Wishing for the Future

Chapter 4: Careful What You Wish For

Today I choose life. Every morning when I wake up I can choose joy, happiness, negativity, pain... To feel the freedom that comes from being able to continue to make mistakes and choices - today I choose to feel life, not to deny my humanity but embrace it.

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We are married. I will take a moment to get myself adjusted. I'm married .....to Vega.

As if reading my mind, Tori asked in a whisper that was almost unable to hear, "So... we're married and have children?"

"No shit, Vega," I stood back up and looked at her, "Apparently."

"But this can't be real! How - how is this even possible?"

I nodded in agreement as i spotted a calender on the dresser. I picked it up and read the date. We were ten years in the future. "Oh no....."

Tori lookrd at em questionly. She looked over the calender I was holding and repeated my reaction.

"h - how did this happen? this is unbelievable!"

"Maybe, maybe we're dreaming!" She suggested and I pinch her. "AWW! What the hell was that for, West?"

I smirk; i can't help but smile whenever she's in pain." Sorry. I can't help it. But clearly, you are not dreaming, Vega."

She huffed and puffed air in her cheeks, thinking."Jade, what happened before you woke up? Do you remember?"

I scrunched my eyebrows, trying to remember what happened last night. " Well... i ate dinner and I got ready for bed. Then, i thought how much I hate you and planned things on how i'm going to kill you." I smiled evilly at her. I know, I know. The last one was not real.

She glared at me. " Fuck you."

I smiled seductively." Why mrs. West, we're already here in out bedroom. Should Itake my clothes off now?" I asked in mock politeness. Then a pillow flew and hit em square on the face. I laughed. Tori was blushing so hard, it's sexy sight. Wait, sexy sight? What am i thinking?

"Moving on." she crossed her arms and pouts. She can't look me in the eyes.

I stopped laughing and became serious again. "What about you, Vega? What happened last night? or ah ... 10 years ago- last night?

She gave me a weird look at that and I just shrugged my shoulders. " Well." she began." After the rehearsals, after we fought and we wi—"

"This can't be happening. Wishes don't come true." I stood up and started pacing back and forth. "I wished to see you fail, but you live here with me and I think we are rich."

"And i wished to never see you again, yet i end up with you in the same bed AND WE'RE MARRIED!"

I chuckled at the thought. Then, I walked toward the big window and moved the curtain aside to see the view.

The view took my breath away. If I looked down, yes down, I would see the most amazing and most beautiful view. This can't be.

Tori, curiously, walked and stood beside me. she gasped." Oh my..."

This can't be my dream house. This can't be the mansion on top of a small hill in LA that overlooks the beauty of the city and beach. This can't be the house I always dream about.

"I can't believe it," Tori whispered. "I'm standing in the most outstanding and most expensive house in LA."

I laugh and smiled at her. Her eyes which were filled wih fear and anxiousness earlier are now filled with excitement. I'm pretty sure my eyes reflected the same thing.

"Does," she swallowed. " This all means that I'm your friend now?"

"No," I said nonchalantly and I watched her frown. "This means you are my wife now."

"That's a scary thought."