The Watch – Part 135:

‘You haven’t said much,’ Amy said after we had finished our Pizza. We were sitting in silence; I was thinking about how best to break the news that I’m going to give up the watch. Amy, I guessed, was waiting for me to start talking because she didn’t want the awkward situation where we both start talking at once and we drop back into silence where it would then go round in circles. In the end, she decided to just talk and break the incredibly long silence that we have created.

I took a deep breath, ‘OK,’ I said. If I don’t get it over and done with now, I won’t’

‘What’s up?’ she asked patiently.

‘I still don’t know how I’m going to say this, so this may stumble a bit,’ I said. Amy waited for me to continue. ‘I’ve been thinking, and I believe… that the best thing I can do... is… well… I don’t want something like that happening again… and… I don’t want to have… I mean… I think it would be best if I… give…

‘No,’ Amy said before I could finish.

‘Sorry?’ I asked.

‘You can’t give up the watch,’ she said sternly. I was about to argue my case and explain the reasons behind it, but Amy countered them before I got the chance. ‘I know why you would believe that giving up the watch is a good idea, but I can tell you that, that would be the worst decision you could possibly make.’ I was going to say something about that, but Amy continued, making sure that she has put forward her case.

‘You have done so much with it, accomplished so many great things, and it has only been less than a week. I said to you Tom will come around, all you have to do is give him time. Now, you’re making me sound like a broken record. Look, I know this is a tough time, and I totally understand why you made the decision you did, but I just know that you will regret it the moment you give it up.’

‘But I’ll have a normal life back, without worry, without having to constantly look over my shoulder,’ I said quickly.

‘But that’s just it, you will go back to having a normal life. That’s it. You will only be constantly looking over your shoulder because you do worry so much. I could see it in your eyes that you weren’t as nervous as you were before you got that watch, you didn’t over think things, you are sitting with me, talking to me, which is something that would never have happened if it weren’t for the watch – and before you say what I know you’re going to say, you didn’t do all of those things because of the watch; you had the ability to do everything that you’ve done inside you all along, you just had to have something that would unlock that. I’m sorry for saying this, but I think you are making a mountain out of a mole hill.’

That was one heck of a speech. I don’t know what to say. She made some good points. Maybe I will regret it. I said that I would regret it and hearing it from Amy cemented that con. I never thought about how awful it would be going back to normal. How long will it be before I go back to normal, back to my old ways of being nervous, being that person that doesn’t get out of the house much. Does that really sound like the watch is responsible for my achievements not me? Maybe it does, but maybe it doesn’t. The watch hasn’t made me. I’ve chosen to do all of the things I’ve done because I know that I can. Amy’s right, I don’t have to worry about anything. I have no need to worry…

‘But what happens if something like what happened earlier happens again?’ I asked. ‘You know, someone like him showing up out of the blue, creating havoc, causing problems?

‘Then you give it everything that you’ve got and don’t stop until the problem’s solved. I believe in you, otherwise I wouldn’t be here, and that is something you know you don’t have to question,’ she explained, reading my thoughts. ‘The only question that you have to ask is whether you believe that you are capable of overcoming any problem that comes your way?’

That is a good question. I do know that I have the ability to do everything that I want, and it is through doing all of that, which will help me solve those problems. Everything Amy said does make sense. I think she is right; I would be making a big mistake if I gave up the watch. This is my first major obstacle, and technically, I don’t have to fight to overcome it, all I have to do is wait instead. Tom will come round, he said so himself. I don’t know how long it’ll be before he comes back, but the thought of knowing that things have the potential of returning back to normal, does increase my spirits. Things are simpler than I’m making them out to be. I truly am making mountains out of mole hills.

‘There’s the look I want to see in your eyes,’ Amy said smiling.

‘I don’t know what to say,’ I said. ‘Thank you, I guess.’

‘You’re so very welcome,’ she said, leaning forward and wrapped her arms around me, giving me a big hug, making sure to squeeze all of my stress and bad thoughts out of me. When she retracted and sat back down, I felt a lot happier.

‘Now, you go upstairs and get a good night’s sleep,’ Amy ordered. ‘The last thing you want to do is make yourself over tired.’

‘What are you going to do?’ I asked.

‘Don’t worry about me,’ she said, ‘I’ll walk home.’ I tilted my head as if to say, ‘seriously, after what just happened.’

‘Don’t start,’ she said, ‘I’ll be fine. Just get upstairs and get some sleep. I’ll worry about me.’ I was about to say something else.’

‘Get,’ she said sharply, pointing upstairs. I jumped up off my seat and headed straight towards the stairs.

TO BE CONTINUED…

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Antony Hudson

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