Chapter 39 - Time-freeze

"When is your birthday?" Lizzy asked me.

"It's next week, have you forgotten?" I asked her, because it's unusual of her to forget my birthday.

"No, I haven't, why should I?" She asked mockingly.

I shrugged and rolled my eyes.

"Take the drugs, I will go and join Genevieve in the kitchen." She said,as she lightly tapped my shoulder twice and left me.

I opened the bag of medicine and drank the pills according to the prescription written on it.

I entered my room and lay in my bed quietly, just then I remembered that J.J was still inside the car that we drove here with.

I quickly hopped out of the bed and went out of the room in search of J.J.

I entered the living room and he still wasn't there.

The moment I came out from the living room door, everything freezed.

The noise from the boys in the living room and the noise from the kitchen both seized.

The birds were hanging in the sky,like they were still.

Some falling leaves stopped midway.

I went back into the living room,it was the same with everyone and everything.

The TV was frozen, same as Hale and Raymond.

I went back to the kitchen and the same thing happened. Genevieve was holding a bowl containing fried chicken, while Lizzy was stirring the pot, but the liquid in the pot was whirled.

They were both frozen too.

Did time stop?

Why am I the only one that wasn't affected?

I have to go check up on J.J if he was frozen too.

I then decided to go check the car. On my way to the car, I saw someone walking past super fast. I wasn't sure who it was. I decided to follow the person,but whoever that was, was very fast, I couldn't keep up even after running and then I eventually lost track.

I think I must be seeing things again.

I have been stressed out lately and haven't been able to get enough rest.

On my way to the car again, everything came back to normal.

I think I am really seeing things.

I then returned to the car, but he wasn't there,so I shrugged and entered the car.

There was blood on the car floor. I think it was from the meat in the boot. I decided to check it and take it inside,but it wasn't there, it was missing, all of it.

I was sure I left it in the boot.

Where the hell is it?

That is the only thing I can be eating for now.

I don't want both J.J and Genevieve to notice.

I shrugged and started to clean out the blood.

Wait!

There is blood on top of the backseats too.

Something is off.

J.J was the last person in the car and there is no way he must have eaten raw meat and all of it.

'Stop imagining stupid things.'

There's no way J.J must have eaten raw meat.

No!

But where the fuck is he?

Did he go for a walk again?

I would have gone in search of him, but I was too tired.

I have to rest because of the drugs.

I packed my belongings that were inside the car boot and returned back into the house.

I entered the living room and saw J.J, he was coming out of his room, holding a towel.

How and when did he walk past me without me noticing?

I shrugged, gently dropped what I was carrying on the floor and walked across the living room to meet him.

"Hey, where have you been?" I asked, as I reached where he was.

"I have been inside my room." He replied, as he rubbed the towel against his head.

"When did you walk past me without me or the boys noticing?" I asked, curiously.

"I don't know about you, but these people here are so carried away by the TV that they didn't even notice me." He replied and smiled softly.

Something is fucking off.

Who was that I met outside.

The person must have had something to do with the time freeze.

Was it J.J?

There is no way it could be him.

I guess he wasn't affected.

But everything freezed.

How did he bathe?

Who knows?

Maybe he got frozen too and might not even have any idea about it.

Ugh!

I guess I was the only one who noticed and saw it.

I have to keep it to myself otherwise they might think that I have begun to go crazy.

I didn't say anything else.

I just nodded and walked away, back to my stuff.

I carried them into my room and placed them where they belonged.

Brunch was ready, because it also consisted of our supposed breakfast.

We all sat around the dining table and began to dig into our plates, except me, but J.J and Genevieve didn't notice that I wasn't eating.

I pretended to be eating by talking, lifting an empty spoon or fork into my mouth, returning back to the plate and pretending to chew.

J.J finished eating first and left us, he returned about five to ten minutes later.

I secretly gave my food to Lizzy when everyone else except Hale and Raymond was distracted.

We switched plates without J.J and Genevieve noticing.

Everyone else left the dining and went about their day except I and Lizzy who was now eating my food.

"Hey, aren't you hungry?" Lizzy asked me, concerned.

"No, not yet." I replied to her and smiled at her.

"Why are you smiling?" She asked confusedly, as she doesn't know why I am smiling.

"I thought we were playing a game." I replied to her and laughed softly.

"A game?" She asked, as she became more confused.

I nodded and replied,

"Yeah."

"What do you mean?" She asked, as she became most confused.

"You took my meat from the car boot, right?" I asked and laughed softly.

She shook her head and replied,

"No, I didn't and besides why should I do that?" She asked, but before I could reply her, she quickly added,

"It's yours and yours alone."

"So, who did?" I asked.

"Wait, are you serious?" Lizzy asked.

"Yes." I said and nodded at the same time.

"Ask everyone here, someone might have helped you." She said to me and walked away.

I just shrugged and returned to my room.

I sat on my bed and reached for my phone.

I wanted to see if I was still the talk of town.

Yes, I still was.

I lied down and eventually fell asleep.

I saw myself entering my grandma's house in America.

What am I doing here?

I walked towards the living room,but there were only two rocking chairs facing each other and nothing else.

Grandma was sitting on one of the chairs.

I didn't enter the room, I just stood by the door and stared at her, as if she was a total stranger to me.

I didn't say a word nor made any sound either.

She turned her head to face, smiled and said,

"Hey darling."

"Hello Nanni." I greeted her back, smiling.

"Come in." She ordered, still smiling at me.

"Okay." I said and entered the room, standing between her and the empty chair.

"Take the seat that is opposite me." She said,

I did and took the seat opposite her.

"How have you been?" She asked, concerned.

I nodded and said,

"Not good. I have missed you."

"I am sorry for causing all these troubles." I added with a broken voice.

"No baby, you didn't cause any trouble. You didn't do anything wrong coming back to life." She said to me with a very big and warm smile on her face.

"So why are the Police after me, what wrong have I done?" I asked her.

"You didn't do anything wrong my sweetheart, you are just special and they want to take that special gift away from you. They want to know your secrets." She said to me with a broken voice and teary eyes.

"What special Nanni?" I asked her.

"I don't know what it is, I haven't seen any of it before,but whatever it is, just know that you are the most special person alive." She assured me.

"Thanks Nanni." I said to her and giggled.

"Can you do me a favor?" She asked as a tear rolled down her left cheek.

"Yes, Nanni. Anything." I said to her, nodding at the same time.

"When you find out about what your special gift is, conceal it, don't let them know and never let them try to take it away from you, don't let them. Never let them." She instructed, as more tears began to roll down her cheeks.

"Yes Nanni." I said and nodded at the same time,as tears began to roll down my cheeks too.

"And one more thing." She said, as she began to wipe off the tears from her face with her bare hands.

"What is it, Nanni?" I asked curiously.

"Wherever you are, continue to hide and if they try to catch you, run. Continue to run and hide and never get caught until everything is over. If possible, continue to hide and run until they all perish and seize to exist, okay?" She cautioned and asked, as tears began to roll down her cheeks again.

"Yes Nanni." I replied,as I continued to cry the more.

"That's my baby." She said, stood up from her chair, bent over, kissed me on top of my head and began to walk away.

"Where are you going Nanni?" I asked, as I was confused.

Why is she leaving?

She stopped and faced me.

"I am leaving you here to hide." She replied.

I tried standing up, but she brought out a wand that was similar to that of my guardian angel's and circled it in the air and immediately I got glued in the chair that I couldn't stand up from the damned chair.

I tried standing with it and it seemed like my feet were tied to my knees, so that I couldn't stand up.

What the fuck is happening?

I stopped trying and looked up at her,

"Guardian angel?" I called out her name.

She frowned and looked a bit confused at first and then smiled.

"How did you know?" She asked, as she transformed into her true self.

"Your wand." I replied to her.

"You are very smart." She said to me,

"Can you at least free me from this bondage first?" I asked, rolled my eyes and shrugged.

"Oh, I almost forgot about that." She said and laughed softly, as she waved her wand in the air again, immediately freeing me.

I stood up, walked towards her and asked,

"Why did you use my grandma's face?"

"Because you miss her a lot and I was under cover." She said and giggled.

"Yeah, you are right. I miss her a lot." I said and smiled.

"How was my acting?"

"Did I get you on that one?" She asked, smiling as if it was her last.

"Yeah, you did and your acting was fucking impressive." I said, as I rolled my eyes and shook my head at the same time.

"Ah. Ah. Ah. No cursing." She said and shook her head at the same time.

"Okay, I am sorry." I apologized and rolled my eyes again.

"It's okay." She said to me, smiling brightly.

"Sorry for blowing your cover. Why did you pretend to be my grandma ?" I asked, as I was a bit sad.

"As I have said earlier, it's because you miss her and I thought it would be easy for you to fall for it." My guardian angel replied.

"So why are you here?" I asked.

"You are dreaming,I mean you are in your dream world and this is my first time in your current life dream world. It feels different." She said and pouted gracefully.

"What do you mean?" I asked curiously.