On my Character Description section, I have just added the picture of this guy with his description, drawn by the lovely Charlotte Arnold. I thought that since I just got his picture up I should probably talk a little bit about this train wreck and how he came to be.
I chose the name Alex since that was the name of one of my bullies in my freshman year of high school. He would sexually harass me every day in class and the teacher wouldn’t really do anything even though we were in the front row. Not my favorite teacher in the world. This kept going until one day he was standing in front of my desk and his friends were telling him to kiss me. He, being an idiot, thought this would be a good idea and started slowly leaning in closer while I didn’t say anything.
I know what you guys may be thinking, but wait.
I let him lean in, and when he was getting close he gave me a little smile, as if he thought I wanted it too. When he was only a few inches from my face, I cannot lie, I punched him in the throat. The look on his face when he backed up terrified, it was beautiful. His friends yelled at the teacher saying that I needed to get in trouble for that, but she laughed and said he earned it. That was the only thing the teacher did in response to this entire terrible situation that lasted for months.
This guy was a jock who had a lot of issues with narcissism and drugs. The kind of guy who thought that the world revolved around him. Does this sound familiar? Well I hope so considering I based the character Alex off of this guy.
When I was working on my Masters, I learned something that broke my heart. From what I have gathered, the guy who inspired Alex has passed away. I’m not sure how, or when, but from what I can tell he is gone. Although we may not have liked each other, I am still saddened by this. I graduated from high school only seven years ago. This was not that long ago. It is always a sad day when someone dies so young. I hope that he is happy now in that place wherever we go when we die, because I know that he did not have the best of lives. Between him being a jerk, he did have moments where he would actually talk to me, so I know that there was misery within him. I hope that he can have peace now.