Chapter 11

                                                    ~~~    Alice's Point of View    ~~~

After a while of sitting and talking to his mom, I said I better go since my dad would probably be home and he would want me to be there with him.

    "Hey, do you want us to come with you?" Cyrus said,

"Yeah you know, like a sleepover so you won't have to face the evil yourself?" Sally asks,

"No guys, it's fine. My dad wouldn't be okay with it. He would want me to spend more time with him. And Cyrus you should look over your mom. I will be okay," I smiled at them giving them a hug one last time so I could go home.

"Hey wait, be careful okay? And also, if you can do it, maybe try, try and look at the spot you shot him. You know he still has to have the bullet scar," Jack said surprising all of us,

"That was the smartest thing you have said since Monday. I proud of you," Jack chuckled as Sally patted his back,

"Well, I will try. Bye guys," I said waving at them as I walked away,

On the way home lots of thoughts crossed my mind like,

'what if he has already killed dad and is waiting for me next'

But I waved it off as it was just delusional.

When I got home, they were peacefully eating dinner while talking about all the times they missed and what happened in those times. He looked so innocent just sitting at the table eating and talking.

"Honey you're here," dad said when he caught me staring at them creepily,

"Oh, Alice how you've grown up," Theo said coming to hug me. My heartbeat rose at every step he took,

"Are you okay Alice?" Theo said and I recognized his voice was a little different from the other man.

Confused I said, "Yeah yeah. I am okay. I missed you so much," I said engulfing him with a hug,

"I have missed you too," he hugged back. Just like that?

After dinner, my dad started doing the dishes. I took my opportunity to talk to Theo.

"Can we talk in private," it was more of a statement than a question which he obeyed to,

"What's wrong Alice?" he said all innocently,

"What's wrong is you. What are you doing here? Did you survive? Didn't we shoot you? And what do you want? Why are you killing people? Are you here to kill my dad and me next? What is wrong with you? Tell me the truth or I will tell everyone about your little secret that no one knows about," I flooded him with questions,

"What?" he asked all confused, so I took my chance and pulled his shirt up but there was nothing. Nothing except for clear skin. Who was it then?

He quickly pulled his shirt down and said, "Alice what is wrong with you? I don't understand what you are talking about. I am not killing anyone. Who said that?" he scowled,

"Nothing. I am sorry, nevermind," I said walking away leaving him confused.

I ran upstairs got into my pajamas. I ran downstairs with my phone in hand and grabbed some snacks. I put all the snacks in my bag and said, "Dad, I promised Sally I would sleepover at hers today, can I go?" I lied,

"Alice, Theo just got here," he said,

"Dad, please?" I asked making sure not to mention anything since he knows nothing that had happened in the last 2 days,

"Fine, did you get your clothes for tomorrow? Aren't you going to school from there?" he asked,

"Yeah, I will get it," I said as I ran back upstairs to pack my clothes for tomorrow.

After I said my goodbyes to dad and Theo even though everything is still awkward between us, I ran out of the house and started calling Sally.

"Hey what's up?" she said worried,

"Hey I told my dad that I promised you I would sleepover at your place so can you please pick me up?" I said bitting my nails,

"Bad bad Alice. Lying to your dad," she said making me chuckle,

"Alright, I will send Cyrus over," she said,

"Wait," I said before she hanged up, "Tell him to come to the diner to pick me up,"

"Yeah sure," she hanged up.

      I ran to the diner in my flip flops. The diner was closed so I had to wait outside in the cold. When I noticed Cyrus's car I ran over to it and got in.

"What took you so long? I was freezing out here," I said making him chuckle,

"Here," he said pulling his jacket off and putting it on my shoulders brushing his fingers over my arms. Every single freaking touch and I melting under it.

He noticed me breathing hard and said, "You good?"

"Yeah," I whispered turning around to look out the window not wanting anymore eye contact.

How could I have broken up with this greek god?! I am such an idiot,

"Ready?" he said making me jump slightly,

"Okay, you're clearly not okay. What's going on tell me?" he said turning around to me and giving me his full attention,

I gulped hard and said, "Nothing," Why is it so hard being alone with him? I have never had trouble before.

I kept looking at him breathing hard as he got closer. He is going to kiss me. I sat there looking at him as he got closer and closer.

When he was inches away from me, he said, "Do you want to do this?"

I nodded slowly as he pushed his lips on mine. We sat in front of the diner making out for a whole half an hour. When we pulled away, my breathing started becoming even. I smiled to myself thinking how I have missed this.

"That was-" he starts but I cut him off, "Fabulous," he winked at me melting my heart.

None of us spoke on the way to Sally's house. She was outside on her porch waiting for me. I totally forgot she was waiting for me earlier.

When we got there, she ran up to the passenger door and I rolled the window down for her, as she said, "What took you forever?" she said annoyed,

"Nothing. Do you want to sleepover at Sally's with us?" I said and quickly add, "Like with Jack too,"

"I will pick him up," he said smiling,

"Bye,"

"Bye," he winked.

Once he was out of sight Sally dragged me into the house, pulled out snacks from my bag, tossed one over to me and said, "I need you to tell me everything now,"

"My uncle -" I began but she cut me and said, "You know what I mean. Cyrus and you,"

"There's nothing you don't know about us," I said denying it,

"Come on. Anyone could notice something was up with you guys when you came. First, you took forever to get here when it's literally a 15 minutes ride. Second, he winked at you which I have never seen him do. And third, you are wearing his jacket. Fourth, his hair was messed up like he's been pillow fighting," she said making my face turn 50 shades of red embarrassed,

"Fine, we made out," I said making her scream,

"Sally!" I yell at her laughing,

"Finally. You guys have been like KGs since the start," she said,

"What do you mean?" I chuckled,

"You know what I mean. You like each other clearly, but you just lie to yourselves and say you don't. It was so obvious," she said making me blush,

"Fine. It's obvious that you like Jack too. So don't try to deny it. You're lying to yourself," now it was her that turned 50 shades of red,

"Shut up," she said throwing a chip at my face. I threw a pillow back at her for throwing a chip at my face and she throws another pillow back. A few minutes later, the pillows were everywhere and we were on top of them throwing them around. The room was a mess when Jack and Cyrus walked in,

"What is going on here?" Cyrus said,

"You two look like cats fighting over food. Wait are you fighting? I mean over a boy?" Jack said making us scream and throw pillows at him,

"Okay okay, I am sorry," he said covering his head with his arms,

"Hey Jack can I talk to you," Sally said jumping off the bed,

"Cyrus," I whispered motioning for him to follow me. We walked out of the room while they talked,

"She wanted to tell him that she liked him. I told her to do it and not be a chicken," I said making him chuckle,

"And how did this conversation come up?" he raised his eyebrow testing me,

"No, just told her that it was obvious that she liked Jack. So I told her to tell him," he raised both his eyebrows at me again detecting my lie,

"Fine, I told her about it," I said looking down embarrassed. He pulled my chin up making me gulp and said, "I like you A, so much. In fact, I never stopped liking you even when you broke up with me. I wake up every day smiling knowing I will meet you in not even an hour. I like you, Alice," my heart had melted away,

"I like you too," I said the words caught in my throat,

"Give us one more chance," I nodded quickly my expression clear happy. As soon as I nodded he pressed his lips on mine and kissed me fabulously once again.

That night, we found out that Jack and Sally have figured things out between them too, so we sat there and started talking about every memory we have had since we met. We told them about everything, starting from how he used to be my number 1 bully. After an hour of talking, I decided to bring up my uncle before everyone got tired and fall asleep.

"I don't think my uncle is the Silent Man," I said,

"Shit I forgot about that. How?" Jack frowned,

"I spilled out everything to him and told him that if he didn't tell me the truth, I would tell everyone what he's been hiding but he said he doesn't know what I am talking about and he doesn't kill people. I took that opportunity since dad wasn't in sight and pulled his shirt up, but there was nothing. Clear skin and no scars or bullet marks," I said as their eyes went wide,

"Wait, this must be a mistake. You are sure it was your uncle that kidnapped us right?" Cyrus asked,

"Yes, let me show you his picture," I pulled out my phone and showed him a picture of my uncle,

"That's him," he said frowning,

There was a knock on the door while we were talking and Sally's mom walked in and said,

"Alice, your uncle says he is here to talk to you. Would you like me to call him in?"

"Yes," I said. As our shocked expression was still on our face, my uncle walked in.

"Excuse me, I need to use the bathroom, you can wait here for me," I ran to the bathroom and dialed my father's number,

"Hey honey, it's a weekday aren't you supposed to be asleep?" he asked,

"Dad, we are teenagers. Anyway, that's no why I called. Is uncle Theo still there?" I asked,

"He just went to sleep," he said,

"Can you check on him right now?" I tried my best to keep it together and not spill everything,

"Yup he is asleep," he whispered,

"Are you sure? Did you see his head? It's him?" I was voice clearly showed I was worried,

"Did you forget he sleeps without a blanket on? I can see his whole body. What's going on honey? Are you okay?" he asked,

"Yes dad, good night and be careful," I said ready to hang up,

"You too," I hunged up and walk back to the room. I crept behind the man's back and pulled onto his hair which seemed to fall off. It was a mask, they were wearing my uncle's mask to fool me. Right when I pulled the mask off, the guy pulled his gun out and shot my hand making a great escape as I fall on the ground screaming. Sally and Jack ran to my side as Cyrus ran to the man to catch him,

"CYRUS DON'T! HE HAS A GUN!!" I yelled behind him as he ran away ignoring me. Sally's mom ran to the room and let out a scream as she noticed my bloody hand, so they quickly called an ambulance.

    The longer I stayed there, the more I started to feel dizzy. I started to blackout on the floor but not before I hear shooting far far away.

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Shit, Cyrus...