9.- The Passage of Time

After that event things started to change at least for me they did. Alice's and Beck's words echoed in my head and became louder when I thought things could not change and could freeze in the pink world I was living in at that moment bringing back that horrible prediction.

On the other hand, the dream where I saw Annah kept repeating in my head who was the girl she said i could save and why she asked me not to save her I had decided not to tell anyone about my dreams about Alice and Beck but unfortunately for me Gina was too perceptive and had realized that something bad was going on with me I debated a lot with myself if telling my younger sister about this was the best thing to do. a lot with myself if telling my younger sister about this was the best thing to do, a part of me didn't even want to involve her in such a world as she was only 13 years old but another part of me wanted to tell her everything maybe to get it off my chest and feel that I had someone to support me but I kept thinking about the risks that this would imply.

And in the end I decided to tell Gina everything. But in secret.

It was time for lunch we were all sitting at the table with two more seats because as it was almost customary Elian and Opal accompanied us to eat, they were all talking about different topics and I on the other hand thinking about how to explain everything to her, I was so concentrated that I didn't realize that they were talking to me.

-Hey, are you okay? - asked Elian

-I'm sorry, I'm just a little tired- I said a little nervous hoping they wouldn't notice the lie, apparently everyone believed me except my perceptive younger sister.

-I heard you got sick and it was serious, are you ok? - said Opal with a worried tone

-It wasn't very serious, I just had a fever- I said looking at my plate -Yes, I'm fine, thank you-.

-You have no idea how scared I was that day, he had had a fever before but he had never left like that day and the doctor arrived in the blink of an eye to cure him, it was almost magical- said my mom in amazement- but when I tried to call him again at the office they said he had quit the same day he treated Julen, it was disappointing, he was a very handsome boy- said my mom to my dad's attentive look that made him jealous

-But don't you think it's very strange? - said Enzo everyone nodded, but continued eating, when we finished eating everyone got up and spread out around the house and a few minutes later Enzo took Opal in his car along with Elian to take them home. My parents went to their bedroom and before Gina left I approached her.

-Gina, can we talk? - I said a little scared of how this would turn out.

-Yes, of course it's all right? - she said worried

-Everything it's all right, let's go- I said walking in the direction of my room, she came behind me, the way was silent and the atmosphere was a little heavy, for the first time I felt such tension between us when we arrived I told her to sit on my bed and I sat in front of her in my desk chair.-I have something to tell you- I said starting to tell her everything since I met Alice and Beck the dreams the warnings and the last thing Beck and I talked about.

In spite of being young my sister had a point in her favor, she was too mature and smart because she was a gifted child. Her age was thirteen, but her intelligence and maturity surpassed mine and Enzo's. She listened attentively to everything I told her in silence, maybe she thought I was crazy, but who wouldn't? Now I was talking about a society of people with superior abilities, premonitions, etc.

When I finished speaking she stared at me for a couple of minutes and then she said

-I am going to be honest with you, in the middle of your story I thought that doctor had given you a very strong drug, but I know you would never say or do anything to hurt your girlfriend and everything that happened agrees with what you said, what are you going to do brother? Whatever it is I will support you until the end- She said taking one of my hands and then smiling in a way I was very relaxed with what she said, now I had someone to support me in this horrible situation.

But two years have passed since then, now I am 18 and I go to the same university as Annah, some times during these two years I was very paranoid, even my parents thought about putting me in a psychiatric hospital when I told Annah about the hospital I thought she would abandon me and a part of me wished it so she wouldn't be in danger or at least I thought so, but she didn't, just as a part of me begged her to abandon me another part begged to never separate me from her and that part of me celebrated. And with that, the idea of being hospitalized was gone.

There were bad moments, but also good ones like Enzo's graduation and the funny moment when his fan club was heartbroken because my brother had brought his beautiful girlfriend and presented her to everyone, although Ana was touched by the gesture I could not stop laughing because the mask of hypocrites of most of them fell. And then it was my graduation in which Elian and I took our girlfriends to the party, the pictures everything was perfect except for that feeling that someone was watching us in a very direct and heavy way but I did not take much importance and went on with my business resulting in the best night I had lived so far.

I would like to believe that the world would remain pink, that the smiles the four of us had in the pictures would remain forever, as well as us, but the feeling that something bad would happen kept blowing in the back of my head.