The Truth Lies Beneath Your Eyes

  Chapter 5

  Talking upon deaf ears, does your throat hurt yet?

  Alias left quickly, I wonder why? She thought. He’s been acting weird all day-. Her thought was cut off when she noticed Christophe staring at her.

  “Uh, what do you need Christophe?” She asked shyly.

  “Oh nothing, sorry…it’s rude of me to stare,” Christophe replied with a smirk. Stare if you want, she

  thought.

  “You seem concerned? About my brother I presume?” Christophe said.

  “Yeah, how did you know?” She asked.

  “He’s weird, that’s how, want to come with me and see what’s wrong with Alias?” Alex Interrupted.

  “Sure,” Amethyst responded.

  “You forgot I was sitting there, didn’t you?” Alex asked laughing.

  “What, no…why did you ask that?” Amethyst asked confused. Alex laughed again,

  “It never fails, me and Alias both have seen that look before”. Amethyst stared at him.

  “What is it with you two and some look that I haven’t seen. You both keep saying that.”

  She said. They were standing in front of Alias’s door when Alex mumbled with a smirk,

  “you are so taken”.

  Knock, Knock, Alex knocked on the door.

  “Go away,” Alias yelled from inside.

  “Open up,” Alex said calmly. Alias didn’t answer.

  “What’s the matter?” Amethyst said through the door and then stood back as she heard the click of a lock and the door open.

  “Nothing’s wrong,” he said blowing some of his hair out his eyes.

  His face is flush…and he seems not angry, but…bothered? He’s radiating heat…to keep his reactions calm, but why? Amethyst thought as she looked at his expression.

  “Liar,” she said while keeping her tone light. “What’s wrong?” she asked again.

  “Um I don’t want to talk about it, not now at least,” he said while directing his gaze at the floor. “Later, then?” She asked with a smile.

  “Much later,” Alias mumbled.

  “I wouldn’t want to bother you-“she said turning away.

  “Never going to happen…you have immunity,” He said looking up at her to return the smile and then closing the door back, without the lock.

  Amethyst looked down at Alex who had a distressed look on his face now.

  “What is it, are you guys taking turns being in moods or something?” Amethyst said poking him in the side. Alex laughed,

  “No problems with me, just my brothers. Hey, no problems with you for now either…remember, you’re a superhero!!!!” He added while tickling her.

  “Hey no fair!!!” she said chasing Alex through the house.

  “Hey look it’s sunny outside!!!!” Alex yelled while still running and ran out the door in the direction of the park.

  How did I- Alex!!! She thought quickly realizing Alex was on the ground.

  “I’m sorry!!! I don’t know how I did that!!!” she yelled while helping up from off the grass.

  “THAT WAS PERFECT!!!” Alex yelled.

  “Lex, did you hit your head that hard? How was that perfect?” Amethyst asked staring at Alex with a confused expression.

  “You phased in front of me, that’s why I was running so fast,” Alex said.

  “What?” she asked.

  “I told you, you have powers you just don’t know how to use them. To get you to phase I guessed that if I ran fast enough you would figure you couldn’t out run me and focus on a speed ahead of mine to get in front of me automatically, it worked,” Alex explained.

  “So I thought about being in front of you while I was running and then disappeared and reappeared in front of you?” She said barely understanding her own sentence.

  “Exactly,” Alex said. “Can you do it again?” Alex asked moving further back from her.

  “Um, I think so,” she said as she closed her eyes. Focus...Focus, she thought as she felt a wave go through her and opened her eyes again. “Eep,” she said. She was standing dangerously close to Alex as opposed to how far away he had been.

  “Good we can work on this,” he said laughing.

  “What so funny?” she asked. “Eep,” He imitated and laughed some more and then ran.

  “Hey!!! Moving target!!!” she yelled.

  When they got back to the house they were laughing and joking.

  “What’s new, you two?” Alias asked from the couch.

  “Go inside first, please?” Amethyst whispered to Alex. Alex walked in smiling.

  “It was so much fun!!! We played tag and-“Alias gave Alex an amused look.

  “I told you we were training her Alexander,” Alias said.

  “I did!!! I taught her how to phase!!!!” He said still excited.

  “Really? Prove it,” Alias said.

  Amethyst closed her eyes and felt a wave and then opened them and was behind the couch smiling. “Fine, one, two, three,” Alex counted.

  “CAN WE KEEP HIM!?!” Amethyst yelled.

  “AHHH!!!” Alias screamed.

  “Score!!!” Alex said and then he and Amethyst starting laughing.

  “Impressive,” Alias said with his face slightly red.

  “Hello, Can we keep him!?” Amethyst said impatiently.

  “Keep who?” Alias asked. Amethyst moved to in front of the couch so Alias could see the small black bunny rabbit in her arms.

  “Geliebt-Dämon,” Amethyst said.

  “What does that mean?” Alias asked.

  “Beloved Demon…” she said innocently. “It’s German,” she added.

  “You taught her how to phase…and bought her a bunny?” Alias asked confused.

  “No, she kept getting distracted by the bunny so she kept phasing to wherever the bunny moved instead of catching me,” Alex explained.

  He’s so cute!!! How can he say no to a bunny!? The bunny likes me…aw he’s sleeping!!! She thought not hearing the conversation.

  “See what I mean, it’s that easy,” Alex said gesturing toward amethyst who was still staring intently at the rabbit. “It was either let her hold the bunny or…all focus is gone,” Alias laughed.

  “Can I keep him please Alias…I’ll take care of him, look at him!!! How can you say no…” She asked while holding the sleeping bunny up to his face.

  “You got my vote, but make sure it’s Okay with Christophe and then we can go and buy some stuff for the little guy,” Alias said laughing.

  Amethyst phased to outside Christophe’s door so she got practice and because walking seemed far too slow. Phasing doesn’t seem to hurt him, she thought. She knocked on Christophe’s door impatiently. “Come in,” he yelled.

  This room is cool. It had black and red walls and a lot of band posters and a Ps3 and- she stopped. “You can phase now, good,” Christophe said from on his bed.

  “How did you know that?” Amethyst asked.

  “It’s one of my powers Amethyst,” he said.

  “Okay cool…I think,” she said blushing slightly.

  “Don’t worry I only hear certain thoughts, and never listen for more than I am welcome to hear…never intrusive,” Christophe said with a smile.

  “Whatever happened to that expression ‘never say never’?” Amethyst asked.

  “The same thing that happened to the cat, curiosity killed it,” he said with a laugh.

  “I remember that commercial!!!” She said excitedly.

  She felt a nudge in her hand and remember why she had come into his room to begin with.

  “I found a bunny and I was wondering…” she trailed off.

  “Aw how sweet!!!!” Christophe said as he got off his bed and reached out to pet the bunny. The bunny moved closer to Amethyst and Christophe laughed, “He likes you,” he said.

  “Yeah, and Alias said to make sure it was okay with you and I could keep him…” she said.

  “You
sound like such a little kid,” Christophe laughed softly.

  “Oh,” she said blushing.

  “It’s adorable,” he added. Christophe stated at her for a second, still petting the bunny. “Would keeping him make you happy?” He asked.

  “Yes,” she responded anxiously.

  “Then I don’t see a reason why you can’t keep him,” he said smiling.

  “Yay!!!” she yelled while hugging Christophe with one arm. “Thank you!” she said. “Guess what Geliebt-Dämon, I get to keep you!!!” she said before phasing into the living room.