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191. Almost
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Till Time Do Us Part 1. Zia Scott
Zia Scott tightened her grip on the bouquet of lilies as the sound of her beating heart was trying to devour her whole system. Her hands were trembling, the red aesthetic on her lips were starting to dry. With her slight movement, the silver sequins on her white gown gleamed as it reflected the sunlight. She felt restless. She could barely stand still as her sweat dripped on her forehead and her weakening legs underneath the heavy dress. She had lost count of how many times she repeated the breathing exercise to calm herself down. And given the situation, she was reminded about the time when she gave the valedictorian speech back in high school. She hates attention. But here she is now, about to be stared at by about a hundred sets of eyes in the next two minutes. Looking past her veil, she noticed that the people crowding in front of her slowly disappeared p
Till Time Do Us Part 2. Imminent Time
"Am I still dreaming?" She swiftly slapped her face out of curiosity. "Ow!" she exclaimed, feeling the throbbing pain on her cheek. As she was still left flabbergasted with the sudden turn of events, the door slammed open. "Congratulations, Zia Scott. You've won an eternity with our high school heartthrob, Edward Bartlett. Woo-hooo." A six feet tall woman with nordic white hair shouted listlessly in monotone as she popped a party cracker, leaving the floor messy with the blown confetti. "G-gray." Zia's eyes quivered. How was she going to explain? More importantly, the situation itself was the very definition of confusion. "Hey, kid, who are you? Why are you here? Where's Zia?" Gray looked around the room and even the bathroom, then she turned back to the little girl
Till Time Do Us Part 3. The Wedding
Edward Bartlett tightly clasped his hands in front of him as the doors opened and revealed the bridesmaids in their pastel blue dresses, Zia's favorite color. The band then started to play the song I Choose You by Ryann Darling. And even as the song was in the Blues genre, an EDM was playing inside Edward's stomach. His heartbeat rose to his throat as nervous sweats dripped down his forehead. Excited, overwhelmed and ecstatic. "You're my always, you're my forever, you're my reality..." As the singer began to sing the first verse, the twelve bridesmaids started to walk down the aisle in pairs. "...you're my sunshine, you're my best times, you're my anomaly..." And as the wedding planner had not seen the maid-of-honor in sight, she sent the little boy in. The little ring bearer walked in with ligh
Till Time Do Us Part 4. Aftermath
"So what is your plan now?" Gray sipped on her morning dairy. Zia forked the omelette that Gray cooked and brought it to her mouth. "What plan?" "A plan, missy." Gray put down her cup on the counter, glaring at the little girl sitting across her. "You can't spend your life freeloading in my apartment with your little butt." "Chill down, mommy." Zia grabbed Gray's cup of milk and drank it in one gulp. "Even if I want to turn back to my original body, I don't really know why this is happening to begin with anyway." "Mommy?!" Gray raised an eyebrow. "Yes, woman." Zia pointed the fork at her. "The moment you kick me out the door, that's what your neighbors are gonna know. But I think I have a plan though."
Till Time Do Us Part 5. Little Sophia
"I'm not her kid." Zia crossed her arms. "She's keeping a kid in her house who is not her child?!" The man gasped, all the more surprised. "I'm her..." She stared hard at the floor as if searching for the answers on it. "Niece, yeah, I'm her niece...uhh...her father's cousin's wife's niece's father's mother's son's daughter." She smiled awkwardly. "She's babysitting a distant relative's child?!" He gasped again with hands still covering his mouth. "Tell me, what should I say so you'll stop getting surprised?" "Oh, sorry." He chuckled and crouched down to level with her. "What's your name, darling?" "I'm Zi--" She was shocked how she almost blew her cover.
Till Time Do Us Part 6. Edward Bartlett
A week had already passed since the day of the wedding and also the day that Zia had mysteriously turned into a child. "Ugh..." Zia grunted as she lay down on the sofa with the laptop on her lap. "As I thought, I can't find anything on the internet." She brought her left arm over her head, covering her eyes. "My head hurts." As her thoughts wandered on the countless possibilities, the door clicked open and out came Gray. Zia sat up and moved the laptop beside her. "How is your exploratory military survey of the enemy territory, brave soldier?" She folded her arms acting tough and lowered her voice to sound like a grown up. Gray dropped the car keys on the bowl atop the countertop beside the door and headed straight to the kitchen with a plastic bag in hand. "Did the
Till Time Do Us Part 7. Unforeseen Encounter
3:30 PM. The gates have opened for the dismissal of the primary school students. Edward Bartlett, a first grader teacher, had just walked out of the building to monitor the school gates. On his way to the gate, a little girl who was sitting alone on a bench caught his attention. The little girl was in a frilly blue dress staring down at her swaying little legs with matching blue doll shoes, and a blue sling purse beside her. He approached her. "Hello, little girl, where are your parents? Why are you alone?" And the blue hues of her eyes met his. Zia Scott's eyes quivered as the man she had been longing for two weeks had appeared before her. "E-ed...ward...?" His forehead wrinkled for a second but it then vanished and got replaced with a sweet smile. "You know me? I haven't seen you around before though. Can I sit
Till Time Do Us Part 8. Zia's Apartment
As the rising sun casted a rosy hue across the morning sky, golden fingers of sunlight lit up the city. The just-risen sun shone softly on the streets, bringing with it a flurry of early-morning activity. As the light of dawn seeped into the cracks of the blinds on Gray's window by the living room, it touched Zia Scott's eyes awake who was sleeping on the sofa. "Arghh," Zia yawned as she rubbed her bleary eyes. "Time..." She turned to her side to reach for her phone on the coffee table but to her surprise, Gray Stewart was sitting on the coffee table with her knees open, arms crossed and an annoyed expression. Zia stared at her for seconds, then she covered her eyes with both hands. "This dream is too scary." She rolled over to her side, facing the sofa's back. "I need to wake up," she yawned, then closed her eyes again, encouraging herself to sleep.
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