As soon as I got home from the hospital, my life got hit with another bomb. Only this one was…good…

I had been resting on the couch, completely beat. Turns out, my injury had been much more severe than thought and hurt like hell. I was lucky to not have popped my lung with my rib.

I had been dreaming of that black haired wonder once again. She was so beautiful. One part of me (I shall not specify) really really wanted to see Chelsea again, but…my brain told me to not.

"Alois, we need to talk."

Damn it, I just want peace. That's all. "What?! Can't you see I'm…healing…"

Nichole's mother didn't even smile at that. I thought it was kinda clever….eh. "Alois, your ears aren't broken. Listen up."

"Fine, fine." I said, giving into the fight. "What is it now? We moving? A mob is coming after us to kill me? I wouldn't be surprised…"

She shook her head. "No Alois. Look, I know that thinks aren't exactly working out for you right now-"

I smirked and hugged my blue blanket tighter around me. "No kidding. My life is awful."

"I know sweetie." She said (Sweetie? Ew, did she like taste me or something), "But Gabby is coming over today and she said that she'd hang out with you, okay?"

Gabby was the one who'd told me Nichole loved me. She always came over to help cook and take care of things. She was the nicest out of Nichole's three friends.

"Okay." I replied. "That's fine with me. When is she coming?"

Nichole's mother shrugged. "I don't know. Sometime. She said she had something important to tell you."

Important? Hm. "Alright. I'll wait here for her. I like watching the flashy box thing."

Nichole's mother chuckled at that and got up to leave me to watch my Adventure Time. It was quite entertaining…

…

I wasn't even done my show when the door rang and Gabby walked in. She said hello to Nichole's mother hastily and quickly made her way to me.

"Alois…" She got a bit too close to me to whisper in my ear. "I need to talk to you. I think…I think we can save Nichole…"

The second those words hit me; I felt both the urge to move and the urge to stick my tongue out and spit. It was true Nichole had been a friend till the end, but Chelasa…

"Come on, let's talk outside." She said, pulling me up out of my seat and dragging me into the backyard.

"Hey!" I shouted; my mind still at war with itself. "I wanna see what happens to the Ice King!"

"No time. This window of opportunity will close soon." Gabby turned to face me, her face stern. She reminded me a lot of Nichole. From her same shade of brown hair to her tendency to stare off into space for a minute or two.

"Save Nichole?" I said, realizing how impossible it sounded. "But how? She died…And Claude ate her…"

Gabby twiddled her thumbs, her eyes impatient. "Just listen alright! So I was talking to Catilin and she said that we might be able to somehow get you back to the past and save her!"

"Are you kidding?!" I gasped. Go back to my time? To save her? "But…that sounds impossible."

"Hear me out okay!" She said doing that weird thing she did with her hands when she was excited. "Stop interrupting too! It's rude! Look, tomorrow Cailtin is coming and so am I. We are, if you are willing, going to send you to the past as a sprit guide and tell your past self what's to happen! That way you could stop her from ever…ya know, dying for you!"

I fiddled my fingers at this. Save her by being some creep ghost and telling myself what to do? It all sounded a bit…out there. "I don't know…I want Nichole back…but it sounds dangerous…"

Gabby shot me an evil glance. "Look Alois. I lost my best friend because she sacrificed herself for you. She believed that your happiness was more important than her safely. She made a deal with the devil because of you. To save you."

"Well…" Don't sound bad, don't sound bad, don't sound bad. "Uh…I kind of moved on from her…"

I have never seen such a face before. It was half rage and half sadness. "W-Who…? Who is better than Nichole…?"

I swallowed and bit my lip. Gabby seemed really mad at this. "Well, her name is Chelsea…"

"E-excuse me?!" Gabby gasps and makes an over dramatic gesture. "She's Nichole's church friend. I've never really met her, but I've heard of her. Alois…I don't think she'd ever die for you."

"So?" I asked. "I can protect myself."

Gabby laughed at that like it was the funniest thing she'd ever heard. "You!? Take care of yourself?! Look, you might be a bit better than Ciel but still." She put her hands on my shoulders and stared me straight in my eyes. "Alois, Nichole paid the ultimate sacrifice for you. And now you're just gonna forget her?!"

Jeez, someone wasn't at all happy. "Look, Nichole would have wanted me to move on. I'm not going to risk my life for something that won't work."

Shaking her head, Gabby backed away a bit from me. "Y-You…you don't know it'll fail. You're just jumping to conclusions! We can do this! I know it!"

I rolled my eyes. "Stop being so optimistic! Whatever went through Nichole's crazy head is beyond me, alright! Ciel once said that something los-"

"I know!" Gabby pretty much screamed. "I know, I know! I was right, you are a jerk! Nichole was stupid to ever think you loved her back and that you'd risk yourself for her! No wonder no one likes you Alois! You only care about yourself!"

With that, the girl marched right back in the house, heading to the bathroom. Probably to fix her make-up or something from those tears.

Still, what she had said about me only caring of myself. It hurt. It couldn't be true of course! No way! I had helped others loads of times. Like when…..uh…when I…

Click.

Tears now ran down my face. I was shaking and wobbly on my feet as well. She was right. I was too much of a complete coward to even try to save her. Nichole had knew at one point that she wouldn't make it home. She knew that she would die.

In reality though, it should have been me.

I quickly hightailed into the house and banged on the locked closed door. "Gabby! Gabby! I will! I go to the past and save Nichole!"