I flew straight towards him. I moved so fast that it seemed I was running from death itself. As I got closer to him, I noticed his costume was different. It was black, except for this spider on his back and his eyes, which were white pools.
He didn't have time to brace himself for the impact. As soon as he noticed me, I came smacking into him with the biggest hug you've ever seen. I just wrapped my arms around him and never wanted to let go. Tears of joy dripped silently from my eyes.
"I missed you, I missed you so much." Was all I could say. I repeated it, over and over.
He pushed me away and gave me this awkward glance.
Of course he didn't remember me! It'd been three years!
"Spidey...it's me! It's...it's Jimmy! I'm home, Spidey! I'm here!"
His eyes widened like he was looking down the barrel of a gun.
"Jimmy?"
I smiled, and I was consumed by his arms. He spun my up in the air, around in circles so many times I got dizzy. He hugged me after that.
"You came back." He breathed out. It was like a whisper.
"Yeah...I did. After three years, I figured my heart couldn't take anymore of me missing you guys."
"Three years? Jimmy, what are you talking about? It's been five?"
"That's impossible. I'm only seventeen."
"What?" He spat.
"Yeah. They don't have sweet sixteen's back at Elementoria. It was kinda boring, actually."
"Oh my gosh...that's it, isn't it?" he said.
"What's it?"
"Jimmy, Elementoria and Earth don't have the same revolution! Earth must complete its orbit around the sun faster than Elementoria. So it's two years ahead!"
I sat down.
"I missed two years of my life?"
"No, technically, you didn't." He said, trying to comfort me.
I was shocked. Stunned. Amazed. Etc.
"So, I mean, what's been going on? Is everybody gone?"
"Green Day's still here. After you left, they postponed the shoot a couple months back. They needed 'recovery time'. The production will be wrapped up in a few months."
"You haven't been keeping track of my other friends, right?"
"Actually,"
he said. "Me and Matt had a nice little talk. He cares about you.
And I've peeked in on Nikki and Jamie. They've been looking for a
replacement, but I can tell they can't take the heartache."
I
gasped. "So do they know?"
"Know what? That Kim is really Jimmy?"
"Yeah."
"You've been gone for three years, and so has she. What do you think?"
"Oh..."
"They have no frigging idea! They think your on a vacation around the world because your parents won the lottery!"
"What? Who came up with that?"
"Billie-Joe. That dude's crazy, man."
"So Nikki and Jamie met Green Day?"
"Yeah. They were screaming. Nikki fainted for a minute."
I laughed.
"Can I go see them?"
"Sure. One V.I.P. trip to see Green Day, coming up!"
