Chapter 9: Let Me Think About What Has Happened
John slowly wakes up & sees Alexia over her. "You ok, John?" Alexia said worriedly.
"Yeah, I am good. Are you ok?" While his ears are still ringing from the blast
"I am fine, don't need to worry about me." She replies.
John sits up. "My ears are ringing. Are your ears ringing too?"
Alexia nods, "Yeah, they are & it hurts, but I will manage."
"How long was I out, Alexia?" John said confusingly.
Alexia thinks for a moment before replying, "You were out for about 5, maybe 10 minutes. Why?"
John thinks for a moment, "Nothing, I was just wondering."
John starts to look around the treehouse.
"A large explosion & flown across the room, but there is no damage to the treehouse."
Alexia starts looking around, "You are right. What happened? What was that?"
"I have no clue, Alexia. Let's go back to your house. I need to lay down after that."
Alexia nods, "Good idea John."
Alexia stumbles back to her car while John stumbles behind her, trying to keep up with her.
They both enter the car & Alexia looks at her phone, "Great, my phone is dead, which is odd, because I charged it back at my house. I don't know what could have happened."
Alexia starts her car. The radio begins "It is 5:30 pm, & this is 106.1. You are about to hear the new amazing song fro-" Alexia turns off the radio.
Alexia looks at John "I need to lay down too. I will drop you off at your house; then I will go home & lay down."
Alexia drives to John's house. When she gets to his house, he asks what time it is. Alexia's phone vibrates after getting a text message. Confused, she looks at her phone. To her surprise, her phone is on again. "That's weird. It's on now. I don't know why," Alexia said confusingly. "But, anyway, it's 6:16 pm right now."
"Thanks for the ride," John said. He gets out of the car & shuts the door. "Thanks, Dimples. I will see you tomorrow."
"Ok, John. I will text you in the morning."
"Alright," John said nodding. Alexia drives off while John walks to the front door & opens it. He looks over in the living room and sees his mother sobbing, drinking, and looking at the tv or the picture of his dead father that's on top of the tv.
"Where have you been?" John's mother said yelling at him still looking at the tv or the picture, sobbing
"I was with Alexia yesterday & today."
"What were you guys doing?"
"Just hanging out, like we always do. Have you been drinking again, mom?"
John's mother turns around to look at John, "It doesn't matter if I am drunk or not, don't try to change the subject!" John's mother turns back and takes another drink from the bottle of alcohol she has in her hand.
"I was wondering, mom. Wasn't trying to change the subject."
"Yeah, whatever, John."
John walks to the kitchen & opens the fridge door. He sees a big bottle of tequila.
"At least she got some alcohol. Time for me to unwind," John whispers to himself. John grabs the bottle, walks up to his room, & closes the door. He opens the bottle, takes off his shirt, then starts drinking from the bottle. He then lays down on the bed.
"God, my head hurts. What happened earlier?" John thinks for a moment about what happened when he turned around to Alexia. "What was that light we saw? How did it throw us against the wall? What was that dream I had? Who was that guy & the woman I saw? Her name's Whisper? Why did she look so familiar, though?"
John keeps repeating everything that happened in his mind. After a little time passes, he looks at the clock on his dresser & sees that it is 8:30 pm. He realizes that he has been thinking about what happened at the treehouse for a little over 2 hours. "Whatever, I will just sleep on it."
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