"So, when are you starting on the next record?"
"After we've had a break. Then we're gonna work on writing songs and demoing and stuff."
"Cool."
There was silence. But it was just one of those comfortable silences. Well, except for one minor detail. You see, ever since Zac had activated his powers, Taylor had been able to feel things about people. Emotion mainly, but sometimes personality traits, like kindness, or cruelty. Isaac said it probably meant he was Empathic.
Right now, he was feeling something from Rachel. Something that meant she liked him as much as he liked her (well, he wasn't totally certain if this included mentally undressing him), but he didn't know what he should do about it.
Taylor reached over for some more crumbs and their heads bumped. They giggled about it for a moment before their eyes met. They leaned towards each other...
As Taylor wandering home he happened to pass Rachel's house. On impulse he decided to see if she was home. He knocked on the door.
When there was no answer, he tried the door. It was open so he let himself in.
"Yoo hoo! Rach!" he called. "That's funny, she's usually so fanatical about locked doors. Oh my gosh!"
There, lying on the kitchen floor, in a pool of blood, was Rachel. At first Taylor was in shock, then he knelt down and tried to feel for a pulse. He saw the knife lying on the floor, and the slits along her wrists.
"Why Rach?" he asked her. "Why'd you kill yourself? Wait a second! How can you kill yourself, I was just with you!"
For some reason unbeknownst to him, he started heading over to the phone.
"Zacs' flashes! This must be something that happened in the other time line! Zac must be getting the hang of it." Taylor realised as he uncontrollably started dialling the phone.
~FLASH~
... and their lips met. They pulled apart for a moment, then kissed again.
Taylor had no memory that the flash had ever happened.
**********
"Hey Ike!" Zac called.
"Yeah?"
"Do you remember that?"
"Remember what?"
"The flash we just had!"
"What flash?"
"Don't you remember? You and me, we were playing on the nintendo before Amarita arrived and you told her to rack off, instead of going with her. Well, actually you did end up going with her, but you were protesting all the way, like you couldn't control your body and Amarita didn't even seem to react to what you were saying to her. And I was trying to get rid of her too, but I couldn't get up, like I was stuck to the couch or something."
"Zac, you were playing nintendo. You being stuck to the couch is not that weird."
"Ha ha."
"But in all seriousness, maybe you've been getting stronger, but I don't remember anything. You're the only one who remembers the flashes."