Chapter 7 - 7

Jonathan:

I had decided to go to the store to grab a few groceries for the house. Nothing particularly all that special. Just some lettuce and some steak. But on my walk home I ran into Alexandria. We made small talk, was almost completely awkward. But I saved the conversation. Anyway, I invited her over for dinner and here I await her arrival. I run over what I say to her, do I ask how she is? Oh you look pretty today. But gosh she always looks pretty. What if she doesn't think that? Shit,does she think I think she's ugly? Ug. I don't know at this point. But as she drives up to my house all of that goes away. I walk outside and greet her. "Good Evening Ms.Alexandria Georgia." I say with a smile. "You can cut the act now." She replies with a laugh. "What act?" I reply in serious and confused tone. But little does she know I'm just playing along. "The Ms this and Ms that talk. I'm not your queen. Not yet anyways." She says playfully. We exchange a smile and k welcome her into my home. "Beautiful place you have." She says. "Thank you, my father had it built for my mother some time ago." "Oh how lovely, you live with your parents?" "No, thankfully I live with myself." I said with a laugh. "Oh, but you said-" I cut her off at this point. "Dinner is ready." I shoot at her. I try to not make it seem so demanding and assholeish. Hard to do when you're naturally an asshole like me. "I made steak and a salad. Hope you enjoy. I'll grab the plates." I say. I lead her to her seat and then I go back for the plates. Once I've set them down we begin table talk. You know.. The "how was your day?" Or the "what did you do today?" I almost said who did you do but thankfully I caught myself. That wouldn't come out very well on a first date. I didn't mean it anyways. But she just laughed knowing what I did. "So, are you going to tell me about them or not?" Alexandria replies. "About what?" "Your parents. I know about them and I know about you." "Then what do you want me to tell you if you already know?" "I want to hear it from you. Not from some newspaper article."

We sat there in silence for a moment. "Come with me." I say. "What?" She replies. "Come with me Alexandria." I grab her gently by the hand and pull her in my general direction. I walk her outside to my patio. There's a hammock and candles leading upto my door way. I grab her and puts my arms around her then I lay us down in the hammock. "So, you want to know about them?" I said to her. "Yes. And I want to know it from you, I don't want to hear some over used news from channel 4." I laugh as she says this. "Alright, well I'll tell you. But first look up at the stars. What do you see?" "Stars. Darkness." She replies. "No, look closer and you'll see something fascinating. You'll see infinite probability. You'll see beauty that can't be explained with words. That's what I see with you." I said while I stare up to the sky then at her eyes. "What does this have to do with your parents?" She replies. "I just don't want you to judge me." "I won't. I promise. Now tell me about your parents." She says subtilely. "My parents, My mom's name was Anastasia Miri Baxter and my dad's name was Donavan Bradley. No middle name. My mom didn't work, she was too busy taking care of me. But my dad ran the business I now own. But one night they disappeared, my neighbor had murdered them."I said right as Alexandria cut me off. "I know this. Tell me how they where, who they where as people." "Well, my mom was fascinated by everything it would seem. Just the way she would look at something and take it in. Everything was a something to her. And my dad, well he loves us both. But he was always too busy working." "And you?" "What else is there to know about me? I've already told you about me." I said to Alexandria. "You told me about your work and what you do. But not who you are." She said with a smile. "Well." I said with a long pause. "You don't want to know me Alexandria." "And Whys that?" "Because, I'm not who you think I am." "I know you're troubled. I can see it. I know you where molested. I can feel it. You don't hide your emotions as well as you think you do." I was caught off guard. How could she know me for so little but know so much? "How, how..how did you know?" "You have a filter. A mask that you hide behind. I can see through it. I know when you left me that something was wrong. And I know what had happened. But I gave you some distance." "If you know so much about me then why bother to try and find out?" "Because I wanted to here is coming from your lips." We sat there starring at eachother, fascinated by one another. It was just me and her under the stars. And I wasn't having any troubles. I was falling for her.

Alexandria:

I was falling for him. I could feel it. When I looked into his eyes I don't see a beast. I see a man. Any person that's alone for a long enough time will experience they're own flaws in reality and create a form of madness. He was just alone. And here I am, with him.

Jonathan:

Here I was with her in my arms. We stared up at the stars and held eachother close. Not a single word was spoken for the rest of the night. I was finally at rest.