Chicago's Furious

Things Are...

Alexa's POV

I am sitting on the couch, legs up, looking outside, in the rain. I don't know how many times I have spent sleepless, my nightmares hunting me. I got up from bed and sat on the couch. I fell asleep at some point but I woke up again sweating and crying.

Mia and Brian left early in the morning, without telling me anything. Very nice behavior. I turn my head as i hear Dom walking down the stairs.

Alexa:Good Morning.

Dom:Morning.

He says as he gives me a kiss on my cheek.

Dom:How long have you been awake?

Alexa:Ummm, what time is it?

Dom: 9.45

Alexa:Then i'm awake for two and a half hours. Mia and Brian were already gone when i woke up.

Dom:Gone? Where did they go?

Alexa:I don't know. They didn't tell me.

He sits across from me, on the couch, looking at me.

Dom:How's your hand?

Alexa:Getting better i think...

Dom: And how are you?

I knew that question. He makes that question every morning. He knows the ghosts that are after me and he is always the one to hold me during my screams.

Alexa: Same thing...

After a moment of silence, i look at Dom who is looking outside the window too.

Alexa:Hey... Can i ask you a question?

Dom:Yeah sure.

Alexa: Things are different now, and you can't tell me that they're not. So i want you to tell me, four years ago, when...Gabe "died", did you lie about the incident?

He looks at me, and his eyes tell me that i'm right.

Alexa:Please Dom, i want to hear the truth. Tell me.

He looks at the window again.

Dom: When we finished that job we had, Leon, Jesse and Vince left with the truck, leaving me and Gabe alone. We stopped to check on Gabe's car cause it was making weird noises.

I take a deep breath, remembering what Gabe had told me. 

Dom:I leaned over his car to check it and i asked him to start the engine. Once he did, he moved the car towards me. I backed up, avoiding it and then Gabe came outside holding a piece of metal. He was saying something that i don't deserve you and that you'd be better off without me. We started fighting and i grabbed the metal and hit him. Once i saw he was unconsious, i left. I didn't know what else to do.

My eyes are watery, ready to let the tears fall.

Alexa:Why didn't you tell me.

Dom:I..I don't know.

Alexa:Dom, you know i never liked people lying to me. I thought that we shared everything and now after four years...this? 

Dom:Alexa, I didn't want it to turn out like this. I thought Gabe was dead.

Alexa:Yeah and i thought i was dead but i'm standing right here. If i knew what Gabe had turned into, I might have dealt with it different.

Dom:How different? He would still have tortured you.

I clench my jaw at the reminding of those thoughts and let a tear fall. I avoid his gaze, by getting off the couch and out of the house. I hear him calling out for me but i ignore him. Once i know i'm far away, i stand against a wall and start crying. Regretting for my actions. 

The same thoughts keep running through my head.

Why did i say all those things? Why did i act that way? I guess the pain will never leave and there will always be a mark inside of me, forever. I will never outrun the memories no matter how fast i go. 

I decide it's time to leave. I need to think, so i go back to the house, take my car and drive away, to a city called Chicago.