Chapter 18


    *Phoenix''s POV*


    I woke feeling groggy. It was a moment before I realized I was sleeping in Braden''s bed. I sat up quickly


    and winced as my ribs began to throb.


    "Take it easy before you crack a rib," Braden said as he draped his towel over the back of his chair.


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    "What time is it?" I asked. He nced at his watch before he sat in his chair.


    "It''s about noon," he answered. My eyes widened before I shot up quickly.


    "Why didn''t you wake me! We have to get ready for school," I said quickly. Braden onlyughed at me.


    "It''s Saturday," he said like that exined everything.


    "And?" I asked confused.


    "We don''t have to go to school on the weekends," he exined. I sighed and sat back down on his


    bed. I''m pretty sure I hurt myself when I got up too quickly. I held my side gently as I rxed. Braden


    came closer as he watched my face. I closed my eyes to try and hold in how much pain I was in.


    "What''s wrong? Did you hurt yourself?" He asked. I sighed and opened my eyes. I put a fake smile on


    my face as I sat up a little more.


    "I''m fine," I lied. Braden sighed and gave me a look that said he saw through my bullshit.


    "You''re not fine," he said. I dropped the fake smile before Iid back down.


    "I''ll be fine after a while," I tried to reason with him.


    "You''re really starting to scare me," he said softly. I didn''t know how to respond so I settled for trying to


    give him a reassuring smile. I guess I scared him so much that he actually started to worry. He stood


    before stretching.


    "Are you hungry?" He asked. I nodded. He left for a while beforeing back with some snacks and


    ice packs. I propped myself up and put the ice on before I started eating.


    "Have my dad take a look at you again when he gets home today," Braden said. He turned his projector


    on before ying more movies for me. I found it odd that Elizabeth hadn''t made an appearance yet.


    Matter of fact, I hadn''t seen her at all since she dropped us off yesterday. I ate my snacks as we


    watched movies. It was a great studying tool. I learned more about this time period from the movies


    than I ever could trying to read about it. At first, it felt like I was dropped in a foreign country, but it was


    a little easier now. One of the movies Braden showed me was ''Back to the Future''. I found myself


    "You don''t time travel by car," I found myselfmenting.


    "Then how do you time travel?" Braden asked.


    "It''s like two huge mas spitting colors back and forth," I said absentmindedly as I watched the


    movie. I paused and nced at Braden. His eyes were still focused on the movie. It seemed like he


    didn''t hear me, which was a good thing. I stopped talking and paid attention to the movie. It was


    <pical.