The Other Side

Chapter 5: Home again

The next morning the sun seemed to shine brighter than ever. It was almost as if it wanted to wake me up just to show that it still could shine.

I sat up. I saw Alexandre looking out the window. He looked worried, not like his usual self.

"Hey... what is it?" I asked.

He looked at me, still worried. "You have to do something for me again...," he said slightly more quiet than normal.

"Okay, what is it I have to do?" I asked him while looking out the window. At that moment I had no idea what would happen later that day.

He smiled, "Now you have to make the water disappear. I have noticed some of the meat has gone bad, we only have for today left".

So I have to focus even more now? Yay... not. But... if it would reunite me with my mother, I'll do it.

"Oh... I can do that", I said, even though I knew it would be really hard to do so.

I walked over to a window and looked out. I sat down on a desk so I could still see outside.

I began focusing. I thought of how much I missed my mom and how much I wanted to meet her again. I thought of all the pain I went through when I thought she was dead.

Then, I felt it. The connection I felt before. The one that made it clear for me that I could do it. I could save this place.

I had no idea what to do at that moment. I figured I could imagine the water disappear so I did.

I felt like I was losing my connection with the real world but at that time, I didn't care at all. I just wanted to be with my mom.

All I thought of was the water disappearing. The traumatizing water that frightened me and Alexandre.

At this point, I heard him. He sounded so far away. There was no way for me to hear what he was saying.

I decided I should go back to the real world, to Alexandre. I stopped thinking at all since focusing helped for getting the connection, not thinking should end it.

I woke up to the real world just to see Alexandre looking out the window. He looked so happy so I guessed the water had disappeared.

I, myself, looked out the window. I was right, the water was gone. It didn't even look like it has ever been there.

"Alexandre..," I whispered, "We did it..."

He looked at me, "No. You did it". That's right, I am the one who made the water disappear.

I heard my stomach growl. Guess I should eat something. It was about lunch time so it wasn't strange that I was hungry.

And guess what, it was meat, again. Wow...

Either way, after me and Alexandre was done eating, he asked me one last thing, "Now, the only thing you have to do is connect the two dimensions together as one...".

Right... that too. I have to get the two dimensions back together. So a 14- year old girl is the one to save the world.

"I'm sorry I always have you do stuff but I can't do it myself. I've tried, many times, it just doesn't work," he apologised.

I was a bit surprised by him apologising. He had done nothing wrong. It's not his fault he can't connect with the spirit world.

"Hey. Don't apologise. It's not your fault. I can do this, you don't have to worry that you can't," I said.

He smiled and thanked me for being so nice. He stood up and said: "Are you ready to save the world?" he asked.

I smiled and said, "I'm ready as I'll ever be". I walked over to the desk from before and sat down.

While focusing, I thought of all the things that this apocalypse had made me feel. All the fear, pain, and sadness I felt while being here all alone. Well, not all alone, Alexandre was here.

At some point, I must have fainted because I woke up, on the floor of my classroom.

I saw him sit right next to me. He seemed happy. But... I failed?

Why did he look so happy? I failed, I wasn't strong enough so I fainted.

"Are you okay?" he asked with a concerned look on his face.

"I failed..." I managed to whisper before I started crying.

Alexandre then hugged me. His embrace was really nice. It was nice having someone hug me when I cried.

Then he said: "Alexia, you didn't fail. Haven't you noticed? Everyone is here. They are just in class. They haven't even directly noticed there has been an apocalypse. The only one that have noticed is your family...".

I began crying even more. At this point, I cried so much you could have bathed in my tears... Well, maybe not, but still.

My mother was here. Just a 10- minute walk and she's there. Right there. I didn't realize how much I actually missed her. I knew that I missed her really much but not so much it hurt.

"You should go home. I'll go with you if you want," he said.

I nodded. I didn't want to be alone again. You see. Alexandre was my first friend and I didn't want to leave him.

I stood up and walked out of the classroom with Alexandre right behind. The halls were empty but if you looked in any classroom there were a 80% chance of it being students in there.

As we were walking home I thought about that Alexandre didn't have a family. Maybe he could live with me and my mom? Yeah, I'll ask him.

"So... do you want to live with me and my mom? You know, since you don't have a family," I asked.

"If it's okay for your mom, then I would gladly live with you and your mom," he said and smiled.

When we got home I hugged my mom and cried for a really long time. When everything was cleared up I asked if Alexandre could live with us, she said that it would be nice to have a son.

Now everything is as normal except that I have a friend and a brother.