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(𝐒𝟐) 𝐄𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝟕

Long chapter.

(𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐃 𝐀𝐔𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐑'𝐒/𝐖𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒 𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐄: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝐠𝐨 𝐌𝐎𝐒𝐓𝐋𝐘 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐞𝐩𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝟖 (𝟓𝟔) 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨 𝐢𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐥𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐢𝐭, 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐩 𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 "𝐀𝐓 𝐇𝐎𝐒𝐏𝐈𝐓𝐀𝐋; 𝟑ʳᵈ 𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐎𝐍 𝐏𝐎𝐈𝐍𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖.")

𝐀𝐒𝐇𝐋𝐘𝐍'𝐒 𝐏𝐎𝐈𝐍𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖.

'𝐌𝐞 and the others have already been here a few times already. But i still haven't gotten over how big this place is...' I think to myself as i walk into Aiden's house.

'After we spent a few hours at the hospital, we decided it would be best for all of us to stick together and figure out a plan. Marianna and Tyler stayed at the hospital, along with Rosa and Miguel. I think they got allowed into (Your name)'s room because they're kinda her legal guardian in a way. I am worried for her. She's unconscious in the phantom dimension and she doesn't have anyone to wake her up. Good thing is that tonight we're going to get both, her and Tyler. Aiden's parents offered for everyone to crash at their place till we could figure everything out.'

"Alright, let's move the furniture around so we can all be comfortable." Jessica tells the adults as she goes into the living room.

"Aiden, do you mind going upstairs to get some blankets and pillows from upstairs?" Jessica asks Aiden. He nods, with his usual smile. "Sure!"

I place my bag in front of a shelf. I look to see the photo of Aiden and his parents. I still can't get over how he looked... different. At least to how he looks right now.

𝐅𝐋𝐀𝐒𝐇𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊.

I notice a photo hung on top of the shelf a photo of Aiden and his parents. 'Is that Aiden? He isn't smiling.' I think to myself a bit confused.

"I don't like that picture." Aiden says from beside me. I glance at him. He wasn't smiling, he was just staring at the photo with a blank expression.

"It was before i realized how much dying my hair was." Aiden says, now smiling. He then walks back towards the rest of the group.

"Anyway, should we swim or play games first?" Aiden asks them.

"What kind of games?" Tyler questions.

𝐅𝐋𝐀𝐒𝐇𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊 𝐄𝐍𝐃.

I stay quiet and look back at the photo. I notice the photo below it, i look at it curiously. I grab it slowly and look at it. 'I didn't notice him taking this.' I think to myself.

The photo was one of all of us, in the pool. Me, Taylor, Tyler, Ben, and Logan in the water while Aiden was close to the camera doing a peace sign with his hands, (Your name) next to the cooler, her legs in the water, also doing the same pose as Aiden.

'..It's a good photo.' I snap out of my thoughts as i hear my dad call my name. "Ashlyn." I glance over to him.

"We're ordering food. What do you want?" He asks me.

𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐒𝐊𝐈𝐏; 𝟑ʳᵈ 𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐎𝐍 𝐏𝐎𝐈𝐍𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖, 𝐁𝐄𝐂𝐀𝐔𝐒𝐄 𝐖𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐙𝐄𝐃 𝐇𝐎𝐖 𝐃𝐈𝐅𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐔𝐋𝐓 𝐈𝐓 𝐈𝐒 𝐓𝐎 𝐖𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐄 𝐒𝐎𝐌𝐄 𝐒𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐄𝐒 𝐈𝐍 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐎𝐍 𝐏𝐎𝐈𝐍𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖.