Theif 3

Chapter 22

So yeah, Niall was right, I'm planing on going to the dinner. After getting the confirmation our of me, Niall quickly rushed me out the door, saying, "Thank you brother, but I have very much work to do involving this dinner and you will only be distraction."

I drove home listening to the radio that nothing really interesting was on.

My home appears exactly the same when I get home. I open the door and enter. Silence.

I take off my shoes and venture up the stairs. The closer up the stairs I get, the louder the sound of music.

"Say something I'm giving up on you." The music sings.

God I hate that song. It's so sad and annoying.

I open the door to see Babe sitting on the toilet lid fully dressed and a towel over her head. She looks up at me.

"Hi baby." I say to her.

"Hi." She replies quietly.

I look around, seeing hair dye and bleachers around the room. It stinks like it too.

What the fuck does she think she's doing?!

"Baby, what are you doing?"

She stands up, flipping her head over and takes off the towel. Then looks up at me with a smile.

My mouth drops open.

She fidgits with her fingers. "Do you like it?"

Like it? Fuck no. I want my baby's pretty brown hair back!

Wetness drips from her now golden blonde hair.

"I love it." I tell her.

Her smile grows.

"But why, honey?"

She shrugs, still owning the smile, "I guess I wanted to do something different."

"Oh. I like the new." I lie, hoping she would hate the color soon.

Suddenly, she slaps me in the face. I wince in pain.

"You're such a liar! I can tell by the look in your face!" She spits before she hits be with a hard punch.

Damn she's stronger than I thought.

I stumble backwards before falling to the ground.

Bang, bang!

Hit after hit until everything is black.

Finally, I think to open my eyes, slowly I do.

I'm in a hospital bed. I open my eyes to see Babe standing there in a nurse outfit.

"Mr. Grier, you're finally up." She smiles.

"Oh my God man." I hear from my side.

I look to see Cameron.

"Dude, you've been out for two weeks." Cam explains.

"What?"

"We were at MagCon and a heard of girls trampled you and you went into a coma like thirty minutes after, we tried to keep you up, your body just couldn't take it."

"Wh-wha-..."

MagCon, MagCon, MagCon,... MagCon.

I immediately put my hands on my head, looking to Babe. "You're not Babe either, are you?"

"Well that is what you were calling me right before you went out." She says.

I don't even remember that.

The sound of the TV catches my attention, FRIENDS is on.

I gasp some air before I feel tears burning my eyes. "And my mom is just an actress who I've never even met. My jackass father too."

There is a sharp pain in my stomach, "And I assume," the words tremble out, "That there is no Wesley."

Cam and the face of the love of my life share a look before he turns to me shaking his head. He has a concerned look on his face. "What's going on, man?"

"It was all a dream, man. The secret life of being a criminal, Beth and Kole, you being my brother, her loving me, and the worst part... Wesley."

"It's going to be okay man." Cam says. "It's going to be okay."

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Three months later
Imagine it. You live a whole life as another person and wake up and everything that was once perfect, isn't perfect anymore. I mean, there are still perfect things in life, but not the things you got used to being that way.

Years of your life was only a few weeks of a dream.

It's a kinder type of hell.

I can remember everything that happened. I review the all the crazy-extravagant moves I made, all while laying in a hospital bed. But there's one thing I remember the most. One question that still remains in my head. The one question that I can still ask, and it will make since and actually line up with the events in my life.

It's what I asked Babe, on our way to our new beginning in Florida...

"What if you loved someone who didn't exist?" I asked her. "You would never meet them, but, you would always have them on, at least, the back of your mind."

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So I think it's clear that I've hardly been updating and I didn't think it was fair to leave you without an ending. This is actually how the book was supposed to end hence the name of this book and the summary. :P. Sorry if you hate me now.