The Hypnocyl had worked.
It had been a total of two months since Alice and Debbie started taking them. Since then there had been a lot of changes in Springwood.
Lt. Jarvis retried and now a man by the name of lopizzo had taken over the job. The town's people of Springwood seemed grateful about the whole thing and welcomed this man with open arms. Sheriff Anderson thought maybe the bad times were behind them, and there was only the future to look forward to.
The five deaths made very little waves in the entire community, rumors spread around and soon talk of something going on at Western Hills started to stir up towards the end of school year. A few people dropped by Alice's to see how she was doing, none of them really knowing what had happened between Joey and her with the police.
Debbie had been the one for her this entire time. They worked out a system together and tried their best to get through it, feeling as if it was happening to someone else. Alice finally put her foot down about her father's drinking problem. She told him both had lost Rick…but she couldn't keep going on like this if she didn't have a father helping her. They had talked and something were brought closer, he now went to his meetings twice a week and as far as Alice knew he was staying clean.
Alice really didn't want to think of the next year coming up. Being a senior shinned a very different light on her, soon talk of collage and trying to get through those ten months seemed like a nightmare on her own. Sure she had Debbie, but she still felt lonely even if she tried her best to start talking with a few other people she kept friendly through her classes this year.
The truth was she didn't even know what she wanted to do with her life now, back before she used to day dream of escaping one day and not becoming one of those losers who spent their entire life stuck in this small town watching their life waste away. No she used to dream for bigger and better things. Rick and Kristen would become famous and let her live with them out in the city. All of them together, like a family.
Her father understood how fragile things were going for her and tried to keep a close watch on her, knowing from what the doctor's said she suffered a nervous break down. Alice was a smart young lady, and it seemed as if every day she grew more and more beautiful.
She worked at the diner four nights a week, every of spare moment she had she was either tending to the house of hanging out with Debbie. They were survivors and they knew they only had each other. Alice had noticed Joey's parents around town from time to time, but the most they would do was smile a little, nod their head and walk in the opposite direction. It seemed as if just looking at Alice brought back the awful memories that they killed their only son for not believing him. Alice wasn't angry at them…she knew almost twenty years ago they had gone through a nightmare on their own and lost so much…and trying to protect their son in more ways then one, they ended up sending him to an early death.
How she thought of what that night must have been like back in the 1960's. The parents of Elm street banding together and going after Krueger, watching the flames flicker against their eyes and thinking to themselves that they were doing right, and saving what was left of this town.
She missed Joey, even if she really did get close to him for one night, she thought of it more of loving him the moment she laid eyes on him last year. Watching and dreaming of what it would be like to stand close to him. This awful never ending pain had brought them together and he had saved her. She still remembered every word and movement he made. How they slept together for the first time in her bed, and how in the dream he threw her to safety.
She wished she could dream just for one moment…and see him.
It was mid August now, and everything now seemed peaceful. Alice was working double shifts with Debbie one evening and both seemed to be able to brighten up each other moods. Even if they were the only ones left, it seemed as if it really did happen to someone else, and everyone counting Joey would come through those doors and everything would be okay. But she still kept in touch with Dr. Gordon, for a stranger she had only just met he seemed like one of the kindest people who would ever look out for her. Joey was right.
She tried to start day dreaming again since she couldn't do it at night, dream or think of Joey laying in bed with her laughing, or his cool brown eyes glazing at her as they kissed. Alice knew this wasn't normal and should have been thankful that she was still alive and no one else would die.
Walking with a fresh cup of coffee to serve Alice felt dizzy.
Trying to steady herself she looked around and felt cold sweat start to drip down her face. She couldn't breath.
Looking at Debbie who was flirting with one of the guys at the counter, her eyes rolled back in her head and feel dead cold to the ground.
"ALICE!"
Debbie screamed and ran over.