The Truth Lies Beneath Your Eyes

by Nzingha Keyes

Chapter 3:

  I don’t understand or believe what I see

  After a moment of reasoning her mom was convinced she was sleepover at a friend’s house that she conveniently enough didn’t have the number to. So, I’m in Romania convinced I’m a half demon, in a house with 3 boys…for a week, she thought. Well this sounds so safe. Well I’m definitely in for a very interesting midwinter break, that’s for sure. Alias walked in interrupting her thoughts. “Okay well this is my room, yours is the spare down the hall,” Alias said.

  “Okay that’s cool, and very good to know,” she responded.

  “I should probably introduce you to my brothers properly,” He continued. Alex walked in,

  “Hey there,” he said.

  “Hey Alex, I believe we have met,” She said with a smile.

  “I’m almost certain,” he responded in the same joking tone.

  “Don’t be fooled, he’s not as sweet as he seems,” Alias said.

  Alex is absolutely adorable, she thought.

  “Hey, let me figure that out on my own,” she responded. Alex stuck his tongue out at his brother and waved to Amethyst as he left.

  A tall dark haired boy walked into the room without a shirt on. Oh my god he’s hot, she thought. I’m staying in a house with him in it!!? Oh yeah this will definitely be fun. “Oh, um sorry!!!” He said pulling on a t-shirt he had been carrying quickly. The dark haired boy said something in a different language.

  “That’s what you get, dude” Alias said and the boy smacked him in the head.

  “This is my older brother Christophe, excuse his shirtless-ness,” Alias said.

  “It’s n-nice to meet you Christophe,” she said smiling.

  “My brother was correct, your eyes are absolutely dazzling,” Christophe said, sounding absolutely adorable with his accent. “If you would excuse me, I have to continue helping Alex, A fost o plăcere să vă cunosc,” he said as he left.

  “What was he saying?” Amethyst asked.

  “First he said, ‘you couldn’t warn me she was up?’ and just then he said, ‘it was a pleasure to meet you,’ Alias translated.

  “Nothing personal dude but…you’re brother is insanely hot,” Amethyst said.

  “You know you really shouldn’t-“she tuned out. Oh my god, the hotness, she thought. He likes my eyes!!! Well since I’m stuck here part of whatever mission thing I’m doing is to get to know him better.

  “Hey, are you listening?” Alias was yelling.

  “Huh? Yeah, yeah I shouldn’t do whatever, got it,” She responded.

  “You didn’t hear a thing I said did you? I know that look, I’ve seen it before,” Alias said. “What look? Amethyst said completely unaware of what he meant. “Never mind, just…don’t think that way. I know Christophe, he’s trouble.” Amethyst got up to go to her room down the hall, Yeah, undeniably hot trouble, she thought with a smirk.

  She walked into the room with her name on the door and it was absolutely amazing. It looks like my bedroom, she thought. She was right, same bed spread same dresser, same clothes in the dresser. She looked up at the posters on the walls. The Used, AFI, Tokio Hotel, Blink 182, I Set My Friends on Fire, Paramore, Alexisonfire, All the posters were there. The only thing that changed was the organization, there were no clothes on the floor and the view out her window was different. “Amazing,” she said.

  “You like it? I tried to make your room as comfortable and familiar as possible for you,” Alias said.

  “How did you do it?” She asked.

  “Simple, your clothes we just took because you would have had to pack anyways we bought some posters and a dresser and a bed spread and the paint color was just lucky,” he said smiling.

  “Thanks, maybe you’re not as horrible as I thought, maybe,” she said.

  “Thank you,” she added.

  “Can I sit here?” Alias asked.

  “Yeah sure,” Amethyst responded. “Hey well what am I going to do while I’m here?” She asked.

  “Were going to train you to fight and control your powers better,” he replied.

  “I’ve never seen any angel wars in New York,” Amethyst said.

  “No, you have you just didn’t know it. Like if you’ve met any other purple eyed kids, or kids that were like me,” Alias said.

  “You mean they look at the world with an ‘I’ve seen it before’ glare?” she asked.

  “Uh, yeah okay,” he said. “But wars have been there, just out of your sight,” Alias said.

  “And you needed my help because?” she asked.

  “You are powerful and I want you to realize the potential you have and…” he stopped.

  “And what?” Amethyst asked.

  “Uh nothing…come down stairs and eat breakfast,” Alias said changing the subject.

  She walked into the kitchen and everyone was seated, “wow…a lot of food,” she said looking at the round table with eggs and sausage and chocolate chip pancakes and cereal all spread out.

  “Yeah, three demon guys, were always hungry but at least there’s always something you like to eat on the table,” Alex said. She took a seat in between Alex and Christophe and then everyone reached food to put on their plates.

  “Yum, chocolate chip pancakes,” she said swallowing.

  “Those are Alex’s favorites too,” Alias said. “You like your breakfast?” Christophe asked. “You made all of this?” She asked.

  “I made half and Alias made half, I made the pancakes,” Christophe said.

  “Awesome,” she said.

  After eating she walked back up to her room and noticed the iPod dock plugged into the wall by her bed.

  “Hmm,” she said aloud while getting her iPod out her striped hoodie that she must’ve had put on her when she got here. Plugging in the iPod and quickly scrolling through her playlist.

  “So testosterone boys and harlequin girls, will you dance to this beat and hold a lover close? Dance to this beat, dance to this beat, dance to this beat,” She sang while jumping around the room.

  “Let’s get these teen hearts beating, faster, faster,” Alias said the hallway as he opened the door to come inside.

  “Ahhh!!” she yelled falling backwards.

  “Ha, how cute” he said with a smirk. “It’s not funny!” she said laughing while she got up. “What do you want?” she asked turning off the music.

  “Lessons begin now, your first lesson is in the park with Alex, get to it,” he said closing the door.

  “What up Alex?” she said once at the park.

  “Okay well, Alias said I had to help train you ‘cause your new and all,” Alex started.

  “No offense but that’s sounds really boring,” Amethyst interrupted.

  “I thought so, were gonna do speed training my way, alright?” He said. Amethyst nodded.

  “TAG, YOU’RE IT!!!” Alex yelled and ran away at an astonishing speed.

  “Wait, what!!!” she said trying to chase after him.

  “That’s all you got? You run like a-Ahhh!!!” Amethyst jumped him.

  “Ha, got you!!!” She said. “Yeah, it only took 20 minutes,” he said teasingly.

  “Shut up,” she responded. “Okay lets chill for a minute,” Alex said.

  Chapter 4:

  It makes no sense…or does it?

  It was astonishing and absolutely amazing how little and unimportant everything and everybody seems to be when you have your own personal soundtrack playing in your head just loud enough that the voices of outsiders and their words are left muted and unheard. She doesn’t know what I know, Alias thought. He was lying on his bed with his ear buds in his ears but couldn’t care less about the lyrics to the song the he wasn’t really listening to. They weren’t important right now.

  “Ugh and it’s my problem,” he mumbled. “I can’t explain why this bothers me so much but it’s something.

  His bed smelled like amethyst. Like lavender and clean, the smell wa
s pleasant but slightly unfamiliar. He walked into the hallway to see Alex and Amethyst walking inside, drenched and just after that Christophe greeting them both.

  “Well it’s only been about two hours,” Christophe said.

  “Yeah, it started pouring rain and we decided to come inside,” Amethyst said.

  “Ah, of course,” he said smoothly. He could feel himself begin to seethe watching Christophe.

  I need to relax, he thought. Then Alias caught the look in Christophe’s eyes and felt himself getting angry all over again. He had seen that look before too. For a moment he focused on the music still playing through his headphones. “Escape to the stars. Feeling so free, just you and me,” he listened and sang softly.

  The look in Christophe’s eyes irritated the hell out of him. He knew what it meant and he knew that it worked always in Christophe’s favor. It means I know what I want. What I want is you, Alias thought. He knew his brother well. Christophe wasn’t a player and he was a good older brother but he also knew girls and he knew what girls saw in his brother. He cringed. He’s magnetic and usually girls get their hearts broken…well looks like she wont, he thought some more. That thought burned him but he wasn’t sure why, the only thing he was sure of was a truth he didn’t want to hear. Christophe always wins, that’s just how it is.

  “Alias what’s wrong?” Alex asked.

  “Huh, nothing Alex, I was just thinking about something,”

  Alias responded.

  “Was it something or someone? You sure your okay bro?” Alex asked.

  “Nothing Alex, um how was training?” He asked changing the subject to something more important.

  “Fun, very damp however, she’s getting faster,” Alex said.

  “I’m gonna go change,” He said. As Alex left Alias still stood there, watching. He studied both of their expressions not caring about what was said.

  Once back in his room his brain was in a tirade and he wasn’t prepared for it at all. I’m not this type of person. Usually so calm and collected…now was so dangerously angry? No that will cause a switch; he thought. Being an enraged half demon was not something he wanted to experience. He pulled his headphones from out his ears and grabbed the soccer ball from under his bed and headed toward the door.

  “Alex a spus-o lui ploua destul de tare,” Christophe said.

  “I know that, I don’t care,” Alias responded grabbing his raincoat.

  In the rain, on the grass soccer field, by himself. He didn’t care and the rain didn’t matter. The only thing he concentrated on was the soccer ball and the goal and not falling. 10 minutes later he kicked the ball into the goal with his eyes closed…or it should’ve been the goal until someone kicked the ball back at him. Opening his eyes he saw Christophe. “Du-te dracu’,” Alias mumbled and the words echoed in his head in English, Fuck you, He thought. Before he thought about it he had kicked the soccer ball flying toward Christophe’s head. Christophe caught it quickly.

  “Intra în interiorul înainte de a vă de rău,” Christophe said with a laugh.

  “How about you just let me suffer?” Alias asked with a slight smile.

  When he got back in Alex and Amethyst were playing the Wii.

  “What happened to training?” Alias asked.

  “Why, you already know she’s super strong anyway” He said.

  “And she’s better at guilty gear than you two,” he said with a laugh.

  “Really now?” Alias asked doubtingly.

  “Am apel viitoare!!!” Christophe yelled.

  “Nu! Eu sunt urmatorul!” Alias yelled right after.

  “What did they just say?” Amethyst asked.

  “Their arguing over who’s next to fight you-you just killed me!!!” Alex yelled. “Rematch!!” Alex yelled.

  “No mine!” Christophe yelled pulling the wrist strap off Alex and remembering to speak English so Amethyst could understand him.

  “Ready?” she asked.

  “GO!!” he yelled. The battle was awesome and really close but in the end of it.

  “Annihilation!!!” Amethyst yelled.

  “Good game, Jewel,” Christophe said.

  “Yeah…good game,” she said with a smile. “Uh, hey you still want to play me?” She asked Alias.

  “Yeah!” he said. After a good eight rounds they both decided to call it a tie…for now. There was a knock on his door.

  “Come in,” he said. It was Amethyst.

  “It’s cool here so far,” she said.

  “I’m glad you think so,” Alias responded turning from the window.

  “You never told me that other part of why I’m here,” she said.

  “What other part?” Alias asked.

  “You said that I’m here to help with wars and reach potential and then you stopped talking and told me to go eat breakfast,” she said.

  “I don’t know what you’re talking about,” he said at a monotone.

  “Don’t lie to me you liar, you’re a bad liar,” she said quickly.

  “Temper, temper,” Alias said.

  “Fuck you, it doesn’t matter,” she said. “Oh yeah do you have like stalker vision?” She asked.

  “What the hell?” he asked.

  “You were staring at me for a while, with some weird look, what the hell?” She said.

  “I don’t know what you mean sorry,” he said.

  “Whatever,” she said. Alex was right, I do have a look…but why are mine always so…obvious, he thought.

  The rain had not let up yet so outdoor training was temporarily postponed as it seemed and that was fine. Everyone was having fun. Alias had calmed down some but there was still something wrong and he was still unsure what it was. He didn’t know who his problem was with and wasn’t sure what it was but he knew for sure he needed to deal with it before things got out of hand with his temper which he was usually good at controlling. Lunch was fun and amethyst still seemed amazed at all the food they had to eat.

  “Your chair Madame,” Christophe said smoothly as he politely pulled out Amethyst’s chair for her.

  “Thank you,” she said taking her seat.

  Lunch was full of laughter and once that was over Alias rushed to his room not from anger at someone but anger at himself for knowing the problem and knowing that there was absolutely nothing that he could do about it. He knew earlier but tried to avoid what he had seen coming. “I’m falling in love with her…” he said with his voice muffled by his pillow. “But Christophe always wins…why must I want what I can’t have?” He thought aloud. “This sucks,” he finished putting in his headphones, making sure to skip over any song related to love or any such mater.