One Too Many

Chapter 5

I pulled into the driveway and turned my car off, all I could do was sit there. I didn't even know 'Louis' had a sister and now she wanted to talk to me. I huffed, opened the door, and got out. I didn't want to, and I mean I REALLY did not want to. But something inside me told me I should, and I was already on the front step so I knocked. Before I could even get to the second knock the door swung open and there stood a short, slim, blonde girl. She looked sort of like Louis, or what ever his name was. They had the same eyes and jaw shape and they were both a little on the short side. "Hello Harry come in." she said moving aside. "Um, Hi," I spoke stepping in the door way and looking around the room. It was a nice cozy living room with a long couch that curved and a Lazy Boy chair in the corner that faced the large television. I just stood there for a second before she invited me to sit next to her on the couch. I sat down not getting too comfy considering I still didn't know why I was there sitting in some lunatics living room with his sister. "I'm sorry this is such short notice I just really needed to have a chat with you." she took a sip of the water and sat it back down on the table. "Louis, he uh... really likes you." she almost whispered fidgeting with her hands, I just nodded. "But he is sort of, how do I put this." crazy, wacko, psychotic, "Different." "You don't say," I blurted, I didn't mean to be so rude it just slipped. "Sorry, carry on." "Louis is Louis. He is a fun energetic guy who likes to laugh and have fun... But Louis is also Alex." I just looked at her and tilted my head in confusion almost like a baffled dog. "See, Louis has a personality disorder, have you ever heard of 'split personalities?'." I nodded and I finally understood, he was was in fact crazy. "Dissociative Identity Disorder is the 'scientific' name for it... Louis and Alex are sort of alike in some ways, they like some different foods and styles but there is one big difference." she looked at me as if she were about to say something big like 'Alex' was part of Isis or he was a pedophile. "Alex, is uh, straight. That's why I had to tell you because I went through you and Louis messages and I noticed you to were talking and I don't want you or Louis to get hurt." It made sense now why he snapped in the car and why was acting weird when we were texting and I almost felt bad for him. Having to live life not being able to be who you really are must be super hard especially not being able to have intimate relationships or even friendships for that matter. "Any questions you seem sort of quite." "Does he know that something is wrong with him?" "We've tried to hide it from him by homeschooling him and rarely letting him out as a kid, and we've also told him he has Dissociative Non-Epileptic Attacks which causes you to black out occasionally so when he does 'cross over' you could say, he thinks he is just blacking out. But now that he is an adult it's harder to keep him away from it, I want to tell him but I don't know how he would react. So I am trying to keep him naive of the whole thing for a little while longer... I'm so sorry that you had to find out like this, thankfully you and Louis weren't that close yet." She gave me a soft smile. "yeah, thank you for letting me know. I hope everything works out." I stood up and she led me to the door. "Bye Harry, have a good afternoon." she waved opening the door as I stepped out. "Yeah you too."

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The rest of the day that was all I could think of. I knew what it was but I had never seen it first hand. I tried to shake the thoughts and just forget I had ever even met Louis, or Alex? I laid on couch listening to some music and scrolling through my Instagram feed. Same thing as always, couples nature, food. Boredom almost hit right before my phone vibrated.

From: Louis
"Hey! I was just wondering if maybe you'd like to go out to dinner with me."

Was he fucking crazy? Oh that's right, he was. But then again he didn't know that.

To: Louis
"I don't think I can. Sorry."

From: Louis
"Aweeee c'mon. It could be fun. Just me and you! I'll pay ;)"

After that I have no fucking idea what in the bloody world possessed me into doing this but I said yes.

From: Louis:
"Yay, send me your address, I'll pick you up at 8pm sharp xx"

What the hell was I doing. I just made yet another date with someone I basically promised my self I would never even talk to. I looked at the clock which read 6:56. So I had an hour and four minutes to figure out a way to let him down easy. I could just text him, or even write a note and tape it to the door so he'll see it when he comes. No no no, I'm not that mean plus he would probably snap and have another episode for all I know anything could trigger those things. The only safe option was to just go on the date and then tell him I'm not interested or that I need to focus on my career. I chuckled at my own thoughts, what career? I work at the grocery store. I began to pick out an outfit, although I was going on a date with a whack-job I wanted to look presentable. I eventually settled on a gray button up and some black dress pants. I had no "fancy" shoes other than the black ones they give us for work so I just put on my sneakers. I walked into the bathroom and wet down my hair, brushing threw it and adding some gel. I ran my hand threw it a couple times before just pushing it back. I didn't want to go but damn did I look hot. I was about to spray a dab of cologne on when I heard a knock on the door. I walked over looking through the peep hole and sure enough it was him. Louis...