Faded Encounters by Elsy Green

Author:Elsy Green [Green, Elsy]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Alternate Reality, Faded, fantasy, Post-Apocolyptic, Teen Fiction, Encounters
Published: 2019-05-08T05:00:00+00:00

C.12

“Are you sure you’re okay?” Sophie looks over at me with an uneasy smile. It’s been almost a week since my last episode, we call them that now. Because dreaming just doesn’t seem to do them justice any more. It’s an episode, an out of body experience that terrifies me to my core. Not because of what I see, but because of what I feel. It’s too real to be fake, it’s too real to be anything but a part of me.

One episode every day since the day I went out with Ethan. They aren’t like the others; they aren’t dreams and they aren’t long drawn out memories like before. These episodes, they’re like brisk flashbacks. Times when Riella was happy, alive, and free. I feel them rather than see them.

The wind on my face on a warm summer day, water splashing me as I race through a field laughing. Savoring the sweet taste of a rich chocolate cake, the smell of old worn out leather and sulfate as I hug Theo, running through a quiet open road far away from town. My heart racing in my chest as Jaxon leans down to kiss me.

Sophie thinks they have to do with Ethan. She thinks I was led to him and now Riella is trying to get to me through my senses, trying to tell me something I’m not quite grasping. I don’t know what I believe. I feel like I can’t tell the difference between this life and hers. I feel like I’m going crazy. Like I’m waking up from a long amnesic episode only to be left confused and muddled.

And now what was supposed to be a nice normal date with Ethan has turned into a recon mission. I’m not as convinced as Sophie about exploiting Ethan, but there is a small part of me that wonders if maybe, just maybe, he could be the key to everything.

So, I’ve agreed to go out with him. Not because I want to pick his brain and use him to quiet Riella, but because I like him and I want to be with him. Regardless of what happens to me, I want one night of normal. One night where I can forget everything and just live in the moment.

Sophie wouldn’t agree if she knew my whole plan. She thinks I’m going to be doing everything in my power to extract information from him, but I don’t care as much about that stuff as her. I’ve accepted my fate. I know Riella’s not giving up. I can feel it; she’s closing in on me. I’ll be damned if I don’t let myself enjoy the last moments of freedom with a boy I could have really been happy with.

“I’m fine. Really.” I wave her off with a fake smile.

“Okay, but call me or text me if you need anything at all. And I mean anything. I’ll come get you before you can even get the words out.”

I smile and pull her into a hug.

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