Hey guys...
I want to tell you... the day after tomorrow, there is an exam waiting for me, for two weeks. I hope you guys can be patient waiting for the next chapter.
Okay, now... happy reading.
Time and Wound are books written by J Gemma, no... but these are more accurately called wingwritten manuscript.
Two simple titles for stories with thick pages...
They are both related to each other. According to the author, Time is the first part, while Wound is the next. But to my mind, it doesn't matter if the readers want to read it from the first or second part, because the paths contained in these two books are backward flow.
Time flow leading to the past...
In the first book tells the last time for a girl with a deadly disease. There isn't much time left for her. Because, at the beginning of the story the main character is experiencing a critical period, and in the middle of the story, the main character died. And the rest of the story, just sadness, loneliness, and emptiness.
Maybe this second book was written because of it...
The second book tells the story of the main character before suffering the deadly disease. Although the main character has been informed of her illness, since she was five years old, but she wasn't desperate in the darkness of the sea, she started to run, hit the spring breeze, without thinking about the disease.
With her friends, she was always cheerful, laughing, joking, as if she were all right. Even her friends didn't know anything about her illness, until the end of the story, and the rest of her story is in the first book.
It's rarely does a writer write a story that has a backward plot like this, even in another book. It is as if the author wants her readers not to question the first or second book, because for her both are important.
The first book, Time, expressed sadness, and a second book entitled Wound, expresses sorrow as well... it's just covered with happiness.
Although these two books only tell the sadness and sorrow, but they teach something very valuable. As the titles are simple, it consists of only one word.
Time and Wound... time wounds. A wound that goes hand in hand with time... the wound gets worse as time passes.
"I didn't think someone like her could make this sad story..." I mumble, sitting in my chair, staring up at the clear, bright starry night sky.
("...It's true I hate reading, but it's different from 'reading a feeling'.")
"Reading a feeling... eh?"
It's true what he said. Because of these two books, her feelings are so strong. It's more like reading a feeling than reading a book, or a story.
A few days have passed, and tomorrow is a very important day for her...
But... somehow, I have a bad feeling about this...
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The next morning...
3rd person POV
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"Stupid Blu... Is he still sleeping?!" Gracie cried, on a sunny Saturday morning. She stood in front of Blu's house along with Roberto and Jewel.
Gracie repeatedly knocked on the door while pressing the bell, but still no answer. While Roberto tried to call his cell phone, but still no answer.
"How?" Gracie asked, looking at Roberto.
"No answer..." he replied, looking desperate, "My goodness... today is an important day. How can he...!?" he muttered, looking annoyed.
"Is Gunderson all right?" Jewel said in a slightly worried tone.
"Don't worry... we'll wake him up, and take you both to the town hall on time!" Roberto exclaimed confidently.
"The heck...! he's getting on my nerves!" Gracie grumbled, "Okay then, there's no other choice. We'll break the door!"
"Wha-? Breaking the door?" Jewel looked a little surprised,"Is that okay, Gres? I mean here is his private area."
"It's okay... it's okay..." Gracie said, grinning, "We used to be like this. To me he's like my brother." and then she turned to Roberto,"Robe... !"
"I know!" he responded, and immediately walked to the door and was about to forcibly open the door, but he then realized something, "Well, the door is unlocked, though."
"Huh?!" Jewel and Gracie were both surprised.
"He's really a sloppy bird...!" Gracie grunted, then opened the door, and stepped inside Blu's house, "Blu! We'll come in!" she shouted, but still no answer.
"It's strange... why it looks dark?" Jewel commented, seeing the conditions in Blu's house that looked dark, silent and deserted.
Gracie and Roberto looked around, and found his mess shoes on the shoe rack...
"Blu...!" Gracie shouted, and immediately ran to the second floor, followed by Roberto and Jewel, "Blu...! where are you? hey, answer me!" she looked so worried.
"That damn bird...!" Roberto muttered, he also looked panicked.
After a while, the three of them headed for Blu's room, and saw him faint, his head lying on a desk full of paper, his wings tattered and dusty.
"Blu...!" Roberto and Gracie yelled, they looked worried.
However...
"Huh...!" Blu suddenly opened his eyes, raised his head and looked at them both
"Aaarh...! he rose from the dead!" cried Gracie, and Roberto.
"Roberto and Gracie, yes? Jewel too, eh? Good morning. What do you need to come here?" asked Blu with sleepy eyes.
Gracie, Roberto, and Jewel looked at each other blankly...
"What the heck are you saying?!" Gracie shouted, "You sleepyhead! Have you forgotten?!"
"Forget?" Blu was still a little dazed, but he tried to remember it, "Ah... that's right!" he began to look hysterical.
"Then you better get ready quickly!" Gracie shouted again,"And take a bath, you smell like a stinkbird...!"
"Yes ma'am...!" Blu ran down the stairs to the bathroom.
"Haah..." Roberto sighed, "He never changes..." Roberto muttered, chuckling.
Jewel's POV
"Haha..." I just laugh a little, see 'the chaos' this morning. Bright morning, the beginning of an important day.
His desk was full of scattered papers and pencil powder. It was true, he forced himself to write, until he fell asleep on his chair, lay his heavy head on a pile of papers. His wings looked exhausted... dusty, and tangled feathers that became the proof.
It's all just because of my stupid books, but he got it done... reviews for my books.
But I have no idea... why I feel so happy to see him. After three years, he finally came back...
3rd person POV
"You'd better hurry, or... I'll bathe you the way you used to!" Gracie shouted, at the bathroom door.
"No! Don't you dare enter! I'll hurry...! Besides, I don't remember you ever bathing me!" grumbled Blu.
"Haha... they're so funny..." Jewel laughed at they both.
"Well, they're neighbors and childhood friends too..." Roberto said, standing next to her,"Sometimes they make noisy... even in the early morning like this."
"Yes, I understand what you mean..." Jewel smiled.
"Hey Blu!" Roberto shouted, "If you're so long in there, I promise I'll break that door again..."
"All of you get out!" cried Blu, annoyed,"I can not finish my private business here!"
Half an hour later...
Blu's POV
"Eight o'clock in the morning, yes? The announcement started at nine o'clock. That means there's another hour and a half. But why did they come so early, anyway?" I whispered, staring at the clock in my room.
Having managed to force them out of my room, I can take a quiet bath, and wear my clothes.
"My goodness, they... just go into someone's private territory." I whispered again with annoyance.
I stared at the messy papers on my desk. The papers containing the reviews of her books, I finally got it done. Although it took a whole night, but my wings looked fine. I don't know why my wings are so light this morning.
"Hey Blu... hurry up!" Gracie shouted in front of my house. She is really an impatient bird.
"Okay... Okay..." I answered her.
Today is an important day for her... J Gemma. Her books, her stories and her feelings will be delivered to the world. And also because of her, I'm forced to write again...
Maybe she's right...
"My God, you're so long. You even need half an hour to get ready!" Gracie grunted to me, when I was out of the house, standing in my front yard, which this morning looked rather crowded than usual.
Roberto, Gracie and Jewel... they all look at me...
"That's because you guys just go into someone's room!" I argued.
Then, Jewel walked towards me, and stepped on my talons...
"Ouch...! what is..." but something terrible makes me stop... and 'something' is...
"Who's asleep until late?" Jewel whispered horribly, right in front of my face. Her aura is so... well, it makes me not move in front of her.
"I... I am sorry..." I said, trembling.
"All right...! Because everyone is ready, shall we go?!" Jewel shouted, in this quiet, cool morning.
"Okay...!" Gracie and Roberto also looked excited.
"Wait! Are you two not training this morning?" I asked, looking at Gracie and Roberto.
"Well, we deliberately skipped the training this morning to see the announcement. The announcement of Jewel's books... I mean, J Gemma's books which officially published to the world." Gracie replied innocently, smirking at me.
"Yes... for Jewel, I'll do whatever it takes..." Roberto continued, as usual playing like a cool bird.
"Ah... Roberto. That's sweet of you..." said Jewel, walking toward him. But somehow this scene looks a bit strange.
"I see..." I responded to myself flatly.
"Oh right...!" Jewel suddenly, running towards me.
"What is it?" I'm a little surprised.
"Are the papers on your desk a reviewer for the books?" she asked me.
I stepped back because her face was too close to my face, "Yeah right..."
"No way!" she screamed hysterically.
"Huh, why?! Is something wrong?" I still don't understand the situation.
"The review should be delivered to the publisher at least one day before the start date."
"What?!" I shouted, disbelieving at what she just said, "Why didn't you say that from the beginning...!"
"That's because you didn't ask!" she replied, just as upset with me.
"What the heck is that!" I'm still upset, start feeling panicked.
"Don't worry... that's why we plan to arrive early..." Roberto calmly smiling at us.
"Yeah right..." Gracie added, smiling, "There is still enough time. We'll take you two there in five minutes."
A few moments later...
"Ahhh...!" I shouted, above a bike on a lonely road. Together with Gracie who is riding the bike.
"Let's go...!" Jewel shouted excitedly, riding with Roberto who eagerly pedaling the bike very quickly.
"Hey... you're too fast...!" I commented, a cool breeze rushing through my feathers,"Wait! These bikes belong to whom?"
"Don't think about it...!" Roberto exclaimed, "We are going to take you there in five minutes."
"More importantly... is it okay to send the reviewer now? Will it be accepted?" Gracie asked.
"Take it easy..." Jewel replied with a casual smile, "We'll overcome it. Because we are the greatest...!"
She is as usual, very confident. So eager... she's really a free soul...
"Hah... that's what I want to hear...!" Roberto exclaimed, "Okay, more faster!"
On fast-paced bikes... a cool morning breeze blows through our feathers...
"Yeah...!"
Chapter 7 : Departure
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The four of us started to depart...
And done...
Alright guys... thank you for taking the time to read this chapter, I hope you guys enjoy it.
I will see you again in the next chapter, two weeks ahead probably.
