Alec Phillips stood in the middle of the Mack’s Milk parking lot. It was around midnight, and there was only one car left. A young woman with shoulder-length blond hair was locking the door and coming out to her car. As she got to her car, Alec stopped her from getting in the driver’s seat. “Excuse me, mister, can I get into my car?” she asked. Alec shook his head.
“Um…who are you?”
“Why do you care?” he said softly.
“Are you drunk?”
“Surprisingly, no.” he put his hands on the woman’s shoulders.
“What’s your name?”
“Brianna.”
“Well, Brianna, I have a problem.”
“Oh? What’s your problem?”
“I’m not a good person, Brianna.”
“What do you mean?” she asked, confused.
“I kill people.” Brianna started backing up. Alec looked deep into her eyes.
“You’re not afraid. You’ll stand right here.” He said. She stopped moving back and stood there.
“Why do you kill people?”
“Because I’m a monster, Brianna. It’s in my nature.”
“Then what’s the problem?”
“Because I’m a monster, I can’t be what everyone wants me to be. I can’t be what SHE wants me to be. But I can’t tell her that. No, no I can’t.”
“Who can’t you tell?” Alec shook his head.
“I’m not sure right now Brianna.”
“Are you gonna kill me?”
“Probably. Maybe not. I don’t know. No, Brianna, I am not going to kill you. That’s just going against what I’m proving, that would be wrong to her. Innocent people can’t die. Innocent people shouldn’t die. She shouldn’t die, it’s not right.”
“Who is she?” Brianna asked once more.
“I have NO IDEA Brianna! Is it her, is it Katerina, I DON”T KNOW!!!! Can you help me? Can you help me figure out who it is?”
“I guess. Describe the two girls.”
“First, there’s Katerina. She’s this beautiful, hypnotic woman. But she’s also selfish, and vain, and evil. And then there’s…the other girl. She’s just amazing. But she hates me Brianna, she HATES ME!!!! What’s wrong with me, Brianna, what’s happening to me?”
“I don’t know. I’ve heard love does some crazy things to people.”
“Love? Is that what this is about? Is that what life’s about?” Alec looked deep into Brianna’s eyes again.
“We never had this conversation. You’re free to go.” Alec disappeared. Brianna-oblivious to the previous conversation- got into her car and drove away.
hope this answers your Alec questions ;)
ReplyDeletehe has a lot of teenage angst, btw
ReplyDeleteAWESOME!!! I knew it!!!! This rocks! Can't wait for more!!!!!
ReplyDeleteyou knew what????
ReplyDeleteThat he LOVED her!!!
ReplyDeleteWe dont know that yet, it might bE Katherine
ReplyDeleteNope. I KNOW!!!!! Listen to how he talks about her!
ReplyDeleteI WROTE how he talks about her. Yeah I know, you're right :) but it's possible! And hes confused!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteNot that confused. I know boys. He wouldn't be worried about her hating him if he wasn't in love with her!
ReplyDeleteWell he's sorta confused about the whole doppelgänger thing. Oh, and btw, doppelgänger is the word of the day on dictionary.com!!!!!!! I find that ironic.
ReplyDeleteYes it is very ironic! Maybe they are reading your story!!!
ReplyDeleteWow, I love the way Chapter 10 kicks off. Alec sounds like a very typical, confused teen-age boy. I love that he is just hanging out at the local Convenience store and has to chat with someone, anyone... "Oh God, I'm so confused... somebody help me, I'm a poor, distraught puppy and I need someone to scratch behind my ears... please, oh please!"
ReplyDeleteGuys are so predictable! Whoops, did I say that?!!