𝘚𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘊𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦-𝘒𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘗𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘦

two

chapter two:
brave new world

     Thomas opened his eyes to the sunlight brightly entering his room, he winced as he pushed his face against his pillow to shield his eyes. He groaned in annoyance when his door was opened, he heard the high heels his mother wore and then he pushed his face more into the pillow as she walked inside more.

"Thomas, your uncle Mason and Tyler are going for a run. You should go with them. Get out of the house for once". He groaned as he looked at his mother, his hair was a mess and he wanted to scream into his pillow for the throb that ran along his head.

Perhaps spending the night at the bar downing beer after beer wasn't the best idea for him. He's never once in his entire life ran alongside his brother or anyone else for that matter. His father always insisted he'd stay fit and active, maybe join a sport like his brother and prove to people he was strong.

He never did any of those things, he saw the disappointment in his mother's eyes as she walked towards the door. "Figured you'd wanna know, I'll be out for the morning" she closed the door behind her and he heard her descend down the hallway.

He pushed his hands against his face as he sat up, he let out a heavy breath as he slumped along the edge of his bed and stared at the door. He thought about everything that happened the past week and he sighed deeply. His father was dead and everything around him was turning into a disaster.

He knew eventually the full moon would be around the corner and he'd be far more defeated as he locked himself away. He stood up off his bed and approached his door, as he pulled it open the strong scent of death lingered into his nostrils making him gain a headache.

He frowned deeply as the scent got stronger, he walked along the hallway and his eyes locked on with the woman almost immediately. The same one from last night that for some reason was desperately trying to figure out how his curse was activated. He felt like he was gonna faint as he walked down the steps where he saw his mother smiling as she spoke kindly to the woman in front of her. The one who for some reason was dressed exactly like Elena, but Thomas knew this imposter wasn't Elena, just by the stench of death that lingered along the air as he looked at her.

She smiled, as she spoke and even her voice sounded like Elena's it was almost unsettling. Thomas let out a weak breath "mom, shouldn't you be getting to that meeting of yours?" his eyes lingered on Elena as he smiled weakly. His mother looked at him "oh yes, Elena was just telling me about the carnival the school is holding tonight. You know you should really go Thomas, you're always locked inside that room of yours". He sighed in annoyance "not always, besides I have to go to the carnival anyways, I'm helping with one of the stands. Why don't you get going, I'm sure Elena here can tell me all about the carnival".

He caught the smirk that rose along her lips as she looked at him, her eyes looking so cloudy up close as she smiled at Thomas's mother. He watched as his mother left the house in a hurry, her hands gripping tightly onto her purse. She was hiding something and he needed to figure it out for the sake of her safety.

He let his worry fade away as he looked down at Elena; her sweet like mannerisms vanished almost immediately. "You're not that great at pretending to be Elena" his tone was laced with annoyance as he moved past her. She sighed "it worked for your mother just fine, and even that brother of yours".

She walked around him as she looked at him "Tyler was it? He's a real catch, and he's clueless". She grinned as she placed her hand along Thomas chest, he felt the coldness of her flesh as she dug her fingernails into his shirt. He looked down at her "what exactly are you playing at here? You're obviously obsessed with my family since you keep popping up around here. Or maybe it's your obsession with what I am, I'm more so interested in what you are and why the hell you look exactly like Elena".