Fix It

Chapter 14 - Looking for Sophie.

Alex’s P.O.V 

I couldn't believe that I made her cry. I was just very angry by what she did but it doesn't matter now anyways because she's gone. Where? I don't know, it's what I’m trying to find out now. She ran off in the middle of the day, a day that should’ve been warm but is actually freezing cold. Probably from the wind blowing around without an actual destination. I even called out for her, you now? But of course she had to make things harder for me, she’s like a little sister to me, I hate her because I love her….or at least like her enough not to want to strangle her. She's very incompetent and considering she's the one that normally uses the big words, I’m dead serious.

I can't believe she left me to walk through this blizzard! That's what it feels like, the cold breeze slithering into the openings of my clothing like a snake squeezing its prey to death. I hugged my jacket closer to me, wielding the wrath of the winds as much as I could anyway. Walking in the direction she ran off seemed easy before but allies flooded this area. Hence, I have to search everyone! Damn it! Why couldn‘t I be back home training for another game of basketball or playing Pub-G with my friends. Instead I’m out here searching for that white haired mutt in the freezing cold! 

“Sophie?” I called out into one of the dark allies, as dark as midnight in the middle of the day. Only that dark by two huge apartment building’s roofs that covered the passage between. I remember hiding in these allies from my mother every month when it was time to get checked up by my dentist, Mr. Artigo. That man was the definition of mean, never gave me any candy and threatened to tell the tooth fairy that I had bad teeth even though my teeth were perfect and the tooth fairy is far from real. Quite a naïve kid I was, always believing everything that everyone says, but when my father left. It broke me. Imagine having a man you look up to…..hell, the person you'd call your hero, like superman, leaves you and your mother, the woman you thought that he loved dearly, and remarries some other woman and have kids. Kids that are related to you but you don't even know them, just know that they exist. It makes you want to spread that pain to everyone else.

Everyone from my school had great families, ones that weren’t broken up by stupid decisions, whenever they had a father’s day..I didn’t. I’ll never know what it feels like to be scolded by my old man after doing something stupid in school, so I tried and kept trying which now led me to this disaster. A disaster that nearly killed my mother. I can still feel her thick crimson blood coating my hands, rolling leisurely down my forearms, staining my hoodie. The distortion I felt, I should've been in custody by the F.B.I or something but my mom assured the police that it was in fact an accident. One that will haunt me forever. One that is causing her to die and quickly. She always used to tell me that when she died she wanted to be cremated and her ashes should be spread across her favourite lake, Lake Sumari. 

I can only hope that her wishes don't come true, at least for now. The funny thing is, Dad didn't even come to check up on her. Everyone in my neighborhood knows and they all looked for her despite the fact that she has a troublesome son who caused said incident in the first place. His excuse for not visiting me was what angered me the most, he never for one second thought that maybe just maybe I’d like to visit my siblings. Have some form of bond with them. I’ve always wanted siblings, it's probably the reason why I’m here searching for Sophie in the first place. I don't even know if younger Alex pepper sprayed Lily as yet. Even though that information is more significant, leaving Sophie somewhere unknown was my first priority. “Sophie!” I yelled into another alley, beside it was Joe’s Ice-cream shop and when I looked inside through the clear glass, there she was with the blank paper in her hands in a comfy spot near the window. She looked conflicted and I am more than eager to find out why. Walking inside the bills from the door jingles and the tall bearded man behind the counter noticed me immediately. I walked over to him looking at the menu above. What? I’m starving. I ordered a Vanilla blueberry swirl with chocolate sprinkles and marshmallows on top with a Cotton candy yogurt. Healing over to Sophie's comfy spot. 

She seemed enveloped by the piece of paper, one that I thought she threw away. Why did she even run? That was so unlike her. “Sophie. Do you know how long I looked for you?” Her name caused her to jump out of her thoughts, and probably out of her skin as well. “Oh...Alex...H-Hey.” Her face turned crimson from embarrassment. She crumpled the paper in her hands and stood up to talk to me. “I never meant to run, I was just saddened by the fact that I angered you.” She said in a depressed tone, her eyes even saddened a bit. “It’s ok, Soph. Listen. You shouldn't run off like that again. We have only twelve hours left before the time restarts again. We need to come up with a plan.” I explained. “Well, while we do that I need to tell you something very important.” She retorted. We both sat down in her comfy sport as I handed her her ice-cream. Immediately she began to eat the sweet treat, savoring it as she hung the spoon in between her lips. A pretty one she is, hair as white as snow, lips as red as cherries. “I need to talk to you about something that dad told me.” She looked at me as I watched her hand squeezing into a fist. Whatever it is can't be good at all. I just hope that I’m wrong.