I Scored Myself A Mate

They got off the car at the enormous parking lot and Alex felt relieved to see many parked vehicles. That meant people and crowds resulting to a much easier escpe for him.

Luke and Mikael started walking towards the escalators and soon they were at the first floor of the mall. He hadn't seen so many people in a while except for the dining hall. They were laughing and running around with their shopping bags going in and out from the shops or eating and drinking at the food stands. Watching this scene in front of him made him feel normal. Like he had just gone out with friends to grab a bite and shop. 

It was a shame that he had to ruin this image and he had to do it fast. While they were still overwhelmed with the scenery Alex had to scout the right people and the right moment to simply disappear with the help of his best friend. 

"There are a lot of people today." Luke commented 

"Yeah, that's nice though" Alex said and took Luke's hand in his. He had to make him believe it. Believe that he was having fun. "Where should we start first?" he asked everyone with a smile filled with excitement. 

"Where do you want to go my honey?" Mikael asked and looked at Mark. 

The red head scoffed and slid to Alex's side trying to avoid him. 

"Don't come closer. I am viewing you as a possible molester" he said and placed his hands in front of him to stop him.

"Me? A molester? Oh my god this is what I get for risking my life? They were right. Gingers have no soul." Mikael said dramatically and started walking faster. "I am leaving!" he shouted in the middle of the first floor and headed to the escalators. 

Luke was laughing with his friend's little theatre and followed him. In this uproar Alex slowly let go of his hand, hoping he wouldn't realize it. They kept walking the green eyed boy staying close to him so he could see him while they shopped for shoes and clothes. They had visited already two shops and quite some time had passed when he decided that it was the right moment for him to get lost.

They had reached the third floor where also the restaurants and cafés were. Small tables were squeezed right next to each other trying to find enough space for all of the people. You could smell the burning oil in the air and see the steaming of the warm drinks in people's hands. 

That was when Alex found it. A huge group of tourists. They were almost twenty people walking around with their cameras and huge bag pack's. That would be the perfect group to isolate himself and hide. While the two wolves were trying to find a place to eat, scanning the tables to find a vacant one and having their attention elsewhere Alex hit Mark slightly with his elbow on his sides and with a move of his head he showed him the tourists. 

The red head blinked furiously for a few seconds and then gave Alex a small, feint nod. 

Alex didn't know what he was going to do, he was relying on his best friend to pull this through so he could run away. Mark seemed to be thinking for a little while. Looking around him trying to find the perfect opportunity when he suddenly just fell to the ground in a fetus position, wrapping his arms around his stomach. 

Listening the loud thump, he made while falling on the tiles the boys turned around and they looked at him with an expression of shock mixed with confusion. 

"What happened?" Mikael asked and went to his side, kneeling down.

"My stomach, oh my god I feel like I am going to throw up. It hurts!" Mark shouted and pretended to gag. "Alex go get me a doctor" he told him and looked at him with eyes filled with pain. 

For an instant Alex stood frozen not really knowing what to do. He felt like this was a bit too sudden and he didn't know what to actually do until Mikael screamed at him and shook him up.

"Go get a staff. Luke let's carry him to a bench. Be careful" he instructed everyone while Mark pretended to be dying from some unknown source. 

Alex started running and he looked back, to see the two wolves utterly focused on the ill boy. That was the chance, Mark had created the best opportunity for him. Knowing that everyone was absorbed with mark's wellbeing Alex hid between the tourists who were heading to the second floor. 

He got squeezed in between them in the metal escalators, and he noticed some of them giving him weird looks, probably recognizing that he wasn't in their group. 

He shared a few awkward smiles before he found himself again at the parking lot. The walls were a dark grey color and the floor had many different numbers and was separated in different sections by bright yellow paint. He passed by their car and for a second his guilt about his actions was returning. He knew what was doing was bad, that the best thing he could do was confront Luke and ask for an explanation but he couldn't bring himself to do it. What if Alissa was telling the truth and he had to face the disappointment of being lied to again and again. He had faith in people, he always did but this, he didn't know if his trust could be restored after this.

So while he was frantically running in the streets of the small city, passing by strangers, colliding with others who were in the same hurry as him he almost felt like he was in a very dramatic old movie. He could hear his heavy breathing, and everything around him appeared as fast as it disappeared. The shops, the people, the cars they were there but the next moment he had left them behind.

It was just a usual city. With its dirty streets, and loud honking, old apartment buildings with small plant pots on the tiny balconies. Shops bustling with people who wanted their morning coffee. Everything seemed normal but he was not. What he was trying to find out was not normal and the people he was looking for could be affected by some very abnormal causes too. While you are walking, minding your own business on the street the person next to you could be dying and you wouldn't even know it. Because that person for you doesn't have a face or a story, he is just a background character in your movie who was meant to walk by you at that exact moment. Alex felt like his movie would end up being a tragedy. 

Recalling the map, he had tried to memorize in only a few second back there he finally managed to find the street he was looking for. He had run for twenty minutes from the mall and he was aware that by now his companions would realize something was wrong. 

The idea of Luke being furious at him scared him. He was a different person when anger overtook him but he had to do this. It was important and he was ready to sacrifice his boyfriend's favor for this. 

He was already checking the numbers on the doors to find the right one. He didn't have Alissa's paper with him but he remembered the address. The initial shock had been so big he was sure that he would never forget it. 

There it was, right in front of him, a house almost one third of their old one, where Alex had grown up. It looked old and forgotten and Alex was hoping more and more that this was a mistake. There was no way his family would end up living in a place like this. The entrance was filled with trash bags and flies were everywhere, circling around the dirt. The smell was unbearable like rotten eggs and Alex had to cover his nose just so he could approach the entrance and ring the doorbell.

It wasn't working and the boy let out a sigh when he heard someone calling out to him.

"Boy, don't bother with them. The people in there are crazy." An old lady who was passing by with her groceries told him. 

He looked at her and gave up on his spot next to the trash to approach her. 

"Have these people been here for long?" he asked

"No they are new to this neighborhood but from the first moment no one wanted them here." The old lady said. 

"I see, thank you" he thanked her and let her get on with her business as he returned back at the front porch. 

He took a deep breath wanting to calm down but he instantly regretted it. The stink was burning his insides and he felt like he was going to throw up. Alex desperately wanted to leave. He needed to run away and all his senses were telling him that was the right choice. 

He had come this far though. He had tricked Luke and brought Mark into this. He had run and hoped, prayed for a different outcome than the worse so he knew there was no actual turning back. It was time to close this questioning chapter once and for all.

His hand was shaking but he didn't care. He knocked on the door loudly again and again until he heard footsteps from inside the house. 

It was finally the time for questions to be answered. 

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