A Ghost You Say? (Number Five X OC) {DISCONTINUED}

☆ミ Chapter Three - Part Two☆ミ

~Previously~

I push my way to front to get a better look at the boy. He looks at himself before staring at me and rubbing his eyes."Five?" I shakily blurt. "A-Ash?" the boy stutters. It was him, he was back and was apparently the same age as me. "ASH!" He shouts running over. He's back.

Ashley's PoV

"Is this still part of the high?" I whisper shout to Klaus as Five comes running over to me. "Nope I don't think so" He says standing back scared he might get electrocuted. Five reaches me and grins, stretching out his arms to hug me but I quickly slap him. "Hey! What was that-" He starts looking hurt but I quickly embrace him, "longest minute of my life..." I wimper, hugging him tighter, tears forming in my eyes. "I-I'm so sorry Ash" he says hugging me back. We stay like that for a minute until we hear a cough. We break apart and immediatly miss him again. The source was Luther, staring looking both angry and confused. Five groans before taking my hand and rushing into the kitchen. "Are you ok Five?" I ask, clearly concerned about him. "I'm starving" he smiles, but I can tell he's hiding something. The others arrive in the kitchen before I can say anything and Five's grip on my hand only tightens. Good to know he's missed me too.

Five grabs a chopping board while I get the peanut butter and marshmallows from the shelves. He sighs asking "What's the date? The exact date" Vanya responses with "the 24th" much exactness there. I rub my red eyes still trying to come to terms with the situation. Damn it Klaus I don't know whats real anymore thanks to the chocolate! "Of what?" Five asks getting four slices of bread out. A sandwich for me and a sandwich for him, how thoughtful. "March" Vanya says nervously. Five pauses for a second "good." his face said otherwise. After all these years I can still read him, high or no high he's hiding something. Luther enters the conversation "So are we gonna talk about what just happened?" Five doesn't respond he just continues his sandwich making.
"It's been 17 years"

"It's been a lot longer than that" Five and I say at the same time. He looks at me confused for a second, then shakes it off looking for the mallows. I whistle "They're here genius" I say holding them up and stuffing a few into my mouth.

"Where did you go?" Diego asks.

"The future. It's shit by the way." Five responds jumping back and taking the mallows off me before I ate the entire bag. He stares at my eyes. And notices. Oh shit please don't. I put a finger to my mouth as a shuuuush and point to Klaus mouthing 'He accidentally drugged me'. Five seems to get the idea and leaves it for now but gives Klaus a death glare.

"Called it" He shouts paying no attention to the glare. I chuckle at his remark. He did call it after all.

"I should've listened to the old man. You know, jumping through space is one thing, jumping through time is a toss of the dice." Five groans, now snatching the peanut butter off me too. "Nice dress." He says looking at Klaus. "Oh, well, danke!" he smiles.

"Wait how did you get back?" Vanya asks, still trying to connect the dots. "In the end, I had to project my consciousness forward into a suspended quantum state version of myself that exists across every possible instance of time." Five says "That makes no sense" Diego states looking more puzzled by the second. Five smirks "Well, it would if you were smarter." Diego tries to get up but Luther does something useful for once and stops him. "How long were you there?" He asks. "Forty-five years. Give or take." Five says screwing the lid of the peanut butter back on. Jesus and I thought I was old, this guys a real old timer isn't here. 45 years, alone with nobody and the first familiar face he sees slaps him. Nicely done Ashley. "So what are you saying, that you're fifty-eight?" Luther asks sitting down in shock. I can see Five's getting tired of all the questions so I answer for him. "No you dumkopf his consciousness is 58. His body, much like my own is now 13 again." I groan, as Five gives me a small smile and my sandwich. "Cheers" I say taking a bite. Vanya asks how that works. "His math must have been off." I say with my mouth stuffed with sandwich. Five just nodds walking over to the window. He picks up the newspaper. "Guess I missed the funeral" He says reading the headline. "How'd you know about that?" Space boy asks. "What part of future don't you understand I say" getting up and walking over to him. Five grins "What she said." taking a bite out the sandwich.

"Heart Failure huh"

"yeah"

"no"

Five stares at them then clicks his tounge, "Nice to see nothings changed." He comes over to me and takes my hand leading me out the room. "Uh, that's it? That's all you have to say?" Allison shouts after us. "What else is there to say? The Circle of life." Five shouts back as we leave.

"Well, nice to see they haven't changes either." I hear Luther say just as we head up the stairs.

I smile as we enter Five's room and close the door behind me. I sit on his bed and Five comes and sits beside me. "I'm really sorry Ashley, I did everything I could to get back to you, I can't imagine how you coped with these guys alone." He says staring at the floor. "Hey, I'm the one who should be sorry, you were all alone for 45 years and the first thing that happens when you get back is get slapped." I chuckle rubbing his back. He looks at me with a small smile. "So how come you haven't aged?" He asks "Ah well you see it's a long and complex story, got involved with the wrong people would be a good summary." I chuckle rubbing my arm. "For anothertime?" Five says staring into my eyes "another time." I smile. "You know, thinking of you is what kept me going, I had to get back to you Ash, some way some how I knew I needed you..." He says, trailing off at the last part. "You're back now, and we have all the time in the world to make new memories." I smile cupping his face. He smiles but quickly looks away, he seemed upset. "Are you sure everything is ok Five?" I say quickly moving myself closer to him.

"The world ends in 8 days, a-and I have no idea how to stop it."