Alanna: Do they not understand that you were just a child at the time?
Adrian: That does not matter, I took David’s life and that is all they see. Alanna if you feel that you do not want to be with me anymore, I would understand.
Alanna: I want to be with you always, nothing could make me change my mind.
Adrian: Not even Michael.
Alanna: No Adrian, I have wanted to talk to you about him.
Adrian: Then talk.
Alanna: I will always love you and only you, I need you to know that?
Adrian: I do,
Alanna: However, I do need Michael too.
Adrian: Why,
Alanna: Ever since we have been together in this house, I have bonded with him and I feel strongly about him.
Adrian: Do you have loving feelings for him?
Alanna: No, but it is something else I feel for him.
Adrian: What is it Alanna?
Alanna: It is hard to explain, he is a missing piece of me that I did not know was missing and I need him in my life Adrian.
Adrian: I do not know what you are saying, is it him that you want to be with?
Alanna: No, it is only you, but I need him as a friend.
Adrian: You know that he loves you, right.
Alanna: I know that he cares and I want to talk to him about it, make sure he knows that I want to be his friend.
Adrian: I cannot say I am entirely happy about this, however, Michael is my brother and I am glad that you two get along but Alanna I will not lose you to him.
Alanna: You will not lose me; I have no worries about that and if I had to choose it would be you every time.
Adrian: I do trust that what you are saying is true.
Alanna: Good, I will never let you down.
When Adrian finally stops texting, an hour or so later, I am so tired that I just crawl into bed. I close my eyes and try to fall asleep but my brain is working overtime. I cannot begin to understand what Alice did. How could just leave Adrian scared and alone after what he did for her? I feared what Adrian was keeping from me was far worse than it actually was. At least now, I know that it was self-defense and he did not just go out and kill someone. What strikes me the most is the bravery he had. I know at the end of the day someone died, but it could have been Alice and although maybe she did not deserve saving for what she did to Adrian. However, I will always think that maybe if she had died, then Adrian would have too. I feel myself begin to fall asleep with the image of Adrian in my mind.
I walk over to a small door under the stairs in a cold small dark house; I open it to find a boy sitting in the dark. I switch on the light and I see the fear in his green eyes. He takes my hand and says,
“Please help me,”
I look at him and see his pain. There are bruises all over his face and neck. His hands are blood stained and freezing cold. I walk him into the kitchen and sit him down at one of the chairs. I get him a glass of water and then I hear a huge bang at the front door. In barges a man with dark hair, the boy clings to me and I tell him that everything will be okay. The man comes closer to me and he has a knife in his hand. He swipes out trying to catch the boy, but I push him out of the way. The man gets even closer and now his breath is right in my face, there is a smell of strong alcohol from him. The look in eyes is pure evil. I try to run away from him but he catches me, he drags me back into the kitchen, he sits me down on the chair and takes a rope out of his pocket, he ties my hands together. As he comes closer to me leaning, right into my face, I lift my foot and kick him as hard as I can between the legs. He falls to the ground and I run, this time he cannot catch up to me. I grab the boy and head to front door when I open it I feel the cold on my skin. However, it is not the cold winter air that I feel; instead, it is the feel of a cold blade going through my skin. I look down and there are pools of blood, I lift up my hands and I see that they are, splashed in my own blood. I feel myself fall and the pain is excruciating, but all I can see is the boys glowing green eyes.
“Alanna are okay?”
I wake with a jolt, my heart is racing and sweat is pouring from me. I look and see Michael sitting on my bed. I sit up looking around to the environment in which I am. When I finally mange to get my breath back I look to Michael,
“Am I okay?”
“I heard you screaming, I came as fast as I could were you having a bad dream. “Yes I was.”
“What was it about?” I sit back and lean fully against the headboard. “It was about the night that Adrian killed David.” I see the astonishment on Michaels face.
“He must have told you everything.”
“Yes I dreamt it wasn’t David who got hurt, instead it was me.”
“Alanna is there anything I can do?”
“Yes can you stay with me?” I see Michael trying to decide and he looks at me.
“Of course I will.”