Terrible Things
It's like practice, Alex.
We had hurried over to the girls house and after a tad of manipulation I managed to convince Alex to allow them to stay at ours for a small while.
"I swear, this is only for like a week tops." Alex directed at Emily and Ashley. "I'm not trying to be a dick, it's just we have to work and other fans will go crazy when they find out. I'm trying to keep our lives semi-sane." Both girls nodded and promised it wouldn't be long and we threw their bags into the trunk of the car.
Jack was on our doorstep, waiting with a sulk when we pulled through the gate. I forgot we hadn't given him his key yet. I saw Emily's eyes flash with excitement from the back seat.
"Don't freak out, or you won't survive tonight." I warned as we all undid our seat belts and jumped out of the car. The girls grabbed their bags and we gave Jack a quick rundown as we unlocked the door.
"It's gonna be like practice for when your kids are teenagers!" Jack smiled as he gave the girls a hug. "Great to meet you." He turned and looked disapprovingly at Emily. "Not you, you're underage in too many ways." Alex and I laughed as we showed the girls to the guest rooms.
"I can still drink." Emily's voice was defensive but before she could continue Alex and I both turned and said in unison, 'No you fucking can't, missy.' which made everyone laugh.
"And you've got parenting down already!" Jack cheered as he flopped onto the couch and pressed the button which would raise the TV from the floor. I gave Alex a kiss on the cheek and got the girls to go and make themselves comfortable in their rooms. "Caaarrriiiieeee, can I have a sannndddwwiiiiiccchhh." Jack called from across the open-plan. He cowered as I threw slices of bread and ham across to him.
"Here's your fucking sandwich!" I yelled and Jack started dropping the meat and bread into his mouth. He smiled hugely and swallowed.
"The parties in an hour. You should go get ready baby." Alex wrapped his arms around my waist from where I was cooking curries in the kitchen. "Jack and I can finish this." I nodded at him and made my way upstairs, leaning into the girls room to let them know how much time they had. Emily was staring at herself in the mirror, trying to make her dress settle right on her shoulders. I walked in and smiled over her shoulder into the mirror.
"Try it like this," I said. I knew the shape of the dress, it wasn't for everyone to wear as is. I pulled one of the edges in and grabbed a belt from her bed and cinched her waist in. "Perfect." Her worried frown transformed into a smile as she turned to hug me.
"Thank you, Carrie." I nodded and excused myself so I could at least look half decent. I curled my dark purple hair into soft waves and pulled my eyeliner in precise shapes around m eyes. I quickly dusted a soft black eye shadow on my top lid and a bright red lipstick. I whipped off my sweats I still had on from the morning and jumped into my black skinny jeans. I had to search through my clothing to find a decent top, I hadn't exactly planned an outfit. I settled on my tight sparkly black tank that Alex had brought me for my birthday and pulled on my heels. Alex appeared in the doorway to tell me that our first guests had arrived, I heard the knock at the door, but instead grabbed me and pulled me in for a kiss. "You. Look. Amazing."
"And you'll ruin my makeup!" I dodges his kisses and ran to Ashley's room. "People are here, hun. Do you want to get Emily and come down with me?" She ran a brush through her hair and nodded with an uncertain look on her face. "You'll be fine. Trust me." We grabbed Emily form her room and jumped down the stairs to find out who had arrived. Rian and Zack stood at the bar with Jaime and Vic and I squealed as I ran to jump on my brother. "Victor!" He picked me up and spun me around in the air. "This is Emily and Ashley." I gestured at the girls as they walked up next to me. "They're staying for a while." Vic gave Alex a knowing look and then smiled at the girls.
"Hey there girls, I heard all about it from Alex." He gave them both a quick hug and then turned back to talk to Rian and Zack who nodded acknowledging at the girls.
From: Purrrdy
I'm heerree!!!
I smiled at my phone and asked Ashley and Emily to get the door. The scream said it all. Purdy cracked up laughing as the girls fan girled over him and he wrapped his arm around either one to bring them back into the house and sat on the couch with them.
"They're not eighteen yet, Purdy!" I called from the kitchen and he jumped from the sofa.
"Fuck it, Carrie!" He brushed himself off and grabbed a drink from the bar. "You send good-looking women to pick me up and they're how old?"
"Fifteen!" Emily piped up from the couch.
"I'm seventeen!" Ashley nudged her sister to shut up. Purdy looked between Ashley and I and she piped in before I could stop what I knew was coming. "I'm eighteen in two weeks." Purdy burst into a smile.
"That'll work for me." He pulled the girl from the couch and held out a vodka and coke mixer. "Let's party." Alex stammered and looked at Rian in shock.
"Ashley Purdy! Ash is not leaving this house! And you are not sleeping in the same bed!" Ashley smirked before settling on a chair with the ecstatic girl on his knee. Jack walked in from the garage and laughed.
"They've gone all parenting on us! Guys! We've lost them to temporary children!" Alex and I locked eyes and both headed for the bar, pouring three shots, whiskey, vodka and midori before slamming them all back.
"Who are you fucking calling parents?" I smiled at Jack who cheered and we turned up the music. Alex ran over to push the Tv back into the ground so no body broke the giant and I hugged Mike as he jumped through the door with Tony. After about half an hour we were all pretty tipsy and Alex and I had to keep taking the drinks people had snuck to Emily and replacing them with cola. Jack was right, we were going all parenting.
"It's good practice, isn't it." I whispered to Alex as we had dumped Emily onto her bed and separated the two Ashley's who were making out in a corner. We carried our Ashley to her room and gave Purdy a warning before heading to our own room. It was five am. I nuzzled into his chest as Alex nodded and we fell asleep instantly.
"I swear, this is only for like a week tops." Alex directed at Emily and Ashley. "I'm not trying to be a dick, it's just we have to work and other fans will go crazy when they find out. I'm trying to keep our lives semi-sane." Both girls nodded and promised it wouldn't be long and we threw their bags into the trunk of the car.
Jack was on our doorstep, waiting with a sulk when we pulled through the gate. I forgot we hadn't given him his key yet. I saw Emily's eyes flash with excitement from the back seat.
"Don't freak out, or you won't survive tonight." I warned as we all undid our seat belts and jumped out of the car. The girls grabbed their bags and we gave Jack a quick rundown as we unlocked the door.
"It's gonna be like practice for when your kids are teenagers!" Jack smiled as he gave the girls a hug. "Great to meet you." He turned and looked disapprovingly at Emily. "Not you, you're underage in too many ways." Alex and I laughed as we showed the girls to the guest rooms.
"I can still drink." Emily's voice was defensive but before she could continue Alex and I both turned and said in unison, 'No you fucking can't, missy.' which made everyone laugh.
"And you've got parenting down already!" Jack cheered as he flopped onto the couch and pressed the button which would raise the TV from the floor. I gave Alex a kiss on the cheek and got the girls to go and make themselves comfortable in their rooms. "Caaarrriiiieeee, can I have a sannndddwwiiiiiccchhh." Jack called from across the open-plan. He cowered as I threw slices of bread and ham across to him.
"Here's your fucking sandwich!" I yelled and Jack started dropping the meat and bread into his mouth. He smiled hugely and swallowed.
"The parties in an hour. You should go get ready baby." Alex wrapped his arms around my waist from where I was cooking curries in the kitchen. "Jack and I can finish this." I nodded at him and made my way upstairs, leaning into the girls room to let them know how much time they had. Emily was staring at herself in the mirror, trying to make her dress settle right on her shoulders. I walked in and smiled over her shoulder into the mirror.
"Try it like this," I said. I knew the shape of the dress, it wasn't for everyone to wear as is. I pulled one of the edges in and grabbed a belt from her bed and cinched her waist in. "Perfect." Her worried frown transformed into a smile as she turned to hug me.
"Thank you, Carrie." I nodded and excused myself so I could at least look half decent. I curled my dark purple hair into soft waves and pulled my eyeliner in precise shapes around m eyes. I quickly dusted a soft black eye shadow on my top lid and a bright red lipstick. I whipped off my sweats I still had on from the morning and jumped into my black skinny jeans. I had to search through my clothing to find a decent top, I hadn't exactly planned an outfit. I settled on my tight sparkly black tank that Alex had brought me for my birthday and pulled on my heels. Alex appeared in the doorway to tell me that our first guests had arrived, I heard the knock at the door, but instead grabbed me and pulled me in for a kiss. "You. Look. Amazing."
"And you'll ruin my makeup!" I dodges his kisses and ran to Ashley's room. "People are here, hun. Do you want to get Emily and come down with me?" She ran a brush through her hair and nodded with an uncertain look on her face. "You'll be fine. Trust me." We grabbed Emily form her room and jumped down the stairs to find out who had arrived. Rian and Zack stood at the bar with Jaime and Vic and I squealed as I ran to jump on my brother. "Victor!" He picked me up and spun me around in the air. "This is Emily and Ashley." I gestured at the girls as they walked up next to me. "They're staying for a while." Vic gave Alex a knowing look and then smiled at the girls.
"Hey there girls, I heard all about it from Alex." He gave them both a quick hug and then turned back to talk to Rian and Zack who nodded acknowledging at the girls.
From: Purrrdy
I'm heerree!!!
I smiled at my phone and asked Ashley and Emily to get the door. The scream said it all. Purdy cracked up laughing as the girls fan girled over him and he wrapped his arm around either one to bring them back into the house and sat on the couch with them.
"They're not eighteen yet, Purdy!" I called from the kitchen and he jumped from the sofa.
"Fuck it, Carrie!" He brushed himself off and grabbed a drink from the bar. "You send good-looking women to pick me up and they're how old?"
"Fifteen!" Emily piped up from the couch.
"I'm seventeen!" Ashley nudged her sister to shut up. Purdy looked between Ashley and I and she piped in before I could stop what I knew was coming. "I'm eighteen in two weeks." Purdy burst into a smile.
"That'll work for me." He pulled the girl from the couch and held out a vodka and coke mixer. "Let's party." Alex stammered and looked at Rian in shock.
"Ashley Purdy! Ash is not leaving this house! And you are not sleeping in the same bed!" Ashley smirked before settling on a chair with the ecstatic girl on his knee. Jack walked in from the garage and laughed.
"They've gone all parenting on us! Guys! We've lost them to temporary children!" Alex and I locked eyes and both headed for the bar, pouring three shots, whiskey, vodka and midori before slamming them all back.
"Who are you fucking calling parents?" I smiled at Jack who cheered and we turned up the music. Alex ran over to push the Tv back into the ground so no body broke the giant and I hugged Mike as he jumped through the door with Tony. After about half an hour we were all pretty tipsy and Alex and I had to keep taking the drinks people had snuck to Emily and replacing them with cola. Jack was right, we were going all parenting.
"It's good practice, isn't it." I whispered to Alex as we had dumped Emily onto her bed and separated the two Ashley's who were making out in a corner. We carried our Ashley to her room and gave Purdy a warning before heading to our own room. It was five am. I nuzzled into his chest as Alex nodded and we fell asleep instantly.
This story is so good! OMG. I just found it and started reading it yesterday, and haven't stopped. I just caught up with all of the updates you have of it and really love it.
It's a very dark fan fic. Specifically with the first half, honestly one of the darkest I've read actually... like with that curse of everything happening on Sundays? Man... and you just kind of kept it up too. It was just very dark, and sad, but... different. And I really like that about this.
The second half seems to be deviating from that a little bit, but I sensed that coming back with the babies thing. I mean, not that I want anything to happen, but I almost feel you had something bad happening planned with the pregnancy. Perhaps not, perhaps that was just to raise some of the tone as opposed to keeping it happy go lucky, who knows. But I found it interesting how you did that.
I'm glad that Alex and Carrie finally got together, with the first part of this I was just screaming GET TOGETHER until they finally did. lol. And I was happy. :)
I found it a bit odd how they just took in those fans though. On a realistic writing level, the oddity of this story was the curse thing. But adding the fans thing in too, it just... it didn't really fit. Especially considering legalities and all of that. I feel like it was a little too easy that they gained guardianship.
But overall, I have enjoyed Alex and Carrie's love story. I'm sad to see it was never finished, so I'm leaving this comment to let you know if you ever do choose to finish it, I will be here to read, for sure. I'd love to see how it all ends for these two. Even if it's just a final chapter wrap up or something; I understand what it's like losing inspiration.
But yeah, sorry if this comment sounded harsh at all, but just wanted to leave my honest thoughts. I think you're a truly great writer, though, and hope you have at least kept up with it in your free time. :)
7/12/16