Legacy: Into The Unknown

CHAPTER 4-Bad Vibes

"Aiden"

I said his name outloud as I gulped reflexively.

Maybe it was a mistake, what I felt, it couldn't possibly be about him. I looked around but we were the only ones in sight. Every part of me was tense, even down to the hairs on my skin. The word echoed back in my head.

'Danger'

I looked at him. "What are you doing here?" I asked, my eyes never leaving him. He seemed unfazed by my hostile gaze. Instead, he stared back without uttering a word.

"Let's go in dear. We'll talk after we've settled down," Gram said, looking at both of us. I could feel a buzz of distress radiating off of her. I looked at Gram, breaking the awkward stare between Aiden and me. I walked in, and they followed behind me.

"Now if the both of you would take a seat..." she spoke, putting away her coat and other things. She sat by me on the couch while Aiden sat opposite us. "Alexa, you see, Aiden here is a part of the student exchange program, and I volunteered us to be his host family." I stared at her with my mouth and eyes wide open.

What was she thinking!

We don't need a boy here. Our home is a boy free zone. I thought, thinking about all the things that I would have to change; I couldn't walk around in my lace night dresses anymore and I'd have to lock the door to my room every night and what about those Romantic comedies I love watching boys don't like that sorta thing and I was not ready to share my screen time. Even now, my mind went to all the novels I had scattered around the house, especially the romance novels and the supernatural books. I didn't want him thinking I was obsessed with all things abnormal or that I was too cheesy.

"But why does he have to stay here?" I whined, not even caring that I'd begun to sound like a little child.

"I've told you we should always do our best to help, especially when we are in the position to do so. I could accommodate him, so why not?" I looked at her with that look that told her I was seriously begging her to reconsider.

"I'm sorry honey, but he's staying. Besides, it's only a little under year, just till graduation." I sighed. I wouldn't let 'Mr dark and mysterious' ruin our reunion, so for the time being, I was willing to drop the subject.

"Let's eat," I said, going to the kitchen. I dished out the spaghetti and put the plates in the microwave, then the meat balls. Once they were warm, I took out the wine that was now too cold and set it out to defrost. Later, I'd think about how to convince gram.

We ate dinner in silence because I was too upset to talk, and Aiden, he just sat there staring at his food, looking like some sort of robot. The only chatter was about grams trip. It just felt strange how he was there but not really there. He mostly stared at his food, barely touching it.

Yes, a robot. That was a possibility that didn't seem too far fetched

He was probably some kind of government experiment, and they sent him to school to see how well he could blend with humans, and grams is probably in on it. Yes, he is a robot. Aiden 2.0. It was either that or I'd been watching too much sci-fi.

I cleared up the plates after our meal and washed the dishes. Aiden had managed to get through half of his dinner.

It had definitely been a long day with 'spicy drama' as Laurel would say.

Laurel!

Memories of what she'd told me just hours ago rushed back. Dark clothes, and I knew someone who wore dark clothes.

Aiden!

And he is here, which means he could've been in the neighbourhood at the time Laurel had called me. Plus, I had been getting a lot of bad vibes from the very first day I met him.