Fusion || Luke Hemmings

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Chapter 2

*Ten Years Before – 2004*

It wasn’t such a sunny day in California and the Clifford family was hanging all together at home. Joshua was all busy with his surfing business, all worried about his new surf classes the one he would has to give to little kids. He always liked to teach older people because it was easier and less dangerous.

“Daddy, can I go to the garden and play with Lobbie?” Little Alexis asked coming inside her dad’s office but he didn’t seem like hearing her “Daddy! Dad!”

“What Lexi?! Don’t you see I’m busy?” Joshua asked pretty frustrated taking off his work glasses and looking at his seven year old daughter.

“I-I-I just…I wanna play with Lobbie outside.” She said with a sad face.

“Seriously Alexis? It’s raining! And Lobbie is probably sleeping.” He answered and quickly got back to his work.

“Daddy?” She called his attention one more time and he sighed.

“What now?!”

“One day…someday will you teach me how to surf?” She asked a bit scared holding tight her teddy penguin in hands and Joshua looked deep into her eyes. A pried smile was open in his lips and he nodded.

“That’s my girl.” He said getting up from the chair he was sitting and walking in her direction. “Lexi hun, I’m so sorry if I’m too hard on you sometimes but I just…I…”

“You gotta work.” She completed his sentence and hugged her dad “I know that. I love you.” She finished and Joshua grabbed his princess in his arms when they suddenly heard a scream, an huge one.

“Michael?!” Joshua putted Alexis back down on the floor and ran upstairs from where Michael’s scream came from. As soon he reached the top of the stairs Joshua stopped, he stopped while hearing his seven year old son crying, Michael was crying compulsively right in front of his parents’ bedroom. “Lexi, don’t come here!” He ordered his daughter knowing what they would find if they walk next to Michael, knowing what Michael was staring at and why he was so devastated. Joshua knew he had to take Michael away from there but he simply couldn’t, he didn’t have any strength for that, all his bones seemed to be breaking at that second and his heart was about to stop. It couldn’t be true, it couldn’t be real. “ALEXIS, NO!” He screamed once again but it was too late. When he noticed, his daughter was right next to her twin brother and her teddy penguin was falling into the floor.

*Present – 2014*

Alexis’ P.O.V

I woke up in a jump and all sweaty. My hands were trembling and my heart was beating too fast like it was about to jump out from my mouth.

“Lexi, hun! Are you okay?” My dad ran inside my room scared.

“Fine. Just some nightmare.” I affirmed cleaning the water in my forehead with the back of my hand. “Did I woke you up?” I asked and he nodded smiling “Sorry.”

“Anytime baby boo.” He replied and I threw a pillow in his direction. “What? You used to love when I called you that.”

“Yeah, I’m seventeen turning eighteen in some months, daddy boo.” I said and he made a disapproval face. “You see? Don’t call the others what you don’t like to be called.”

“Fine, you won. But only this time missy! And by the way, you still owe me one.”

“What are you talking about?” I asked getting up from my bed and walking to my private bathroom.

“Don’t pretend like you don’t know what you did Alexis Clifford.”

“I really don’t, Joshua Clifford.”

“I’m being serious now.”

“What did I do?” I asked concerned putting some paste in my toothbrush and taking it to my mouth.

“Yesterday…you refused to put on your wetsuit and go to the class.” He affirmed and I slipped all the past and water I had in my mouth, getting the mirror all dirty.

“You can’t be serious, can you Mister Clifford? You know I don’t need your classes anymore. I know everything I need to know. You’ve been teaching my since I was eight, remember? I’m a good student so I learned quickly.” I answered while finishing brushing my teeth and he shook his head sighing.

“If you didn’t exist, you needed to be invented, Lexi.”

“Auch! What about me dad?” My annoying twin asked coming inside my room.

“What is this today? Some kind of guidevisit to my bedroom? Oh, Welcome aboard, here’s the bed where I lay down to sleep.” I said ironically taking off my pyjamas’ pants.

“Ewww, I don’t need to see your underwear!” Michael joked and I threw my pants into his face.

“If I even got any.” I replied winking and my dad left laughing. “What you doing here?”

“Can’t I make a visit to my twin sister anymore?” He said pouting and I had to laugh pretty hard, was that for real? “Alright, you caught me. I wanna know something.”

“Yes…”

“Do you know who’s that guy that everyone keeps talking about?”

“Who’s everyone who everyone’s talking about?” I asked and then shook my head a bit confused with my sentence. We both laughed.  

“Some guy who was surfing in this beach yesterday, some tattooed blonde guy who lives in a van…” Oh, he lived in a van? Who cares?!

“Hum…I saw him but have no idea who he is and to be clearly honest I don’t even want to know Mikey.” I said putting on the first shorts which appeared in my sight.

“Woow calm down your tits sis! I was just asking. Anyways…bye.” He said and left my bedroom. Finally alone!  

Don’t get me wrong, I loved my dad and brother but sometimes it just feels really good to be alone.

The last afternoon wouldn’t go out of mind and my right cheek was still hurting. I thanked god my face wasn’t too marked or my dad would wonder what happened and I wasn’t feeling like explaining anything, he would probably go after the guy and kick him till dead. Well he actually deserved it but he was too lucky I didn’t feel like playing the poor girl who got slapped by the new jerk in town.

I quickly put on a t-shirt and ran downstairs. The weather was hotter than the day before and I really needed to enjoy the sea, since mornings are when that beach is less frequented. Weird, I know but it’s true and I was glad it was like that.

“C’ya later buds!” I said to my dad and brother who were eating breakfast on the kitchen and left the house.

Aff it was really really hot so I had to take off my shirt and shorts immediately and ran into water’s direction. But happens that something or someone was right in middle of my way so I ended up falling.

“Oops! Falling for me, hum…” I heard that annoying voice right under my body and I automatically knew who it was. “Guess you can’t resist me.”

“Can’t you just get out of my way you pervert?!” I yelled into his ears and tried to get up as fast as I could.

“Calm down sweetie, I don’t bite. Only if you want…” He provoked me and I did nothing but spat right on his face and finally made my way to the water, leaving him with an unpredictable expression. Guess I was the one impressing someone that morning.