find someone, someone that makes me happy, but then I realize that it could never work. This isn't fair...

Taking my head in my hands, I continue to think, a slow tear running down my cheek.

Louis

She doesn't answer and something makes me follow her, sitting at her side to find her crying. I wrap an arm around her shoulders and pull her into a hug, "W-what's wrong?"

Sam

He sits beside me and I glance up at him as he pulls me into a hug.

"T-This won't work out..." I pull back, looking at him, "This always f*cking happens to me. It's not fair."

Louis

I take her face in my hands and wipe her tears, "Don't say that. You don't know this won't work out. W-we can make it so."

Sam

I shake my head, "But..." I look down, "If I get caught, which I probrably will sometime soon, then I probrably won't see you again. I-It's just not..." I sigh of frustration and take my head in my hands again, "This is so f*cking unfair."

Louis

I kiss her forehead and draw her closer, "You'll see me again. I promise it."

Sam

He draws me closer and I sniffle, burying my face in his shirt, "You don't know that."

Louis

I tighten my arms around her and close my eyes, "I do. I know that I'll do whatever it takes to see you again. Even if it kills me."

Sam

I sigh, "This is killing me Lou...I can't go on like this..." I whisper.

Louis

I tilt her face up to look at me, "I'll take care of you, Sam. I promise."