Time (Ethan Dolan)

Chapter 47 - If You're Not Loved, You're Dead

I roll my on my side and I feel the empty space. I wake up in a panic and I sit up in bed. Carson stood at the window and smiled at me.

"Someone's jumpy." She laughs as she sits on the bed.

"I can't lose you." I mutter. "Not again."

"Hey." She frowned grabbing my hand. "I'm here for good."

I sigh and I lay back in bed. Carson's hand still in mine. She gets up and grabs the long board from the floor. Carson places it on the bed and I stare at the designs.

"This is amazing." I smile.

"I got it for you." Carson says. "You were the first thing I thought of when I saw it."

I kiss her lips and I run my fingers along the grip. Carson stands up and stares out the window again. She had been acting weird. There was something else she wasn't telling me and it had scared me. A lot.

"Are you okay?" I ask.

She looks at me and nods. "There's some other stuff that I have to tell you."

"Go on." I say sitting on the edge of the bed.

Carson sat down next to me. "The timeless people, they don't have anywhere to go."

"Why not?" I ask.

She shrugged and stared at the ground. "Because they're not wanted. Being timeless is a crime."

"I don't get it-"

"It's a system, Ethan. When you fuck up one small thing in a system, the whole entire thing will go haywire."

"So what?" I question.

"They won't let us be together-"

"But you said last night." I frown. "You and I? Was all of that bullshit."

"No." Carson assures. "I promise, it's you and me."

"Then what do we do?"

"Well," She sighs. "We'll have to keep this a secret. Won't we?"

I shake my head. "No. I'm not fucking doing this again. I can't see you with him."

"This is the only way." Carson cried. "Timeless people get murdered, if we get caught, we're dead."

She sat on my bedroom floor and put her head in her hands. "I just want you." Carson sobbed. "Even if we run, we're dead."

I stare at her closely. Carson was broken. She was still broken. I guess her trip made her realise how serious this all is. And I'm kinda glad that I know now, that being together is dangerous. All we knew now was that if we stayed together, we would die. And I was willing to risk it all.

"Hey." I whisper. "I have an idea."