|~| past |~|
'Jay! Wait for me!' I yell after my friend, 'C'mon, river! Hurry up!' Jay yells back, his German accent thick.
I finally catch up to Jay, he was standing beneath a tall weeping Willow tree. I walk up to him, he was looking out at the horizon.
'look at the sunset' Jay says, smiling, I look ahead of us and take in the beauty 'I can never get over this sight' I sigh,
Jay then grabs my arm, tugging me over to the tree 'come on!' He grins and I laugh, pushing off of him to get a head start.
'Hey!' Jay laughs and races after me, quickly joining me in the tree; getting ahead quickly.
We get up to the top of the tree and we can see everything!
The forest, jay's house, the field where the cattle was, the road and beyond the property line where the city was.
'Jay! River! Get down from there?! Dinners ready go get ready!' I could hear jay's sister yelling for us, I giggle and we make our way down.
'Race you!'
|~| Present |~|
'River! Get up you lazy lump' My mum pulls the covers off, forcing me out of bed.
I groan and open my eyes, squinting at how bright the light in my room was, 'come on, get ready, you have school!' My mom says before shutting the door, allowing me to change.
'I'm going to go see Jay after school, okay?' I say, my mum doesn't care, just rolls her eyes; we haven't had the best relationship before.
'Whatever, now get going' i grab a piece of toast and head to the door, opening it and shutting it behind me.
I make my way to the bus stop and put my earbuds in, clicking on one of my playlists on Spotify.
The bus comes a bit late, but I don't mind standing in the cold for a bit. I quickly get on, going to the spot of the bus I normally do; the back.
I smile when I see Jay sitting in our spot, quickly joining him, 'hi' I smile 'hi' he says back (heart stopper)
'Mind if I come over today?' I ask, Jay shoots me a worried look, 'yeah, sure, everything alright?' I smile at him, 'everything is fine, just need sometime away from ma, that's all'
'Alright' Jay shrugged, neither of us talked the whole bus ride to school.
YOU ARE READING
Maybe in another universe
FantasyThis is a small fiction story with fake characters As I lie here on the dying grass in the cold autumn air, I think of Xavier and say "Maybe.. just maybe.. in another universe, I will have you again.." I close my eyes for the last time.
