Ticking

Chapter 12: That Night

Allen was dumbfounded by Steve's response, "What?.. What no he gave me new clothes" I paused as I put it on "Where is your brain going?"


Lex commented "Shut up youre making my head hurt."

Steve closed his mouth and was again blushing in embarrassment.

"Well!" He paused as he looked back and at them again "Both- you..Anyways, Rose is in jail" he changed the subject.

The sun was now setting in the west, the silence was broken by Allen.

"Is the mayor's daughter also in jail?"

"No, I heard from Wyatt she is isolated in Mayor Elfer's house"

"House arrest," I murmured.

Allen thought for a while if Jessie and Wyatt were together after the divorce then Rose and Santos, who did Rose cheated on? He wanted to find out but Lex was still injured and he didn't want to leave yet.

"We should go tomorrow" I suggested.

Steve replied "Sure..I'll leave you two guys alone." Steve then took a few steps back to the chairs and added. "I'll go back to the motel."

"Isn't the motel closed by now? Since Jessie isn't there?" I asked, but Lex answered.

"It would be another working there, Jessie isn't the only one"

I turned towards him and coughed awkwardly "Ah..yes"

Steve looked at us both and sighed, "Alright goodbye we will see each other tomorrow at the same place?"

I nodded where else can we even meet? I thought to myself. Now we were left alone, and I remember the dawn I died, we were cleaning before. I looked towards Lex and told him to rest himself, while I went down helping his Boss.

As I walked down the stairs, I saw him mopping the floor with some cloth.

"Hello" I greeted him and he looked at me, he clicked his fingers.

"Ahh you, you're Lex's buddy right?" He said, confirming.

I nodded at his question "Yes..You can call me Allen"

He nodded "Jerry" and went back to cleaning but glanced at me again, "How is Lex doing?"

I went and joined him clean, he was a bit surprised but didn't mind this gesture as I answered him "I told him to rest.."

Jerry raised his eyebrow and chuckled, "Aha sorry it just it's rare to see him like this" He looked at me and smiled "Thank you for helping he must be quite fond of you"

I didn't know how to answer that information so I smiled at him.. "I guess so," I murmured.

I cleaned up the glasses, while Jerry threw them outside. The sun was now down and I told Jerry that I will stay here for the night, He agreed and left the bar.

As I went back up to the stairs I checked my watch again. It was 5 o' clock but the sun was nowhere to be seen, I put it back onto my pockets and checked on Lex. I saw him laying down on the couch and couldn't help but feel relieved for an unknown reason.

I went to this room, and checked the window as I saw some town folks with torches huddled in a circle. From what I saw they were talking I then sat on his bed. It was comfy like before, I thought about Santos's murder.

If Jessie killed him out of hatred...then who was the killer whom he first met?

Santos was still strangled on the neck with a knife...but the first killer he encountered had a gun. He wanted to check on the new person of interest, which was Santos's new wife, Rose.

He wanted to sleep early, but I dont think I can and I didn't want to go outside either, so he sat there in silence.

Allen didn't know when he slept, but was jolted awake and had cold sweat all over his body. He saw from his peripheral vision a figure, he grabbed its hand and twisted it, and was shocked to see who it really was.

Lex was as shocked as Allen, and couldn't help but let out a, "Allen??"

I quickly let go of his hand and coughed embarrassed "Lex? Sorry..sorry I thought you were something else"

I backed away a bit and realized I was sleeping on his bed. "Ah..this might be awkward isn't it not?" I smiled trying to hide away the embarrassment.

Lex didn't seem to mind and smiled "It's fine.." he looked at twisted his shoulder then his hand went to his neck "I didnt expect you to react that way did I scare you?" he chuckled

I shook my head "No..Does your hand hurt?" I paused "I know that you are injured..sorry" I let out an awkward laugh.

Lex was looking at something beside me, when I wanted to look in his direction I saw that my pocket watch, fell from my pockets. He kept staring at them, his face unreadable for a moment but then masking it off with a smile.

"That's a lovely watch you got there, Allen"

I took my watch and looked at it, it is indeed lovely. I didn't mind his actions before and smiled at him back "Thank you.."

Lex looked outside the window, with the silence he broke it "It is quite foggy today."

I snapped back to reality not looking at the watch anymore but at the window. It was indeed foggy, the gust of wind flowed through the room, and I couldn't help but shiver a little.

I hummed "Mm and windy"

"You can take my coat over there if you feel cold"

I looked at the direction he pointed at and realized the coat right away, this was the coat that I recognized every transfer... I looked at him and said "Alright, dont mind if I do.."

When I wore it there wasn't anything usual, it had the same style as before and it was still the same. However, I didn't feel cold anymore.

"Thanks"

I wondered how it doesn't stink... does he wash it? I then sighed and sat on his bed, and looked at him.

"Any thoughts of the second killer?"

Lex raised an eyebrow, then thought about what I said. "I dont actually they aren't much clues this time that leads to them."

The only clue I can get was, they used a gun and were quite tall. It was surely a man. I saw Lex just standing there leaning on the door,I noticed his bandaged up head from the incident before.

"Is it hurting currently?"

Lex looked at me "Hm?" he paused "Oh this? Dont worry its fine..they didn't throw that hard."

I blinked, Jessie's strength is not to be messed with, I had the consequences.

He had thought that Lex was actually stronger than he thinks, he didn't question about the incident and the room was silent yet again. This was the first time in a while Allen interacted with the people within the timelines.

I went back to the motel...

Although,it was still quite the same.

I had left Allen, alone with the bartender. I felt weird... I dont know how weird.

I opened my notebook and I could not read any of the lines. Now they are all mushy and wobbly. Was I drunk?

I put the notebook in the hole again, and waited for tomorrow. It was weird all of the information was always the first murder..

Author's Note;

Might be on a slight hiatus I hate school