Meeting New People
Robert woke up in a large double bed with his head buried in the pillows, he had a pounding head ache and his muscles ached too. He turned himself over and looked around the room. He noticed it was quite a tidy room and that it also wasn't his own. He looked around some more and saw his shirt folded neatly on a stool. This was strange, he could barely remember what happened and now he was in a stranger's bed with his shirt off. He remembered fighting and getting stabbed in the back, he also remembered the kiss with Bella, which was the memory what stood out the most.
He sat up in the bed and looked at an old clock that sat on the side, reading that it was 11:45. He widened his eyes and was about to rush out of the bed when he heard a familiar voice.
"You had a nice sleep then." He heard Bella say and he moved his head to see her walk in the room.
Robert hesitantly went to ask a question but she answered it before he could ask. "Don't worry, nothing happened further than that kiss." She explained which put his mind at ease.
"I am very, very sorry about what happened last night," He said, referring to his outburst of fighting. "I really don't know what happened, I am never usually like that, I barely even drink!" he spoke quickly, trying to say his side of things.
"It's fine; just make sure it doesn't happen again..." she muttered. "Garson said he had met someone like you before, I don't know who he was talking about though." She told him whilst avoiding eye contact with him.
Robert got out of the bed and picked up his shirt, leaving the bandage on his back because he was in a rush. "Garson? Is that the man who runs this place? The man who pulled the knife out of my back?" he asked, and she nodded in response, "Yep, he's my grandfather, although he looks after me like a father would." She shrugged and adjusted her coat, which was a different one from last night, but it still looked lovely on her. He looked at her for a while whilst buttoning up his shirt and putting his tie back around his neck. He looked away after a while after realising it was quite awkward and moved towards the door. "Tell Garson I said thank you." He muttered and put his hand on the door handle.
"So you're just going to leave without an explanation? Without telling me why all that happened... Who are you?" she asked, Garson never told her his name or anything about him.
He froze with his hand tightening around the handle. "My name is Doctor Robert Jekyll, my home was in Sri Lanka but I have only just moved to London, and to be quite honest I don't know why all that happened yesterday." He rushed his speech, "Now I am sorry for leaving so quickly but I need to get home." He finished and left, leaving Bella standing there wanting to ask more questions.
He walked back as fast as he could, not looking at the things around him as he just concentrated on where his house was. He was angry and confused with himself about what had happened and why. He just wanted to get back to his hotel room.
As he reached the hotel he virtually ran up the stairs before any of the staff could realise who he was. He walked to his room and looked at his door which had been lazily fixed and was open ajar. He heard voices from the inside and was wondering who is could be. He slowly opened the door to reveal 3 people, one man who was chubby and had a smile on his face, a very small squeaky lady who was standing next to the man and another lady who was relatively young and was talking with the other two people. The young lady was wearing a blue dress and she had short brown hair, she was also holding something of Jekyll's.
He stood in the doorway and the room went silent, they all looked at him and he looked at all of them.
"Mr Robert Jekyll?" the plump man said, with the smile still on his face, he seemed like a cheerful man. "I'm Max Utterson, the man who sent you the letter regarding your family estate, this is my assistant, Hills." He introduced himself and the small squeaky lady next to him, Hills waved and smiled.
"Uhm, I'm Lilly Clarke," the other young lady started, her voice was so innocent and calming, he felt completely calm when he heard her voice. "I found this of yours near where I live and I didn't know where to find you, so I had to ask some people, but luckily I found you." She smiled, her smile was bright, and she handed him one of the tubes of the tablets that were taken, luckily that one was labelled with his name on it, and he took it back. "Thank you..." he said nervously, knowing that one tube of pills wasn't enough to keep him going, but at least he had got them back. He still wondered where all the rest went and how they just disappeared. "I live just down the road from here. So if you need any friends I'll be around." Lilly smiled again, handing him a small piece of paper with her address on it, then she just left.
"Now, Mr Jekyll, I was wondering if you could come with me to my office to discuss that house of yours, I have all the information there." Max said and Jekyll nodded, staring at the piece of paper with the address on it and not saying anything as he followed Max to the his office.
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As you can tell, I've introduced the characters differently to the TV show, this is because I wanted to see what would happen if they were introduced this way.
So this is Chapter 2, hope you enjoy the story so far and if you have any feedback please let me know! Also, if you have any ideas for the story line please DM me on Instagram ~ @mcnster.hyde (a fan page for the show.)
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