The Other World

Chapter 5:The Door

It's been two weeks since I found that key and saw that vision. So far nothing out of the ordinary has happened and I'm starting to think that it was just a temporary sickness, although that doesn't explain the key. I haven't told anyone about it or the vision I had. I decided to keep the key under my mattress.

"Earth to Mickey, come in" someone said.

I looked over and saw Danny sitting next to me.

"Hey Danny boy"

"Mickey are you ok?" he asked

"Umm, ya. Why'd you ask?"

"Because I'm worried about you. You keep zoning out and half the time you don't even pay attention to what's going on around you."

"That's not true" I argued.

"Ya it is and we haven't been spending time together. I miss you" he said with a sad look.

Oh Danny.

"Oh I'm sorry Danny. It's just that so much has been happening that I've been busy. You know with school work and assignments and the swim team." I said trying to explain.

"And don't forget Gomin." He said

"Gomin?"

"Mickey, you've been hanging out with Gomin so much in the past few days. It's like you forgot all about me and replaced me with Gomin."

"Danny, you know that's not true. Gomin and I have become close but he will never replace you. And the reason we hang out more is because he is my neighbor." I tried to explain.

"Ok fine. I'm sorry. It's fine if you hang out with Gomin. I just felt like you were forgetting about me"

"You know I can't forget about you." I said

"Well of course, who can? I'm amazing" he said with a wink, breaking the tension.

I laughed.

But I did feel guilty. What I said to Danny was true but it's also true that Gomin and I have been hanging out a lot. And we have become very close. In just a few weeks, we've managed to form a bond. Almost the exact same bond I've built with Danny which took me almost seven years to build. And that made me feel very guilty.

"Hey, you want to hang out today?" Danny asked me.

"Oh Danny boy, I'm sorry but I can't today. I promised my mom I would take the twins to the park."

"Oh right. Never mind then" he said. He looked so disappointed.

"But we can go to the movies tomorrow." I said

"Perfect." He sighed. "I love Fridays. Thank goodness today is Friday."

"Should we invite Hilary?" I asked

"I was hoping it could be just the two of us?" he asked

I gave him a smile and nodded.
Just then the bell rang singling the end of lunch.

"See ya later" and with that Danny left.

I walked over to my locker to find Gomin standing next to it.

"Hey Gomin, what's up"? I asked, opening my locker

"Nothing. Hey you wanna hang out tomorrow?" he asked

"Sorry I can't. I made plans with Danny." I said

"Oh. Of course, your best friend." He said, rolling his eyes.