Time Flies

Preface

I left you with a cliffhanger. How is Nonny doing? What happened to the family Levine. I will answer to those questions in this chapter. Enjoy!

Chapter 25

General POV

"Huh? Where am I? Was that a dream? Oush, no. My shoulder hurts." Nonny woke up in a hospital bedroom. "How many times am I gonna wake in a hospital?" It was 1 AM. He saw his parents sleeping on 2 seats, they were exhausted. They didn't sleep since Nonny disappeared. He looked at his left. He saw… "Gil?" He was sleeping too. Nonny reached out to him and tried to wake him. "Gil." He whispered. Then he shook his shoulder. "I'm not sleeping. I was not sleeping." Gil said jumping out of the chair. He turned to Nonny. "Nonny!" He said. "Don't be loud. My parents." Nonny said. "They will not awake, they are too sleepy." Nonny nodded. "But… Nonny!" Gil proceeded with a tight hug. "Ouch Gil, that's my shoulder." "Oh sorry." "Your absence was… eternal. I'm so happy you're back. It was all my fault, I'm so sorry. If I didn't inform you all of Sandras harassment, then none of this would have happened." Gil almost started crying. "I think it would have been much worse if you went solo. It's okay you know." Nonny said recomforting him. "Not to be rude but… Why are you here?" "Your parents were too exhausted of the whole situation. So we decided to take care of you, day and night. Every hour we switch the roles, now it's my turn. It's been 3 days since we began." "3 days?" "Yes, 3 days. You lost a lot of blood and you had intensive care. You are lucky that the knife didn't hurt your neck. You were underfed too so that didn't make it easier. But 2 days ago you weren't in danger of life anymore." "And Oona? Is she okay?" "Yeah she could leave the hospital yesterday but decided to stay with us. She was underfed too and had some fever, but it didn't get worse." Nonny sighed of relief. He stared down for a moment. "And… Sandra?" "The inspector that led the operation said she would go to a special centre for mentally ill people. Her parents on the other hand go back to jail for a long period of time." "That's… good." Gil nodded in agreement. "What happened to Mike? He can't go to that centre, he even fed me and Oona in secret." "Oh really? The inspector said that a boy jumped on probably his dads arm who had a gun in it. He saved the 2 police men. The last thing I heard from him was a message that said… well here, read it for yourself."

I'm happy to hear that Nonny and Oona are alive and well. I'm sorry for everything that happened. You can't imagine what I experienced during my whole life. those experiences haunt me every day. I can't live like that so I decided to leave the town. I'm going to live with my grand-parents. At least they are normal. I will actually miss all of you, even though I don't know you guys quite well but you all felt like brothers and sisters to me. Goodbye Guppies.

"…" Nonny looked disappointed. "I haven't got the chance to thank him… for the cookies." "The cookies?" "That's what he gave Oona and me one night to eat." "Aah." "Sigh." It was silent, Nonny asked everything he wanted to know. Gil broke the silence. "Well, now that this whole affair with Sandra is over, that means?" Nonny looked at him confused. "That means what?" Gil smiled. "It's time to concentrate Oona, you still love her don't you?" "Ssst, not too loud. If my parents wake up and hear that." "I think your parents would be happy with that." Nonny just nodded. "I'll take that as a yes. But I don't think this is the right moment to speak about it. We'll talk about it later with the rest." Nonny nodded.

"My turn Gilly, you can go back to sleep. Nonny! You're awake!" Molly ran over to the bed and gave Nonny a hug. "Ouch that's my shoulder. Second time." "Oh sorry hihi." Molly giggled. She ran out of the room and came back with the rest of the Guppies. "Nonny!" They said in unison. Despite the noise they made, Nonny's parent's didn't move. They did a group hug. Everyone was smiling, even Nonny. Smiling at Oona. But behind Nonny's smile was… a traumatized person. A broken soul. Nonny may have been very calm and coldblooded the time he got kidnapped, he felt an emotion that never will disappear. He still sees the dark room, the rusty hatch, the gun of Sandras dad… Those images flashed through his mind, it didn't last long but it was enough for Nonny to panic. Now he was calm and he felt secure because he was surrounded by his loved ones. But the moment he woke up, he didn't saw Gil or his parents, this made him panic. From now on, Nonny changed.

Well that's it for this chapter. Hope you liked it. Please give me your opinion about it. Finally Sandra is part of the past for the Guppies. But will they have peace for long? What about Nonny? What changed? Little by little we'll see that in the next chapters. Good bye!