Beauty From Above (Emison)

Chapter 35:I can't keep quiet

At midnight...

Courtney
"No...it's not that. Not that either..." I came downstairs,Ali is writing some stuff and keep messing with her hair. Why isn't she asleep? It's midnight already. She kept screaming and everything. I thought she's asleep already. What happened to Carlo? Where is he? He must be at somewhere and doesn't care of what's happening now in here. I look around,her mom and her brother is there. I hide but peek at what they're talking about.
"Ali stop please get some sleep."
"I can't...I can't I can't I have to find a way to get her!"
"Alison calm down!"
"Just leave me alone Jason!"
"Alison listen to me. Emily will come back."
"She will after years,mom! I don't want her to live in that hell while I'm having a life without her! You don't know how much we need each other! "
"Ali you can't-"
"I have no choice! Just leave me alone I need this!"
She slams her hands on the table and the room was quiet. Her mom and her brother backs away,scared. I lean on the wall on my back and slide down. This is getting even worse. I just have to let it out again. I just have to.
"Courtney? Hey what's the matter?" I look up and it's Vivian,she looks worried that I'm crying. I bet my mascara is ruined. I wipe my tears and rest my head on the wall. With a deep breath,I only sit quiet. I can only say one thing."I'm failing." Vivian sits beside me and took my hand. Sliding her fingers in mine. Her smile just makes me feel a little accompanied. "You don't need to say anything." I say and cup her face,and she holds my hands. I didn't realise that I'm cold and shaky.
"You're not failing." She says and leans in to me for a kiss. It's sweet,and cherry. I tasted her lipstick. She pulls away making kiss noise and smile slightly,I interlock our fingers back.
She pulls my hand up and we go to Ali's bedroom. If someone other than Ali comes in here they won't see us.

In the morning...

I kinda feel guilty sleeping on Ali's bed. Vivian is already asleep,she looks so hot in her red silk lingerie. I stared at the wrong spot. I look at her and she's still sleeping,facing my face. I smile automatically when I stare at her sleeping like a child. I put her hand off my stomach slowly,and get off of bed quietly so I won't wake her up. "This is a bad idea." I say walking downstairs to Ali,while thinking all the ways she would use to kill me. I was so sure the bracelet would've worked. Now that it's almost wrecked,I just need to save it. When I saw Ali sleeping on the table,she looks really exhausted. I sit in front of her and just watch her sleep. It's bright outside,the light is beaming through the curtains.
She moves herself to comfort but it got her to wake up. She cocks her head up and look at me. As if she already knows I'm here."Hey Ali." I say nicely,and she only stares at me. She wipes her drool on her corner lips and keep staring to me. It's really clear that she has given up. I can see it in her eyes. "Are you mad at me?"
"There's no reason for me to be mad at." She stands up and stretches herself,then head to the kitchen."There is. "
"Well yeah? Then tell me what it is." That kinda makes me feel pinched,she's getting hard like a rock. I didn't say anything,and she snorts and continues her way to the kitchen."I knew it. You don't know." She takes out a water bottle from the fridge and walks to the couch. It's quiet oddly in this house,I think her mom's already out to work.
Ali extended her legs out and put her ankles on the coffee table. She drinks it and only look at her feet I guess. With a nothing look and blinking with eyes bruises for crying. I look at her books,the letters were written dark and sharply,it's like she's killing the pages. The pen hit the paper deep and made the back of it pop words backwards. The words she kept writing is Emily. But it's more worse,blackish and hardly written. There's another paper beneath the book,so I took it. It's the same one,Emily's name written on it and circled. And hearts all over it,more pretty details she made. It's much prettier than the ones in this book.
I sit beside Ali and pat her lap once and she turns her head to me. Her eyes have black circles and I can barely see her blues. Wait."Ali open your eyes for me." She did as she told and it's not blue. It's violet. Oh no. That spell.
I run back upstairs and went into Ali's bedroom,I don't have time to watch for Ali even if she kinda stumbled when I pulled her up the stairs. "V! UP,NOW!"
Vivian wakes up immediately and her hair is so messy,it looks either cute or hot."I'm up! I'm up! What is it?" I join her on bed and look her in the eyes. It's back to her brown coloured eyes. Not red so she's not a devil. But if it's not her,then why are Ali's eyes are violet? The colour on Ali's eyes,it's devils' curse. "V,Ali's eyes. They changed. To violet."
"WHAT? HOW?" I shrug because I don't know. Vivian quickly gets off of bed and walk to Ali who is standing at the door. Ali blinks slow,not even wanting to do anything."Oh my lord. You're right." Vivian turns to me,and I give her the exact same look she has on her face."Do you know what this means?" I ask and she nods. She thinks of something and walk backwards and forwards. Ali only sits on the bed with me,she rests her head on my chest and say nothing at all. That's what it does."Who did this?"
"It's not me. I swear. " Vivian walks to Ali and cups her face to look at the eyes again."I thought you're not a devil anymore."
"I thought so too. Maybe it's because that I'm not a MatchMaker completely. "
"How did your powers got into her?"
"Wise Matchers once said,if you ever want to turn back into a MatchMaker,you're old identity will still be with you. Only after you pass the labyrinth back to home,the old identity of you will disappear. It's all in the book or rules."
"That's why Ali changed. Your power got into her automatically. You need to go to labyrinth now."
"What about Ali?"
"There are four stages for this process. First,you get hurt and feel pain and your eyes will turn to violet. That's the sign of this process. Second,you might be a little mental. Third,you'll give up. And last,you'll forget about everything. Like your memories will be wiped out. Ali's at the third stage."
"We have no time. We've got to hurry."
I nod agreeing. This process is more dangerous than the process Vivian got before. Her process was hatred. The process of hating people and killing them. But she managed to save herself from that process. But this,is more dangerous. If she hits the last stage,she will act in different ways. Living a life with nothing but bitterness. Giving up everything,forgetting everyone,shutting people out. All they do is just nothing. And consider all of what they've done is failing and waste. This process happened to some people,and Matchers never get to solve this. Well I'm not gonna let that happen to Ali.Vivian walks out but I stop her."Will we make it? There's not much time left."
"You're right. If I go Ali would hit the last stage."
"Looks like we have no choice." Vivian looks at me shocked that I said it. She knows that I'm talking about the practise we used to teach ourselves when we were friends. We practised it a lot but we never get to do it for real. I know she's surprised but it's the only way to save her from the last stage."Are you serious? I can't do that spell on Ali." I smile slowly even if it shot me in the heart. But I can't lose this one.
"This is for Ali. And Emily. We only have half an hour until the stage,come on." I carry Ali downstairs since she doesn't want to walk. We hurry down and I sit her on a chair. I have to tie her hands to the back of the chair with duck tape so she won't run away. Vivian faces me and holds my hands with a worried face,I only try to smile."Are you sure I should do this?"
"You were a devil. You need to start it first. Just like we practised a long time ago."
"But..."
"Look we have no much time." She looks down and feeling guilty. I look at the clock on the wall and we have about less than an hour now."Listen to me. I need you to do it. So you can wipe away that process. Remember,all you need to do is make her feel loved. You can do this." She looks to me unsure, and I cup her face."I love you,V. You can do this." I say and kissing her lips. I pull away and let her go to Ali who looks like she's losing her soul.
Vivian looks to me for the last and I try to keep with my smile.