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It was about 4am when my beautiful sleep was interrupted by Sam moving around the room.  I heard the rustling of clothes and shoes; it sounded like he was packing.  When I opened my eyes to see what all the commotion was about, all I saw was Sam’s silhouette.  “Sam? What’s going on?” I asked, squinting to see what he was doing.  He really was packing, but for what?  “Shh,” Sam replied, trying to quiet me.  I sat up in the bed, now more curious than ever as to why Sam was being Mr. Mysterious again.  “What’s going on?” I repeated in a whisper.  Sam stopped his packing and came over to the bed.  “I heard a noise outside,” he whispered.  Okay, a noise, so what?  It was probably just some animal or a man stumbling to his room after having one too many whiskies…  “I think it was Levi…” he continued.  Oh, that would cause panic…  Suddenly fear gripped me.  I saw flashes of Levi, aka Mr. Psycho, ready to stab me with his little pocket-knife.  All I could see was that scar…  “Do you really think he’s caught up to us?” I asked.

Sam shrugged his shoulders as he went back to packing the duffel bag he brought in with him.  “It’s definitely possible,” he answered.  Who was this Levi guy anyway?  He had to be somehow connected; otherwise he really must have no life to be chasing after me.  I didn’t even know the guy; yesterday was the very first time I had ever seen him in my life.  “Who is Levi?” I asked, hoping I wasn’t going to get Sam’s default answer.  He was quiet for a minute or so, when he let out a deep sigh of frustration.  “Levi… is a man from the future.  He somehow got through the portal along with me,” he explained.  Okay, but why is he hell-bent on killing me?  “He isn’t exactly… like us, Kat,” he continued.  What?  Like us?  What did that mean?  “Sam, you’re losing me,” I said, rubbing my forehead from the headache that was forming from all of the thinking that I was doing!

Sam came back to the bed and put his hand on my knee.  Oh, that sent chills up my spine…  Even though he was stressing out and only had about 2 hours of sleep, he still looked amazingly good.  Stop thinking about his looks and pay attention!  “Levi is here to make sure that the future stays exactly the way it is.  He has to make sure that you die; otherwise the whole future will change… Technically, I’m the bad guy here because I’m changing everyone’s future, including my own to save you,” he explained.  So, Levi was the good guy, trying to “keep the peace,” and Sam was the bad guy, breaking all the rules.  So that’s what Levi meant when Sam was getting in the way of the past, and he was here to finish the job…  “By saving me, you’re changing the whole future?” I asked a bit dumbfounded.  I didn’t quite know how to deal with all of this.  Sam was willing to change the entire future of the face of the planet so that I won’t die a year from now?  I didn’t think I was that important…  “It’s the only way I can have you back, Kat.  I just can’t live without you.  You know, I saw things… I saw terrible things that I never wanted to see…” Sam replied, moving to the corner of the room.  I looked into his eyes and saw tears glistening in them.

Oh, Sam…  “I saw you die, right in front of me, Kat…” he whispered.  I don’t know why, but I was curious.  “How exactly did it happen?” I questioned.  Sam was silent for a long while.  I thought I was going to get no answers from him again, but he surprised me.  “It’s a painful memory…  I remember the day like it was yesterday…  It was so warm for the beginning of June, and you were excited because you would be able to wear your strapless dress…  We were at the church practicing for the wedding ceremony, when you decided you were hungry and wanted something to eat.  You were so happy…  Your mom was so excited about the whole idea of us getting married, which to you was a shock.  Sarah was glad that you would have someone like me to be able to take care of you when she couldn’t.  Anyways, you wanted to eat at Zelda’s so you could see your old co-workers and talk to them about our wedding.  We ate some pizza while you talked to Stella and Zelda.  Afterwards, we decided to head back to the church.

“You were making fun of a joke that I made that was corny, and you were laughing so much.  That’s when you stepped out onto the street.  You weren’t looking on the road, but you were looking at me…  That’s when the car came by…  He never saw you coming onto the street, and the next thing I see is your body, lifeless, on the pavement a few feet away from the car that had hit you.  I started yelling out your name…  I could see the blood beginning to make a puddle around your head, and it scared me to death.  There were shards of glass all around you, and there was a piece of it in your forehead.  It was so terrible to see.  I ran to you and pulled you onto my lap, checking for your pulse… but you didn’t have one… It was too late…”  The room was filled with a deathly silence.  It felt so surreal to hear the foretold story of my death.  It scared the hell out of me.  Sam was deeply hurt…  I didn’t really know what to say.  Should I comfort him?  What can I tell him to make the pain go away?  There really is nothing to say that will make it better…

“I can’t lose you again, Kat.  Now that I have you back, here with me, I can’t have you die again,” Sam finally stated, breaking through the silence.  He went back to packing the duffel bag with my clothes and his clothes.  When he was done, he pointed to a pile of clothes on the other bed.  “Go and change.  We’re leaving,” he replied.  I quickly did as I was told; I was really just going through the motions.  I didn’t know what I was putting on, or how I even looked in the mirror; I just dressed quickly.  The words that Sam had said earlier were ringing through my ears.  “There were shards of glass all around you, and there was a piece of it in your forehead…”  A shiver went down my spine at the thought.  I reached up to my forehead, half expecting to feel some sort of gash or shard of glass in my skin.  I could picture my lifeless body on the pavement; it almost happened to me all ready, thanks to Levi…  Levi… I had to hurry up so we could get as far away from him as possible.

I exited the bathroom and found Sam waiting for me, holding the duffel bag, ready to leave.  He handed me my sweater.  “It’s a little cold out there…” he replied, putting his arm around me.  It felt nice to have him touch me…  I still felt safe with him, even though there was a guy on the loose looking for me, trying to kill me to save his future…  We made it to Sam’s car and got inside.  It was deathly quiet on the streets, obviously because it was 4 in the morning.  There were no cars around, so I guess Sam was smart about us leaving so early.  I let out a yawn and Sam started the car.  Suddenly, I heard a voice I really wished I hadn’t heard.  “Get out of the car, Sam…”  I turned to the back seat to see Levi, holding a gun to the back of Sam’s head.  I let out a gasp, covering my mouth with my hand.  How did he get in there?  How did he find us?  So many questions with no answers.  The only answer I had was that I knew why Levi was here.  He was here to kill me.