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Chapter 2 - When it all started

If I remember correctly, it was my second year of high school.

I was eating, or drinking something; I don't really remember to be frank. It fell I saw it fall, touch the ground. I probably wished to go back few second to catch it.

Then it happened, I felt my head spin little and then I had that ice cream in my hand, just before it fell. This time, I reacted before it touched the ground, and caught it mid-air.

I felt as if this was just some daydream and forgot about it.

Then it happened several times.

Once I locked myself out of my house, thought 'only if I could get back one minute. Then with a spin, I was back inside, facing table where I put the keys.

All these were subconscious attempts, which I dismissed as daydreams.

After this happened few more times, I began to think if I had a condition. Went to the school nurse, who thought I was joking.

Then, one day, I was able to do this consciously. It was during first month of the semester.

A kid was playing on the upper floors, he slipped & he fell. I saw his body bounce on the ground, once, twice, then it lay flat, face down on the ground.

I thought about all that happened in past weeks, then thought of going back five minutes. There I was, on the ground floor about five minutes before that kid fell. I ran upstairs, so to reach him.

I wasn't able to…

I was stopped by a teacher for running in hallway. As I reached the top floor, I saw his body moving across the railing, then heard thump, then again. Then it was all silent.

Our school was closed due to the incident for two days. This whole thing shook me from inside. There was a ceremony to mourn his death. Then, it all went back to normal.

I decided to never do 'that' again.

We finished the first semester, the exams were over. The summer vacations started.