Tempus fugit
Eight years in the future
Amy woke up with the after taste of alcohol in her mouth and a bloody headache that threatened to split her skull open. "Fuck!" she cursed. She looked inside her sheets and she was butt naked. She glanced over next to her to find something or someone covered from head to toe beneath the bed sheets. "Shit!" she cursed again. She wasn't sure if she was going to wake the person up or if she would make an exit without making her presence known. She never stays until morning and that was a first – a slip up she thought. She usually wakes up in the middle of the night and leave without a so long or goodbye. However, the night before was a blurry series of events which involved a lot of drinking, a dancing pole and a circus clown? She jumped out of bed and almost had a heart attack when she noticed the ring on her wedding finger.
"Oh my God! What the fuck!?," she was confused and panic settled in.
She gathered her discarded clothes on the floor and ran to what seemed to be the bathroom.
She dressed herself and she went to the sink to splash some water on her face.
Her eyes were bloodshot and the dark circles underneath weren't helping – she looked like shit she thought, while she looked at her reflection in the mirror.
Looking like shit was the least of her problems. Amy tried to recollect her thoughts as she paced back and forth in the room to try and figure out what the fuck happened.
Thinking made her brain hurt, her eyes hurt and she needed an aspirin or a drink because she really couldn't handle this sober.
"Fuck I need a drink," she gasped.
She looked at her hand again to examine the ring on her finger and she tried to pull it from her finger.
"Fuckery fuck!" she winced in pain. The ring was stuck.
"What the fuck are my going to do?" she grabbed her face in both hands.
Amy had done so many stupid stuff in her life but to get married and not remembering it, that was just another category of its own.
Her wife or husband or thing- hopefully that it was human -was in the other room sound asleep and she was in here having a bloody crisis.
"I need to get out of this fast. Shit! I have to call Lauren," she spoke out loud.
Present Day
Felix and Amy were outside in the car trying to figure out the combination of the small metal box that they had dug up earlier.
Felix took out his phone to try out the code that they had decrypted earlier.
A true love's kiss
A true loves kiss
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20 18 12 22 19 11 19 19
19 11 12 18 20 22
-8 +1 +6 +2 +2
"Okay Amy, 8 left, 1 right, 6 right, 2 right and 2 right,"
"Here goes nothing," Amy said. It was the moment that they had been waiting for and her heart was thumping every second that went by.
The box clicked open and Amy couldn't mask her surprise.
"Felix you got to see this!" Amy gasped.
"What the?" Felix was lost for words.
"Lauren and Shane have to see this." he added.
"I've just texted Shane. They're on their way to meet us," Amy said and she didn't know if she should be excited or confused or both.
At that moment, Reagan spotted them and she walked up to them.
"Hide the box," Amy told Felix.
"Shrimps I've been looking everywhere for you. Were you avoiding me?" Reagan was hurt and Amy could see it in her eyes and hear it in her voice.
" I think you two need some privacy. I'll be with Shane and Lauren.," Felix walked away and went to look for Shane and Lauren.
Reagan is in the parking lot with Amy. Change of Plans. – Felix
Inside the club
"What do we do now?" Shane asked Lauren. They all got Felix's text and they couldn't go to the parking lot now because Reagan was there. She already knew that something was up and they couldn't include her just yet.
"We're already running out of time. It's the fucking third time that we do this and we've only got like two chances left," Lauren vented her frustration.
"Plus we need Amy for this to work. Everything will be useless otherwise," Shane added.
"I agree, I just want this to end," Karma said. She was tired and she wanted everything to go back to normal.
"Hey guys what's the plan?" Felix asked as soon as he joined them.
"We have to go to Amy now," Lauren ordered. She was the unofficial group leader and she was bossy.
"Even if Reagan's there?" Felix asked.
"We don't really have a choice and we haven't tried that yet," Karma said.
" It's 11:30 pm. We should get moving people," Shane said. He was the unofficial time keeper and he was doing his best to keep them on track.
In the parking lot
"Hey, no… I've not been avoiding you babe." To Amy the word babe almost sounded foreign coming from her.
"But why did you hesitate when I tried to kiss you this morning," Reagan asked she had noticed that Amy have been cold and distant lately.
"I was just in a hurry that's all," Amy tried to give a reasonable explanation.
"It's hard to believe you when you 've been acting weird all week, ever since you had that girl's weekend with Karma."
"Reagan please, I'm really not in the mood for this right now." Amy was annoyed.
"I thought that we said no more lies and no more hiding things from each other," Reagan was angry and hurt.
"It's really not my place to tell you what's going on," Amy replied coldly.
"Amy you're my girlfriend I have a fucking right to know what's going on. Especially when it involves you."
"Reagan…,"
"Don't Reagan me," she moved further away from her, "did you know that your little friend Karma kissed me?"
"She what!?" Amy was surprise by that fact.
"Did you push her off you at least?" Amy asked expecting an answer from Reagan.
"Are you jealous?" Reagan asked. She was smiling inside and to her, Amy being jealous meant that she cared.
"No, I was just surprised that's all." That answer from Amy crashed the happy feelings that Reagan had inside seconds ago.
"You know what Amy? I don't know what's got into you but when you stop being an inconsiderate asshole then I'll talk to you." Reagan walked away with tears in her eyes.
Reagan bumped into Karma as she walked away from Amy and she almost knocked her down.
Karma held Reagan in her arms and for a split second they held each other's gaze.
Shane cleared his throat, "I think that we should keep moving Karms. We've got business to attend to."
Karma saw that Reagan had been crying. She ignored Shane and she spoke to Reagan.
"Don't cry. You know that it makes me sad when you cry," Karma brushed away the tear drops from Reagan's cheeks.
Reagan was surprised and confused and she didn't know what to say. Like Amy, Karma had been acting super weird this past week. She had noticed that Karma had been staring at her a lot recently but she didn't really give it much thought until tonight.
"I have to go." It was the only thing that Reagan was able to say. She left without looking back.
Karma walked towards Amy with the intention to confront her. She wanted to know why Reagan had been crying.
"What did you fucking to do her Amy?" Karma was furious.
"What do you mean?" she asked.
"Don't play dumb. Reagan was crying and I want to know why!" Karma wasn't playing and Amy knew that when the lines of Karma's forehead were creased, it meant that she could knock her out.
"I don't have to give you any explanations. I should be the one confronting you. Why did you kiss her?"
" That's not even a real question. I swear that if you hurt Reagan one more time, you'll get to know what I'm like when I'm not your best friend," Karma glared at Amy.
" Okay! Enough with the stupidities people. Back to work people." Lauren said. Both Reagan and Amy glared at her.
