𝐈'𝐌 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐒 ►𝐒.𝐃 𝐒𝐄𝐋𝐅-𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐏

𝙃𝙊𝙈𝙀 𝘼𝙏 𝙇𝘼𝙎𝙏.

► 𝙈𝙮 (𝙋𝙊𝙑)
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I was standing next to Sully and Nathan. I was in a dark green shirt, and my usual jeans and boots. My hair was now in a messy bun. Turning my gaze over toward Samuel, I watched him softly before listening to them speak.

"𝑺𝒐, 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈?"

"𝒀𝒆𝒂𝒉, 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒌 𝒔𝒐. 𝑬𝒉, 𝒇𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒏𝒚𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑰 𝒍𝒆𝒇𝒕 𝒃𝒆𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒅."

(𝑪𝒉𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒍𝒆𝒔)

"𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒆 𝑰 𝒄𝒂𝒏'𝒕 𝒈𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒕 𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒆?"

With them talking, I began walking away towards Sam and Elena, but I kept my distance. This was the moment I needed to tell, Sam, I was leaving. I was going back to the real world. Back home. The thought hit me like a freight train. Wooden plankes creaked underneath Nate's boots as he joined me. We walked towards Sam and Elena.

"𝑯𝒆𝒚, 𝒉𝒆𝒚, 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒉𝒆𝒓?"

"𝑱𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒍𝒆 "𝒎𝒂𝒈𝒊𝒄" 𝒑𝒉𝒂𝒔𝒆."

"𝑶𝒉, 𝑰 𝒉𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖."

"𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆?"

Smiling softly, I looked towards Sam for a moment. Our eyes locked, and we then smiled at each other. "I remember it, but I'm not saying it."

"𝑮𝒐 𝒐𝒏, 𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒉𝒆𝒓."

"𝑵𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑮𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒕."

(𝑳𝒂𝒖𝒈𝒉𝒔)

"𝑰𝒕'𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒇𝒖𝒏𝒏𝒚, 𝒊𝒕 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒔 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒆."

Laughing with Samuel, I gently leaned into him. However, I felt an internal clock in me. It's like, it was giving me, fifteen more minutes with them. I had to enjoy this while I had it.

"𝑰𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒅𝒆𝒇𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒆 𝒉𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒅𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒑𝒓𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒚 𝒈𝒐𝒐𝒅."

"𝑼𝒉-𝒉𝒖𝒉."

"𝑯𝒆𝒚, 𝒍𝒐𝒐𝒌, 𝑺𝒂𝒎, 𝒊𝒕 𝒉𝒂𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒂𝒏 𝒆𝒙𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒄𝒆 𝒈𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝒎𝒆𝒆𝒕 𝒚𝒐𝒖."

"𝑶𝒉, 𝒂 𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒌𝒆? 𝑩𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒊𝒕 𝒊𝒏 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈."

Watching them hug, me and Nate began saying our goodbyes. "Thanks, Nate. Me and Sam are going to continue our little adventures together. You take care, ya?" Hugging him, I tightened it, then let go.

"𝑺𝒆𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒂𝒓𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒅, 𝑨𝒏𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒂."

Starting to say goodbye to Elena, we hugged before letting go. "Text me if you two need anything. I'm just a phone call away." Watching her smile at me, I smiled in return.