I open my eyes. I look up at my ceiling. Its four o’clock in the morning. I sit up. Long blink. I am alone. How did I get to my room?
I get up. Long blink. I look down stairs. On the couch, Alex sleeps. He looks so peaceful and calm. It is weird. Double blink. I go down my stairs into the kitchen. Long blink. I grab the eggs and a pan.
“Morning.” A voice says behind me. My hand jumps, the egg cracks. Blink.
I watch a joust. Crash. Double blink. People on horses, horses run. I cheer. A dress threatens to choke me. Long blink. Large black horse. Boy gets on horse. He charges.
Metal scrapes and armour pops. Someone goes tumbling down. A lift of the helmet. The great black stead strides. A man Is lying on the ground. Victor if waving to the crowd. People cheer. The boy has won. A smile glows on his face. His dark hair sways in the gentle breeze. He looks to be at most twelve years old. He dismounts and leaves.
I stand and follow. The dark haired boy waves to many people. A large man, a lord, comes into view. I hide behind a stack of hay. Boy is punished for getting on the horse. I watch the boy get a smack of a reed. Blink.
I eat. Alex is in front of me. I watch him. Double blink.
“Why do you always do that?”
“What?” I ask looking down at my plate of eggs.
“The double blink or the long blink or the right then left wink.” He points to me. My head snaps up.
“I have no idea what you are talking about.” Double blink.
“There it is again. Come on, you can tell me.” He watches me. I look up at him. Would he believe me? Probably not.
“You wouldn’t believe me if I told you.” I say in a loud mumble. Double blink.
“We’ll see. Now just tell me. You can trust me.” Long blink. I turn to him, he watches me. His brown eyes don’t look like they might make a joke, like they always do.
“Fine. Every time I blink, I travel in time. Another me stays here but I,” Pointing to myself “travel to another period of time. Okay?” Alex watches me. I could see the wheels turning in his head. I rest my chin on my hand, waiting for his reply. No emotion escapes his mind. I silently watch him. Long blink.
“How does that work?” He asks after what seemed an eternity. Double blink. “That is so cool.” Without saying anything, I storm out of the kitchen. “Adi, wait! I didn’t mean it like that.” I run to my room and lock the door. I sit on the bed, feeling how stupid I was to tell him. A tear tries to escape my eyes. I flutter my eye lids shut. Blink.
I stand in front of a stone. People line up to try and pull the sword out. The lord who punished the boy steps up. Sweat beads his forehead. I watch with hundreds of people. Double blink. He pulls. He tugs. He drags but the sword doesn’t even budge. The man escorts himself off the rock, head hung. Long blink.
Another lord comes and tries. Fail. One after the other try and fail. Double blink, long blink, double blink. A boy stands near the back of the far off line. The boy’s brown hair glistens in the sun’s rays like gold. I know something will happen with the boy.
"Move you weaklings and let me have a try and I will succeed. A tall and strong man shoves people left and right. He comes up to the sword and pulls. Nothing happens. “That was just a warm up. Now for the real thing.” He pulls but the sword doesn’t even budge. I begin to giggle. Blink.
“Adi, let me in. Please.” Alex’s voice travels from the other side of the door. I get up and unlock it but go back onto my bed and cross my arms over my chest. Door opens. Double blink. Alex looks sad. My heart aches to just go over and comfort him but I stand my ground. “Adi,” Alex kneels in front of me. “I’m sorry. I didn’t mean it that way. Please forgive me.” I look at him. He really looks sorry. His hand cups my cheek. I lean it in it and do a slight nod. Long blink.
“Actually, I have always wanted to try something. Hold on to my hand.” I grab Alex’s hand in mine and entwine our fingers. I stand and look at him. “Now blink when I blink. On three, one,”
“Two.”
“Three.” Blink.
I watch the boy move in-between and under the legs of the many men. Something squeezes me hand. I look, there is Alex, standing next to me. A look of awe sticks on his face. The boy runs to the stone. He grips the sword. Pull. Metal scrapes. Metal clangs against stone. Silence.
“Is that…” Alex tries to ask before I interrupt him.
“Shush. We went back; they don’t know who he is yet.” Alex nods. Cheering pierces ears. Boy is lifted and carried away.
“All hail, King Arthur! All hail King Arthur!” The cheers fade in the distance. A squeeze on my hand. Blink.
I run. We run. A man chases. We run down the burning streets. Sand covers the bottom of our feet. The sun glares down at us. We keep running. Turn to look back man still chasing. I begin to laugh. I keep running. I clutch my side, it hurts. I keep laughing. Squeeze of the hand. Blink.
We keep running. The rain pours buckets on us. My clothes stick to my skin, my hair falls out of its braid. I jump in puddles everywhere like a little kid. I look back. No one. We stop. Under the light post, the rain shines.
I look up to Alex. His face holds a smile. His black hair frames his wet face. I lean forward. Our foreheads touch. We stay there, holding hands still. I smile. Silence fills the air but it is a good silence.
“I love you, Adi” Alex whispers. My heart does a double flip at those words.
“I love you too, Alex.” He leans down and our lips meet. Just a simple kiss but any other kiss would not match. We stood there smiling, eyes closed, soaked. I never wanted this moment to end. Finally, a squeeze of the hand. I look in to the eyes of Alex. Blink.
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