2 Chapter 2: The Present

After passing out I had a dream again. I was in a cabin in the middle of the woods. The woman that I saw before was there. She was wearing a black dress, as if she was ready to attend someone's funeral. She was facing the door of the cabin, looking like she was waiting for someone. I can't directly see her face but there was an antique mirror that caught her reflection perfectly. Her face was blank, and her eyes were red. It looked like she cried the whole night at the cabin waiting for someone, but they did not come. The whole cabin looked old and filled with antique stuff, but everything was arranged properly. Someone probably lives there, and that's probably who the woman was waiting to come. It was all quiet when suddenly, someone knocked at the door twice. The woman stood up, and slowly walked to the door. At that moment, the mirror lost the reflection of the woman. I can't see her face, but I can tell she was scared. Her hands were shaking, and she walked as if there were chains around her feet. But before she could lay her hands on the knob, the door opened by itself. Suddenly, I felt frozen. I felt like a was in a crashing car again few seconds before death. But before I could see the person behind the door, she said, "There's no need to be worried" before I passed out.

"There's no need to be worried", the very last thing I heard before passing out from my dream was also the very first thing I heard when I opened my eyes. I was in a hospital bed. My body feels weak, the room is cold, there were voices talking, "He only suffered minor injuries", one of the voices said. As I looked where the voices were coming from, I saw some faint colors coming from them. There were Bluish orange covering their body. At first, I thought that maybe I really did die, and I was ready for it. I'd disappear than live my life in vain. I already lost everything so what's the point of living? Before I got lost in my head again, I saw my uncle and I snapped back to reality. Maybe my guardian angel really did save me after all, but unfortunately, I was saved alone. My dad did not make it, the doctors tried their best, but it was impossible. Despite of what happened I was glad that I miraculously survived and suffered only minor injuries. I will live and find true happiness that I promised him.

My uncle saw me awake and ran in to me, "Are you okay?" he worriedly asked me. "Does anything hurt? I'll get you everything you needed". At that moment, the memory of the car accident flashed back in my head. I remember everything, the feeling of my dad's arms around me, the feeling of maybe finally I can fix my relationship with my father after all these years and start again and the feeling of losing everything. It was a rollercoaster of emotions. My uncle sat down in my hospital bed "Do you want anything?", my uncle said as he held my hand. There were many things I would like to say but the only thing I did was broke down in tears.

"I recommend him to stay for few more days for the better recovery of his health", the doctor said.

That was the day life gave me the worst birthday present ever.

Ever since that day, since my mom is still taking medications and incapable of taking care of me, my uncle wholeheartedly adopted me. I lived in his house in the city along with his two sons, who were the nicest evil twins in the world. They were Jensen and Jacob. They were a year younger than me, so I am like their big brother. Jensen is the childish one while Jacob is the more mature one and kind of rude one. Sometimes it is chaotic living with those two, but it was chaotically fun. I studied in the same school as they were in. I learned to live with my ability, but I admit I am still not fully comfortable with it. Now everything is fine, I have a loving family, my mother is still in medications, but I will not lose hope, I know she can make it, because she gave birth to a fighter like me. However, there is still something that is bothering me, I can see everyone's aura, except the aura of my uncle.

Years had passed and I still cannot see his aura. I had no idea why his aura is invisible to me but, I see that as a good thing. He is the only one I can talk to without being distracted by the colors emitted by the soul. I feel the most comfortable with him more than anyone and that makes him even more special to me.

"December 9, 2019, Monday, love Nick. Yeah right that should be fine. I really want to write more, but I got to go, I have a family dinner to attend. ", I told to myself as I was writing my diary entry for today. It was almost 6 in the evening, I spent 2 hours finishing my assignments in a coffee shop near my school so I could spend the rest of my day celebrating my birthday. Which of course I did not finish yet because I easily got distracted by everything.

There were so many people in the coffee shop which means, more auras and more noise. There were a couple fighting, their auras were redder than my apple – which is what I usually eat to keep myself from falling asleep while doing homework. The one sitting next to my table, was the class president of the section with the worst reputation in my grade. His aura was dominantly blue, turns out he was scolded by the school principal this afternoon after one of his classmates broke the glass board again for the second time this quarter. And here comes the Sassy Squad, a group of girls who loves spreading rumors within the school. I don't really care about them, as long as they are not talking about me. Well, Christmas Break will be starting soon so I have to stop being sluggish and start to make haste. As soon as I was about to leave the café, I received a message from Jacob," Where u at, I'll see you at 6 at the bus stop. Dad and Jensen are already at the restaurant, and happy 18 birthday old hag". Well I guess that's how sweet my brothers are.