[ WP ] The perfect couple is hiding a secret . They 're both can rewind time , and make changes . Neither knows about the others ' gifts .

This is the last time, she promised herself. If it does n't work out this time, it's over for good. She took a deep breath and walked towards the balcony, where she knew he would be. The terrible house music was blasting behind her. She knew the lyrics in the songs all too well now. She swiftly tried to move through the crowd. Sweaty bodies were touching each other on every inch of the floor. 
 Out on the balcony the sea breeze cooled her down. He stood on the right end of it, together with some of their friends. She knew she did n't have to be nervous. He would ask her, like he always did. But this was her favorite moment. This is when it all would start over again. She felt the butterflies take flight in her stomach, like all those other times. 
 
''I found you!'' she said, and just now remembered how tipsy she was. 
 
''Hey,'' he said and pulled her in for a hug.''Where have you been?'' 
 
 She tried to remember what had happened before this. But for the most part it was all a blur. What should have been half an hour of memories, was now years. 
 
''I, uhm...'' she started. Behind her, Tyler stumbled to join them. That's right. Now she remembered.''Tyler and I have been looking for you.'' 
 
''Gemma tried to start a fight with this huge guy,'' Tyler yelled, a little too loud. 
 
''He took a picture of me and said he would put it up on instagram,'' she argued.''That girl pushed me. I did n't fall down the stairs because I was drunk.'' 
 
 She hated explaining this part. But Nathan laughed, he always did. It was her favorite laugh in the world. 
 
''You are drunk though,'' Nathan said, and Tyler gave her that look. Told you so. She could have gone back to change it, but with all that had happened through the years, it was the smallest mistake, which, even though it had happened to her several times now, she would hardly remember. Besides, she had abandoned the idea of perfection a long time ago. 
 
 She sat down on the sofa the people living there had made out of old surfboards. She took in the scene around her. Time had made her forget how beautiful it was here. Down on the rocky beach the waves came crashing in. The palm trees moved with the wind. If she tried really hard, she could see a few stars in the black night sky, but for the most part, they were washed out by the neon lights that came from inside the apartment. 
 
 ‘ ’ Gemma, I ’ ve been thinking, ’ ’ Nathan said. This was it. ‘ ’ I don ’ t know how to introduce you when we meet my friends. ’ ’ 
 
 Her heart was beating faster now. How could it be that she still felt this way? 
 
 ‘ ’ Is it okay if I call you my girlfriend? ’ ’ 
 
 Gemma grinned. ‘ ’ Of course. ’ ’ 
 
 Nathan leaned in to kiss her, and she kissed him back. When they broke away from it, she ran her hand through his hair. It was softer than she remembered. He smiled, and was so full of life. She couldn ’ t stop herself when she started to cry. Nathan ’ s smile disappeared. 
 
 ‘ ’ What is it? ’ ’ he asked. Gemma tried to dry her tears, but they kept coming. She couldn ’ t rewind time again, she had already promised herself that it was going to be the last time. 
 
 ‘ ’ Gemma? ’ ’ Nathan asked, now scared as she started to sob. 
 
 The pictures of an aged Nathan, fighting for his life, kept flashing in her mind. Perhaps it had been foolish of her to travel back when she hadn ’ t given herself time to mourn. 
 
 ‘ ’ Let ’ s go somewhere else. ’ ’ 
 
 Nathan led her through the crowd and out of the apartment. They walked down the street and sat down in the grass, next to the fence which separated them from the edge of the cliff which dropped straight onto the rocky beach. 
 
 She had never tried this before, but it could be the last resort. 
 
 ‘ ’ There is something I need to tell you, ’ ’ she said after the tears had stopped running. 
 
 Not surprisingly, he furrowed his brows in confusion. 
 
 ‘ ’ You are sick, ’ ’ she said. 
 
 ‘ ’ Excuse me? ’ ’ 
 
 She cursed to herself. Why was she still so embarrassing? 
 
 ‘ ’ You ’ re not sick right now, but you will be, soon. ’ ’ 
 
 There was a long silence between them, before Nathan finally spoke again. 
 
 ‘ ’ How did you know? ’ ’ 
 
 She paused. 
 
 ‘ ’ You know? ’ ’ she asked. 
 
 ‘ ’ Yes, but how do you know? ’ ’ 
 
 ‘ ’ I… ’ ’ she hesitated. ‘ ’ I come from the future. Kind of. ’ ’ 
 
 ‘ ’ You come from the future? ’ ’ Nathan repeated. 
 
 ‘ ’ I can rewind time. ’ ’ 
 
 He was speechless. She tried to read on his face what he was thinking. It was something she normally was able to do, but this time she couldn ’ t tell, at all. 
 
 ‘ ’ I know it sounds stupid. ’ ’ 
 
 ‘ ’ No, it doesn ’ t sound stupid at all, ’ ’ he said. ‘ ’ It ’ s just that normally you don ’ t know. ’ ’ 
 
 Now it was her time to be confused. 
 
 ‘ ’ What do you mean by normally? ’ ’ 
 
 ‘ ’ I always rewind time after I ’ ve told you, ’ ’ he said. ‘ ’ About the cancer I mean. ’ ’ 
 
 He already knew. Gemma didn ’ t know what to say. She had traveled back in time once again, to try to convince him to get screened earlier, or to fight harder. Whatever it took. This time she wanted to make sure he didn ’ t give up immediately after he had gotten the news. This time was supposed to be different. He was going to beat it this time. 
 
 ‘ ’ It ’ s the silence, followed by the screaming, that kills me everytime. Not literally, of course. I simply can ’ t take it. So I rewind time to a few weeks before I meet you. ’ ’ 
 
 They looked at each other now. He is like me, she thought. She suddenly felt calm. He had never just given up. She knew that now. 
 
 ‘ ’ How many times? ’ ’ 
 
 ‘ ’ Too many to count. ’ ’ 
 
 She nodded. She wasn ’ t sure either. 
 
 ‘ ’ I usually do it before you die, sometimes after. ’ ’ 
 
 ‘ ’ What about this time? ’ ’ 
 
 She looked down in the grass and found a pebble to play with. He already knew the answer. 
 
 ‘ ’ This is the last time. ’ ’ 
 
 He took her hand, brought her closer into a hug, so she could rest her head on his shoulder. They sat there and looked down at the waves together. It truly was a perfect night. 
 
 ‘ ’ The last time, ’ ’ he echoed. 

