Gifted

Chapter XIX: Back Home

*ASH'S POV*

It's been around two weeks now, and we finally lift off once again back to our home, and back our time.

-We're home!, Ashton says.

-You seem happy, Jason says, almost chuckling at the subject.

-Well, it's been a while since I've seen this place, and I'm celebrating.. Not that I didn't like the time traveling or anything, that was AWESOME.

We say goodbye to my step-brother, and then we set off for school, and off to our slightly-normal lives again.

As far as I know.

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I start walking to my class, trying to pass it off as if I've only been gone since yesterday.

-Hey, somebody says, but I don't pay attention to whoever it was.

After a few minutes, and the guy is still following me, so I finally look.

-Hello, Ashlee-Mae.

-Carter?

Silence. That's all that happens for at least 2 minutes after.

I walk away.

I get in class, where I meet up with Myles and Jason (thank God), and then I go to tell them, really freaked out,:

-Collins is.. is..

-He's what?, Myles asks.

-He's at the school! I don't know why, but it's definitely very, very bad.

-Great, Jason says sarcastically.

Class starts, and I'm in for a day of worry. I sit in class, twiddling my pencil in between my fingers, put it down, and then lift it, making sure not to get caught.

Let's just hope whatever's happening doesn't get bad.

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After school, I get home, trying to stay calm while walking around the house.

-Ashton? Are you there?, I ask after I knock on his door.

No answer. Not even a sound.

-Mom? Where's Ashton?, I ask, sort of worrying a lot.

-He hasn't come out of his room since he got home. Why?

-No reason. Bye, I say as I go upstairs again.

I open his door, and walk into his room. Nothing. It's a mess, of course, but it doesn't look like he got out in any way, or was ever even there.

Oh no.