Wake up call

6 a.m. in the morning....My alarm goes off, as usual I slam my hand on the snooze button, half-tempted to destroy the dang thing with my new rune. I sit up and stretch, a yawn escapes my mouth as I wait for my eyes to adjust to the darkness of my room. I roll out of bed and throw on some clothes before heading to the basement. No better way to wake up than with physical training. Stretch a little and then go right into my usual routine. This takes around an hour. 

Afterwards I go upstairs and take a shower. After all of this I make my way to the kitchen to prepare breakfast. I find Alaska looking up at me expectantly and I feed her. I check the fridge and find that were almost out of eggs. I guess I'll make a trip to the store later today. I think as I grab what remains of the carton. I turn on the stove and go about preparing some eggs(scrambled and fluffy of course) as well as bacon, and a couple pieces of toast. I put this all on a plate and set it on the table where Tori usually sits.

I turn around to make my breakfast and I hear someone enter the room. "Good morning." I call out not bothering to turn around. No response, only silence. "I hope you slept well." I try, still no response. I sigh and turn around. "C'mon Tor-" No one else is in the room. I also notice that the plate I set out is gone. I sighed and sat down at the table. I picked at the food on my plate, having lost my appetite for some reason.

It had been like this ever since she got back, she avoided me. The only time I really saw her during the day was at dinner. The comfortable silence was gone, replaced with a tense silence. I saw so little of her during the day, that if I didn't know any better I would say she was using the path to get around the house; just so that she could avoid me. It was beginning to irritate me and I didn't know what to do.

'Let me talk to her. I'll fix her up in no time.'

I scoffed at the idea. 'I don't exactly trust you, ya know.'

'Come now I won't hurt her...much.' I could practically hear the wicked smirk on his face.

'No, I'll figure this out on my own.'

I heard a sigh in my head 'Sadly, it wasn't a request.' I felt a slight tugging sensation at the back of my mind. Before I knew what was going on I had lost control of my body. It wasn't like the other times though. Usually when my other decided to take control I had no idea what was going on. I basically passed out when he took control. It wasn't like that this time, I could still see everything from my own eyes. I looked down at my hands and flexed my fingers, only it wasn't me.

I made way towards Tori's room. My hand grasped the knob and I opened her door. Tori was sitting on her bed, an empty plate on her nightstand. She was staring at her laptop. She looked up at me and I caught a glimpse of her eyes the same dull blue as when I met her, void of any emotion other than sorrow and guilt. She gave me a questioning glance, obviously wondering why I had barged into her room. I went to mutter an apology and realized that like my body I had no control of my voice.

"We need to talk." I asked, it wasn't the loud booming voice my other usually used.

She frowned and shook her head. 

"Not right now Skye, I'm not really in the mood to talk." I grinned and walked over to her bed. I took the laptop from her and set it next to her on the bed. I watched as I picked her up bridal style and her eyes widened in surprise. "W-What the hell Skye?!" She struggled to no avail. She could not escape the tight hold I had on her. I walked into the backyard and proceeded to unceremoniously dropped her on to the ground. She glared up at me and stood up slowly. "The fuck Skye?! I said I did-" I raised a hand and cut her off.

"Let's cut to the chase Tori. I'm sick of your attitude and I'm sick of you avoiding me." Her eyes widened slightly.

"I haven't be-" I cut her off again.

"Bull shit! You've been moping around the house and avoiding me all week!" A growl escaped my lips. "It's time to face the facts. What you did was horrible. They thought you were their friend. You stabbed them all in the back. Killed every last one of them." I could see her eyes watering slightly and I fought desperately for control. "You killed people Tori and I get that it was hard. But you need to move on. Stop being a pathetic little bitch." I could tell she was close to tears.

"S-Skye...they trus-" She started to say, before I cut her off.

"What? Trusted you? Look where that got them! They deserved to die for their own stupidity. Trust is for fools who don't know how the universe works." I could feel the vicious smirk that formed on my face.

"I b-betrayed them...I'm a fucking m-monster..." She said, sounding choked.

"This isn't about your pathetic morals anymore! This is about sur-" I blinked. A grin made it's way onto my face as I regained control. Tori was still looking at the ground, I took a step forward and did the only thing that I could think to do. I wrapped my arms around her and I felt her stiffen. "You're not a monster..." I spoke softly. "You did what you had to, so that we could survive." I felt her relax. "I'm sorry, It's my fault that you had to kill. I feel like I've only caused you trouble and for that I'm truly sorry."

"No, its not your fault," she sighed and leaned into me slightly. "It was my choice Skye..." She shivered when some wind blew by, it was unseasonably chilly out and there was still dew on the grass. I pulled her closer to me and she pressed herself into me in an attempt to keep warm.

"I don't think you're any less of a person for what you did Tori," I told her.

"Why?" She mumbled into my chest.

"Because you did what you had to. I know it's hard, but you need to accept that and move on. You can't hide away forever." I chuckled and rubbed small circles into her back, keeping her warm.

She shifted around so she could look at me. Her eyes nearly made my stomach drop out of me, they were like a glass window that someone had broken and taped back together, but they did a terrible job and they missed some pieces. She opened her mouth and I expected her to argue my last sentence.

"Can we have a Lord of the Rings marathon?" Her voice was small and nearly child-like. She was far from accepting what she did, but at least she was willing to work towards it.

"Yeah, of course," I smiled down at her before picking her up again, bridal-style. She gave a small laugh and just leaned into me, trying to stay warm.

As I carried her in to the house I had a smile on my face, mostly to mask my worry. It trouble me just how easily my other had taken over. But as I looked down at Tori, a small smile still on her face, I realized that I could worry about it later. I chose to ignore the faint sound of insane laughter in my head. I would worry about it tomorrow.