Time Out (BxB)

Pink bicycle

"Now that was a nap, if I do say so myself." I announced as I yawned after waking up. "I don't think I've ever experienced such peace and quiet in my whole life..."

I finally got up from my bed and put some clothes as I glanced towards my window to check if everything had got back to normal by itself perhaps but unfortunately that was not the case. I was still stuck in this time trap or whatever the hell this was.

"Oh geez, what if I actually am stuck here for good? What a nightmare." I made a disgusted face. "Actually now that I think about that it doesn't sound all that bad. I'd be all by myself and no one would bother me. I could sleep all day, no more school. No more responsibilities. Sounds like heaven." I was so rejoiced by just thinking about all the possibilities this new power could get me. "I could literally just sit at home and watch TV all day and then sleep whenever I want to. Oh, that reminds me..."

I picked up the remote to turn on the TV but once I pressed the button nothing happened. "Stupid batteries..." I groaned and went to the monitor to turn it on from there but the screen was still pitch black.

"Oh my goodness, TV doesn't work in time jail! Nooooo!" I almost screamed. "I can't believe this. What a terrible way to crush every hope and dream I ever had..." Once I was done being overdramatic for no reason I sighed and put the remote back on the table. "Ugh, I guess I'll have to figure out a way to get out of this place after all or I might die from boredom."

I did end up deciding to unfreeze time in the end but the problem was I had no clue how to do that. I didn't even know how I froze it in the first place.

But maybe the question wasn't how but why. Why did I freeze the time? Well of course – to save my classmate Jordan who was about to become one with the road.

What if I wasn't supposed to do that? What if the reason why I'm stuck is because I saved him? What if he was meant to die and me meddling with the situation just made everything worse and caused time paradox or something?

That can't be. How could saving someone's life be a bad thing? I don't see a reason why Jordan shouldn't survive. He's a really nice person. Sure, he can be super annoying sometimes but so what? He's far less frustrating and boring than most people I know. So what if he's clumsy and extremely unlucky sometime, that doesn't mean he deserves to die.

If anyone deserves to die it's my chemistry teacher. Ugh, I hate that b***h. He never lets me sleep in his classes. I mean, what the hell, doesn't he know that it's super important to get enough rest, especially if you're a teenager and your body is still developing. You'd think a teacher of all people would be more concerned with his student's health.

I probably shouldn't be saying that. That's actually kind of really mean. Sorry, Mr. Davis, if you can hear me please know that I have no respect for chemistry or your methods of teaching but you don't deserve to die because of that. My bad.

Ugh, what am I even blabbing about? I should just get back to where everything started. Maybe I'll figure out a way to undo this time curse or whatever the heck this is.

Speaking of curses, maybe it needs a true love's kiss or something. But I don't have a boyfriend or something and I can't just go around kissing random strangers outside, that's s****l assault. I guess I'll have to figure out another way of breaking this curse that's a little less Disney.

After I was done heaving a long and unsuccessful monologue inside my head I went outside and started walking. That was when I saw my sister's pink bicycle laying on the ground and decided to borrow it since walking all the way back to where Jordan was would take far too much energy and I hadn't eaten since forever. I was fairly certain that my little sister would be furious if she had known I took her bike without her approval first but since she was also frozen just like everyone else I didn't get the chance to ask for her permission. Besides this was a matter of life and death. Well kinda.

It didn't take me that long to return to where the car crash was about to happen. Everything there was the same as I left it. Jordan was frozen with that idiotic look on his face, the truck was still not moving and the birds were stuck in the air just like I last saw them.

"Um, excuse me, Mr. and or Mrs. Time gods," I decided to take a more diplomatic approach since being aggressive wasn't all that helpful previously. "If you could just tell me how I can get everything back to normal that would be just fantastic, please."

There was no reply, yet again. How unbelievably rude.

"Hello," I clapped my hands. "Is anyone home? Knock, knock."

Just silence.

"You're supposed to say - who's there." I rolled my eyes. "Huh, some gods you are... You don't even know how to play a simple game. It's so embarrassing, really. If I were you, I'd be super humiliated."

Still nothing.

"Okay, okay, geez you guys have no sense of humor." I raised my hands. "No more jokes. I promise. I just want to go home. Please."

No response yet again.

"Answer me you incompetent fools, how do I unfreeze time?" I made a statement as I snapped my fingers. "You guys are going to be in so much trouble when I find you."

"Who are you talking to, Ahito?" Jordan's voice came from behind me.

"The time gods." I replied without looking back. "I'm trying to convince them to teach me how to unfreeze time."

"Wow that sounds like a lot of fun." He laughed. "Can you teach me when you're done learning it?"

"Yeah, yeah, whatever." I agreed to his proposition. "But first I have to figure out how I can get out of this place."

"May I suggest one thing, perhaps?" He answered and I nodded in response. "How about we get something to eat and you can think about what you'll do next afterwards?"

"Good idea, I'm starving." I finally turned to him and saw that he was no longer stuck in one place. "Wait everything's back to normal? Yay!" I couldn't hide my excitement so I unintentionally wrapped my arms around his back without even thinking before I realized that I was hugging him and I very quickly pulled my body away from his. "Sorry about that."

"It's okay, Ahito." He smiled. "You can keep hugging me if you want. I don't mind."

"That won't be necessary." I politely declined his offer. "Wait a minute, are you okay?"

"Yeah, why wouldn't I be okay?" Jordan looked at me with a dumbfounded expression.

"Well if I was almost hit by a truck I'd probably be pretty emotional right about now." I responded.

"Me? Hit by a truck?" He became even more bewildered. "I have no idea what you're talking about."

"Don't you remember? You were crossing the street and then you dropped your books but while you were picking them up the truck almost squashed you."

"I remember dropping the books but there was no truck. At least I don't think so." He said.

"Something must have tempered with your memory, I suppose it may be because I moved your body when the time was frozen so that's probably why you can't recall about the truck." I stated my thoughts out loud.

"You're so funny, Ahito," he cackled. "How do you come up with these crazy stories? I wish I was as creative as you."

"It's not a story, Jordan." I replied with a humorless tone. "I can control time. Well technically I can only pause it. I don't think I can move it forwards or backwards but pausing it is pretty cool too."

"Don't tell me you're being serious. Oh, poor Ahito, you must have hurt your head pretty badly if you think what you're saying is true."

"You don't believe me?" I was slightly offended but also it was completely understandable that what I said probably sounded like bunch of gibberish to Jordan so it made sense why he would be doubtful. "It's okay, Jordan, I wouldn't believe me either. Anyway, you're welcome."

"For what?" He grinned playfully.

"I saved your life, of course." I stated the obvious.

"You're my hero!" His eyes lightened up after he hugged me tightly. "How could I ever repay such kindness? I'm forever indebted to you, your royal highness." He added an ironic comment.

"It's okay my humble servant," I went along with the joke. "The pleasure was all yours."

"Of course, my king." Jordan couldn't help but giggle. "Tell me what it is that you want and I'll do it. It can be literally anything."

"How about you pay for the food since I didn't bring any money with me." I said with an awkward smile.

"Anything for my king."