I owed her a serious explanation. All my life, I've been hiding half of me. My other identity. I've always gotten away with it. I always do. But it's harder to keep it a secret from people you love, that's just the way things work.

Mia started wondering since a few months ago, asking questions everyday like, "why do you always show up late to our dates?" or, "do you not think I'm important?"

And everyday, I tell her not to worry. I tell her that the answer will come soon. I told her that, but I was never serious. I didn't think I'd actually have to tell her, or she'd actually find out. But I knew I could never hide. Not only is it dangerous for me if I tell her the truth, but it's also going to be dangerous for her. If she knew, so did the monsters. And soon, they would find her too. They'd kill her, or kidnap her and demand for my secrets.

So yes, I did owe her an explanation, but I'd also owe her a life. And today's the day she needed to know that.

"Why do you do this to me? I need answers. What if you're cheating on me?" Mia asked harshly. Her eyebrows furrowed in confusion and pain.

"No! No, I can't answer... And no, I would never cheat on you." I snapped back, more calmly. This cannot be happening right now. What will I do? I couldn't hide it anymore. I had to tell her. Cold sweat ran down my neck.

"Then I don't know how you're going to spend time with me if you're busy from day to night." She turned her back on me, but I immediately held her back. I had an iron grip on her shoulders and turned her facing towards me.

"Babe, you deserve to know the truth..." I gulped, "You swear on our relationship that you will never, I mean ever, speak of this conversation to anyone else, especially people you love."

She nodded, "Yes but, what's happening? Is it that serious?"

"It is, and you might die when I say this. I mean, not exactly when I say this. But this is some dangerous information," I said.

"Die? Jay, what?!" She got frustrated. I could see the confusion in her brown eyes. I knew that was a bad thing to say.

"Not really. I'm just saying that you might be in serious danger when you have knowledge of my identity. Do you still want to know?" I was hoping she'd say no. But I knew she couldn't. Mia was a curious girl, so she nodded. Great...

"When I was 14 I found a wrist watch on the ground. It looked expensive, I had to pick it up. I put it on when I got home. I didn't know it was special, I only noticed until the next day when I was taking a test and time seemed to go slower when I wanted to," I confessed. Every word that came out of my mouth, I felt like I had just sent a loud alarm to all the monsters like, "hey come get my girlfriend! She's got some juicy information about me!" I felt so bad, but I knew she wanted this. She wanted to hear my story. She nodded in encouragement. My heart started beating faster. I couldn't believe what I was about to say.

"So I guess what I'm saying is that I can control time and I'm in a secret crime fighting organization. We do fight crimes but..." I swallowed.

"But?..." She told me to continue.

"I'm sorry I'm about to say this. But we also fight monsters. Invisible monsters, they bring people sadness, pain, and suffering. We can't even see them, we have to wear this kind of motorcycle helmet looking gadget," I stopped. No, I'm sharing too much. Mia's life was already on the line.

"I understand now," Mia said. I felt quite relieved she didn't question me. If I had a "monster fighting" partner I'd think they were crazy. But Mia understood me as always. So yes, I told her about my secret identity. And yes, I might have just costed her a life. But now that I got my secret off my chest, I feel like the weight of the world was lifted off of me and replaced by the weight of a ten tonne truck. I was free, and Mia was relieved she got an answer.