Afterlife || irwin

[ 11 ] 2014

[ 11 ] 2014

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"He said all I have to do is close my eyes and visualize that I'm there." 

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Harley had been in the cemetery talking to Ashton for over a half hour and as she made her way back out to the school's parking lot, she saw a black Camaro waiting for her. As she approached, the person inside got out of the car and went around to greet her. But it wasn't their usual greeting of a kiss on the lips. Instead, she was met with worry and a slight undertone of annoyance as he saw Harley with her backpack and gym bag. He noticed that she seemed to be coming from the church, which he knew was unusual for her. He had known her for nearly a year already and not once had he known her to be the religious type. 

Perhaps, he thought, she was getting it from Arthur. Arthur was a devout Catholic, something he had learned from his family, from his father Bobby's side. He had also learned some Spanish from them. Calum always thought that Arthur was lucky. He was born from Bobby Vega and Claire Feeney. But he had grown up with his aunts Elenore and Elaine. Both were his father's older sisters and they had told him about Bobby, letting him know that he was a good person who would have loved him, but his life was cut short because he had trusted a woman who didn't deserve his trust. 

"Did you get my texts?" He asked her, pulling her into his arms.

She nodded her head. "Yes. But I was just having a talk with Ashton."

As they pulled away from their embrace, he could feel the dark creeping up on him. Why did she need to talk to Ashton when she had him? His hand balled up into a fist as he felt insecurities plaguing his mind. What if she was realizing that she wasn't happy with him? What if she had decided that she was wrong to have left Ashton. But he willed the thoughts away and pushed his insecurities aside. He loved Harley and didn't want to lose her. 

He silently helped her into the car, and went around to the passenger side. As he started the car and left the parking, heading for Harley's house, she thought she would ask him if he knew anything about going back into the past, or sending someone back into the past. He had once mentioned in passing, back when Harley was dating Ashton, that he could get him out of the way by sending him back to his own time. Harley wanted to know just how much of that was actually true. "Hey Calum." She started slowly, side eyeing him as he drove the familiar streets of their neighborhoods toward her house. When he hummed, letting her know that she had his attention, she continued. "With our abilities...would it be possible to...travel back in time?"

Just then it dawned on him what she was trying to say. She wasn't talking to Ashton because she planned to get back with him. But rather, she was trying to find a way to send him back into the past. A small sigh escaped his lips in relief. He then thought about her question. His grandfather had passed away not long before Harley moved to Sydney, and Calum used to spend a lot of time with him. Every weekend spent with his grandfather, training and learning about his abilities.

Now he was able to understand that evil could be rubbed off on someone, and evil could be inherited. Spending so much time around his grandfather, a person who was so horrible, made Calum have a bad influence in his life. It was why he was so horrible to his classmates all the time and had even gone so far as to betraying Luke, who had been his best friend since they were children. As far as he saw it now, Luke had every right to be mad at him. He had broken Cindy's heart when he broke up with her, and betrayed Luke's trust when he started seeing Kylie behind his back.

Back then, Calum didn't care about the people he hurt. Both Kylie and Cindy were disposable to him. He used them until he didn't want them anymore and then discarded them like they were nothing. He did that with everyone. With Harley, things were different. She was a good influence in his life and had made him change for the better. Arthur too. Though he still had a bit of darkness in his heart, he was taking a step in the right direction and making better decisions.