Middle of Everything

CHAPTER 19 : Soul Bounded

"What?" I asked confused. He looks familiar. Then as I look inside the room where Parisa is inside with my living body, I then saw him. The man who is now talking to me is one of the people who is supposed to be alive inside that room.

"You're," I know his name but I am confused why his also a soul like me.

"You're not supposed to be here." He repeated.

"Renz, why you are here?"

"We need to go!"

He pulls me away and I follow him. He runs as quickly as possible like it is normal to pass through everything he faces. We continuously running until the light from a car hits my face and then he stops. I realized that we are no longer at the hospital and as I look from behind I notice a distinct familiarity of the place. 

The noise is everywhere, laughter is on every side of the hall. My eyes widen with excitement as I saw every child running and playing around like they doesn't care what the future held. This place where I was standing is the most precious memories I want to go back again and again. My old school, Saint Learning School where I met Parisa.

"Hey! Renz," a huge fat muscled guy said wearing the saint learning school jersey. It was Carl.

"Hey, Man so how is the game?" Renz replied.

I saw and heard something that surprises me. My eyes look shocked as I look to Renz direction. "You're a friend to this guy?"

Renz looks at his self, scratch his head and smiled at me. "We are."

That moment really shocked me from what he had said but I really still can't believe why I am here? How did he bring me in this timeline? I have so much question to ask but before I even speak he then looks at me really serious that my body felt a terrible goosebumps.

"You're supposed to be alive," he said. My eyes widen and my body froze as I heard what he said. I can't swallow the fact that he told me. "How did you died?"

"I--," I stop.

"Okay, relax. You need to listen to me and you can ask me everything you want to ask but first, we need to go again." He holds my arm and pull me and run towards the wall and as we pass through the wall a sudden light blinds me for a bit. Then, here we are standing inside the café where our group finds safety before, The Coffee Latte Shop.

The crowd that day isn't that busy. Fewer people are staying to find comfort inside the shop. Some just pick their order and head out as soon as their order are being called. But there is a group among the others who find a way to stay inside the shop. Six students laughing at one another, telling jokes, sipping their favorite drinks and most of all creating a great memory.

"So? Again, how did you die?" I snap from my thought as he asked.

"How did you?" I asked surprised to what happened. Even for quite some time that I follow Aerie and experience to travel back in time for the first time and then here I am again. Traveled back 3 times in just one day but still i can't believe everything that is happening.

"You'll know it later. But tell me how did you die?"

My mind blurred out a little as I try to remember how that accident happen. I look from far away looking to every person entering and exiting the shop then I suddenly recall, "An old woman."

"Old woman?"

"Yes, she crosses the road and I can't stop the car quickly so I avoid hitting her and that is when I hit the wall."

"You die that way?"

"No, I die because I need to protect Parisa from hitting the wall that is why I hold and wrap her in my arms so I could protect her."