Psychotic

Psychotic-Chapter 7

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~EMILIA'S POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

   I waited outside the old, worn out door, waiting for this 'Daniel' guy to answer. I was rather nervous, actually. I'm not sure what went on between him and Alec, but I have a feeling that they're not friendly based on the way Alec's shoulders are tensed up. Finally the door opens and a young man, not much older than myself, peeks around the corner. "Alec, good to see you again." he says in a relaxed tone. Alec nods, wearing a blank expression. "Please, come in." Daniel offers. We follow him through the door. He introduces himself to me, then leads us to an old, dirty couch and offers us a seat. Alec sits down without a word, but I am more hesitant. The couch looks really gross, but Alec grabs my arm and lightly pulls me down onto the couch. Soon after, he puts his arm around me and I flinch away, but quickly realize that we are supposed to be putting on an act, so I allow it. Daniel looks at us and gives us a big, goofy smile.     

    "You two look like you're rather happy together." he notes. Alec and I look at each other, and he says "We sure are." he grins at me. I try to smile back, but it turns into a grimace. I think I just puked a little. I think to myself. This might be harder to pull of than I thought. "How long have you guys been together?" Daniel asks, directing the question at me. I chew on my cheek, waiting for Alec to jump in and answer, but all he does is look at me expectantly. "Um, just about two months." I reply, referring to how long Alec has been stalking me for. Alec smirks and nods his head in agreement. He caught that. Daniel and Alec talk about how things are going in town, by the sounds of it, Daniel had just moved in a few months back. "Let's go for a quick walk." Alec suggests to Daniel. He agrees and they get up. "Stay here, we won't be long." Alec demands. I nod, and Alec leans down and plants a kiss on my forehead. My heart jumps in my chest. I give him a closed-mouth smile, he turns and heads out the door after Daniel. What the fuck is going on with me? I just shook it off as nothing but nerves from all this lying I've been doing. I decide to get up and explore. I wander to the first door to the right, and I find myself in an obsessively clean room. I look straight ahead at the beautifully made bed, equipped with at least half a dozen pillows. I shake my head, that is just unnecessary. I never understood the purpose of so many pillows. My attention went to a long dresser with a million knick-knacks, perfectly lined up, filling the whole top. I snorted. This guy must have a lot of time on his hands.

     I return to the couch and pick at the skin on my fingers while I wait for Alec and Daniel to arrive. I look at the wall and see clippings from newspapers pinned all over it. I get up to get a closer look. I glance at the first clipping and the title reads, 'YOUNG MAN MISSING FROM ANCHORAGE', I look at the second one, 'DANIEL BRADLEY (20) KIDNAPPED WHILE WORKING AT GAS STATION'. The other clippings all had similar titles. Some of the clippings had pictures, one picture was of the gas station where he worked, another was of him, the exact same Daniel who's house I am in, and in the final picture, was a mug shot of Alec.

     "You promised you wouldn't tell the cops you fucker!" I hear Alec yell from outside. I sprinted outside to see what was going on. I burst out the door, to see Alec on top of Daniel repeatedly punching him. "Alec what are you doing?!" I shout, but he either doesn't hear me or is completely ignoring me. "I just want to have a god damned life again!" Daniel screams at Alec, between punches. "We had a fucking deal!" Alec screams, outraged. Daniel manages to squirm out of under Alec and tries to make a run for it, but Alec grabs him by collar of his shirt. He swiftly pulls out the knife he has tucked into his belt. Alec slashes the knife at Daniel, and it leaves a gash in his arm. I panic and run to Alec, "Alec, don't!" I shriek. I run into Alec, pulling him away from Daniel. I quickly wedge myself between them. "Cut it out!" I scream at the top of my lungs. I look up at Alec, breathing heavily from all the screaming. Alec looks at me and I struggle to keep eye contact with him. He takes a deep breath and backs away from Daniel. Satisfied, I look over at Daniel to see what the damage is. The gash from the knife is bleeding pretty heavily, and other that and a bleeding nose, that's the only damage done. "Come on, let me help you." I say to Daniel, grabbing his arm and leading him inside, leaving Alec behind. I sit him at the kitchen table and start dressing his wound. "How do you know how to do that?" Daniel asks, referring to my injury fixing skills. "I took a first aid course a while back." I replied. I thought for a second before I asked, "What was that fight about?" I looked up at Daniel, waiting for his reply. He sighed, "I promised Alec that I wouldn't call the cops on him if he got help and became a normal fucking person." "Why were you going to call the cops, then?" I wondered. "You know about the whole kidnapping thing?" Daniel asked. "I saw the newspaper clippings." I replied, pointing them on the wall. "Oh, so you didn't know about any of this before?" I shook my head in response. Daniel looked right into my eyes and said, "To answer your question from earlier, I don't think that mother fucker can ever be normal." I grimaced at the harsh way he said that. "He really isn't a bad guy." I lied, continuing with the act. "Before I saw those clippings, I never would have thought he would do anything like that. He really has changed." I continued. Daniel seemed to ponder that, weighing whether he believed it or not. Finally, he looked at me and said, "Okay, I believe you. You really seem to care about him, and I don't want to mess that up. Even though what he did today isn't what a normal person would do... I guess it was me that brought that back in him. I promise I wont call the police." I tried finding any trace that he was lying, but I couldn't. He seemed to be telling the truth. "Thank you." I said, giving him a hug. This means both of us get to live.

         ~~~~~~~~~~ALEC'S POV~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    

   I paced back and forth. I hope Emilia isn't angry with me. I wouldn't blame her if she was. I peeked through the window and saw Emilia and Daniel talking, and Emilia was laughing. I frowned. They look like they're becoming friends, and this is all because I cut him. I shouldn't have taken out my knife. They wouldn't even be talking right now if I hadn't. I let out a long sigh. I hope she hurries up in there. I'd like to get a head start before Daniel calls the cops. I look back in the window and Emilia is hugging him now. Great. I knock on the window and motion for Emilia to come outside. She gives Daniel and apologetic look. God damn it that girl is irritating. She comes up to me and demands, "What?" "Don't speak to me like that." I snap at her. She looks away, frightened. Instantly I feel guilty, but someone has to put this girl in her place. "I want to get going before the cops show up." I tell her. "Daniel isn't going to call the cops. I convinced him that you've changed." Emilia responded. I look at her, shocked. I didn't expect that she would do that. I thought she would have encouraged him to call the cops so she could get the hell away from me. "Oh, um thanks." I say. She looks surprised. "Uh, your welcome I guess." she replies. We both look away from the other. This is the first truly awkward moment between us. Emilia's head suddenly snapped up. "Why'd you cut him?" she demanded. "We had a deal, and he pissed me off." I said, simply. What more of an explanation could she need? Emilia just shook her head. "Let's go." I said. "What? Where are we going?" Emilia wondered. "Anywhere but here."

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"Sometimes the one you want is not the one you need." -Song: By Now, by Marianas Trench

Hey everyone! Thank you for reading! I'm a little worried about how this story is turning out, it's kind of going downhill but hopefully I'll be able to make it pick up again. I'm dedicating this to someone who gave me some ideas for the story! Sorry this isn't a very interesting authors note lol. Anyways thank you all for reading and I hope you liked it! PLEASE COMMENT, VOTE AND FOLLOW <3<3<3 I LOVE YOU ALL!