AVENIR

Chapter 22: A Shower of Gold, A Revelation

Trigger Warning: some talk of physical abuse to a child (spanking)

"Enjolras?" I asked nervously.  "What did you just wish for?"

"I didn't do anything!" he shouted, fumbling to pull out the artifact, now fully aglow.  "I wished silently, inside of my head..."

A sudden burst of light suddenly shot straight out of the artifact, and like a firework, exploded in the sky.  Enjolras dropped the artifact in shock, and I dove and caught it in my palm so it wouldn't crack, staring up at the sky all the while.  The abandoned street was suddenly filled with a shower of a golden, shimmery, glittery substance.

I jumped up, laughing, amazed.  "Enjolras - you don't have to worry.  It's showering gold!  I guess you must have wished for something pretty special, for the powers that be to send us such a sign."

She was right. I had. 

As I watched this shower of gold magically falling around us, I was happy to see that no time traveling was taking place.  This was a sign to us both that I was finally where I was meant to be, and I was secretly grateful I got to stay.  I thought to myself:

All those days watching from a window (My window into his world was the book Les Misérables...)

All those years outside looking in
All that time never even knowing
Just how blind I've been
Now I'm here...blinking in the starlight
Now I'm here...suddenly I see
Standing here, it's all so clear
I'm where I'm meant to be...

And at last I see the light
And it's like the fog has lifted
And at last I see the light
And it's like the sky is new
And it's warm and real and bright
And the world has somehow shifted
All at once everything looks different
Now that I see you

I looked over at Enjolras, who had his eyes closed and was smiling with arms outstretched, his eyes facing the sky.  I wished I could see his thoughts right now.