AN: Ok sorry for the very very late update. I had other things to do, and I had absolutely no idea how to continue the story. I mean I know how it's gonna end but, I need to fill the middle up.
As you all know, Marlon Brando died a couple of days ago. It was a sad day for me because I think he's the greatest and the best actor in the history of cinema. Even though my number one actor is Paul Newman, I know Brando is better than him. Just watch him in "On the Waterfront" and "A Streetcar Named Desire". Newman never coulda played them better than Brando. But Brando never coulda played better than Newman in "The Hustler" and "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof". Ah, I can't stop talking when I'm talking about these two. Anyway, I just wanted to say Rest in Peace Brando. You will be missed by many film fans.
So here is another chapter for the story. I hope you all like it. If you don't tell me how I can improve it and tell me how you want the story to progress and I'll keep that in mind while writing. Enjoy...
"Thanks for picking me up dude. We're skipping school right?" said Eyeball as he got into Ace's car.
"Yeah, of course we are. What do you think I am?" Ace smirked.
"So, where we gonna go?" said Billy from the back of the car.
"Same place we always do you moron," Ace laughed.
"Oh ok," Billy just said.
"Hey why don't we pick up some girls man?" asked Eyeball.
"Yeah, how bout that chick of yours, Ace? Her name Alex right? She looks kinda cute." Billy said.
"Yeah but she's not the type that hangs around with you losers."
"Yeah and you're not a loser?" Billy laughed.
"No," Ace said simply not taking his eyes off the road.
"Oh ok," Billy just said. Ace and Eyeball laughed at him and he just stared out the window.
"Oh shit, oh shit, oohhhhhhhh..." Chris moaned and breathed heavily as he pushed the needle into his veins. He fell backwards and hit his head on the wall behind him. Alex cracked up even more when he saw this and just crawled next to Chris and put herself in his arms. They both sat there staring at the sky with a smile on their faces. Just then a car went by with blasting music coming from it. This startled Alex a little because she was fast asleep in Chris' arms but she didn't wake up. She just twitched a little and went back to sleep. Chris heard the car come to a screeching stop and then start again. The sound was coming closer and closer. He then heard it stop and heard the door open and shut.
"You piece of shit!" Ace screamed.
"Aw fuck!" Chris said as he got up.
Ace came closer towards them and took a look at Alex who was sleeping. He didn't yell as much when he knew Alex was asleep.
"Come here you asshole!" Ace said as he pulled Chris by the collar of his shirt and dragged him to the street.
"Look man, Alex came to me herself... She doesn't want you.." Chris tried to explain. Ace punched him hard on the stomach, then hit him on his back to make him fall down. He knelt down beside him, and Chris was scared shitless by the look on Ace's face. Ace helped Chris up, and punched him in the face twice. Chris started to bleed. He couldn't stand so he fell down. Ace this time kicked him on the side. Chris moaned painfully and tears came down his face. He passed out.
Ace quickly went over to Alex's side and picked her up. He carried her to the car.
"Hey, what the fuck is going on?" Eyeball asked.
"Shut up," Ace replied clearly very very angry as he put Alex on the back seat next to Billy.
"Is that Alex?" Billy asked getting all excited. "I thought she didn't hang around with "losers"!"
"Shut up Billy!" Ace shouted. "And don't touch her you fuck!"
"Ok," Billy just said.
Ace drove over to Alex's street and carried her outside. He couldn't go back to her house, so he decided to put Alex under a tree a couple of blocks ahead. Then he got back in the car.
"Ok Ace. What was all that about man?" asked Eyeball seriously.
"It was nothing guys. You didn't see anything, you understand?" Ace said. "Billy? You understand?"
"Yeah yeah alright man." Billy said.
"Now," Ace said, "We need to stop somewhere, then we'll go to our real destination."
Eyeball and Billy both nodded their heads, unsure of the situation. But they seemed not to care anyways.
Alex fell sideways under the tree Ace had put her. She woke up as she hit the ground. She couldn't open her eyes that much, so her vision was blurry. She got up and looked around. "Where am I?" she thought. She tried to remember what she had done to end up under a tree.
"Ok, I was with Chris down by our place, and the next thing I know I'm under a tree. How the hell did I get here? I gotta find Chris."
She made her way down the street to their "secret place". It was awfully quiet outside. Alex wondered why it was this way. Normally the streets would be swarming with kids playing and shouting, but there was no one. "This heroin is fucking my brains up," she laughed to herself as she remembered that her and Chris had skipped school to shoot up some heroin. "Everyone's at school!" she thought.
She thought she'd find Chris at school too so that's where she headed.
She was almost at school when she saw Chris lying on the grass. She rushed over to him and turned him over on his back to see his face. His face had some bruises on it.
"Shit Chris!" she shouted. "Are you ok? Hey! Chris! Wake up!" Alex started to panic. She had seen the bruises but other thoughts crept up her mind.
"Oh God Chris. Don't OD on me! Come on wake up! Please Chris!"
Alex got up and started walking around thinking of something to do. She was crying and walking and thinking at the same time. Just then Chris moaned.
"Yes! Chris!" Alex ran towards him and sat by his side, forcing Chris to sit up. "Are you ok? Chris? What happened?"
"Hey Alex," Chris managed to say with a little smile on his face.
"Chris! Tell me what happened."
"Nothing. Just Ace."
"Ace?! Why that stupid little bastard. I'll kill him!"
"Yeah right Alex. Just stay put. We gotta get outta here. Take me home."
"Come on Chris. You can't go home like this. You're real fucked up."
"Yeah thanks."
"We'll walk back to my place. Think you can walk?"
"I'll try."
With that Alex pulled Chris up on his feet and they slowly started walking home. Chris put his arms around Alex and Alex tried to hold him up. They stumbled a couple of times but kept on walking without complaining.
"Where the hell are we going Ace?" Eyeball asked obviously pissed off at Ace.
"Look, you wanna question my authority? Do it later." Ace snapped back at him. Then he stopped the car and got out. "You drive. I need to go somewhere."
"What? Where?" Eyeball asked.
"Just do it. I'll catch up with you."
"But how?.."
"Go!" Ace screamed and Eyeball quickly drove away. "Idiot."
They came back to the house and made their way up the stairs into Alex's room. Chris immediately lay on her bed. She sat down beside him.
"So, are you gonna tell me what happened Chris?" Alex questioned.
"No," Chris responded.
"Come on Chris. I gotta know what that bastard did to you! Now tell me!"
"Isn't it obvious Alex," Chris erupted. "Ace wants you. And he's never gonna stop until he gets you. Even if that means killing me. You know I'd do anything for you Alex...."
"But?"
"But I can't die for you."
"You were almost going to today. But you won't have to face him anymore. I'm gonna talk to him. Seriously this time. Let's hope he understands."
"Alex, you do what you gotta do, but until Ace is off your back, I don't wanna be seen with you. It's just enough for me at home, I don't wanna go outside and get beaten up there as well. I'm scared," Chris whispered as he said the last part.
"You don't need to be Chris. Please don't be scared. He doesn't have the guts to do anything else to you. Just don't show him he's won. Don't fucking show him that."
"Alex, it's Ace. He always wins. No matter what."
"Well not this time. I'm going to see him right now."
"Do what you like. I'm sure he won't hurt you. He loves you. I can't believe it but he really loves you."
"Well I don't love him."
"Yeah you do."
"I do?"
"He got you off heroin for Christ's sake! You do anything he asks you to. And when you're with him, you melt. You definitely love him Alex. Can't you see?"
"What the hell are you talking about Chris? Are you out of your mind? Of course I don't love him. It's just that he makes me feel good but it's not love I feel for him. And...wait.., do we have to discuss this right now? I just wanna find Ace and get him out of my, out of both of our lives."
"Fine go. I'll be here."
"I'll see ya," Alex said confused, and left.
Ace's POV
Shit. I'm walking. I'm fucking walking. Those stupid idiots won't understand me, and I'm walking! It's hilarious. When am I gonna have some decent friends? I'm just stuck with a bunch of idiots all my life. I can't tell anyone what I'm doing. It would just ruin my reputation. And that's all I have. I don't have anything else, come to think about it. No family, well I used to have one. Until she OD'd on heroin. Now I don't have nobody. Except Alex. She's the only reason I'm actually going here. I haven't been here in almost 2 years. It feels like a reunion. Well, it was time I came here I guess. Especially because of all those things with Alex. That idiot girl. How does she do it? How does she affect me like that? What does she have more than any other girl in Castle Rock? I'm gonna kill myself for not knowing the secret about her. She's really something special. It's killing me when I'm not with her. Just when I thought I was through with the past, along comes Alex. I tried so hard to let go of the past, even though I didn't want to. But to start living normally again, I had to forget everything that happened. It was so painful and yet I still didn't wanna forget. Now, I thought that I forgot, but she reminded me again. And now, it's not even as painful as it used to be. Now I really care. It's like, I really feel good about it now, in a bad way of course. I mean it's drugs we're talking about here. Serious shit. Just getting involved with it brings me back to the old days. Oh shit. There she is. I better go up to her.
"Well, here I am sis. Long time no see, huh? How are you? Oh, I'm alright. Just dealing with a bunch of kids that's all. One in particular has got me all tied up. You should see her. She's just like you. A confused little girl. Doesn't know what she's doing. I just came to see how you were, that's all. And I miss you. I wish you hadn't taken that stupid stuff, you idiot. You know sometimes I sit and wonder what coulda happened if I came there just a few hours earlier, but no, you wanted some time alone. I knew this was gonna happen. You shoulda listened to me instead of going off and doing something stupid. God dammit. I feel all guilty even though I know it was actually your fault. Dammit. I'm going now. You piss me off so much, ya know? Damn you."
3rd Person POV
Ace backed off the gravestone and quickly walked away. After he got out of the graveyard he looked around to see if anyone was there. Nobody knew about his past, and he didn't wanna talk about it because it would make him look "soft". The "talk" with his sis made him realise that he couldn't lose somebody else the same way again. He was determined to make Alex his. Whatever it took. Even if it meant changing his ways.
By this time Alex was roaming the streets looking around for Ace. She was asking everyone if they had seen him. She sat on a bench and sighed. Then she saw him. Ace was walking towards her. She got up and put her hands on her waist. Ace started walking faster.
"Whatcha doing Alex, all by yourself?" Ace smiled one of his magical smiles. Alex, again, melted at the sight of him but she kept a straight face.
"Quit it Ace. We have to talk."
"Yeah we do. I got some stuff I need to say to you."
"You do huh? Well let me go first. I don't like you. I don't want to be with you. I wanna be with Chris and I can do whatever the hell I want with my life. I don't want you interfering with my business. And if you ever hurt Chris again I swear, I swear on my mother's name, Ace I will..."
"You won't do anything to me Alex. You can't."
"I will. I surely will. You better believe it Ace. I'll get you."
"I love you Alex."
"I'll get you... I...what the hell did you just say?"
"I said I love you," Ace repeated.
"You don't love me. I can't even be friends with you. How can you love me?"
"I don't know. I just do."
"Look I can't be your girlfriend Ace."
"Then let's be friends."
"No. Ace, I can't," Alex said with regret.
"Why not? Let's be friends. Let's start from scratch. You'll learn to be my friend."
"Why?"
"Why, what?"
"Why do you wanna be my friend?"
"Well, I can't be your boyfriend, so I'm going for the next best thing."
"You really wanna be my friend? I mean just let it go Ace. We can't be together," Alex turned away. Ace held her shoulder and turned her back.
"Yes we can. I want to be your friend Alex. I don't care if it's a simple "Hi" on the street or a simple nod in school," Ace sounded desperate, something he never sounded like.
"Why?" Alex questioned.
"Because I can't let go of someone I don't wanna let go of. I need you in my life. I wanna look out for you, I wanna be there for you. I love you."
"Ok, this conversation isn't going the way it's supposed to. I came here to tell you to back off from me and Chris. Now, if you really love me you'll do that. And I'll be your friend. But just a friend. You got it?"
"Why not? If that's what you want. I'll see you in school tomorrow then."
"Good. See you Ace."
