Chapter 4: The Nightmare and Guilt

That night, Alex returned home with her father waiting for her. Alex looked away from him and headed upstairs without a word. "Alex, let's talk. I didn't mean for it to sound like I called you stupid." Alex heard her father say but ignored it and headed to bed. Once she sat down, her stomach started feeling weird but figured that it was from not eating much that day. After about an hour, Alex finally fell asleep. That night, Alex hadn't slept well.

That morning, Alex walked downstairs and into her father. Her father turned to her and shook his head. "Watch it you stupid child." Jerry then pushed Alex to the side and disappeared. Alex wasn't sure whether to cry or become confused by her fathers' sudden disappearance. Alex shrugged it off and the next thing she knew, she is at school.

'Weird.' Alex thought as she walked around and then felt an odd pressure near her stomach. She looked down but didn't see anything and took the pressure as gas and continued to walk. As she walked, she could hear people talking about her.

'Alex is totally going to have a baby.' One person said and then the other person started to talk. 'I know; that's totally something Alex would do.'

'What, I would never get pregnant at my age.' Alex thought even more confused then before and then she ran into Dean. "Hey Dean, what's going on?"

"What is wrong with you Russo? Now thanks to your stupidity, I'm being harassed by people. Thanks a lot for nothing witch." Then Dean disappeared.

Alex woke with a start and then looked at the clock to find that it reads five thirty. Alex took a deep breath and then felt nauseas. She stood up from her bed and rushed out of her room but before she could make it to the bathroom, she threw up all over the floor. Alex then fell to her knees and continued to throw up. After about thirty seconds passed, Alex couldn't find the strength to move and then collapsed to the floor and fell asleep.

Justin woke up at six thirty and headed to the kitchen to grab a bite to eat when he smelled something sickening and so he plugged his nose and followed the smell. When he reached the smell, he found Alex on the ground in something that he couldn't make out from where he is. "Alex." Justin ran over to her and picked her up and dragged her over to the couch. He then looked at what it was that she was lying in and found it to be throw up. Justin looked over at his sister worriedly. "Alex." Justin said gently to himself and ran over to the kitchen and grabbed a towel. Quickly he ran over to Alex and cleaned her up the best he could before going to clean up the vomit on the ground.

Alex slowly came to and found herself on the couch wondering how she got there. She looked up over the couch and found Justin on his hands and knees doing something. "Justin, what are you doing?" Alex hadn't been loud enough as Justin hadn't heard her. "Oh my head." Then Alex got a whiff and could smell her vomit. This made her feel even more sick and she threw up again onto the floor just as Justin walked by.

"Oh come on." Justin complained and then walked over to Alex. "Alex, are you ok?" Just as Justin asked this, Jerry and Theresa came into the room.

The two gasped at the sight and ran over to Alex. "Alex honey, are you ok?" Theresa asked seeing Alex looking drugged up.

Alex weakly looked up but had no emotion on her face. "I didn't get any sleep last night mom. All I really remember is dad calling me a stupid child and then people talking about me. Oh and then Dean called me a witch and then I woke up and fell asleep again." Alex then let her head fall.

Justin looked at his sister and then finished off what he thinks happened. "I think that after Alex woke up last night, she tried to make it to the bathroom. Before she made it, she threw up. When I woke up this morning, I found her lying in her own vomit." Everyone but Alex shuddered at the thought. "I'm guessing that's why she smells so horrific. I did my best to clean her up but the best choice would be to have her change clothes." Justin then got up to clean the rag so that he could clean up the new vomit on the floor.

Theresa looked at her daughter and then slightly irritated at Jerry who looked at the ground sadly feeling like he may have caused some distress with his daughter. Theresa picked up Alex and took her to her room to change her. After Alex was changed into some clean clothes, Theresa grabbed a warm wash cloth and cleaned Alex's face. After that was finished, she walked out the door and down to the substation to put up the closed sign.

Jerry watched as his wife walked past him sadly and then Justin walked over to him. "You know dad, you never meant for Alex to think of herself as stupid. However it would be good if you apologized to her."

"I tried to last night Justin but, she ignored me." Jerry fell onto the couch and put his head in his hands.

"I can't say I blame her completely but I don't blame you either dad. Things have become just one big misunderstanding. Keep trying to though, for her sake." Justin then got up and left Jerry alone.

Jerry slowly walked over to the fridge and opened it to grab some pudding but then decided against it and closed the fridge. Just as he closed it, thunder could be heard and the rain started coming down. Jerry looked in the direction of Alex's room, though he couldn't actually see her room, and spoke quietly. 'I'm sorry Alex, so sorry.'

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