23.

3 months later

I come home from yet another day at work and threw my jacket on the floor while sighing. As I get to the living room I see Danny coming really proud out of the kitchen.

'I cooked dinner' he said while still wearing the apron.

'I'm not hungry' I said and let myself fall onto the couch and turned the TV on.

'But I've made your favorite' Danny said while picking up the jacket I left on the floor and hung it up.

'Whatever' I said and changed the channel.

'Right, I'd just.. put it in the fridge than'

'Oh while you're there, bring me a beer will ya'

'S..Sure' Danny said and disappeared in the kitchen. I laid myself comfortable in the couch and changed channel again. Why isn't there anything interesting on this thing?

'Here' Danny said and gave me a beer.

'Thanks'

He sat beside me and watched TV with me until it was getting really late.

'I'm off to bed' he said 'Are you coming?'

'Nah, you go'

'See you in the morning then?'

'Yeah yeah'

'Goodnight' He said trying to smile.

'Night'

I laid before the TV for another couple of hours, I just wanted to go to bed when I heard a noise coming from the kitchen.

'Danny?' I asked but there came no answer. 'Hello?'

After hearing another sound I decided to go look. With small and quiet steps I entered the kitchen and quickly turned the light on. I looked around, even checked the cabinets, but there was no one.

I thought I must have imagined it and turned back only to see someone sitting on the couch watching the TV.

'Who the hell are you?' I asked

'My name is Zena, nice to meet you Tom Fletcher' she said still watching the TV.

'What are you doing here and how to you know my name?'

'I'm from Xion and I've come for you'

'Why? I'm gone, just like they wanted me to'

'I've come for an entirely different matter' She said. Her voice was deep and mysterious. Finally she stood up and turned around. She has long curly blond hair with a pony and dark green eyes. She looked pretty young as well. I guess 14 years old. 'I can see people's past and future. I've watched Danny's future and it isn't a pretty one'

'Then why aren't you here for him?' I asked

'Because you are the reason his future is horrible'

'What do you mean?' I started to get scared. What did she mean I was the reason?

'I'll show you' she said and grabbed my hand. It was like someone hit the forward button, I could see people passing in a blur. I was just starting to get nauseous when it stopped. We were still in my house and everything looked the same except for the coffee table. It was filled with beer bottles.

'Danny is in the kitchen' she said and gestured I should go look.

As I arrived in the kitchen I saw him doing the cooking, just like he did today. I looked confused at Zena. What's so bad about this?

'Wait' she answered my question as if she could read my mind.

I heard the front door opening and closing and both Danny and I looked around. Irregular steps led me to the living room and I saw myself.

I'm sure I hadn't showered and shaved in days and wait a minute.. am I drunk? Oh my god, I am!

I watched how I managed to sit down on the couch and looked for the remote.

'Danny! The remote!' future me yelled and Danny quickly ran to help find me the remote which was only lying on the with beer filled coffee table. He handed it over to me.

'Oh there it is!' future me said with a hiccup. 'And bring me another beer!'

I watched the scene with disgust. How can I treat Danny like that?

'Why am I like this?' I asked Zena

'You're unhappy and frustrated not to mention you're feeling guilty. And it only became worse when you got fired from your job'

'But..'

'Watch' she said interrupting me. 'The best is yet to come'

I looked at the scene again and wondered what was coming but it soon became clear to me.

After watching some TV and drinking more beer, future me decided to walk around. He had to hold the wall to walk straight.

'Why is this place so annoyingly clean?' he said 'Wait, let me fix that' and walked to the cupboard. He opened the door, took a plate and let it fall on the floor. 'See, that's better already'

'Tom don't' Danny said but future me didn't listen. Instead he threw some more, or let's just say everything in the cupboard, on the floor.

'Tom stop!'

Future me now decided the bookcase also needed a make-over and also threw the books across the room.

'Tom!' Danny yelled and tried to stop me but I just went on and on. The whole house was a big mess by the time I was done with it.

'Now that's a home! I love it! Don't you dare clean it up!'

'Tom, please stop' Danny begged while crouching down to pick up some glass shards.

'I said DON'T CLEAN IT UP!' future me yelled and before he knew it, before I knew it and especially before Danny knew it he hit Danny in the face.

'Seen enough?' Zena asked and too shocked to say anything, with an open mouth still watching the scene, I nodded. She grabbed my hand again and time went backwards.

'What has happened to me? That's not me!' I said when everything came back to its rightful place.

'It has already begun'

'What do you mean?'

'Think Tom, how have you treated him today?'

I thought back and came to a horrible conclusion. I wasn't that far from becoming this.. this.. this prick!

'What am I doing?' I asked while going through my hair with my hands.

'You don't have to feel guilty for taking him from his planet. He wanted to be with you and still does. He even stays in the future because he loves you' she said

'But.. because of me he's never going to see his mates and sister again. I'm not allowed there anymore and he isn't going without me!'

She smiled. 'You're dating a superhero'

'Yeah, so? What does that have to do with anything?'

She came really close to me, stood on her toes and whispered with her mouth next to my ear 'It makes you special' after that been said she turned around and walked out of the door.

'Wait, what do you mean?' I asked but when I got by the door but she had disappeared. 'What do you mean?' I yelled while running in my front yard, looking at the sky.

'Tom?' I heard Danny say and I quickly turned around to see him standing in the doorway while rubbing his eyes. 'Who are you yelling at?'

'No one, I was just.. Let's go to bed' I said avoiding the question.

'You mean you're coming to bed?' Danny asked hopeful.

'Yeah, of course' I said and he smiled.

/

/

I lay in bed but couldn't sleep. I couldn't stop thinking about that horrible future I gave Danny. I even hit him! I've never hit anyone in my entire life! It made me feel disgusted with myself.

'Danny?' I asked whispering, not wanting to wake him if he was sleeping.

'Yeah?'

'I love you'

'I love you too' he said and by the way he said it I knew he was smiling.

I turned to him and laid my head on his chest 'I'm sorry for being such a jerk lately'

'It's ok'

'No it's not, it will never happen again'

He laid his arm around me and kissed my hair. With that gesture I knew he had forgiven me. with a smile on my face I closed my eyes and finally slept.