Stranger Things Happen

Chapter Twenty One

Alex's POV

I sat bolt upright, tears escaping both of my eyes.

They're dead.

Both of them are dead.

And that's all I could think about. I didn't want to. But I just kept seeing them die over and over again. The pain on their faces and then the blank stare of their eyes. Niall's brother. Niall's brother did this.

What I really need right now is a distraction... and Maddy. Where is she?

As if on cue Maddy's faint voice comes from down the hall along with a chorus of footsteps as they pass my door.

I jump up, dismissing my headache, and rush over to the door. I pull it open and gasp as Liam's face widens as he sees me.

"You-your her-here. Your back?" The words stumble out of my mouth.

"Yeah. I am." He says as if it only registers now.

My eyes meet Niall's for a second before they quickly drop to the floor. I watch his white converse shoes step toward me as my breathing quickens a little.

"I'll catch you up." Niall speaks to Maddy and Liam.

I silently scream at Niall for making Maddy go, but am knocked from my thoughts as Niall's hands wrap around my arms and he pushes me back through my door and closes it with his foot.

My eyes are still on the floor as his hands slide up from my arms and cup my cheeks, he pulls my chin up and I struggle not to look him in the eyes.

"Why are you not looking at me?"

I slowly bring my eyes up to meet his and he searches them, looking for my emotions.

"What are you thinking, Alex?" He asks, his eyes still searching for something, anything. But I honestly don't want to feel anything.

"I'm thinking that your brother just killed my family and I want to be alone, with Maddy. That's what I'm thinking. I don't really want to talk to you about what your family has done." I start soft as my anger slowly grows. "And I don't want to think that that's the type of people your family are. That YOUR parents brought up someone like that!" I pull out of his hands and turn around, running my fingers through my messy hair.

"I get it. And I understand if you don't want to be near me anymore."

What? That isn't what I expected him to say at all. I had expected him to yell at me and storm off.

I turned around to face him with a puzzled expression.

"I'll leave then." He spoke as he turned around.

I glimpsed at his clenched jaw before his head spun towards the door.

"Wait!" I said as I grabbed his arm with one hand and his collar with the other.

I pulled him down and crashed my lips to his. He immediately began kissing back, he grabbed the top of my arms as he trapped me against the wall. Reaching his fingers down my arm he slammed my hands against the wall pinning them in place. I gasped and he slipped his tongue in, sliding it against my own, fighting for dominence he grownd his hips into me and I couldn't help but moan. He chuckled as he stepped back a little.

"Jump." He commanded and I did what he told me too. My legs wrapping around his hips.

He walked me over to the bed as his lips reconnected with mine. As he gently placing me on the bed he climbed on top of me, his hand running up my thigh.

"I don't want to go too fast." I spoke innocently as I grabbed his hand.

"Okay." He said as he lent down and kissed me on the forehead.