Forcing Love & Friendship - Chapter 10

Back in Joe and Nick's room, Joe was tickling the stuffing out of Sarah. Just as Sarah was about to pass out from being tickled so much, she got a tingling sensation in her brain. Her eyes widened and she gasped.

"My Sarah Senses are tingling!" She yelled. Joe stopped tickling her.
"What?" He asked.
"Gabi's in trouble!" She ran to the lobby with Joe right behind her. They got down and sure enough, Gabi was laying on the floor, seemingly unconscious. Nick ran up to them.

"Sarah! Gabi is-"
"What did you do to her?!" Joe yelled.
"I didn-"
"Nick didn't do anything!" Sarah yelled. She got down on her knees and looked at Gabi. "She's still breathing. I know what happened."
"What is it?!"
"Well, it's hard to explain. See, sometimes she has these... let's call them.. visions."
"What?!"
"Okay, sometimes she just passes out, and kinda... dreams, if you will. She always wakes up and draws pictures immediately afterwards. She always says that she sees pictures. And then, later on, those pictures have something to do with whatever big thing happened."
"Um... okay?"
"To put it simply, she can sometimes see her future. Kinda."
"Woah." Joe said.
"Will she be okay?" Nick asked.
"She'll be fine. Unless..."
"Unless what?!"
"Nevermind, it's nothing important. Just lift her onto the couch. I can't do it, my arms are too weak."

Joe and Nick lifted Gabi onto the couch. Nick was really worried.

"She should wake up in about a half an hour."
"What if she doesn't?" Nick asked.
"Then call 911." Sarah walked away, Joe followed.
"Where are you going?!" Nick asked.
"To my hotel room. I'm gonna wake up Keila and then watch some TV."
"Yeah, I'm coming, too." Joe said.

Nick sat next to Gabi on the couch. He couldn't take his eyes off of her. He hoped she would be okay.

"Oh, by the way!" Sarah yelled after pushing the elevator button. "She usually has a breakdown after she wakes up. Just warning you. I hope you don't mind a soggy shirt!" She door closed, sending Sarah and Joe to the third floor.

After a half an hour of staring at Gabi, Nick saw her eyes flutter open. She groaned and rubbed her head as she sat up. She looked around.

"W-Where am I?" She asked.
"You're at the Fantasy Hotel." Nick said. Gabi turned her head to see a curly haired boy about her age.
"Who are you?" She asked.
"I'm Nick... you don't remember?"
Gabi closed her eyes for a minute, then they shot open.
"...Gabi? Are you al-" Before Nick could finish, Gabi flung her arms around him, hugging him tightly as she cried. Nick wrapped his arms around her.

"It's so weird! Why! Why!" She yelled.
"It's okay! It's okay.." Nick comforted her.

She finally calmed down and pulled herself off of Nick. She sat up straight, still crying slightly.

"What did you see?" Nick asked calmly.
"I saw a big rock sitting around glass pieces. And I saw... fireworks. Beautiful, bright, blasting fireworks. And hands... two hands holding each other. And tears. Tears falling down into a puddle. And a cookie. A huge cookie in the shape of a heart, broken in half. And... a ring. A shiny silver ring. And an explosion. A huge, fiery explosion. And a knife. Just a knife, but it looked like somebody dropped it. And a cup. A cup that spilled... it spilled something red. It.. was more like a goblet."
"Wow..." Nick whispered.
"And... one more thing. I saw..." She was interrupted by a loud shattering noise. They both turned there heads to see a huge rock on the floor near the glass door along with shattered glass. The manager walked in and grabbed the rock. It had a piece of paper taped onto it. He took it off and read the words made from cut out magazine letters:

YOU KNOW WHAT YOU MUST DO!

The manager acted confused. He called the hotel engineer (janitor) to clean up the mess and order a new glass sheet for the door. He walked away with the rock in hand.


Nick turned to Gabi.
"Well, part one of your vision came true." He said, kinda freaked out.
"What do you mean?"
"The rock around glass. That would be it right there." He pointed to the glass mess.
"Oh. I suppose." She was breathing heavily and shaking a little.
"Are you okay?"
"Yes. I'm fine." She actually wasn't sure.
"Do you... wanna hang out? Go some places?"
"Um... okay."

They stood up and walked out the back entrance. Nick took Gabi's hand and led her to a park. There sat a sparkling fountain surrounded by benches. Oh no, we're not gonna go there are we? Gabi thought. Her stomach started churning. Nick led her to a bench and Gabi stiffened. She let go of his hand and kept her head facing the fountain. She started shaking, she hoped he would believe she was shaking because of the 'vision'.

"Here." Nick said, handing her a piece of paper. She took it and read seven numbers. His phone number?! She shoved it in her pocket.
"Thanks." She said purposely with no emotion whatsoever. There was suddenly an awkward silence. Then Gabi's cell phone rang. She let out a breath of relief.

"Hello?" She asked.
"Hey, Gabi. Heard you had a vision." The voice said.
"Um.. yeah, I did."
"So what'd you see?"
"Um, could I tell you about it later?"
"Yeah. Why? You on a hot date right now or something?"
"No! No, I just don't feel like talking about it at the moment."
"Whatever you say. So who ya with?"
"How did you know I was-"
"Ah, I know things."
"Nobody in particular. Just a friend."
"Okay then. So... where are you?"
"Miami. On vacation."
"Oh. When you gonna be back?"
"Sometimes in August. Look, I gotta go. Talk to you later?"
"Kay. Bye, Gabs."
"Bye." She closed her phone.

"So who was that?" Nick asked.
"Is it really any of your business who I talk on the phone with?!" Gabi snapped. She was shocked at what she said.
"No, I guess not. Sorry."
"It was my cousin, Luke."
"Oh."

Gabi's phone rang again.

"Hello?" She answered a bit annoyed.
"What?!....Oh no!....Kay, be right over!" She closed the phone to a confused Keila.
"I gotta run. Sorry!" She ran away from Nick and back into the hotel. She ran to her room and opened the door with wide eyes. Sarah and Joe were kissing on the couch.

"Ohh...Sorry..I guess I'll go away now.." She said. All three of them were blushing. Gabi closed the door behind her and heard Sarah giggling. Gabi was confused. Sarah never giggles! She looked through the peephole and saw Joe whispering something in Sarah's ear, making Sarah giggle. Gabi shrugged it off and opened her phone. She dialed the number and waited.

"Hello?" The person answered.
"Hey, Keila. Sorry for earlier. Now... what did you want?"
"I wanted you and Nick to meet me and Kevin at Goose Park."
"Ohhhhh. Whoops. Hehh... um, okay then. Bye." She closed her phone and headed down to the lobby.