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(𝐒𝟏) 𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝟐𝟖

𝟏ˢᵗ 𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐎𝐍 𝐏𝐎𝐈𝐍𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖.

"𝐖𝐞𝐥𝐥., because how our injuries work in relation to the dimension, i think the bodies we use here and the bodies we use in the phantom world are separate but also.. connected." Logan tells us. This perked my interest.

"So, if they are connected in some way.. what if there's a distance limit?.." I smile at his theory in interest.

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"If you travel too far from one body, then the other resets its position instead of going back to where it was previously." Logan explains to us.

"That would make sense.. so the question is 'how far' is that distance limit? And if we traveled too far in the phantom dimension, would our bodies here also change location?" Ashlyn asked.

"That's a possibility.. but there's also the fact that things don't move the same in the phantom dimension as they do in the human. I'm not sure house we would test it though-.." Logan then gets cut off my Aiden slamming his head on the lunch table.

I look at him as i sweatdrop. '..Maybe not a fan of theories..?' I think to myself.

"I get that learning about the dimension is important and stuff, but can we talk about something more exciting?" Aiden asks as he grumbles.

Tyler than stands up and put his hand up, to hit him over the head. Taylor puts a hand on his shoulder. "Don't." She tells him. I could see that Ashlyn also starts to slowly raise her hand to smack the back of Aiden's head as well.

"Ashlyn-.." Logan tells Ashlyn a bit nervously. Ashlyn slowly puts her hand back down and sighs.

"What do you think about asking my parents to teach us self-defense?" Ashlyn asks us. Aiden sits up quickly. "Really?!" He exclaimed before realizing something and grabbed Ashlyn's shoulders and slightly shook her.

"Your hair! If we show your parents your shadow, wouldn't that be proof of what's happening to us?!" He asks Ashlyn with excitement.

"Let go of-.." Ashlyn then trails off as she realizes he has a point. "Wow- so he does have a brain. Who knew." Tyler said sarcastically. "Ooooooh~!" Taylor exclaimed with slight excitement.

"I said let go." Ashlyn tells Aiden as she pinches him. "Ack-!" Aiden let's go of her.

𝐀𝐅𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐍𝐎𝐎𝐍; 𝐀𝐒𝐇𝐋𝐘𝐍'𝐒 𝐇𝐎𝐔𝐒𝐄.

I pull up in Ashlyn's drive way. I get out my car and wave at Ben, Aiden, and Ashlyn who was waiting at the porch. I then take a seat next to Ashlyn as we wait for the rest.

After a few minutes i heard Aiden talk. "Oh, there they are." I look up and see Taylor, Tyler and not far behind them Logan. Taylor was waving at us. I smile and wave at them. We then all start to head inside.

"Tsk, tsk. You guys should really wear helmets." Aiden tells the twins.

"Oh like you would." Tyler replies to Aiden. As we enter i heard Ashlyn call for her parents. I could hear them say. "In the kitchen!"

We all enter and go to the living room. I sit on the chairs arm, next to Logan.

Ashlyn and her parents take a seat with us. They offered us some snacks and sandwiches. I took an cup of juice as did everyone else.

As i was about to take a sip of the juice i could hear some god awful chewing. I look and see it was coming from Aiden.

I gave him a disgusted look. '..why is he chewing so damn loud.. and with his mouth open..' I think to myself and scrunch my nose in disgust.

Everyone also seemed to give him a look of disgust. "Dude.." Tyler tells Aiden. Aiden seemed to ignore him and burped loudly. I could see Ashlyn's parents sweatdrop as they looked a bit disgusted.

"So.. what you kids want to talk about?" Ashlyn's dad asked us.

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Word count; 627
April 21ˢᵗ, 2024
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EDIT;
Word count; 663
June 18ᵗʰ, 2024

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