Forever

Chapter 11

I awake with a gentle shake. Alexis is hovering over me. "What time is it?" I ask, siting up and my scratching head. "Its dinner time. Come on." Alexis says, pulling me from my bed. I follow Alexis down the stairs and into the dining room. The smell of mushrooms and steak fill the air. My stomach yells for attention.

Auara makes my plates. Steak with sauteen mushrooms, green beans, and mashed potatoes. "Thank you." I say. She nods. Alexis sits on my right, her dad at the head of the table, her mom right across from us.

"Caspian, do you need anything else for tonight? Clothes?" Auara asks. "A pair of pajamas pants and a tanktop would be nice." I say cutting my steak into sixths and shoveling down green beans.

"Okay after dinner we can run to the store and buy clothes for you and some toleitries." Auara informs me. Alexis slides her foot under mine. I move my foot and it on the stool's leg.

After dinner, I run upstairs and grab my shoes and jacket. Alexis sits in the back with me. Her mom checks on us every now and then. "Who did your tattoos Caspian? They look great." Alexis asks. I consider my anwser for a second. "I had a good friend do them. He died shortly after he did them." I tell the half truth.

"Who are those people?" Auara asks. Finally an actaul question. "They are people that I loved but they died because of me the tattoos are memoirs in their names." I explain.

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I change into my night clothes. They got me a grey and black striped tank top with grey sweatpants. Alexis gave me her old laptop so of course I am going to find out everything I can to fit in. The time is 11:02 pm. Why does Alexis want to know my story so bad? I can't tell her the truth she won't believe me or ask too many questions. But she could also break this curse.

I grab my leather jacket, walk down stairs, and sit on the porch bench. A cool breeze whispers by my ears and tickles my nose. The sun is gone and the moon is out. The door creaks open, I don't turn my head to look. A hand finds my shoulder then I look up.

Alexis smile because she knows she startled me. She sits right next to. Alexis has a black and blue wool blanket around her shoulders.

"So what's your story?" Alexis asks.

"Its complicated and confusing." I explain.

"Well we got time. Its not like your a murderer or something." She says.

"You first then me." I say.

"Okay. When I was 4, my dad abandoned me and my mom. My mom got into some dirty business to try to get money, that didn't end well. When I was 6, her boyfriend abused both of us"- Alexis rolls up her pant leg revealing a long thin white scar running up her ankle -"He shot my mom right infront of me." Alexis says.

"When the police got there they said I was like a ghost. I was extremely pale, high blood pressure, couldn't speak. I spent 6 years in a mental hospital. They taught me to speak again. To be a person and not a shell. These last 3 years have been great. When Auara and Logan adopted me, they gave me an actaul home. A place of solace. Now its your turn." Alexis explains nudgeing me.

"Well I've been alive for awhile. I can't age unless I fall in love. I've married 3 times and I've died 2 times. This would be my second - no third life. The tattoos are the names of all of my spouses. The necklace I wear has each spouse's wedding band. I was murdered in my first life. I killed myself in my second life. Also I can't get drunk. So yeah that's basically all of it. You probably think I'm crazy." I explain.

I look over at Alexis she is stareing at my ashtonishedly. She rips her blanket off, climbs on my lap, and kisses me. We kiss deep for a few seconds before Alexis pulls away. "Sorry." she says. "Don't apoligize that was great but why?" I ask.

"I don't know." Alexis says as she gets off of me and walks back inside. I rub my lips and replay that entire thing over again. Is it something I said? Yep she is the one...