Alice

Elena was awfully kind to be letting me play my music over her speakers so often.

It was two weeks until the talent show an I was practicing my ass off.

"Doesn't...doesn't that hurt?" She asked me, grimacing as I twisted in a way that didn't really seem healthy for a normal human.

I stopped dancing for a moment. "Nah. I've been doing it since I discovered music."

She frowned, looking concerned. "I've only seen distortionists do that on TV..."

I shrugged. "Then I guess I'm a distortionist." I grinned. "I got to see Cole without his shirt today."

Elena blushed lightly. "Oh...?"

"Yeah. He's pretty sexy. He's well built. But he seems like a hothead..."

She smiled. "He is nice though. He rarely gets angry, actually..."

I scoffed. "You know what I realized? I'm talking to you about boys...but then I remembered that you don't like people like Cole, you have a thing for the dorky martial arts teacher down the street. The kinda chunky guy with brown hair?"

She blushed harder now. "H-he isn't dorky, he's nice!"

"You just love big fluffy dooooorks!" I sung, prancing around her. "You two are the cutest!"

She smiled sheepishly. "Thank you."

"Yeah you are like two puzzle pieces that for perfectly even though they weren't made to fit. It's like..."

My philosophical moment ended and I just laughed. "Though I could not imagine you two ever having kids..."

She shook her head. "Oh no...I am not ready for that responsibility yet..."

I waggled my eyebrows at her. "Are you sure you don't mean you aren't ready to have sex?"

She was nearly blood red now. "Th...that too..."

"Hahahahaha!"

"Zane would kill him..."

"HAHAHAHAHAHA! So he's an overprotective brother too?"

She nodded. "Of course. He just doesn't want me to get hurt. But I know Dareth wouldn't do that."

"You're just lucky you have people to look out for you." I shrugged. "I have no family...not that I know about..."

She stood then, walking over to me and giving me a hug. "That's okay...we can be your family if you like."

She was too sweet. People weren't supposed to be nice and loving during times such as these.

People were selfish and rude and greedy and unforgiving...

I steeled myself before speaking.

"You must've grown up on the wrong side of the galaxy...you're way too kind."

"Then I guess you can consider me...alien."