The Replay ✓

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Finn opened the garage door and got his old bike from it. He didn't bother closing the door behind him, he just moved the bike's pedals as fast as he could.

He couldn't believe his own ignorance and stupidity. Had he forgotten what day it was? Had he forgotten what he promised himself on the first day of school?

Finneas Davis tried pushing the invasive thoughts away but failed to.

When he finally arrived at the intersection, he got off his bike and let it crash on the ground.

There were an ambulance and a police car. People that walked by were watching from the sides.

Finn ran to one of the police officers. "Where is he? Where's Charlie?"

"Sir, please calm down. What are you talking about?" asked the police officer completely relaxed. At that moment, Finn had no time to stall, but if he had, he would start screaming at the officer of the law, no matter the consequences.

"Charlie Dunn. He's the boy that was driving the black car. I was called by someone who recovered his phone. I was the last person he called so they decided to call me. They said they were someone called Morrison. I don't remember their first name..."

"That must be Officer Morrison. He's right there, you can go talk to him if you want."

Finn nodded and muttered something that resembled a thank you as he ran to the other officer.

"Mr. Morrison? Officer Morrison, I mean... You talked to me on the phone. I'm Finneas Davis."

"Yeah," said the officer with a heavy voice. What he was about to do was his expertise, yet it never got easy for him. "I'm sorry to tell you this, but your friend passed away..."

Finn forgot where he was and what he was doing. There was no way that was happening.

He's never going to graduate. He didn't get to finish the list of films that he had to before college.

We won't be able to go out for real.

He didn't get to date the girl he loved because I took up all his time. I can't believe I was so stupid that I believed that I could save everything just by kissing him. 

This isn't a fairy tale. I thought it was because of this stupid time travel thing, but I hate it all. I thought that he would make it. I really thought it would.

And I know that I thought that I could change it. I still hope that there is a way to undo this. To redo this. Just to get him back. Just to get Charlie back.

"This isn't happening. This is fake. I know that he isn't dead. He can't be." Finn knew that he was sounding extremely delirious, but he didn't want to accept it. There was no way that he was so powerless that he couldn't change it.

"You're in denial. I'm sorry, Mr. Davis, but your friend is gone."

And with that, Finneas Davis realized that some things were meant to be and couldn't be changed, no matter how hard he tried.

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A/N: This is the ending of the book. Thanks for reading all of it. If you enjoyed it, please don't hesitate to vote and comment on your thoughts about it down in the comment section. (there is also a short epilogue in the next chapter)