"She used to be my cell mate for my first three years here. She wasn’t the nicest person if you get what I’m trying to tell you she ra… well thats when I met Ashley and she beat up Dana when she found out and I’ve been with friends with Ashley ever since. But no one has ever stood up to Dana except Ashley…how did–?", Tatianna started and I interrupted.

"Gotta love five years of tae kwon do", I joked to kill the tension.

My friends laughed and everyone seemed to close their gaping mouths after a few moments and continued their discussions, but somehow I knew everyone was talking about me.

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After talking for about 3 hours, I found out a lot about Rachel. She was in here because her girlfriend forced her to infiltrate a police database to get a friend out of jail. She got caught and her ex-girlfriend, ‘Alex’, denied knowing rachel to save her own ass. While learning this piece of information, Tatianna would interrupt every few minutes to say some threats; causing Rachel to smile. Her and Tatianna met awkwardly in the shower. Rachel was new and she found herself staring at Tatianna’s black angel wings tattoo that spread across her shoulders. At the bottom, in scripted letters it said "Show No Mercy". Tatianna caught her staring and teased her everyday at shower time claiming that people should not stare at her because her body belonged to Rachel. After a few months of teasing and flirting, Tatianna kissed her, and from there they’re relationship started. I smiled because they were cute together. Tatianna’s story was short because the subject obviously still hurt. She killed her father when she was 15 years old. She spent practically all her life in jail then transferred to Prison. Her father favored her beyond anything in the world. He killed her mother and twin brother because he thought that since Tatianna was around they were useless. Tatianna had 5 years left to serve because of her excellent behavior. I cried after she was done with the brief story and gave my condolences. She laughed at me and simply called me a softy, brushing the emotions off. The guard stated that it was ten minutes before lights out so we walked backed to our cells. We brought Tatianna to her cell first since Rachel’s was 5 doors down from mine. Tatianna was bunked with a mute Spanish women named Lisa. I told Tatianna goodnight, and Rachel gave her a long deep kiss then left the younger brunette with a dreamy expression on her face as we walked away.