The Truth Lies Beneath Your Eyes (11 page)

“I’m going to back to bed, it’s three in the
morning,” he mumbles and tries to roll over on his stomach.

“Ugh ouch, that was dumb,” He sighs and
closes his eyes.

And now it was the next morning and Alias was
starving because he skipped breakfast because of the death glare he
was catching from Christophe all morning. He walked over to the
store by school and got a breakfast sandwich and just about inhaled
it. He could see Amethyst and Christophe from down the block. He
walked toward them with his head down and tried to go un-noticed.
“Well, well little brother, just talking about you we were,” He
says calmly. Alias looks up at him and sees the Amethyst is talking
to sunny and not paying much attention to the situation.

“And so…what do you know?” Alias asks.

“Don’t touch my girlfriend, got it? She’s not
property to me or you. What you did on any respect was
disrespectful to her, me and yourself.” He said calmly.

“Did you ask her how she felt about it, cause
I’ll be damned if she didn’t like it,” Alias blurts out. “Excuse
you!?” Christophe tried not to yell and then stopped.

“You wanna ask her?” Christophe says.

“I don’t need to ask her, I know the answer
already, Christophe,” He replies noticing that Amethyst is gone and
smirks and walks away.
Christophe wouldn’t attack me in broad
daylight…and definitely not with human witnesses around
. He
looks back and Christophe is glaring.

“You have a death wish?” Amethyst says in my
ear once were in study hall.

“He’s on the war path now, why’d you do
that!?” She says.

“I’m sorry, really I am, I just…don’t even
know what came over me,” I smile.

“Can I ask you why you kissed me and why you
said that? Cause your officially confusing me,” she says sitting on
the table.

“Um well…I-uh- I like you and like…it seemed
perfect even though I know it wasn’t and I said that because I
meant it.” He stutters endlessly. She blushes and looks across the
room.

“What is it?” Alias asks.

“Nothing, I was just kind of afraid of that
is all,” She says.

“Can I ask you something now?” He asks.
Amethyst nods slowly.

“Did you like it? The whole kissing thing?”
Alias says trying to sound confident. She laughs,

“I’m so dead if I answer that! Nice try,
troublemaker!” And she jumps down off the desk to go chill with her
friends.

If you didn’t answer then that
means that you liked it huh? You just won’t admit it? I’m smarter
than you think I am, Amethyst,
He sends to her thoughts and
wonders if she’ll respond or even know how to respond at that.
Wow you’re full of yourself today huh, Alias?
She answers back almost instantly.

Hmm this has been quite a week so far,
Alias thought.
So far I have managed to kiss Amethyst, tell her
how I feel, royally piss off Christophe which I’m sure will result
in him trying to use my face as a mop. And he only found out
because of a dream I had- did he tell her that!? Oh god I hope
not…ugh I don’t think I can deal with that just yet. How did he
even hear me? We don’t share rooms anymore…he must have been
sneaking back in the house or something like that. Maybe I should
have stayed-nope, never mind that. What if she thinks I only like
her because my brother has her…if she does I can fix that. This is
what I asked for in a way, for her to know how I felt, the only
thing wrecking it is Christophe. And he’s my brother and I love
him, I do it’s just that…him having her is unfair because what
if…what if he breaks her heart? What if he’s not really sincere. He
always gets what he wants but, I swear I’ve never been so sure
about a girl, about anything really. But like…she’s special. If I
told this to Christophe, I wonder what he would say to me and I
wonder if she even likes me back…if I get my chance to, I’m going
to find out, for sure…

All the thoughts were pooling up in his head
endlessly. It was now the last class of the day and he realized he
probably just spent the last few minutes staring like a moron lost
in space. “Smooth,” He mumbled and wandered outside for the last
few minutes of gym.

“Don’t wonder, moonlight, your last wonder
just about got you killed,” He could hear Sunny talking.

“The bus might’ve stopped if you hadn’t
yanked me backwards though,” He hears Amethyst say.

“Yeah, after it’d have run your hyperactive
ass!” Sunny laughs.

“Yeah, it would have to stop then!” Amethyst
laughs and climbs down from the play set. The bell rings and I wait
for Amethyst and Sunny and decide to walk with them.

“So how was your day, Alias?” Amethyst asks
while stopping in front of the building for Alex. “It was
interesting…I’ll tell you that much for sure,” Alias says and then
sees Alex rush out the building.

“Hey bro, hey superhero chick,” Alex
smiles.

“What new, Lex?” Amethyst asks as they
walk.

“I uh have a bunch of stalkers or something,”
He laughs.

“You sound happy about that, what aren’t you
saying?” Amethyst asks him.

“I’m only happy about one of them. She’s
pretty and cool and not creepy,” he says.

“Sounds like a crush, Alex,” Alias says.
“I’ll let you know, how about that?” Alex says.

“Bye Lex, bye Alias!” Amethyst and Sunny yell
as the catch they bus.

“Where’s Christophe at?” Alex asks.

“I haven’t a clue,” Alias shrugs.

“Why was he trying to kill you with a look
this morning?” Alex asks.

“Ask him when you see him,” He answers.

“Christophe?” Alias says as he walks into the
house and walks toward Christophe’s room. He was just sitting there
on the bed looking out the window, and that was bizarre. Alias
walked in the room cautiously.

“Get out my room Alias,” he says calmly
without looking from the window. Something was crazy wrong here,
calmness? Quiet? Still? This couldn’t possibly be my brother.

“Who are you? What have you done with my
brother?” Alias says even more cautiously.

“I am your brother and nothing of my doing
has been done, please leave,” Christophe replied.

What just happened here? Why does he sound
so timid and vulnerable? Nothing of his doing has been done? What?
Where’s the confidence and wisdom gone? Are the other demon guys
still on him? No…he would say something and he wouldn’t lead them
here for sure. Maybe he’s messing with me…yeah that’s it
probably,
Alias thought.

“So how was your day Alias?” He says almost
robotically.

“Paranoid…but tolerable up until now, how was
yours?” Alias asks.

“It was great, I’m kind of tired now though,
I’m going to take a nap,” Christophe yawns and looks up at
Alias.

“Why are you eyes all red?” Alias asks. “They
itched all day, close my door,” he yawns again and rolls over on
his bed to face the window.

Alias walked toward his own room and reached
for his cell phone. He decided to text Amethyst and ask her what
was up.

Did you and Christophe
break up or something?

Alias…that’s not
funny

I’m serious. Did something
happen with you two today?

Not that I know of, he went
home at lunch though, he said he didn’t feel well…is he
okay?

He does seem kind of sick
now that you mention it. He wasn’t acting weird though?

Affectionate and polite as
always, he acted normal. Just kind of slow and cautious…did you do
something or did I?

I think I did…aw crap. I
have to go for a bit.

Later Alias, watch out for
him will you?

I will, that’s a good thing
you know, that you care about him so much…

LOL I care about you too
Alias, and Alex as well

I know…

But?

Nothing, nothing. I care
about you too.

But what?

I don’t care about you the
way you care about me. You’re not like my brothers to me. I have to
go now Amethyst, see you tomorrow because I know that you never
miss school. =o

And then Alias cut off his phone and went to
go figure out if Christophe was in his room.
I think I would
rather just have him kill me of something,
he thought.
I
think I broke my brother, or said the wrong thing or maybe she
doesn’t know about what happened this morning at all.
He walks
into Christophe’s room and sees the window wide open and Christophe
standing at it with his wings extended with a smile. “I feel kind
of better now, Amethyst just called and asked if I wanted to come
over if I felt better like a minute ago. I’ll be back later…keep
your phone on little bro, dinner’s in the oven,” he flies away.

“Christophe, wait a second!” Alias yells.
She doesn’t know…he’s going to go and tell her!
He screamed
internally and felt himself burn red with anger and embarrassment.
“He’s not going to kill me not going to physically kill me…he’s
going to let me die of embarrassment and let that kill me instead!”
Alias collapses on to the bed. “Cupid hit me with a Nuke…and now I
have to pay for it…maybe I won’t go to school tomorrow,” He says
aloud. “Can’t call my brother dumb,” he sighs.

Chapter 19

And so we talk now? Is that correct?

“I’m sorry…honest I am,” She says looking up
for her bed shyly as Christophe flies in her window “What are you
sorry for?” Christophe asks absently.

“The whole Alias and me not telling you
thing…but I didn’t do anything…if that counts at all,” she says
quietly.

“I know that,” He says and then takes a seat
on her bed. Amethyst studies his expression momentarily.

“We have to talk, right?” She asks and sits
upright.

“Do you like him?” he asks.
Shit, you
don’t waste any time do you?
She thinks.

“He’s your brother, I can’t hate him
entirely…he’s cool people,” She says.

“That’s true, it’s just that well…nothing,
never mind,” Christophe says and then looks toward the window.
Holy crap on rice…I didn’t mean to do that!
She thinks.

“Okay, I like him, that’s true. But I don’t
love him…just you,” She said almost inaudibly. She looks over
toward Christophe who was beaming at her,

“Really!!? Just me!? For real!!?” He said all
ecstatic and Amethyst started laughing.

“Yeah you knucklehead, just you!” She laughs
and falls back onto her pillow. Christophe lays back too and then
stares at her all amazed.

“What is it now?” she asks and stretches
across him.

“Just taking in your sight, that’s all,” he
smiles.
Crisis averted, awesomeness! Did he really not know
that? He came all this way to ask that? Amazing.

“So you’re okay, right?” Amethyst asked.

“Um, yeah. That was just gnawing at me all
day and I had to know, sorry…what’s that noise?” He asks.

“My mom in her room. You always fly in my
window so she’s never seen you come in. And if she were to walk in
my room right now she would most likely flip out because we’re just
all cuddly on my bed in my room with the door shut,” Amethyst
replies.

“Yeah but if she did know I was here then we
wouldn’t be having this friendly moment…among others,” He smirks
and kisses her on the forehead.

“Very true and-” The door swings open and
they both sit up.

“Oooh Ami!!! I’m telling!!!” It was her
little cousin Brie.

“Nah you’re not! Why are you here?” Amethyst
asks.

“Grandma!!! Ami has a boy in her room!!!”
Brie yells running down the hallway. Christophe kisses her quickly
and flies out the window as soon as she’s gone. Amethyst shuts the
window and flops back onto her bed with a book just as her mom and
Brie come in.

“Look! Wait, where is he?!” Brie yells.

“Who?” Amethyst asks looking up from the
book.

“The boy with the hair and no shirt and-and
the wings!” Brie yells.

“You called me in here about some boy with
wings? Little girl you’ve been here five minutes…” she trails off
and walks back toward her room.

“He was here, right?” Brie asked.

“Yep, but my mom isn’t going to believe you
so…who cares?” Amethyst laughs.
Score one against my eight year
old nightmare of a cousin! I should invite him over some more
.Happy Thursday.

“Ami, what can we do now?” Brie asks.

“Chick I have homework to do, so I don’t know
what to tell you,” Amethyst sighs and reaches for her backpack
reluctantly.

“You weren’t doing homework when that boy was
in here!” Amethyst laughs.

“Yeah well, I am now. Don’t you have homework
to do anyways?” Brie goes out the room and amethyst picks up her
math book out of her bag and glares at it while flipping to the
assigned page.

“The square root of x solve for…ugh” she
groaned.
And people wonder why I fail math annually when they
give me crap like this.

February 28
^th
, Sunday

“Happy birthday Ami!!!” Her mom yelled in her
ear.

“Woah…I’m fifteen now, thanks mom!” She
laughed.

“What’s going on today?” Her mom asked.

“I don’t know, you tell me,” She asked.

“Nothing until later, go and hang out with
your friends for a few hours, it’s a nice day outside,” She said
and then walked out the room.

Amethyst pulled on a pair of skinny jeans and
a blouse and a black tie with little skulls all over it. “Hello my
jewel!” Christophe says as he lands on her bed.

“Holy crap!” She squeaks and spins around to
button up her shirt.

“Happy birthday, kid” he laughs.

“II’m not a kid! I’m just a year younger than
you!” she said.

“Until July 11
^th
, that is,” he
smirks.

“Come on, Alex and Alias are outside waiting
for us,” he says. They both fly down from the window. “Look up in
that tree over there! We built you a tree house!” Alex yells.