Through Time We Go

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27. (edited)

Andrew's POV

I woke up after what seemed to be a long night. The clock, that was hanging in the wall made a small ticking sound. It was 10 am, and I was still really tired. My hands were hanging, and by body seemed to not have the courage to get up. After a little, I heard a soft knock on the door, it was propably Madds, with a calm, beautiful, sleepy voice:

-Andrew,- she said, making my name, sound like a harmony sang by the angels,- Are you awake?

After some paused I took, to cherish this calming, nice moment, I replied:

-Uh, oh, yea...I am,- I said while getting up and wearing a shirt and some beige jeans, granny put up for me,- One sec, I'll be right out.

-Ok, I'll be waiting downstairs..

I heard her small footsteps leave the corridorr. I weared the last bit of clothings, and made my way downstairs, catching Madds and granny, cooking, while Dominick was reading his morning newspaper. I sat beside him, and looked at the kitchen counter, where Madds was cooking with granny. She smiled while granny was explaining some cooking recipes and also offered to help as much as she could. After a while she took a glance at me:

-Andrew, what do you want for breakfast?- she said again, with a calm voice and a bright face.

Why was I staring at her like that? What is wrong with me? I need to do something. I think I'm going crazy or I don't know. After a few seconds, I got a little push from Dominick:

-Andrew, I know your girlfriend looks astonishing, but please don't keep her holding...

I turned my head to look at him. What?! Girlfriend?! No way.

-Uh, no sir. I think you're mistaken. I-i-I was looking at her, because, uhmmm, she-e-e hasn't brushed her hair properly! It looks so greasy!

I said that, only to regret it a few seconds after. Why am I like this?

-I-i-I just want orange juice and a sandwich.

I got a nod in return. I was about to scream, that it was not what it looked like, but I had nothing to explain my immature actions.

After eating breakfast, I went upstairs to the library, for some reasearch. I found some interesting books, so I sat down on the floor to read them and see what we might've missed. While I was reading I heard footsteps approaching. Madds opened the door, and this time, she had changed. Her hairstyle too. She was wearing long curls, tied at the back, with a long dress, in astonishing red color, which seemed to compliment her features amazingly. My eyes were stuck again at the beautiful girl that was standing in front of me.

-Y-y-you look good,- I said, tilting my head down, hiding the redness my face had tattoed on it.

-Well, I hope I do. Since, I lookeed greasy before,- she said sitting next to me,- I tried harder this time, you know? Oh, also, I got you something. I left it at the countertop though. Maybe get it later.

-Sure. Now about all of this research. I discovered that we can pause the time, whenever we want. It's just that it might be kind of hard.

-If we can pause time, wouldn't that be much safer? At least for the people. Meanwhile, us, we're getting exposed if we do that.

-Exactly. We could also hide at some place, but that's not how we're going to save the town. We need to face the person who did this.

-Andrew...You know it's her. Caroline.

-Maybe, maybe, it's not. Maybe someone pushed her to do that.

-That still doesn't make her not guilty of all this. Anyway,- she said trying to comfort me,- it propably was someone else behind this. I mean, the fact that they have control of time, means they have some kind of power.

-Yes, I thought about that as well,- I said giving a look to all the books I had around,-So, I looked into the families with our kind of abilities. Apparently, there are like hundreds of different families, where the main ones are: The elements, The timers, The skies and The Readers.

-Why are these the main ones?- she asked taking a better look at the book.

-The elements are four families, balancing water, air, sky and earth. Then we have the timers, which are three families, past family, future family and present family.

-Wait! How are there three families? We're only two.

-Yes, I looked into that as well and apparently, this family was shut down in 1998 after betraying the trust of the past and future family. Their abilities were given to the past and future family. Which explains why we have to keep the present going.

-I see.

-Here's the catch though,- I said, passing a few pages,- There was one survivor. This little baby boy, was born, in an affair the mother of the family had. Somehow, he inherited the powers. After passing the age 8, he dissapired. Some people speculate that they've seen him dead, but that's not sure.

-That's sad. He had something that people wanted gone forever. I bet there was a lot of pressure on him.

-Maybe...

-Andrew, I think, this child, might be related to what's happening right now...