Freezing - Unfreezing

30 | Missing Puzzle..

-Come in..
He said and from the moment I got in, I could smell that he was drinking. We got in and went to the living room.

-Who are you?
The little girl asked me.

-Am Hayley.

-Alison, go finish the puzzle to show it to Hayley.. ok?

-But we did it again.

-Do it again, Alison
He said strictly and she went few metres away from us.
He was holding his head looking down and then he took a glass of whiskey.

-Steve.. am sorry for your loss.
I didn't know what to say to him. He took the bottle to fill the glass and I grabbed the glass before him.

-Why are you doing this to yourself?

-Hayley, I don't have the time for this.

-I can't see you like this..

-Like this..
He whispered drinking another glass. As he was ready to fill the glass again, I took the bottle.

-If you don't care about yourself, do it for me! For Alison!
I said looking him in his eyes. He stared at me and left the bottle.

-Steve? This?
Little Alison came by holding a missing puzzle in her little hand.

-It's the last one Alison.
He said to him and she was looking at me.

-Go put it with Hayley.. okay?

-NO! I want you!
She said bossy. That can't be real.. Like it wasn't enough what we are going through, now she doesn't like me either.

-Okay okay. Am coming.
He stands up and I see Alison holding his hand. They both sit on the floor and finishing the puzzle. I was staring at Steve. I haven't seen that part of Steve before. Even though he could let the whiskey affect him, he was still kind and sweet with Alison.

-Let's show what we did to Hayley, okay?

-No!
She said out loud and I see Steve leaving her and coming to the living room again.

-She is drawing..
He mentions and he was ready to take the bottle again.

-What are you doing Steve?? Do you really believe that all this will pass by just drinking? That's your only solution??

-Hayley.. stop telling me what to do okay? Am not in a mood for that..

-Telling you what to do??  I don't wanna see you like this.. because I care about you! Because I love you! No one said that its gonna be easy! But acting like this won't help anyone! I know how losing someone is..

-Loosing your boyfriend isn't the same than losing your brother.
Couldn't believe that I would ever hear Steve talking like this. Like he doesn't care about my own feelings. Why did he say that??
I stand up and walk to the door.