The best time of my life

I was never popular in school, I thought that by studying hard and getting a nice job will get me the respect I deserve, but I was wrong.

I had a great job and I earned a lot of money, but I was still shy, obese and very insecure. Thirty two years old mand and I had never been with a woman. I lived with my mom, played video games and . . . well pretty much what a nerd with money do. I wish I could work out and be a strong good-looking dude, but I have Multiple Sclerosis and I can’t even get surgery for some other condition. Before you ask, no, I was not willing to pay for sex, I needed more than that. I have spent a fortune on dermatologist to fix my acne ridden face, but to no avail. I cried myself to sleep most days, I needed a break I needed something good to happen to me. I mean I had everything I wanted, the latest PC, countless of collectibles in mint condition, but I would trade all that for a loving partner.

One day coming from the comic bookstore I saw her, my crush since high school and she smiled at me. I mean we have talked before but since a while ago she didn’t even look at me. I got really nervous and tripped, falling on the floor like a pathetic idiot. All her friends laughed even when I hit my head with a metal spiked fence and started bleeding. I got up quickly and ran home. Of course, I started crying, I cried myself to sleep again, I called in sick and didn’t go to work the next day.

When I woke up, I noticed that the bed was full of blood and I quickly took all the bed sheets and dumped them. Took a bath and decided to play some videogames, not online . . . I wanted to be alone. Suddenly my mom called me and told me there was someone on the door asking for me. It was her . . . my crush. What the hell? Everything changed from there, we talked on the porch and surprisingly we had a lot of common. I dared to ask her if she wanted to go see a movie, I don’t know how I got the courage, but I asked her. She said yes and she even suggested the movie I wanted to see.

The movie was awesome and when we got back, we sat on the porch at her house and talked some more. I had to leave because it was late, I wanted to kiss her but knowing me, I would ruin it. It was the best day of my life and I didn’t want to mess it up. So I didn’t try anything, I said goodbye and left, I didn’t sleep at all. The next morning, I got a call from an unknown number, I didn’t answer I dressed up and went to work. I felt different, I felt like I could do anything, I was happy. I walked to work and at the office everyone was nice to me, that is not usual. Maybe I change my attitude and it shows. I received and email from an unknown person saying that we needed to meet, with an address and all. Who is trying to reach me? I dismissed it, I was busy, I was going to check up later.

At noon I was called to the office, I knew that something bad was on the corner. I can never be completely happy, but nothing could ruin my day, I was high on her. My boss told me, that my work has been selected to be published on a weekly magazine. I was confused, I know I work hard but everyone else here does too. He said that I raised the bar on my field and in addition to that I was being promoted. I never thought someone like me would be recognized by anyone, let alone a national magazine. I was having a hard time believing this, I thought maybe I paid my dues and I was getting the life I always wanted. Does this really happen? It must, that is why there are so many successful people. I work hard and my time has come, well that is what I thought.

I went back home after work and there she was, waiting for me, my heart skipped a beat and we spent the afternoon at home, playing video games and watched a movie. Then it happened, we kissed one thing turned into another and the rest well . . . I’m not telling. The next day I got a call from my doctor and they told me that there was a new treatment for multiple sclerosis and that I was a great candidate. I skipped work and started the treatment right away. I had no idea why, but my acne was improving and I was getting in shape. I was clueless but I didn’t ask questions.

We went out that day again and went to dinner, we had a blast and the waiter said that we looked so cute that the owner decided we didn’t have to pay for the food. Does that even happen? I loved the new twist my life took. The waiter came with a note and gave it to me, the note had the same message, to meet, but at a different location. I thought maybe some was watching me and noticed I was becoming successful and wanted to hurt me. I didn’t know what to think, I couldn’t get my mind in a negative state again. So I concentrated on what was going on, weeks went by, months went by and I was a totally different person. I kept getting weird messages but I ignored them, but all my conditions were cured. My girlfriend was my crush, I felt like I was reborn.

One day after getting home from work, my mom was on the porch and she looked worried. I asked what happened and she said, he is on the living room. So I went inside and I saw you sitting on the couch. That’s when you told me the truth, that I died that day I hit my head on the spiked fence. That all this has been a construction of my mind, I created my perfect world on my mind. You told me that I have been dead for more than a hundred years and I have relived this scenario hundreds of times. Then you asked me to tell you this story and to decide if I wanted to be reborn as a new person in the world or if I wanted to continue this scenario that have been playing over and over again, oblivious that it is not real.

That’s easy, I will relive it a million times, so don’t bother trying to contact me again, send me back.

I was having the time of my life.