From the author: Hey guys! My second work… It will be big, so get ready! Thanks to Permen Caca for idea of this fic and for great conversation :3 Sorry for so little part… Let me know if you'll like this!
POV Max
Oh my god! I fucked up! Why?! Why I can't do anything right? I wanted to make things better, but I made this! Now I am in the «Vortex Club», my friends from another reality are not even friends to me and Chloe… Chloe is disabled… That's just awful! I need to fix everything. Fast.
— Max? Is it okay? — Chloe looked at me with surprise.
— Oh… That's… That's fine… Just was thinking about… Its nothing. Forget about it
We were sitting in her room. It's a bit different now…
— Okay then… Can you tell me something about your life since you left me?
— Uhm… I came back in Arcadia because of Blackwell Academy. And now I'm studying here. Nothing interesting… What about you?
— Well, the same. Nothing interesting. Got in a car crash, for example — she laughed.
Strange… She didn't mention Rachel…
— Chloe, I'm very sorry… Oh, did you know Rachel Amber?
— Hm… That missing girl? No, I didn't. You did?
— No, me neither…
— So, why did you ask?
— It's a long story. Maybe, I'll tell you about it
Then, we were looking through the album with our photos. Damn, we were so little and nothing couldn't bother us… Oh! This photo! Maybe I could go back there and… No… What if I can change something here?…
— Listen Max… My respiratory system is failing and… And it's only getting worse. I've heard the doctors talking about it when they thought I was zonked up. So, I know I'm just putting off the inevitable, while my parents suffer along… And I will too… This isn't how I want things to end…
— Chloe…
— Do you understand what I'm saying?…
— Yeah, I do…
— All you have to do, is crank up the IV to eleven
Think, Max! Well, I could do this, and Chloe won't suffer… But maybe she can help me? We need to find Rachel. I… I don't know…
— Chloe… I don't know! I have no right to just… Kill you!
— I give you this right
Damn, what should I do?…
— I won't do this. Please, don't be upset. I just can't…
— I understand. Everybody just hate me. Go away, Max…
Great! Just great! I hope, she'll understand… That's very hard for me…
I went out of Chloe's house. Okay, if I want to find Rachel, I need to live in this new "world" for some time, to understand all my relationships with students from Blackwell in this reality.
I need to talk to Warren… I hope, we are friends here…
I caught the bus to Blackwell and went there.