Alice gasped when she saw Xerxes's room "It's huge." she pointed to the flat screen "That's huge too!"
He laughed at Alice's reactions "The TV is good for video games." He sat down on his bed turned on the Xbox and handed Alice the controller "So, Zombies or Wi-Fi?"
She thought for a moment "I haven't played in a while, So Zombies, just for practice."
He nodded. After about four rounds of Alice beating Xerxes at Zombies "Haven't played in awhile my ass." He smiled.
"What do you mean? I haven't been over to my cousins in about a year, Maybe I'm just a natural?"
"Must be." he laughed.
Alice turned off her controller "I got tired of kicking your butt." She smiled at him.
"I'll get you next time." He smiled and winked at her.
"Sure you will, just like I'm sure I'm gonna be a queen one day."
"That can be arranged." He walked out of his room grabbed something walked back into his room and put the object on Alice's head "My queen." He smiled at her.
She took the object off her head and handed it back to him "Where'd you get this anyways?"
Xerxes shrugged "My sisters room." He took the object and put it back in his sisters room.
"Well" Alice looked at the clock "It's getting late." She walked out of Xerxes's room, Then stuck her head through the doorway "Goodnight Xerxes." and she walked to her room. There was a loud crash and a bang, Xerxes ran out of him room "What happened?" and he saw Alice on the ground.
Alice was rubbing the back of her head "Nothing, I just tripped and fell and." She looked at her arm "and my arms bleeding now."
"Alice, How did you manage to trip & fall & cut your arm in the process?"
Alice shrugged "I'm a bit of a klutz..."
"Clearly." He laughed "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine." Xerxes picked Alice up "I'm going to carry you to your room, you mind?" Alice shook her head "Not at all."
"Good." He smiled and dropped her on her bed "Goodnight, Alice." he turned off her light on his way out.
"Xerxes, He's so good to me...? Why is that?" she sighed "I'll ask him in the morning." ~In the morning "Good morning, Alice." Xerxes said looking at Alice "How did you sleep?"
She stretched "like a baby, anyway Xerxes, I have a question for you."
Xerxes's eyes got wide "Yes, What is it, Alice?"
"You've been so...so nice to me lately, why? Before yesterday we never even paid attention to each other and now...We've been spending time together...it's not necessarily a bad thing, it just it confuses me..."
"Alice..." he hugged her "It was just how Oz was treating you, It made me worry that's all."
"Oh I see, Can you walk with me to my house?" he nodded and grabbed her bags. As they were walking to Alice's house they began to see police tape Alice's eyes got wide
"Oh no...Oh no oh no oh no, This can't be happening." She slid to the ground and began to cry. Xerxes kneeled down to her
"Alice. I'll go find out what happened...is that okay."
"Can you get the policeman to come here?" He nodded and went over to the policeman "Excuse me sir." He pointed to Alice "That girl is the daughter of the people that lived here, What happened?"
The policeman walked over to Alice "Little girl." Alice rose her head "Yes? What happened...To my parents?"
"Your parents house got robbed last night, The robber didn't get what he wanted so he shot both your parents, and took all the jewelry in the house, So it's assuming that he wanted a necklace of some sort. It's a good thing you weren't in the house girly or you could have had the same fate."
Alice looked into her bag and took a necklace out "This must have been what he was looking for, But sir, where am I to live with my parents both dead?"
"Do you have any relatives?" Alice shook her head.
"Well where were you last night?"
Alice pointed to Xerxes "His house, but I'd rather not be a bother to his house...I'll just find somewhere else to stay."
The policeman looked at Alice "Would you like a foster parent."
She shrugged "It depends."
Xerxes butted in "Alice, Maybe you should let the policeman take care of you...you'd be in safer hands that way."
"Alice" the policeman looked at her "Would you like to stay with me?"
She nodded "It would be the best choice, Sir."
She looked at both Xerxes and the policeman can you guys help me with my stuff, not now of corse...later when things won't be so dramatic."
They both nodded "Oh and Alice." she looked at the police man "You may call me Gilbert if you'd like."
She nodded "Gilbert,would I be allowed to go into my room?"
"Well I don't see why not." Gilbert cleared the way so Alice & Xerxes could get through, As Alice walked up to her room she saw blood on some of the walls and her eyes widened.
"Xerxes." she took his hand.
Gilbert whispered to Xerxes "Are you two?" He shook his head before Gilbert could finish. Alice let go of Xerxes's hand went into her bedroom and screamed "Alice!" Xerxes said and ran into her room. On Alice's wall painted in blood it said "This is only the beginning." Alice buried her head into Xerxes's chest and began to cry.
Gilbert ran in & saw the writing on the wall and took a picture & said "Whoever did this must really hate Alice."
Alice's eyes got wide "I think I might know who it is."
"Who?" Gilbert had asked.
"My sister she hates both myself and our parents to the core, Which is why she's almost always at her boyfriend Jack's house, And my sisters name is Alyss, she's my twin."
Alice held up a picture of the two of them "That's what she looks like."
"Wow." Xerxes said while looking at the picture "You two are identical, just Alyss has white hair."
Alice nodded "Or it could be Oz, He seems to hate me down to the core."
"Hmmm" Gilbert said
"So we have two suspects, I'm on the case!"
"E'hem, after you officially adopt me." Alice said with a smile on her face. "Now can you guys help me pack, I want to get out of this house as soon as possible." The men both nodded and helped her. -Four hours later-
"Well." Xerxes smiled "We're done."
Alice smiled back at him "Now all we have to do is get it to Gilbert's house & unpack & organize it all."
"...Oh god, I'm going to call my mom and tell her I'll be home late." and he took out his phone & called his mom. -A few hours later at midnight- Alice was passed out on Xerxes
"Well how'd that happen?" Gilbert asked & took a picture of them.
Xerxes had woke up "I have no idea...Oh shit, I need to call my parents they're gonna freak out!"
"No worries Xerxes, I already called they said it was fine for you to sleep on the couch tonight."
"Thank you sir, Well goodnight." He carried Alice to her room & put her in her bed then he walked to the couch and fell asleep.
-In the morning- Alice yawned "Good morning Gilbert, Good morning Xerxes." Alice's then yelled "Xerxes! What are you doing here?"
Xerxes laughed "Gilbert let me stay the night because we didn't finish setting up your room till midnight, Cept' you fell asleep on me." He took out a picture "Gilbert took a picture, Then I took you to your room, then I passed out on the couch."
Alice looked at the picture "I look so...Ugh."
Xerxes smiled "I think you look cute."
"Alice!" Gilbert burst into the room. "It's complete, I officially adopted you."
Alice jumped up "Really! Gilbert, that's awesome." "Alice, can you try calling me dad or papa?"
She glared at him
"Not a chance..." She walked off. "I'll be back, just going to get changed."
"Don't take to long sweetie!" Gilbert said with a smile "We have plans for today!"