A.L.E.N - Between Shadows (Chapter 2)

Act 17

Before Julie went to bed, she went to check on Aiden and see how he was doing. As she took a look at the door that was a little open, as she saw Aiden laying there quietly, she gently closed it, but she heard him saying, "It's okay, Ju. You can come in; I'm not sleeping." Julie looks shy as she walks in, closes towards Aiden as he turns around and looks at her, a little bit upset.

Julie sits besides him on the bed, rubbing your hands nervously, and says, "Sorry, I didn't mean to bother you, Aiden." and Aiden looks at her with a close-lipped smile.

As Aiden replied, "Hey, it's okay. Don't worry. I'm alright now. Thanks to you and your father for welcoming me and accepting me into your home. I'm thankful for that." and Aiden tries to calm her by placing his hand on her hands.

Julie looks at him with a smile, and then she looks down with a worried look on her face as Aiden asks, "Julie, what's wrong?"

As Julie saw and said, "Why didn't you tell me about you having a brother? I didn't know that you have an older brother named Adam. Aiden," and Aiden was a little off guard.

And Aiden sights and shakes his head, trying to make excuses, responding, "Hey, sorry about that... So busy with other things... I meant to tell you..." as Aiden makes a brief second.

Julie shakes her head and looks around. "No, I get it. All good, Aid. Oh, I almost forgot. Mr. Russ suggested making a school project in groups."

And Aiden was surprised as well as curious: "Really? A school project about what...? And which group am I in?"

Julie looks down and says, "Well, you are with me and Sam. And the project needs to be something that is related to or symbolizes Walfield. Oh! That reminds me. and Julie gets up, goes to her bedroom next door, grabs the book, and shows it to Aiden.

Aiden takes a look at it: "A book, 'Fire' from A.W.? So, you need my bid, bro, at the library?"

Julie replied, "Oh yeah... And your brother told me that A.W. is a short version of Alexander Walf, the author."

And Aiden whispers to himself, "Alex, could it be from Alexander Walf?"

Julie looks at him and says, "Hey, Aiden. Is everything okay?"

Aiden looks at her and immediately changes the subject: "Yeah. Its just how does this book have to do with our school project?"

Julie gets an idea from it to respond to Aiden's question, "Not sure yet; I was thinking that it could be interesting from our project about what one of Mr. Walf's sons was, but Alexander was dead in a 1977 accident and Michael was dead in a 1987 accident or killed."

Aiden looked curious. "What do you mean by 'killed'? Wait, killed by who...?"

Julie sees and says with a cold tone, "Alen."

Aiden was in shock and remembered now about that news back in the 87s about the fire accident that happened: "I recalled it now. I was 9 when I saw the news about it with my mom and Adam. That was messed up."

Julie nods and agrees with Aiden, "Yeah, I saw it in front of my eyes. It was definitely horrifying to watch," and then she changed the subject: "Uhm, I guess we should get some sleep now."

And Aiden agrees, "Yeah. You are right, let's get some rest," and Julie nods with a yes" and gets up, walks to the door, and says goodnight to Aiden as she slowly closes the door, and Aiden says goodnight as well as he lays down and closes his eyes.