Another Love Story

Chapter 4

Alexander's P.O.V

I knocked on the door. I was quite worried after she abruptly left from the table.

Hearing a faint come in, I opened the door and found her lying on the bed.

"Are you okay?" I asked coming inside properly.

She just nodded. "I am sorry for leaving like that."

"That's fine. I am sure it will take some time for you to get comfortable."

"So you are never gonna let me leave?"

I wasn't expecting this question. I went silent not knowing what to say.

"It's okay, don't answer that." She said laughing slightly.

"I have arranged a room for you. Do you want to see it?" I asked clearing my throat.

"Sure." She said getting up.

I lead her to the room and opened the door. She looked around and sat down on the bed.

"This is where I will stay? It's not that bad." She said chuckling.

I smiled and sat down beside her. "You like it?"

"Are you kidding me? It's like a five star hotel room." She exclaimed slightly bouncing on the bed.

"There are a few clothes in the closet for now. We can go shopping for more later."

She stood up and went towards the closet. Opening it she stood there not saying a word.

"Are the clothes not your style? Do you not like them?" I asked going to her.

"This- this is a few clothes?" She asked looking at me wide eyed. "The closet is full!"

"We can make some space for the stuff you buy?" I asked confused.

"That's not- you know what forget it." She said going through the clothes. "These are amazing, I don't think I will need anything else. This is more than enough."

I smiled as she sat back down and patted the space beside her. I sat down and she looked at me.

I looked into her eyes, they were brown. They looked like melted chocolate. I am not a big fan of chocolate but her eyes makes me want to eat only that for the rest of my life.

"You know when I was brought here I never expected this."

I laughed, "Neither did I."

We sat there just looking at each other. I memorized every feature of hers. How her eyelashes fall on her cheeks. How there are several tiny moles on her face, one just above her lips. How there is just one  crooked tooth in her smile.

She suddenly looked down and I realised she was blushing. I smiled.

"Shall we-?" She stopped.

I raised my eyebrows. "We what?"

"Watch a movie?" She asked.

"Sure." I said as we sat down comfortably resting out heads on the headrest.

"What do you want to watch?" She asked as she flipped through Netflix. I didn't even knew we had Netflix though I faintly remember Jack saying something about it.

I shrugged. "I don't know many movies, you should chose."

"How about a Disney movie then? You like Disney?" She asked.

"Disney? I haven't watched any Disney movie." I told her.

Her head whipped so fast I thought she might break her neck. "You haven't watched a single Disney film? Not one?"

I shook my head not understanding what's the big deal about it.

"What were you doing in your childhood?"

Rose's P.O.V

His face darkened. And I immediately realised my mistake. Maybe it's a sensitive topic for him.

"I am sorry I didn't mean it like that." I explained.

"No, it's fine. Nothing really. Nothing important." He looked as if he was convincing himself not me.

"If- I don't know if I am even in a position to say this but if you want to talk to someone about this or anything you can talk to me." I said gently placing a hand on his shoulder.

He smiled though it was more of a wince, "It's fine. Let's watch a movie, yeah?"

I nodded knowing better than to continue the topic. I flipped through the options. In the end I chose Hotel Transylvania.

We watched it in a comfortable silent with me explaining certain things in between to Alex who for some reason was confused.

We ended up binge watching most of the children's films on Netflix. It was fun, and it looked like he enjoyed too.

He looked happy. All the things from earlier forgotten.

As another film ended, I looked at him to ask for the next film when I saw him sleeping.

I laid him down completely on the bed and put a pillow under his head. I watched him sleep for some time and I realised that he didn't look comfortable sleeping.

His eyebrows were drawn together and he was frowning. He looked uncomfortable, upset, angry.

Some people are like that, they sleep with a frown on their face. It's normal. But when he started squirming in his sleep I realised something was wrong.

He moved a lot. Thrashing his arms and legs. His frown deepening. "I am not like you. I don't want to be like you. I don't want to be a monster." I heard him mumble.

I shook him hoping to wake him up from whatever nightmare he was in.

A tear slid down his cheek as he opened his eyes. He looked at me wide eyed, suprised to see me.

He gulped and sat up. He was still shaken up. Whatever dream it was it must have been terrifying.

"Hey, hey, it was just a dream. It's not real." I whispered gently rubbing his arms.

He nodded still in a daze. "Thank- thanks for waking me up. If you hadn't done that it would have continued for hours." He said closing his eyes.

"Does it happen often?" I asked.

"Once every few days. You don't need to worry about it though, I won't trouble you again." He said getting up.

I grabbed his arm, "I- I don't mind getting troubled like this. You can come to me whenever you have this dream or feel like you will have one."

He smiled, a small smile barely there  but nodded.

Third Person's P.O.V

Love. Is it really like the fairytales? The Disney movies? Do you really fall in love after seeing them once? Does love at first sight exist? We ask ourselves these questions quite often.

But is love really that simple? Because no matter what, in the end, you end up together, don't you?

After everything, every complication, you are together happily? Forever? You love each other, flaws and all? You don't hate any aspect of each other? Or atleast don't like it?

But maybe it is. It is that simple. That beautiful. The world really does shine when you meet them. The birds sing and everything turns prettier.

Was Alexander in love? Maybe. Probably. What exactly is love? 

Was Rose in love? Maybe. Probably. Does she even know what love is?

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