Time Travelling

Chapter 4 -

"Ben?" I asked quite confused for an answer. But Ben looked at the black-haired guy, meaning he would explain.

"If you want to be part of our group, you must do something." The guy said in a mysterious way. I stopped myself from rolling my eyes as he kept quiet so I had to ask, "What will I have to do?" He came closer again, his lips brushing my ear, and whispered - no one could hear him this time -,

"You must get laid by one of us."

I couldn't help it and just started laughing until I realised everyone was staring at me confused. "You're being serious?" I laughed even harder. "I think that's the most lame thing I've ever heard. You all slept with each other to 'become friends'?" I questioned, making the quotation marks at the end. A few nodded, the rest kept staring.

"Oh, my God, this is getting funny." I muttered to myself before asking, "And why would I have sex with one of you again?"

"Then you belong with us. And you can smoke weed." The guy that I still don't know the name of said honestly.

"I think I'll pass this one."

"Really? So you don't want weed?"

"If I want weed, I'll get my own." I answered, acting tough.

"Ben, you surely have an interesting catch this time." He smiled before getting away from me and leading the group into the school, leaving me alone with Ben.

"You're not the first one who objected the rule. But I'm glad you did though." He told me.

"Why?"

"I don't really like him and I don't really like the rule, you know."

"Why don't you say that? You could easily beat him." I joked as I touched his quite big muscles.

"Yeah right. The rest of the group is fun, really. I have nothing to complain about." We smiled at each other just as the bell rang.

"I'm just going to hang out in town so I'll see you around, I guess." Ben waved at me before entering the school building, probably heading for his first class.

I turned around while sighing. A bit later I was walking through town, thinking about everything. First of all, I still don't get how I got here. The past day happened so fast. One night I was a mess, crying in front of my boyfriend's house, the next morning I jumped 25 years back in time. Or I am just dreaming, that would make all this a lot easier, I thought. Secondly, it's odd that Ben and Angelica find it so normal that I stay with them. I stayed there one night and I'm already wondering if I'm safe there. Relax, Vanessa.

I kept walking until I reached a bench. As I sat there, I thought about my 'weird situation', call it whatever you want. Instantly, I saw Rick's face in front of me. The first tear rolled off my cheek as I imagined what he would he say;

"Darling, don't worry. You'll be safe. I'm here, then you will always be safe, I promise."

He said that sentence to me after I told him about my dad, after I told him that I wanted to run away. But he made me feel safe and stopped me from running. I'm so glad he did that, else we wouldn't have gotten together and I wouldn't have loved him as much as I still do. Suddenly, guilt took over my feelings. I felt so sorry for kissing those boys at parties. I felt so sorry for not remaining loyal to him. I felt so sorry for not being able to save Rick.

"I'm so sorry, Rick." I whispered already sobbing, before I completely break down.

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After hours sitting on the random bench, talking to Rick - feeling so guilty and sad that I would die because of it -, I walked back to Ben's house. When I arrived there, he was just saying bye to his friends. The black-haired guy acted all tough while I was just thinking how much he looks like a baby. "Ah, Vanessa, my girl! You coming along to grab a drink?"

"I'm not in the mood, sorry." I said quickly and walked inside after giving Ben a shy smile.

"Hi there. How was your day, Vanessa?" Angelica asked when I entered the kitchen.

"Good, how was yours?"

"As always, quite boring." She said smiling as Ben came in as well with a 'hi, mum'.

"Angelica, do you work?" I asked, just because I wanted to know.

"Yes, I do other people's laundry."

"All day long?" She nodded. "I can help tomorrow, if you want."

"Of course, I can always use help."

So, the next day I helped Angelica doing laundry. I thought I could ask her more about herself and Ben to get to know them but it didn't really work. She mostly avoided the question and now I'm wondering why. Why wouldn't she want to tell something about herself? She even let me in her house!

A few more days passed. Nothing actually interesting happened. During the day I helped Angelica with her work, when Ben came home from school I spent my free time on the couch thinking about everything; every day over and over again.

But I made a decision last night. I don't know yet how I'm going to succeed but I have to. It's my only option right now.

I'm going to tell Ben about my time travel.

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Another short chapter. After this one, I think my story is going to become a bit more interesting... Hopefully.

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