"We are awesome!"

"We totally are!"

She couldn't forget those words no matter how much she tried, she was in the bathroom looking at her younger self at the mirror, thinking, what happened? Why she was back with Chloe again when they were teens five years ago? That didn't make any sense.

I was in the lighthouse when Chloe said that I could choose to sacrifice her, then suddenly everything became white and...oh dog, not another nightmare!

It could be another nightmare but...everything looked the same, nothing bizarre was happening, with exception of her waking up, jumping with Chloe up and down screaming from the top of her lungs that they were "totally awesome".

Then maybe everything is going to fade to light? And I am going to return and choose between...no,no,no, NO! Fuck this, why I need to make this decision? Why I have to lose her? I...you what? Love her? So what? Is she even going to forgive you for letting her mother die?

Max was very close to have a meltdown in that bathroom, she couldn't choose, how was she supposed to anyway? Could she even make this choice? Is Chloe even supposed to die? I am the one who is fucking with time and space, I should be the one that...wait, maybe, maybe there is another way.

The more she thought about it, the more it made sense, If I wasn't so chickenshit Chloe would have made it, and the storm would never have come, but...god, Chloe is going to blame herself for this for the rest of her life, she already thinks she is alone, this isn't fair, this is bullshit! She doesn't deserve to feel alone, fuck!

She...she still has Joyce and David, they can help her.

Maybe she will get over it and...she will forget me...okay Max, stop being so fucking chickenshit, you can do it, just a few more seconds, then, this can finally end, I am just going to fulfill my fate.

Max was just waiting after that point, everything made sense now, Chloe could live without her, she had to, Max was the one that was supposed to die, it was time to be a real hero, just a few more seconds…

She just closed her eyes thinking.

Chloe I am so sorry...I love you.

Then Chloe knocked.

"Hey Max! Are you okay dude? You are inside there for the last 20 minutes, you want some help?"

She opened her eyes and it was then that Max thought that something was very wrong here, there is no way that she could have stayed more than a few minutes, every time she used her photos, she managed to stay there for 5, 10 minutes at maximum, and then everything started to fade to white.

Actually, she never used that photo in the first place, she burned it just to avoid being here ever again, so how was she even here in the first place?

I shouldn't even be here.

"Max, if you don't open this door I am totally breaking it down."

Shouldn't you? What is the other option then?

I don't know alright! But…

"Have it your way then!"

Max quickly unlocked the door before her friend broke her arm trying to break it.

"One, two..."

"Just a second Chloe!"

"Too late! Three!"

Max opened the door and she was knocked out by a laughing mess of blonde hair.

"Holy dog! That was awesome! Hey, why are crying Max?"

"Uh, nothing, just..."

"Oh no, you are not running away from me now Caulfield, we are talking about this, you are acting so weird ever since dad took that picture,
what happened man?"

"Can we not talk about this, I am good, I promise."

"Yeah right, so those tears are for happiness, Mad Max?"

What do I tell her?

Chloe just raised her left eyebrow, clearly not believing in her, but before she could give her opinion about Max's sad state,
William and Joyce were just back home.

"Hello girls, want to give me some help with the groceries?" Joyce voice could be heard from downstairs.

"Can you wait some minutes mom? I am talking something important with Max."

"It's just a few minutes sweet pea, and if you are fast enough we may share this delicious ice cream I just bought for myself."

"Us Bill."

"Of course honey just for the two of us."

"No way! Come on Max it's ice cream, we can talk about this later."

"But."

"No but's, let's go."

And there they went, Chloe dragging Max downstairs to help and later get some ice cream, even though it was impossible for her not smile at her friend's happiness, she still couldn't stop thinking.

What about the storm?

Hello guys and gals, this is my new fic that I have come up with.

For those that never heard about a ISOT, the concept isn't complicated take a character or a group of characters, an army or even an entire country of any time (be it fiction or real life) and send it to the future, past or to another universe, because of..."reasons".

CDA or Salamon2 (for those who know him on Fanfiction and AO3) has a quote that is fitting:

'The point of an ISOT is to explore how the characters cope with such an event disrupting their lives & how would they interact with their new environment, and less of exploring why the event took place. As such, expect a lot of character feels as the story progress.'

Part of this fic was taken in inspiration of his fic "Begin Again" of the series "The Return of The Direwolves", it is an amazing fic, one which, was the reason I was introduced to ISOT's.

However it contains spoilers of all the books of Asoiaf, if you don't wish to be spoiled, I suggest you to read the books first.

I hope you guys and gals will like it.

So go ahead, praises, constructive criticisms or any questions are more than welcome :D