Matt

Chapter 26- The Convention part 3

"...I love you, Matt…and I have for a very long time…"

Why did she have to say that? Why couldn't she have chickened out on confessing her feelings like she had several times before? What did she hope to gain from it? I…I just didn't know.

I was now alone, sitting in the dining area of the hotel enjoying a coffee. It was then that I noticed that someone else was approaching me and soon took a seat next to me. I knew exactly who it was before the person even spoke.

"So how did dinner turn out?" asked Alex.

I didn't bother to respond, mostly because I was still a little peeved about how he and the others left me behind. I knew by now that the three of them were in on the whole thing, and I felt a little betrayed.

"I take it that she went through with it," said Alex, looking almost amused. "I'll admit that we all knew what was going to happen beforehand. Serena went and got together with the three of us about a week before the trip and told us her idea. We were all given instructions as to what we were expected to do over the last week. I was instructed not to say anything, but I felt obligated to drop some hints about it. I probably would've done the same even if she never told us ahead of time."

I didn't have the will to respond. Instead, I merely took another sip of my coffee.

For about a minute, the two of us were silent, perhaps because Alex noticed my anxiety and was unsure of what to say about it. He continued with his annoying smirk, but he seemed to be rather reflective as well. "Remember that talk we had yesterday before we returned to the hotel?"

It took me a second to remember what he meant. "What? Do you mean that parallel universe stuff you were prattling on about?"

"Yes, indeed," answered Alex. "As I had explained before, 'M' Theory is an explanation that gives the possibility that an infinite number of parallel universes exist. However, I had my own theory that I developed based upon what I learned about 'M' theory. Care to listen?"

If you're doing this to try and get me to forget about the whole confession thing, thanks, but you're failing miserably. If you're doing it because you just like to hear yourself talk…never mind. Just go on.

"In any case, if there are in fact an infinite number of universes, and thus an infinite number of possibilities, then it follows that it's likely that any scenario that you could imagine in your mind has actually happened in at least one alternate universe. Do you understand what I'm saying?"

I didn't respond with words. Instead, I gave him a quick look with my eyes just to humor him.

Alex must've gotten the message that I heard him since he continued. "Now imagine that it's not a coincidence that our imaginative thoughts just happen to coincide with what has happened in another universe. What if instead that our imagination is, in fact, a kind of psychic link to parallel universes. What if the only reason we even have an imagination is because our brains are able to see into other worlds. If that's the case, then nothing we imagine is made up. Everything ever invented inside the human mind has actually happened in a parallel universe."

"I see," I responded, giving the idea some thought. "So, are you saying there's really no such thing as imagination?"

"Well, I would put it that the word 'imagination' would simply need to be redefined. In any case, if this theory were true, it would mean that every story, every book, movie, television show, and anything else involving story telling are actually just a retelling of events that actually occurred. They just didn't occur in our universe."

He then hit me with a bombshell. "It's even possible that someone is peering a look at us at this very moment, using what he believes to be fictional events for storytelling purposes."