so faint he couldn’t even visualize a scenario where he’d have come over. Well… Probably nothing to worry about.
Something to drink. Right. He gave a little nod - they’re not strangers, but it WAS his first time being properly invited to her home. “Yeah, uh… Water?”
The two of them rush inside. It’s not unusual - in fact, he’s grateful they’re in an enclosed as the door clicks behind them. The house felt vaguely familiar for a reason he couldn’t pinpoint - he hadn’t been here before, right? The memory was tucked behind locked doors,
maybe .
kidding — she waits until he’s close enough to turn away ,
unlocking the door and .
pushing him inside . it’s her turn to be all weird ,
but he knows why . the thing knows where she lives .
she can’t . move ,
not yet . so she has to settle with this .
cold feet
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He was really starting to think he was terrible at this friendship thing - it felt like everything he did and said was the wrong thing. Was their connection just, ruining Jessica’s life all over again?
Of course they arrive at almost the same time, since he was following her.
it’d be easier for him to leave if he drove himself anyway ,
Jessica wouldn’t have to when Alex had to leave.
that means she can sleep in her bed ,
alone ,
and she wouldn’t have to worry about where he’d stay . Is it too early to think about kicking him out ? oops .
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Alex couldn’t help himself. A nervous habit, maybe - but hopefully one that would keep him out of harms way.
it WAS distracting, though, and he’d nearly missed the comment about taking the same car. Should he have - ? well. it was too late now.
He hopped into his car
there it is again —
checking . like he knows something is there that she doesn’t .
“ oh . I thought — you’d come in to my car . „
maybe it’s better if he doesn’t . again ,
the mess . she climbs into the drivers seat .
“ .. I’ll see you there . „
Not that he would tell her outright, but… It was a little bit of both.
He followed along.
“It’s alright- I don’t mind,” he assured her after a cursory look around their surroundings. “I’ll follow you to your place?” Gesturing towards his Own car.
it’s better than Jessica actually doing so .
blink ,
blink . Alex is a little too quick to stand ,
maybe there’s something off with this place that he isn’t telling her .
she follows just to be polite ,
and to avoid whatever he’s hiding .
or maybe he’s just eager to
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Sometimes, when Jessica looked at him, it felt like he was being examined underneath a microscope.
“Yeah - I do. Okay - ” aaaaand standing up. “I’m down. Did you
mean now?”
dear god . hopefully that doesn’t mean what she thinks it does .
Alex .. does not seem fit for murder . he has admitted to a few — whether he’s telling the truth is up in the air ,
he did fail to shoot her twice when she was right * there— but.
he’s so anxious . she hates
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“Not anymore.
Crow wants me dead. I thought I- …No. If they keep being a danger to people I care about, then I’ll have to do something.”
Crow was more than just a general nuisance - in so many ways, their fates were intertwined.
…
…
“ you .. talked to them ? you’re like ,
friends ? „
maybe she should know more about these things . she was never Alex’s friend ,
she’s .
close to Jay ,
yes . they’re in love ,
in some weird way . it’s only been a few months since they —
well . years since they met ,
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He didn’t know much about Jessica.
Their interactions before had been so … Brief. Alex had been focused on getting rid of her - and even before then, she’d just been one of Amy’s friends he’d never had more than a brief conversation with.
And she was so…