AN: REALLY short chapter. Will John think Selena is crazy or will he believe her? Read on!

"You... died?" John asked incredulously.

Here we go...

"Listen. I... I'm not normal. I'm not from this universe. I had a life. A different one. 2014. The year I died. When it happened, I...passed through planes of existence, I guess? I don't know what it was.

"The point is, afterwards I was born here. Time passed and I slowly began to realize what had happened. I realized I would never see my loved ones again. Alex was my best friend. He was the last person I saw before it happened. He's not the only thing I mourn."

After a few moments of piercing silence, John spoke.

"What triggered you to cry?"

I sigh heavily. "The glasses. You wore them, right?" He nods in response. "Well, I chose the Old Earth option and...my hometown appeared. Of all the cities in Texas, my home had to pop up. It was too much. I... It reminded me of... everything."

John looked...perplexed? Pensive? Anguished? I didn't know. It took me years to grasp the concept of my death, I'm giving him a few moments. The silence began to eat away at me. I was sure that John would either run away, laugh, or-a very unlikely scenario- understand. I couldn't take it anymore. I was sure he thought I was some crazy person that he could no longer trust.

"Go on." I started. "Laugh, run, or judge. It'd make perfect sense if you did. After all, I'm just some freak fro-"

He dove at me and our lips crashed. His lips felt so warm upon mine. His hands rose and rested on the back of my neck, pulling me in closer, deepening the kiss. He ran his tongue slowly across my lower lip, causing me to gasp, making way for him to intrude my mouth. Our tongues began a fierce dance, savoring each others mouth.

No longer being able to breath, our lips reluctantly parted, plump from the encounter. Never before had I experienced something so...vibrant. Something so exhilarating. I felt like I had just been on a roller coaster.

"You are nota freak. I will never run away from you. I admit, this is difficult to understand, but I know you. You wouldn't come up with something like this for fun. If you say its true, that you truly underwent all of that, then I believe you.

" You are not a freak. You simply are. And that's what I love the most about you. I don't know why you had to go through that, but I'm glad you ended up here. With me."

His words soothed me to my very soul. I felt a large weight slip off my shoulders. I felt I could finally breath normally. And I could no longer deny anything: I fell for John. And somehow, he fell for me.

"I...sigh... Thank you. For everything. For understanding, for not judging me. For...the kiss." I said shyly.

He looked deep into my eyes, reading off my anguish, my confusion, my effort, my relief. Our lips met again, another passionate kiss. Our lips parted and he stood up and offered me a hand. I took it and rose to my feet.

"Come on." he said, " Let's get back to it, alright? I haven't forgotten our bet."

"Ten more I can convince Sarah to start the laps again." I challenged playfully, the pain and worry I had felt for so long no longer present.

"Twenty."

"Deal."

AN: YAAAAYY! So much love! So much understanding! So much- well, you get it. Thank you SO MUCH for all your reviews, follows, and favorites. To my new readers that did not read the little update thing I wrote (which I deleted) if you like, you can follow me on Twitter at Selena_Hawke. If I get at least five followers (Please tell me who you are, I don't have telepathic abilities though that'd be awesome) I will tweet updates, goodies, ideas(maybe), and perhaps a sneak peek. I do have a question for all of you: in the chapter where they "do the deed" as Ashley put it, would you guys want full-blown sex, or a sort of fade to black kind of thing? This part is still far away but I'm starting to plan ahead. Let me know what you guys think! PM! TWEET! whatever you like. I'm available 24/7! Until next time!