It’s Not Working
Multiverse of Destiny: Chapter 83 and a half
((I realized that I skipped this Chapter in November, so here it is!))
The sounds of cars driving by on the street below float in through Anne’s apartment window. Anne can hear a bird sing in the distance. Her hands are gently resting on the couch — she can feel the soft weave of the upholstery under her fingertips and how the cushions support her back. She senses the man sitting next to her on the couch, but all she sees is darkness behind her closed eyelids.
To try their Gateway experiment, the two young people decided to go to a quiet space in a controllable environment. Anne suggested her apartment, and that’s where they are now. Before walking into the building, they looked at the Laundromat across the street. Its broken window is covered and boarded up with large wooden panels.
As Anne sits on her couch next to her new friend, relaxing her body, she can hear time pass with the tick-tock of the analog clock on her wall, but nothing happens. She doesn’t wake up in a strange land. She doesn’t have a mind-altering experience. She simply listens to her breathing and follows the rise and fall of her chest with each breath.
Anne opens one eye, looks over at the man sitting quietly next to her, and impatiently whispers, “Rey!”
“Yeah?” comes an answer.
“It’s not working,” Anne says.
“I noticed,” he responds. “What are we doing wrong?”
“Hmm, I’m not sure.”
Anne stands up, walks to the kitchen sink, grabs a glass from a cabinet, and draws herself a glass of water. “Want something to drink?” She offers.
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“Sure.”
Anne brings the two glasses back to the couch, hands one to Rey, and sits next to him. Rey takes a sip, sets the glass on the coffee table in front of them, and turns to Anne. Her thoughts are distracted by their challenge, and she brainstorms.
“Maybe it’s the location? Perhaps this isn’t the best place to…”
She looks up at Rey, and he’s looking at her face — more specifically — at her lips.
He bends in to kiss her, but quickly, without even realizing she’s doing it, she turns her head and backs away. Anne stands up, slightly flustered.
“What?” she says, surprised. She stammers, “You didn’t come up here thinking that we’d make out or something? You have the wrong idea completely!”
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