New life

Part 11 [Other side]

For the last couple of days, Fen, Stephanie, and I just chilled. There was a lot to do in Alfred's home, and even if we got bored, me and Fen would just test Stephanie on her countries, except not in the way that most people would see it. She always didn't really see the point of it, though answered.
Fen, as promised to Alfred, started trying to make Stephanie loosen up at the countries, which she did, well, slightly. She still wasn't showing as much affection to the countries, but she was getting there.
Though, as I looked around, I felt, slightly, strange. Like some unknown figures were staying in the shadows, whispering and snickering. Sometimes I slightly felt like I was loosing my mind, though once America or Canada came into the room, they stopped.
I shrugged at the thought, understanding them as being only my imagination, only in my head, then again, I know how to bring my thoughts out to life. I know how to focus on one place, and see something that isn't there. Maybe this was just a twist from that.
I look down at my phone. I was sitting on the couch in the living room, texting the Bad Touch Trio, since a handful of the countries gave me their phone numbers. Fen and Stephanie were down in the basement playing pool with Alfred and Matthew.
I sighed, glancing around before standing up, and looking behind the couch, before around the kitchen, and out the window, where the wind softly picked up and the tree branches rustled, the grass trying to be taken away with the powerful element, though not able too from being planted into the hard too well.
Whirling around, though to see nothing, I sighed. Whispers entered the room, which I could only make out to be talking among themselves, though barely hearing any words from the crackling and harsh tone of a whisper they shown, "Yeah well, freak you guys," I murmured, before standing up, and moving over to walk down to where everyone else was, to get away. Though as I started walking down, and the whispers fading, I heard one hiss moving through the air, "You will see us soon..."
Quickly moving down the stairs, I heard laughing and Fen's whining. Walking up to them I see Fen punching Alfred in the shoulder, as he was laughing, and patting her on the head.
Canada was smiling trying not to laugh at them, while Stephanie was positioning herself to strike the ball.
"Hey guys," I said with a slight wave.
"Hey Alex! Care to join us?" Alfred asked, turning to Fen, "Are you done?" He asked with a smirk.
Fen shook her head, "What's up with her?" I asked, picking up my own pool cue, before rolling the top with blue dust, and rubbing my hands slightly in scarce before moving up to the side of the pool table.
"She got mad because Alfred is better than her," Stephanie explained, shooting the main ball at the others.
I sighed, glancing at Fen who protested, while Canada tried to calm her down before she hit America over the head with the pool cue, "Who's winning through the whole game?" I asked, as Alfred answered, "Stephanie," he huffed out.
Nodding I wait for Alfred's turn, before going up myself, trying to find the best way to go through it, before positioning myself, slowly squinting my left eye before letting the cue skim through my fingers and hit the ball, making it charge into a different one. With a satisfied clank of the cue's end on the ground, I moved away, to not get in the way of Fen's turn.

After the game, which Alfred won by 1, and with Stephanie slightly enraged, all 5 of us decided to go upstairs and order pizza, with Alfred ordering pizzas from Pizzahut, Canada was checking if they had sodas, while me, Fen, and Stephanie sat in the living room.
"I'm so tired for some reason," I muttered softly as Fen blinked at me, "How are you tired? It's only 5," she said, checking the time.
"Yea, 5:43!"
"Still," Fen huffed, "It's not that late, well, at least I'm not that tired." She shrugged,
Stephanie looked around before sighing, "If you're tired, then go to bed after the pizza, nothing will stop you if you go to bed at 8," she shrugged.
"Yea, I know, I think I will," I muttered, and glanced at America who was finishing the call, "Alright! The pizza should be here in about 30 minutes!" He called out, "So... While we are waiting, we could pick a movie to watch while eating!"
"Yeah!" Fen jumped up, "We got a bunch of that shit!"

Picking out a movie, we made sure everything was in order, and once the pizza came, we started the movie, and started eating, Canada joining us this time. As I finished, and decided I was full, I turn to all of them and sigh, "Okay, I'm going to bed," I murmur, standing out.
"To bed?" Alfred looked at me, "But it's okay... It's only 8:13..." He tilted his head.
I sigh, "Yeah, but I'm really tired, I'll stay up tomorrow, don't worry,"
"Okay, goodnight..." Canada softly murmured out softly, as I said bye, and went into the kitchen to clean my plate quickly, before drying my hands and looking outside, frowning, before shaking my head slightly and walking through the hall upstairs, and into my room, where I took my phone and laid down in bed over the sheets, as I sigh, glancing at my contacts again. None. None so ever. I've noticed Stephanie's appeared a while ago, which must have been when she entered the world, but other than the counties or those 2, no other contacts shown. I tried calling my mom's phone number, though just got a message that there is no phone with that phone number.
I huffed out, closing my eyes and dropping my phone down, as my head threw back onto the pillow.
Silence. Wait... Silence?
"Hello, poppet..."