Hope you like this chapter. There are a lot of thinking going on in here

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Time in Another Universe

The way I was feeling just now sort of turned to a feeling of disappointment but also satisfaction.

Well, I was sorta hoping he would leave anyway.' Though I thought that, I really wanted at least a little company-even from that of a stranger. Am I really that desperate?

As I thought about him, I recollected the thoughts to where my materials were. Hoping nothing happened to them, I started to swim to my left where land stretched down the river. I could feel my feet switch from the feeling of pressing against hard-wet rocks to dry-dirty pebbles on the now hard sand. I ran my hands through my now curly-wholly damp hair, which got stuck a little trying to undo a little hair knots from the effect of the water. In front of me were yellow and pink flowers lining the ground that mixed with the stiff grass and shrubs with hard-barked trees towering above them. To my right was a shabby-black backpack; it sat lump-sided against a lofty brown tree where I left it.

My nun-chunks dropped to the ground as I hurriedly rushed towards my bag, not caring if I stepped on dirty twigs or maybe even dead bugs, that bag was my prized possession for it had all the important items that I needed, or might need when I went out of my home. I knelt down to untie the black-laced strap. Once opened, my eyes scanned the interior to find a black top and black pants bundled together; a little glimpse of a turquoise-blue towel and a small polka dotted chain purse. Well, perhaps not that important to some peoples' tastes to steal from, but still, they were important to me.

My hand scurried in the bag until it felt the feeling of a towel. I wrenched it out while my clothes came out with it in the process. They fell to the sandy grimy ground, which I hoped would not happen, though I ignored it to wipe my clammy face. When finished, I put the towel back in the bag that happened to dangle out a bit and grabbed my now dirty clothes to shake them clean. I lose concentration when my ears perk up due to a scampering sound to my right.

My eyes dart in the direction of some green shrubs and pink flowers, but nothing what you'd expect to be threatening. I shrug it off.

Probably just a chipmunk or something…

Having the feeling that my clothes have just died from the crucial constant shaking, I place them back in my bag and put my towel further in it as well. I twiddle my fingers together to tie and close my bag all together. I heave a sigh of composure due to what I've just done and stand up.

My head turns towards the sluggish paced river on my right and I consciously stroll forward. My feet stopped just where the water compensated the land; I put my arms behind my back to look down and dip my toe in the water's coldness as I started to get the feeling of taking another swim. I look back up to see if anything seemed out-of-nature in the bushes and trees on the other side of the river and on my side; just more trees and shrubberies on the left and right. A huff of air blows out my mouth as my right hand reaches my forehead and my left hand places its self on my hip. My mind wanders in the confrontation of that stranger; that stalker-guy.

He's probably watching me right now.

I place a finger on my chin out of speculation to glance at the cliff I fell from. Nothing showed but green bushy trees and vines lining the cliffs rocky façade. My eyes gazes beyond the cliff to see a still tangerine sky hardly embedded with transparent clouds.

Hmm…he'll probably show up again…especially if he lives up to his name.

My lips uncovered a small smile of teeth at the thought of the name; it was a funny title. The more I thought about him, the more he caught my interest of curiosity.

Who was he and what did he want? Did he just want to start a friendly conversation with someone he didn't know? I wonder how long he's been following me around, or did he just find me at that particular time?

Questions filled my head like water being poured into a bucket, questions that might have to be answered at a later time.

But, I really don't want to think about that guy, especially since I have other important things to think about; though, at the same time, I just can't ignore someone who might be looking at me from behind the trees.

Just to be sure…

I swiftly spun around in coherent with that thought. Once again it was nothing that I would stand in shock of but the flowers and trees standing above them. I turned back around in approval, but with no smile. There was that feeling again, the feeling of paranoia. The sensation prompts me to kick the sand with my foot in anger; I watched a mass of forced sand fly into the water ahead of me. My eyebrows furrowed. I hated this feeling with my guts, this stupid anxious feeling, and wished whenever I had this feeling that it would just go away. I'm not used to this sensation, though whenever the nagging and anxious feeling comes up in my chest I just want to be with someone all the time like I'm a big baby. I turn around once more to look towards a light beaming down on the tree leaves giving them a majestic atmosphere. I heave a sigh.

I guess I just have to suck it up and be strong- be strong Deonna… I said to myself.

I turn my head back around towards the slow-moving river; my foot stepped into the moving liquid and started to have a feeling of edginess of trying to overpower the emotion.

Besides me feeling this way, I should try to shake it off and just take a nice swim like I'm supposed to anyway. That's why I came here in the first place right? I don't want to absorb more stress as it is anyway.

A smile finally crossed my lips as I stretched my arms to undergo another sentiment of ease. Stretching feels so good.

Just then I realized I've been standing around in the same spot all this time wondering about some stranger. What a wonder what a stranger with red hair can do to you in just a five-minute encounter.

Chuckling escapes my lips. Well, maybe whenever he wants to jump out of the bushes and scare the heck out of me, maybe next time I can try to befriend him…maybe.

I waded my feet into the water, the chilly cold water and sat my butt on the rocky-sandy ground. Thinking about befriending that guy pours memories of my lost friends into my mind; the last time I've seen them was when darkness consumed this island. After I went blank, I appeared in this other world called Traverse Town. This was when I still had my family, but I only saw two of my friends there, which made me really happy but also sad that my other friend wasn't there. I met a lot of people there, but I can't really remember their names, for it's been two years. A brushing sound interrupts my thoughts behind me in the bushes. I stir my head around to see that guy, that stalker-boy once again. His presence gave me those dubious feelings I felt for him.

Is he really a perverted stalker?

He had a rather dull look about him, even though a small smirk was present upon his lips. "I knew you would show up eventually," I said with an uncomfortable smile, trying not to sound edgy. His facial features turned into a more composed and easy going one.

He began to speak. "Yeah well…" he rubbed the back of his neck as if he was at a lost of words. He didn't finish the sentence and said, "That sure was some dive you did," he whipped his nose with his thumb and put his hand on his hip. "It was pretty impressive," he then folded his arms with a content smile.

A pleasurable grin curled my lips as I twisted my upper body in his direction while my arm supported my weight. "So you did watch me jump!" I ecstatically said; a little bit too ecstatically for my taste. "I thought you left since I didn't see you when I was in the water."

He then answered back at my curious statement. "I did watch you plunge down to the earth getting consumed in some fish water. After that, I figured I would go down to your level to greet you again."

I tittered; he really does live up to his name.

I gestured my hand, questioning his loath. "What? You don't like the water or something, or the fishy smell?" I said with a smirk. But of course, who would like the smell of fish anyway. He shrugged.

"I'm not much of the swimming kind of guy", he shrugged again with his hands. "And I wouldn't exactly want to bathe in fish water anyway."

Hmm…I can very much understand that, but I wasn't bathing.

I spoke my thought. "I can very much understand that…" I said as I looked down. When I looked down, two pointed dark dots appeared faintly through my shirt on my chest. They were my… you know. My face flushed with minor heat as I looked back up at him but he was staring somewhere else. I swiftly turned back toward the river. I then remembered I was wearing a white T-shirt that you could almost see through when wet. 'I hope he didn't notice, but if he did see them he should have said something.

But that would be so weird if he said that he could see my chest through my shirt, I murmured to myself.

I felt really embarrassed and pretty shocked. I stood up on my feet and waded forward into the deeper part of the river, where I was soon almost engulfed with water up to my neck. This way, he wouldn't have to see me body. My head turned towards his direction, where I saw him chuckling and walking up towards the river, almost where I was sitting.

What is he laughing about? I decided to ask him rather in a clueless way.

"What's so funny?"

He put his arms to his sides and said, "When you got up, some sand was stuck on you legs and butt, I just thought that to be funny is all."

I could feel an irritated expression on my face. That is embarrassing to. I shook my head and smirked, falling back into the water and started to float with my arms splayed out. Above me was the mood of the sky that seemed dim and dry. A few clouds lined the sky like gray streaks and only a few stars could be seen, weakly though. I guess the sun is about to leave the island for another day; I didn't realize it was getting this dark.

Time flies when your mind is in a different universe.