Tord's Red Army

Deeper Mysteries

Dylan never spoke until she was finally back in her room and even then he looked pissed. "What were you thinking?"

"Umm, maybe that I want to go back home to my real family!" Violet yelled at him "I don't care what anybody says, he is NOT my brother!"

"Well, technically he is Pup."

"Family look out for each other and he didn't do that for me. Do you want to know the funniest part about all of this? Tord found me alone, I was a complete stranger to him, but still he took me to his home and showered me with love and affection. He done that for 9 whole years! And my own brother never even looked for me, he left me for dead!" Violet felt tears prickling at her eyes and was constantly fighting them back, she wasn't crying in front of this stranger. "What do you find so great about him, huh? All I see is a mad control freak who is a shadow of his former self!"

Dylan watched Violet with curiosity "I don't think he is great, like at all. Let me tell you something Pup, everybody here owes him something, nobody that I know ever forgets that and they won't let me forget either. We have all have a reason for being here and most of us have done terrible things, I have done terrible things, things that I am ashamed of but because of him I can live peacefully for a least a while!"

Violet sighed and rolled her eyes at him. Out of the corner of her eye she saw Alex, she looked to Dylan and spoke quickly. "Whatever, Blue. Anyway you were told to bring me to my room and here I am, you can go now." 

She started shoving him out of the room "Okay, Okay, I'm leaving Pup! I'll swing by later to check on you."

"'Kay bye!"

Violet slammed the door behind him and rushed to beautiful electric guitar. Dylan stayed at her door, he heard her muffled cry "Alex!" Who was Alex? he thought, then he got his answer when he heard music coming from her room a few seconds later. He heard her singing, he couldn't make out any words but he recognised the tune. 

Violet was so happy Alex was there, she thought he had been taken away from her, she couldn't help herself and let out an excited squeal "Alex!" She opened his case quickly and pulled him out, she plugged him in and started to tune him before she tried to play a song. She started to play "Another Day in Paradise" because it reminded of her day she met Tord, only her story wasn't as sad as the song's was. She was halfway through the song when Dylan walked in, he was singing as he allowed himself him, he closed the door quietly behind him. Violet wasn't going to stop playing because he came in, she just continued singing along with Alex and that was all that mattered to her in that moment; her, that song and Tord. She sung with all the heart that she had, she played the melody on Alex carefully because it had to be perfect for Tord. She wished he could hear it, she wished he was here now, she wished that he would help her out of her but what could he do? Clyde was her real brother, not Tord, she wished she was Tord's real sister and then she would be so much happier. But she was stuck with Clyde and even Tord couldn't argue with that fact, he could say he was lying but then Tord would just be lying to himself and that was saddening.

She finally finished the song, her eyes were closed for most of the time playing so she couldn't see Dylan. Then she felt something gently stroking against her eyes, she opened her eyes slowly and saw Dylan kneeling in front of her, his hand was now resting on the side of her face. He was very close, Violet didn't know how to feel, she felt very flustered and very light for some reason. "Don't cry. That was beautiful, Pup." he said quietly.

"What are you doing here?" Violet sounded slightly panicked and to be fair she was. Dylan's thumb started to stroke her face from where his hand rested.

"I heard you playing, I liked it, and came in that's all."

Violet didn't like not knowing what she was feeling, she liked him being this close she also hated it "I-I-I... I can't believe you! I told you to leave, why did you stick around?"