The Power of the Expiration Date [Completed]

Chapter 6

I woke up by Lucky again only this time worse. His barking non-stop for minutes that felt like an lifetime. I look at the alarm clock. Noon! How that even possible. I look around and don't see Ethan anywhere.

I walk to the front door and throw it open. Feeling the warm blast, but it didn't feel hot like how it usually is. It feels cool which is weird because I wake up to the warm air but since I have ice powers...

I see Ethan sitting under a tree. I go up to him and sort of wake him up. "Hey." Startled he looks up all tense, but once he sees it's me he relaxes a little. "Hey, sleep well?" Thinking of it as an invitation I sit next to him. He scoots a little away from me. "I slept well thank you. I'm not used to sleeping till noon." He laughs little which makes me happy. I always love making people laugh/smile happy. He closes his eyes and says "get used to it the main work we do is basically in the night."

I don't respond I don't have tomorrow for all I know I could die under this tree by an arrow, bullet, dagger, by Ethan. I know he won't do this, but do I truly know? What if he the one who makes me expire today? "You okay?" Looking at him with a slightly worried look in his eyes, but other then that I just notice he has bags under his eyes.

"I should be asking you that question? What you stay up all night?" He smiles a little "let's just say I didn't get that much sleep as you did." We just sit there in silence. Frankly, I don't know what he thinking I can't read minds, but I can definitely tell something going on. Sadly, all I can think about is how I'm going to die?

"Hey you want to go the park and play soccer?" He's already standing up holding out his hand. I take it "I don't know how to play." He smiles "I will teach you." I smile back at him which I didn't think I can smile knowing I can die any minute, but he right I shouldn't let it go to waste. "Lucky!" Lucky comes out of the doggy door. "Here follow me."

We walk to the back of the house to see a shack. "Ready to get your mind blown." I don't think I can get my mind blown as he called it after the house and room, but "sure." He opens it bikes, skateboards, soccer balls, basketball, tennis rackets and tennis balls, football, soccer goal nets, and so much more that I personally don't know. He right mind blown.

Ethan takes out two bikes, two soccer nets, and a soccerball. "Let's go. You hold the soccer ball I'll hold the nets." I don't know that's safe could we just walk? What if I lose my balance, hit my head, and die. It will be okay. I take it from him. "Good let's ride." It's been so long I wonder if I can still ride one. Here it goes.

Yes, I still remember.
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We reach the park next to his house sort of. Only 25 minutes away on the bike. Luckily, no one was there so maybe I won't die trying to having fun today. "Okay, you ready?" His smile somehow warms my heart I didn't think I'll be here on my expiration date, having fun, or smiling on that day. "Of course."
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ETHAN POINT OF VIEW

The way she said 'of course' was like she was holding back something from me, but I can be exaggerating. "Okay, long story short you have a soccerball your going to have to steal it from the other person without using force, pushing, kicking you get the idea once you have the ball you are going to try to shoot it in the nets. Okay?"

She looks mischievously at me. What?! "If I win I want a new wardrobe of only like three outfits." Huh, "I don't know..." she looks at me pleading "please I don't even know how to play." I think about this she does have a point and I was going to do that anyway. This does give me the perfect opportunity though... "fine, but if I win you owe me a favor I don't know what, but yeah." She smiles "fine. How much goals does it take to win?" How should we do this? Usually it's timed. "How about the first person to get ten goals to win the bet." I run to opposite side to set up the goal. "Isa, aline the goal net with this one."

I run back to her. People are coming in, but they're not coming our way. "Okay let's begin."
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ISA POINT OF VIEW

I'm dribbling and kicking. Every time I feel like I'm doing amazing Ethan steals it from me again and again and again. And again! He one point away from his ten. Me? I'm 10 points away, but I never felt more alive in this moment right now. "Just one more Isa, you want me to go easy on you?" He smiles probably thinking I would say '
yes, but if he knows me enough he knows I would say "no, I got this." He holds his hands up in surrender "Okay how about you just get two in. You would win." Okay just two how hard can that be?
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HARD! I lost by 14 points, but I at least got one in. I'm getting better. As I'm waiting for Ethan to return all I can think about is someone going to pop up behind me and kill me. In a way I sort of just want to get it over with no more thinking about it no more wondering, but another part of me wants to help Ethan be with him when he attacks the ministry. Give them a piece of our mind. Tell them and prove to them that expiration dates are wrong. That they're wrong.

Ethan runs down to where I'm sitting under the tree. "Hey, you okay? I feel like your holding something back from me." He sits next to me now it's my turn to scoot down more. Should I tell him? I feel like I can trust him. Can I? Yes, I can. "Um..." I look across from where I am.

A man with a black hood, black pants and a black mask covering his face. I can't tell, but I know he here for me. He holding a dagger in his right hand. It's time. I get up and start walking toward him.

I was about 30 feet away when all a sudden someone pulls me back I punch that person. "Ow, Isa what's going on?" It's Ethan. I should have told him. Oh no! He can't die, but he can get seriously injured. Is today his day as well? "Is your day today? He here for me or you? When is your day..." He grabs my arms "tell me what's going on." Before I can process, the man throws the dagger. He must have miscalculated because it's heading start for Ethan. He'll be in serious pain. I can't read his expression his face is expressionless. I can't have him go through this it's meant for me.

At the last second I step in front of Ethan the dagger drill in my back. He looks down at me stunned, but soon recovers he goes down next to me. "Why did you..." I can't focus breathe, breathe. "Sorry, I... shou..ld have to..ld you." He rolls up my sleeve looking at my expiration date before he can respond my world went black. Sorry Ethan.