Forever and Always
Chapter 6
Water and Vice
This chapter took a little longer too but I still expect some good reviews! I also posted the girls outfits on my profile. I will be updating it with age so when I jump forward a year or so check back for new outfits! Anyway, enjoy!
Annabell picked up the rubber duck and dropped it into the water "Sploosh!" she said as water hit her in the face. Her golden locks turned a murky brown color as she stuck her head under the water. "Mom!" she called.
Brittany walked into the bathroom and shut the door behind her "I can't wash your hair for you forever you know." she chuckled kneeling down next to the tub.
The Chipette blushed "I'll learn. I promise."
"You better. Put that duck to the side please."
Annabell did as told and reached down for the drain when a tiny sud bubble entered her nose. She sat up quickly and sneezed.
Brittany backed away to avoid the spread of her daughters saliva when she became drenched. She felt a knot tie in her stomach and opened her eyes slowly to see water all over the bathroom.
Annabell's mouth was agape "Did I do that?"
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Alvin continued to mop the floor with a smirk. Annabell clung to her mother out in the hallway watching him. "How did that happen?" she asked.
"You sneezed." Brittany answered simply.
"That's never happened before..."
"Well it was an accident."
"But how did all that water spread from a sneeze?" Anna asked again.
"Magic." Alvin answered setting the mop back in the closet.
Brittany glared at him.
"Magic?" Annabell giggled. "I like Magic."
"It doesn't exist." Brittany said sharply.
"Brittany, stop it." Alvin said. "It's obvious Alex got to it. We have to tell them now before they accidently hurt someone."
"Alex can't hurt people. No matter how hard she tried."
"Wait what...?" Annabell asked "Are you saying that me and Alex have magical powers!" a grin creeped on her face "Oh wow! This is so cool!" she twisted out of her mother's grasp and dropped to the ground "I can't wait for Alex to get home! We can have a lot of fun together."
Alvin laughed "You always have fun with Al no matter what."
"Strange isn't it?" Brittany muttered as Annabell ran off to her room.
"What?"
"How Alex and Anna get along so well." Brittany said. "It's not normal."
"Britt, you should be happy they get along and don't try to kill each other." Alvin smirked.
"You know what I mean." she snapped.
He shrugged "Annabell is innocent beyond belief and Alex is protective like a mother. Annie looks up to Al Brittany."
"Somethings gonna happen... something has to." Brittany muttered.
Alvin sighed shaking his head "And we'll deal with that when it approaches. Just relax for now Britt. God knows you need it."
Alex fell against her locker at school "Ow!" she hissed rubbing her head. She turned around to scream at the kid who had done this to her but the halls were deserted. She gulped as the lights flickered off and the awkward greenish earthquake lights popped on. "Hello?" she called. "Anybody there?"
Alex shivered at the emptiness and took off running. She slid to a stop whe she heard a familiar giggle "Annabell!" she cried twisting around. She could see her sisters dark profile in the distance and chased after it. "Oh Annie! You'll never believe what mom has been hiding all these years!" Alex called.
As she approached the dark figure it turned around to reveal that it was not Annabell at all. And it wasn't Darry. It was a complete stranger.
"Who are you?" Alex asked. Her anxiety had started when she realized this girl could not hear or see her.
"You honestly thought you could get away with it?" came a raspy male voice that made Alex cringe. She was standing in the middle of the teenagers' conversation. She didn't know who these people where. But they had to be popular. Just by the way they acted and dressed.
A bright light flashed in Alex's eyes, as she regained her vision she sood in the girls restroom. Water had leaked all over the floor, but she noticed something strange.
The water was stained red.
Alex shot upwards gasping for air and a few nurses came running to her "Are you ok sweetie? What happened?"
Alex checked her head and throat staring at the nurses in front of her "I had a dream. A bad dream that's all." her stomach twisted around at the thought that this girl was murdered at her school.
"Oh dear... such a shame." one of the woman muttered.
"What is it now?" groaned another looking up at the TV screen. Alex followed.
"Looks like some girl slipped and fell in the bathroom at school. That's gonna be a nasty law suite."
Alex's eyes widened and swelled with tears when the victims face was shown. Gina Vice. The girl from her dream. Alex suddenly flashed in and out of reality. The boys threat repeating over and over in her mind.
"You honestly thought you could get away with it?"
Alex gasped covering her mouth. This was no accident.
"Now don't you worry hun. These types of things happen every now and then, things happen for a reason." the kinder nurse replied.
"I want to go home..." Alex whispered holding the blanket below her nose.
The nurse sighed "Tomorrow. Get some sleep. Your parents are coming tomorrow to get you."
"Why did I have to stay here so long?"
"You got hit pretty hard. And you had a nasty concussion when your folks brought you in. We just needed to make sure there were no long term effects." she answered.
Alex nodded in response "Oh..."
The nurse smiled and shut off the lights and TV. "See you in the morning."
The Chipette cringed when the door shut. Her mind had taken over. She was terrified to go back to sleep now. Her eyelids became droopy no matter how hard she tried, she had forgotten they put her on sleep medication during her stay. Once again Alex's world slowly turned black.
She had just returned home from the hospital that afternoon when she asked "So when were you going to tell us about our little gifts?"
Brittany bit her lip "You should have never been in there and you know it."
"Regardless." Alex snapped.
"I wasn't." she sighed. "I thought you and Annie could have a better life. But I can't really do anything about that anymore. Enjoy it Alex."
"Wait. You think I'm enjoying this?" she cried. "I dreamt of a girls murder last night mother!"
Brittany turned around "Shush! Before Anna hears you!"
Alex rolled her eyes grabbing for the phone "The police thinks it was an accident. But it wasn't. Gina Adam's boyfriend murdered her." she paused punching in the number "So I'm setting the record straight."
"Are you insane!" Brittany spat taking the phone away. "Your way to young to be involved with the police! They wouldn't believe you anyway Alex. Not in a million years. They'd lock you up."
Alex shook her head "Then what am I supposed to do? Darry told me to follow where my gift leads me."
"Darry?"
"A girl at the hospital mom..."
Brittany rubbed the back of her neck "I don't know Alex. But you better lay low. No one can know about this. You hear? No one." she paused "There's no way I'm gonna risk losing you again."
Uh, oh!
Is Alex gonna listen?
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