The Nobody

Chapter 17

I wake up I go and look for Andy and I find him in his room reading a book he looks up when he hears his door being opened. He puts the book down and frowns when he sees the look on my face. He scoots over in the bed and pats the spot next to him. I do not hesitate I sit next to him on the bed and lays my head on his shoulder. We just stay like that I am pretty sure that he is getting used to me not saying anything right away and waits for me to speak when I am good and ready. 

I look up at him and can't help but think about the first time I met him and felt like I wasn't the only one who felt sad and lonely in the world. But I can't think about that now I have to tell him about the person I encountered in my dreams and how he threatened everyone that is involved with me. I have half the mind to push them all away and save them from getting hurt that maybe I should be doing this on my own after all. I didn't want to see anyone get hurt like I was hurt. 

But maybe that person wanted me to do just that and sometimes you can't always face things alone. I have no doubt in my mind that the next time I see that person he won't be alone he would have friends with him. I don't doubt that for a second. "I had this weird dream there was this guy who came up to me and threatened me. From the way he made it sound I think he and a group might come after us. I don't know if I want to put the others in danger," I say to him. 

He looks at me for a moment lost in thought. "I think I know who you are talking about. He and another group always hated the doubles he thinks you guys are the reason why our world is falling apart. I mean technically that is true but I think there is another reason why our world is going," he says to me. I bite my lip and go over what I know so far from what the other Rubies have shown me or told me. There must be some clue into what they were trying to tell me or show me. 

The small me said something that really stuck to me. On how I was supposed to choose at first I thought it was about which world I really wanted to be in but now I am not so sure about that. I mean I am the only double that could go into their world whenever I dreamed. Does that mean I was from their world first before I was in this world? But that would make no sense. From what Andy has told me no one could really survive in this world for long. I've been dreaming about the other world since I was a little girl. So if I did come from their world I would have died by now. So that was off the table. "Can you tell me more about this person?" I asked Andy. Maybe this guy is the clue that I am looking for to solve this I think to myself. 

He looks at me for a moment then takes a deep breathe I knew when he did something like that it would be a hard story for him to tell me. "Well you might not like what I am about to say but I know you want answers so I am willing to give them to you. Well before I met you I was with this group I thought the same way that they did. I went a long with them for a time until I saw their methods. They were hurting the double's or scaring them badly that they didn't want to come back. The way that they were scaring them was putting them through torture. They messed with their minds so bad that they couldn't recover from it. 

So afterwards I decided that I had enough and then I left. But of course you couldn't leave their group that easily so they hunt me down and made sure that no one came around me. It worked the people in our world was afraid of them and didn't want to step up to them or against. That is when I met you and everything changed. After the second time that we met I didn't realize that he had his men following us. I made sure they stayed away from you. Well you know the rest to that story," he says to me. 

"How big is his group do you know?" I asked. "The last time I was aware is that he didn't really have a big group but now I am not so sure after all the world is falling apart a lot worse then the last time so the group might have gotten bigger," he says. I shiver at the thought I felt Andy wrap his arms around me and holds me close. "There is nothing to worry about I am sure that I am wrong about the group being bigger. If that were the case they would have done something by now to stop us from going into their world," he says. 

But I couldn't shake the feeling that he could be wrong that maybe the group is bigger and is just waiting for the right moment to strike. Maybe we needed a lot more people then we thought to help us out on this. I think to myself I can see Andy watching me and I knew he knew what I was thinking and planning. I get up and go back into my room I can feel Andy's eyes on me but I shake it off. 

I sit in front of my desk and pull out a pen and a notepad and start writing everything down that I know and write down all the questions I have yet to have answers too. I do this for a while until I feel myself getting tired so I go to bed and don't dream for the rest of the night. I wake up to the smell of coffee and I head downstairs and grab myself a cup. "I am surprised to see you up so early. I figured you wouldn't be able to sleep with everything twirling in your mind last night. I could tell that your mind was whirring away with ideas and questions as you left my room last night," he says with a laugh I roll my eyes at him and throw a bagel at him and to my dismay he caught it with his teeth. "Why you gotta be such a pain in my ass so early in the morning?" I say with a huff. He laughs and pulls me close to him I can't help but blush when we are so close like this. 

He kisses the tip of my nose and then goes for a kiss I want to push him away but I let him kiss me. Whenever we kiss I can't help but feel like I am letting my guard down whenever I am around him more. I can't help but feel like I really like him. But it couldn't be possible I promised myself that I would not like anyone or let anyone come near me again. But here I am again. That is when I surrender myself to the kiss and kiss him more deeply I couldn't help but feel him shudder in surprise when I do that and I feel his arms tighten around me some more we remain that way for a moment just kissing each other. 

Finally I pull away for some air and we just stand there catching our breath. "I can't help but get this feeling that you are starting to like me more then just a friend," he says to me with a smirk on his face. I don't say anything and just stick my tongue out at him he laughs and pinches my tongue between his two fingers I squeal in surprise and try to get him to let go of my tongue. He finally lets go with a laugh.