Maybe it was all a dream. Maybe his life was meant to be left incomplete.As he cuddled the picture of his children, his knees were collapsing. His face had a smile, one that lasted until his funeral."Nick... Dan... take over this company. I— I can't do it anymore." His last words were never passed on to the only two remaining Johnsons.The picture in his arms was broken down the middle. The crack disoriented Zayn's and Cassandra's faces through the crack. They weren't to particular about discarding the photo frame. No one was alive afterall.Yet, Nick reads the paper left on the desk of his father before his passing. It was as if Framton Johnson knew he was going to die of a heart attack. They say, Death never knocks on the door. But it does show its signs of arrival. Nick was forced to marry the woman he had an affair with. To claim the rights over the baby and not to get caught up in a scandal. For the best of everyone, Dan was sent away to Canada and Nick was never allowed to
AUGUST 14, 2022Zayn was lost in the timeline. He somehow knew it was 2022, the air was different and the calender in his classroom showed so. He was the only one who went to his college today, all his brothers and sisters were at home.He was perplexed, but he maintained his composure for the whole day unlike Cassandra. Still, he was shaken up by the time lapse and him travelling to the past because of the computer. He was most worried about Cassandra.He wanted to go back home, confirm that he sees Cassandra again. The Cassandra from his timeline that is.Although, when he first appeared at the corridor, suddenly spawning out of nowhere and none took the observation, he ran into the washroom and hid in one of the cubicles. He was swinging his body back and forth, thinking how he got into this new skin of his. This was supposed to be Zayn. He somehow looked exactly like his old self. Was he really Nick's son if this happened?How could he resemble his dead adopted brother this well?
The next day morning after having the best sleep of his life, Zayn and Framton drive in the limousine to the other mansion. Framton was set on meeting his children and spend quality time with them. He's come to realise how he almost abandoned them. Even if they are all grown up, they would still need his support from time to time as their father. Just his little presence is enough for his lovely kids to make their day lively and joyous."I'm home!" Framton's elderly voice calls. Zayn was hanging onto dear life with the immense amounts of bags that Framton insisted to gifting everyone. He wasn't assisted by anyone, since Framton ordered them not to."Whoa whoa, easy there." Louis comes to help his younger brother after hugging his father."Ha! That's his punishment for calling me a grandpa yesterday." Framton says, folding his arms over his chest. "Hey!~ You're still sour about that dad!" "Dad?" Alex enters, hugging his father too."Since when did you learn manners and began calling
The next day arrives. Cassandra was nervous about everything. She, neither does Zayn know anything from this timeline. Apart from each other's names and institutions and house addresses so far, they have no intellect about anything at all.Zayn was in his room while Cassandra was in hers. Both did not walk out of their room for the whole day.Cassandra however listens to her stomach rumbling. She's bathed and made herself clean and tidy. She felt more girly now than she ever was in her whole life. The life from her timeline.The truth was their family could not afford to buy her good girly products nor clothes. Louis sometimes made sure he stole a few clothes from his one-stands and gave them to his beloved sister. But she never appreciated him stealing nor did she want second hand clothes to wear for herself. She was a morally strong woman, but the present Cassandra of 2022 was the luckiest person she ever knew.Louis stood in front of her door. He knocked on it at 11:12 am and she o
Zayn pulls Cassandra back from slipping into depression. All her thoughts when combined made her realise she will be losing her brother.She was being selfish now.If she let's Louis, the present Louis die in the mishap later, her brother will be alive in her realm. That also meant she was agreeing upon her boyfriend's eldest uncle to die...It seemed cruel.To let someone die and claim the bond that has been existing in her life.Zayn was torn between her and about saving his own uncle. He wanted both of them to live. This has to be one of the toughest choices he has ever made.Then, he realizes that Louis's death is what gave rise to Louis who is her brother.If Zayn and Cassandra have to save their deaths... does that also mean Zayn and Cassandra of the future shall disappear? Does it mean, they have to adapt to this life of theirs?They refuse. Out of the blue, Zayn's hand was itching. The palm itching was irritating for him as his facial expressions change. He breaks the long co
Zayn dropped the phone in his hand. His hands hung to the sides of his body. Cassandra blinks at the phone that was cracked and lying half dead on the ground. The master of sex from 2057 takes a deep breath and turns on his heel. Thinking he was shocked, overwhelmingly much to leave his dead communication gadget scattered on the ground, Cassandra loses her determination to have sex with her boyfriend."Are you..." Before she could voice her opinion, asking if he won't fuck her, the man turns around and smiles. "Oh." Cassandra realizes when he lifts his hand, closing the door and bolting it from within.He comes back to her, holding her face with fondness."Don't you ever think of not trusting me..." he kisses her cheek, "I will cherish this moment forever." Says Zayn to his girlfriend. Blushing like a tomato, the virgin-by-experience sits on the bed while she removes her spectacles. Zayn purses his lips into a thin line, thinking how cute she was because she thinks that is how sex s
Cassandra felt a knot forming in the pit of her stomach. It was unsettling to know that the previous Cassandra was physically involved with Dan first, amongst the other brothers.In a few hours, the brothers along with Framton will come back and it will turn awkward quickly. Cassandra was predicting the future with her unstable heart. As she was getting dressed up, she sees the reflection of her lover in the mirror. He was behind her, looking at the wall and sitting straight as if he was given a punishment by his teacher."Hey." She innocently approaches him. A whiff of the scent of sex flows in the air as he turns his head toward her. "Yeah?""How do I..." "You don't have to think your brain out of this. Just say it was a mishap and it will never happen again. Trust me, he won't approach you again." Says Zayn to the girl, holding her tiny waist."Okay."The time was near and so was her anxiety to burst into a puddle of nervousness. Zayn watches them closely as she knocks and enters
Dan was at the gym he and Alex took a membership into. Alex was ardently practicing for his body's maintenence and Dan was there to liberate his thoughts out in the form of sweating and energy expenditure. Dan was really disturbed by the words uttered by Cassandra not once but twice. He couldn't digest how easily she dismissed the fact that it was indeed their first times of their lives. Their gifts were taken away by each other, yet at the end of the day it had no value.They danced so well, but the performance didn't last long enough.He was envious of this entity she didn't tell the name of. He was one lucky guy, he thought. Or a she. "What's with you? You never do bench presses." Says Alex, sipping on his protein drink with his sweaty lips. Grunting as he places the rod back in it's place, Dan sits back up on the bench and extends his hand for the protein to borrow from Alex. Him and he were brothers of almost the same age.Him, Nick and Alex were all 20 years old, yet Alex turn