Forgotten Love

Chapter 20

"AGH, REGINA WHAT THE HECK!" She leaps forward and hugs me so tight that I can barely breathe.

"Oh thank God you're alive, once you passed the 3 day mark I started to get worried." I try to pull away "Can't breathe..." She looses her grip but doesn't let go. The rest of what she said starts to register, "What do you mean 'when I passed the 3 day mark'?"

She pulls back with a sheepish look on her face "Did I forget to tell you that time moves slower inside someone's head?" "YES. How long have we been out "About a week." "A WEEK!?" We look over at Rachel's bed and see her sitting up. She starts to hyperventilate.

"Rachel, you good?" She shakes her head l "1 week."

I get up and walk over to her bed

"Mom must've been so worried."

"Rachel, it's ok." I rub circles on her back "We're gonna be fine I promise."Her breathing slows and she calms down. "You good?"

She nods and puts her head on my shoulder "We need to talk." Uh oh those words are never good

"Um ok, Regina could we have some time alone?" She nods and teleports away. I look at Rachel with a nervous smile "What's on your mind Rach?"

Rachel POV

I grab Ira's hand to let him know that everything is alright, I just need to get through to him about this "I-" I pause, I want to convey this in a way that doesn't hurt his feelings

"I don't like it when you risk your life for me, you could have died in there and it's not the first time." Ira gets a confused look on his face "I don't understand, you asked me to help you." I nod "Yes, I couldn't beat Kitty and Dark Ira on my own so I asked you to help me. But instead you locked me in a force field and tried to beat them by yourself." He winces and I think he realizes that what he did was wrong. "When I asked you to help me, I meant let us work together because as a couple we're also supposed to be a team."

I squeeze his hand "Your excuse for risking your life is always that you love me to much to let me die. But how do you think I would feel if you died saving me, I love you too which is why we need to work together so that we can both come out alive."

He mumbles something under his breath "What?" "I said it's not the same! If I were to die, you would be ok. You have your parents, the girls, your friends from school. You have people who can take care of you. You're all I have! If you died, it would break me!" I wipe away a tear on his cheek, how can I make him see that there are people who love him.

"That's not true Ira, you don't just have me. You have Mackenzie, and you're sisters, and my mom would take care of you." He shakes his head while looking into my eyes. I put my hand on his cheek trying to help him understand but he turns his head. He's not getting outta this one. I wrap my arms around his neck and hug him "I need you to stop risking yourself. I can't watch you die Ira."

Tears stream down my face as Ira wraps his arms around my waist and pulls me deeper into the hug. "Promise me you'll stop."
"Ok." I squeeze him a bit tighter
"Promise." He pulls back and his hand goes to my cheek "I promise, I'm sorry I didn't listen to you." I smile "It's okay" I give his cheek a light peck and look at him.

"Can we go home now, I have schoolwork to catch up on." He laughs "Babe you're the only one I know who wakes up from a coma and starts worrying about the schoolwork you missed, let's go home." He teleports us home and we're met with hugs as the rest of the Glitter Force pounces on us

"We missed you guys too."

The next day

Ira POV