Parallel Worlds

Becca approached Alex and caught his eye. She took his hand without uttering a word and led him into the hallway before shutting the living room door behind her and facing him. Because the alcohol had got to everyone and they were all making a racket hopefully noone would hear them. Becca stared into Alex’s bleary eyes
“Why are you doing this Alex?”
“Doing what?” He slurred back
“Don’t mess with me Alex, you bloody well know what” Becca said getting more stern; Alex giggled at her
“I don’t know what you’re on about” He smirked at Becca drunkenly; Becca sighed angrily and reached out to Alex’s pocket, pulling out the bag containing the white powdery substance and waved it in front of his gaze
“What’s this then if you’re so unsure?” Alex glared at her and tried to make a grab for the bag, his reaction too slow for Becca’s almost sober reflexes. She glared at him
“This stops now Alex!” She made her way to the front door, Alex following her. She opened the door and stepped out into the cold night’s breeze and headed over to the outside bin, binning the devilish substance. She turned back to Alex
“Alex you don’t understand what drugs do to you! They mess with your mind and make you a completely different person! I don’t want you to change like that Alex” Becca shouted at him as she fought back her tears
“Yeah well I think you’ll find I’m older than you Becca! How old are you? 15!?”
“I’m 16” Becca said harshly
“Yeah well whatever age you are. I know what I’m doing with my life, I don’t need you interfering,” he shouted at her. He went back into the house with Becca following in behind him and headed for the kitchen going for the fridge. He opened the fridge door and pulled out another beer and started to head to the living room. Becca glared at him and grabbed his arm
“Alex no! You’ve had loads already, you’re damaging yourself doing this!” Alex shoved Becca off his arm and continued towards the living room. Becca stood still in the kitchen, her eyes filling up with tears
“…Why wont you listen to me Alex?” Alex paused in the doorway to the kitchen and turned back round. For a split second his eyes softened as he looked back into Becca’s desperate eyes, they then hardened into a glare
“Why don’t you just piss off and leave me alone for once? Stop following me around like the stalkerish bitch you are” He turned on his heel and proceeded towards the living room leaving Becca standing alone in the kitchen, a solitary tear falling down her cheek.

Christina watched Alex appear back in the living room taking a seat in the corner of the room by himself. She looked around the room for Becca who she had seen exit with Alex not too long ago. No sign of her. Her mind filled with worry as she began to panic. She slid herself off Ed’s lap
“Where are you off to?” Ed asked her smiling
“Two minutes, I just need to go and find Becca,” She said putting on a fake smile and ruffling his hair. She approached the sofa where Alex was sat alone watching the music channels. She stood obstructing his eye line with the TV to attract his attention
“Where’s Becca?” She asked him; Alex shrugged, acting as if he could still see the TV, not moving his gaze. Christina sighed agitatedly
“You’re useless,” She wandered out into the dark hallway shutting the door behind her. Through the slight bit of moonlight shining through the kitchen window, through the kitchen doorway she could see a small silhouette slumped on the floor up against one of the kitchen counters. She walked into the kitchen curiously and switched the light on to reveal Becca sat on the floor, her back up against the kitchen cupboards and her eyes stained with tears.
“Oh Becca” Christina said sympathetically as she walked over to Becca and slid down the kitchen cupboards to sit next to her and hugged her “What’s up?” Becca wiped the tears running down her cheeks
“Alex is what’s up,” She said miserably. Christina looked at her inquisitively, Becca sighed and looked at the floor
“Alex has been taking drugs and drinking too much” Christina gasped but let her carry on “I binned the drugs that he had with him and I tried to stop him drinking more but he basically told me to piss off and that he knew better” Christina frowned slightly and hugged her again as a fresh batch of tears spilled over Becca’s cheeks. The living room door opened and two silhouettes appeared in the darkness, as they stepped into the light spilling out of the kitchen, Christina realised it was Dan and Sarah who both came into the kitchen. Sarah gasped slightly when she saw Becca
“Are you okay Becca?” Becca nodded slightly as tears continued to fall down her cheeks. Sarah’s face turned to worry; she turned to Dan and stroked his cheek
“Go back in the living room Dan, I’ll be with you in a minute” She said softly with a reassuring smile. Dan smiled back, quickly heading to the fridge and pulling out a can of Strongbow before heading back into the living room, kissing Sarah on the way. Sarah smiled as she watched Dan walk out of the kitchen and into the living room before crouching down next to Becca and hugging her
“So what’s up?” she asked her as she sat on the other side of Becca to Christina
“Alex has been drinking a bit too much and he’s been taking drugs, he’s giving Becca shit as well even though she just tried to help him” Christina said sombrely, Sarah frowned slightly
“I wouldn’t think Alex would be like that,” Sarah said confusingly
“Neither would I” Christina sighed
“… Well Ed did explain to me, when you were in hospital Christina, that he had a bit of a reputation for drugs and alcohol… I just assumed he’d given up” Becca stared at the floor, Sarah rubbed her back gently
“Well how about we leave it for tonight. We’ll get the lads to keep a lookout for him for the rest of the night, ‘cause surely they know about this, and you can have a chat to him in the morning when he’s sobered up, okay?” Sarah smiled reassuringly at Becca; Becca nodded and hugged Sarah
“Thanks Sarah” Becca smiled slightly
“No problem mini me” Sarah said giggling slightly, Becca joined in and giggled with her. Christina got up from the floor and stretched
“Come on then, lets go back and join the party” She turned to Becca “You go and get yourself another drink and me and Sarah’ll have a word with the guys to keep an eye on Alex” Becca nodded and wiped away her tears and smiled lightly
“Okay.”
Christina and Sarah made their way back into the living room and split up to inform the four lads, Christina going to Ali then Ed and Sarah going to Teddy then Dan. Christina spoke to Ali to which he nodded understandingly and said he would keep an eye out. She then made her way back over to Ed and slid herself back onto his lap
“Hey” He smiled at her as she reappeared on his lap “you okay?”
“Yeah I’m alright,” Christina said quietly
“What’s up?” Ed asked as he rubbed her back, Christina sighed and rested her head against his chest
“Alex has been taken drugs, he’s been drinking an awful lot as well” Ed looked from the girl on his knee to Alex sitting quietly at the other end of the room watching TV
“What? Seriously?” Christina nodded
“Becca tried to tell him otherwise but he was having none of it, all we can do is keep an eye on him” Ed nodded in agreement and kissed her on the head
“Don’t worry, he’ll be fine”