-Hey, you came- Alexander said in a peculiar happy tone, he was obviously high
-Yep we did-I said while hiding handing him the six pack beer but also hiding the present I had for him... it was just embarrassing
-OH, thanks. Anyways, do you wanna play?
So we started playing and soon after the weird questions began..
-So, Jonny, I heard you were both adopted from the same orphanage for weird kids in Wisconsin... How was it?-Said the not brilliant Reagan, a stupid football player part of the popular kids.
Everyone playing the game just went silent waiting for either an answer or a punch thrown by either me or my brother.
-Yep, we both did-Jonny replied with strange care, like telling me not to fuck it up
-Cool, and could you throw some weird ass lasers from your freaky eyes? Haha-Reagan said again
-Hey, watch it-I defended cause I definitely didn't like where this was going.
-Or perhaps you can also throw everyone in the air like a freaking PSYCHO, am I right Nathaniel?-Reagan replied while looking at me with defying eyes.
I could sense the clear tension between all of the people around us playing, and it was a feeling I'm quite used to presence around me: FEAR
-You are right, maybe you want me to show you what I can do-Jonny said trying to prove he was ready to fight back
-WOOOAH WOOOAH WOAAAH, maybe we should go back to the light questions am I right guys?-Alexander intervened trying to light things up
-Yeeeah, you are right Alex, so who's next, oh, what about psycho bitch, it's your turn Nate pal. Truth or dare?-Teagan said looking at me straight in the eyes like if he was trying to pierce my body.
- Dare-I answered firmly looking at him even more intensely letting him know he was not in control.
-Since today is also my birthday, cause I have the same birthday as my pal here Alex, I will gladly dictate the dare-Freaking Teagan said in the most annoying way possible-We all know that you are a freak and since freaks can only be anything but creepy for anyone who might not know, Nate here is a disgusting creepy perverted GAY who is madly in love with our host here, Alex, soooo, there is no need to tell you to confess to him cause I gladly did it for you, you're welcome btw, soooo I dare you to kiss him.
-STOP-I screamed, then SILENCE, DEAD ASS SILENCE. I just wanted everything to stop so I did what I do best: WANT
Everything around me froze, all the faces staring down at me, I could see everything so clearly, Alexander's friends laughing, some others showing disgust on their face, others with a face that clearly said: wow, I will gossip about this later... And so on...
Except for, of course my brother:
-Seriously, what a jerk. And I can see that you froze time...again....But more so...WHY THE HELL DID YOU FREAKING FREEZE TIME.... AGAAAAAAAINNNNN! You promised mom, dad and I you wouldn't do it again, god dammit, YOU ALMOST PROMISED FREAKING FBI YOU WOULDNT DO IT.
-Relax bro, I just didn't want to see this faces...Again. Fear, pain disgust... It is like if I'm CURSED by being me. Besides, why have this GREAT power if I can't use it
-I know it's been hard since...always, but remember what mom and dad told you about using your powers, the CIA could pick you any moment and, do you really want a lot of people making experiments on you and MOST LIKELY end up dissected somewhere in the dessert never to be found??!!
- I know you worry about me but I'm getting tired to play by the rules all the time...So this is what I'm gonna do, Im just gonna reverse time, juuuuust a little bit and change all this.
Jonny looked at me with a mom face trying to hold yelling at me, because being honest, he also agreed with me, guys like these deserve to know who's in charge from time to time...
So, yeeeep, I reversed time (3 minutes before that is) bitches...
3 minutes before:
-Yeeeah, you are right Alex, so who's next, oh, what about psycho bitch, it's your turn Nate pal. Truth or dare?
I smiled cause I knew this time I WAS IN CONTROL
-Mmmm...Normally I would pick dare but from all the interest I see you have and picking up on me I would swear you have a crush on me and you may end up asking me to kiss you or something I don't know man, but better safe than sorry cause you almost seem like a disgusting creepy perverted GAY from all the personal questioning; but yeah, I better choose truth-I smiled cause I'd won this one.
Everyone else just either started laughing or went straight to gossiping and saying things like they knew it was weird Teagan asked so many personal questions.
-Teagan just clenched his fists and with a nervous voice said- Haha, I was just kidding man, sorry if you got the wrong idea, yeeeeeeah, haha, soooo, truth-but hadn't given up yet-Is it true that your real dad killed himself? I heard you are originally from Japan and there's this creepy ass forest where depressed guys go to end it, and when your mom died...
-DUDE, JUST CUT IT!-To everyone's surprise, Alexander spoke-You are just killing the mood and if you are going to be disrespectful you can go somewhere else to say your bullshit.
What I felt in that moment was hope, hope that Alexander, my entire life's crush had just defended me and he maybe care about me...
-Okay man, chill, I was just playing am I right Nate?-Teagan said to me but I just rolled my eyes.
-Haha, it's alright-I tried saying without showing my anger mixed with my hope emotion.
And then SHE came:
-I've got an idea, why don't we play 7 minutes in heaven!-Lucy said.
Okay, time out. I shouldn't be so harsh but one of the main reasons everything went to shut was because of this little change of plans and, besides, Lucy is not even important in the story, she was just the girl who proposed to play this game, the people who fuck it were the ones who tried to provoke me.
-Yeah, great idea Luce!-Alexander said while everyone agreed with him, but deep down I had a hunch this was going to get really, really bad.
After a few rounds, kind of everything happened: My brother and Teagan entered and I could swear I heard them punching and swearing at each other the whole time. Other people passed and finally, it was my turn...
The person who I'd be the next 7 minutes: Alexander.
When the bottle chose us I felt: Omg, this is it, I either die or end up marrying the guy.
So, we enter this little closet, it was so dark I had to use my phones lantern to see.
Few moments passed and I didn't know what to say I was feeling so embarrassed I was glad the light wasn't enough for him to see my white face getting red from embarrassment.
-I'm sorry about earlier Nate, he shouldn't have said all those things-Alexander finally said apologizing for his rude friend's behavior.
-It's alright, Teagan can sometimes be a jerk.
-No, it isn't, he shouldn't have said that and Im sorry-Hearing those words coming from the most beautiful guy on earth sent my heart flying and my face to the reddest state ever, glad the phone's light wasn't more intense.
- I never knew my birth parents, whatever had happened and my dad chose to do what he did I don't judge him, my only parents are the ones I have now and that's all that matters to me...-I answered trying to sound the chillest way possible.
-I knew mines-Alexander said in a sad voice in that moment I felt goosebumps and my skin froze, I knew what he was meaning.
-They killed themselves when I was 11, exactly 5 years ago this exact date, my birthday-I could hear his voice crack but also an urgency to keep trusting me with this part of his life- I don't know why they did it, no one knows; they went on a trip to Buenos Aires and inside their hotel room they found their bodies lied on the bed with their hands intertwined and a suicide note specifying where to find their will, good thing they left everything to me, I don't know what I would have done if apart from being alone; it was painless, that's what the police told me, they just drank poison and apparently they died with a smile on their faces...
-I'm so sorry, no one should go through what you did, NEVER-Since I didn't have more words I did what my instinct told me and without giving it a second thought I instinctively hugged him I suddenly realized my cold face was turning hot and red again but it didn't matter, a person in front of me was reliving the most painful moment in their life and if something my mom has taught me is: always go where your feelings tell you, and if they lead you to a good place you are doing what's right. So yes, it didn't matter if he felt my sweaty hands or my hot body shaking because of embarrassment....
- Haha, don't tell this to anyone but I made something for your birthday-I grabbed a small box from my back pocket and opened it, there it was a necklace for Alexander with his name on it-I remember you said your favorite color is yellow, so even if you can't see it, well, the lace is yellow, hehe, I really hope you like it.
-Hahahahaha, you remembered-Alexander said laughing but not in a mean way, it was with happiness, a happiness I could almost sense without seeing, I just knew it, and I didn't need my Wanter mojo for that...
- Nathaniel, did you know I've always found you so beautiful?- Silence invaded our room and I could feel him being the one now getting red from embarrassment, but then he said-I feel embarrassed saying it but it's true. Your messy black hair that you never care to fix, your soft porcelain like skin, your long fingers who look like you could be the best pianist in the whole world, your beautiful eyebrows that it looks like if it were painted, your long eyelashes that gently cover your eyes each time you close them and your gorgeous green eyes...
In this moment I could already feel him getting closer and me frozen from the happiest shock I've ever felt in my entire life, this didn't feel like a confession at all, just all the things we both knew were going to be said one day or another... Then he grabbed my hand and placed it on his broad chest, I could feel his heart pounding and his big rough hand sweating, same as me; That moment I understood that in every way possible, he and I were the same...
-But not just that-he continued like if instead of talking to me he was praising a god, which made me feel more embarrassed and unworthy-It's the way you laugh that it doesn't matter what anyone tells you, you keep going, the way you speak with your gentle and considerate sweet voice but at the same time that demands justice and respect for those around you and....
-Okay okay I get it-I interrupted him trying to not be rude-Im just feeling embarrassed and Im not even sure if this is a prank you put up with your friends...
-NO!-Now he interrupted me saying in a deep strong voice that made me shiver-I swear that this is no prank, and it might not be the best moment either but I somehow felt I HAD to tell you, I'm tired of you not getting my hints and maybe I thought you did het them but didn't wanna say something cause you don't feel the same way as I do or...
PAUSE PAUSE PAUSE HERE, IN MY DEFENSE ALL THIS "HINTS" HE GAVE ME WERE NO MORE THAN HIM LOOKING AT ME AND AT THE MOMENT I THOUGHT IT WAS OTHER POPULAR GUY LOOKING AT OTHERS, THAT'S IT, THOSE WERE HIS HINTS. SO MAKING THIS CLEAR LETS CONTINUE....
-I DO-I could only think of those words to say-I do feel the same as you but I never got the courage to tell you. I like you..
-And what is it that you like about me...-He was even more closer than before and he was leaning, I didn't know what to do and grabbed my arms around him then we kissed...
3...Outside the small closet, arguing
2... People started running
1... Someone screamed: My brother
In that moment I came to my senses and quickly stepped out, Alexander followed me.
And oh hell, it was a real NIGHTMARE...
