The Multiverse Adventures

First Love

Ronald was driving alone on the highway late at night. The road seemed to be going nowhere. He believed that just in another fifteen minutes or so he would reach his destination and get some badly needed rest after a fun, yet sober night with the ladies at the Roosevelt Plaza hotel. For some weird reason that day he felt a compelling urge to refrain from consuming any intoxicants, excluding tobacco of course. During the previous night he had a very strange dream where he saw some sort of a copy of himself telling him something. It seemed like it was urging him to have a sober day. Just this once in a long while. Ronald scratched behind his right ear, feeling the slight incision that had been placed there during the microchip implantation surgery. He remembered the doctor telling him that if he ever got a communication from the future, it would most likely come to him in a dream as that is the time when the mind was most vulnerable to external interference. Aside from that, throughout the entire day Ronald would catch himself thinking that he might have been drinking too much anyway and he didn't want to end up on Viagra just yet. The night with the girls went well, a bit of a harem but that's how he liked it. His driver ended up getting food poisoned and now it was just him. Cruising at a nice 80 kilometres per hour Ronald was able to keep up his focus and concentration on the road and his mind was set on getting home in one piece. The Xenon car lights at the front of the Rolls illuminated the road for hundreds of meters and were of a great aid since in that part of the highway there were no street lights. At a distance he saw the glimmer of blue, the sign for the roundabout.
“Perhaps, this isn't the right way home anyways......bloody concierge.....”

Ronald turned around on the roundabout and began making his way back to the hotel. In the distance he saw a small grey silhouette. At this moment a mysterious force overcame him. For some inexplicable reason he felt a strong sense of affection for this person. He felt a sense of deja vu​. Ronald never believed in love on first sight. In fact he never even believed in love at all. To him, that was just a simple biochemical reaction in the brain which mimicked the symptoms of a known psychological disorder. Nevertheless, in a true business fashion, he decided to take risk and slow down. As the Rolls approached the location of the stranger it's velocity had also become alike. Ronald opened the window on his right and loudly spoke out

“ Hello there, need a lift back to town? ”

The person on the bicycle turned her face towards Ronald. In the dark of the night he saw a beautiful young woman dressed in a raincoat with the capuchon over her head. The coat looked very dark grey, perhaps due to the absence of light, and Ronald immediately felt sorry for her.

“ It's OK, I don't want to bother you...its only a short ride back to town ”

“ Just get in! ” exclaimed Ronald with his acquainted business-like curtliness.

“ Well, if you insist. I've never heard of men in cars like yours raping girls.....unless you stole it..... ”

“ Don't be absurd, I can show you my license and..... ”

Without letting him finish the girl immediately leaned over into the car and began speaking

“ Mind if I place my bike into the boot? ”

“ Sure.....let me just open it for you ” Ronald pressed a button on the front panel of the car, above the ashtray, and with a gentle mechanical sound the boot lid slowly began opening. He was never quite the gentleman but for some reason at this moment he got out of the car and helped the lady place the bike inside. After this, both of them made their way to their seats at the front and the conversation kicked off.

The Rolls slowly began accelerating towards the steady and comfortable 80 kilometres per hour.

“ I apologise for.... ” she started speaking whilst placing her folded raincoat on her lap. “ It's really cold outside, even if its not raining....but unfortunately my coat has gathered quite some dust. ”