The perfect world

Part 8: Sick...

Part 8 : Sick...

'We'll just need to erase her memories.', a voice says. Jessie immediately recognizes it. It's Fredericks voice! She wants to move, but she can't. She looks around her and notices that she's tied to a chair. Jessie is in an empty room. The walls are white, the floor is dirty and the only window in the room is very small. The air is very cold and the door is ajar. So that is where the sound is coming from...

'But how will we erase her memories?', a woman asks.

'With this injection. It'll erase every single memory of her childhood and then she'll finally be my daughter.', Frederick explains.

Then, everyhting gets blurry and the next thing Jessie sees, is Frederick giving her the injection on her arm. 'N-no, please, NO!', Jessie screams. 'Your name isn't Rose anymore. Your name is now Jessie.', Frederick murmurs.

Jessie suddenly wakes up. It was all a dream. Maybe even more than a dream, a memory.

'Jessie! Are you...alright?' Nikky is sitting on Jessies bed, a worried look on her face.

'What happened?', Jessie asked.

'Uh, you fell uncounscious, after mom told you about what...dad did.', Nikky explains, tears in her eyes. 'You were in bed for hours, we were really worried about you, you know. And then suddenly you were shouting in your sleep.'

'I was in bed for hours ?' Jessie can't believe it. She was supposed to head to the rebellions basement yesterday. And she was talking in her sleep?

'What did I say when I was asleep?', Jessie asks.

'Well, you were yelling the word NO all the time.', Nikky answers.

'Mom went to the pharmacy to get you some medicine.', Nikky says when she notices that Jessie is looking around the room.

'Ah, ok then. Wait...WHAT? Why medicine? I am fi-', Jessie is interrupted when she suddenly coughs. What the heck? How did she even get sick ? Oh, maybe when she went to school without a coat... she's so stupid.

'Ugh, I hate being sick...', Jessie groans.

'Well, now I am going to be your babysitter. How about that?' Nikky laughs at Jessie. Jessie tries to get out of her bed, but Nikky immediately pushes her back to her bed.

'Oi, lemme get the heck outta here!', Jessie shouts.

'Nuh-uh.' Nikky glares at Jessie. 'I'm supposed to take care of you while mom is gone.'

'I don't care! And where's the asshole?', Jessie asks, before she notices the word asshole slips out of her mouth.

'If by asshole you mean that loser of my father, well, he's at work.' Nikky sighs, looking at Jessie. 'You know, you're still my sister, no matter what happens.' To Jessies surprise, Nikky suddenly hugs Jessie tightly.

'Of course I am, you think I'm dumb or somehting?', Jessie replies, trying to hide the emotion in her voice.

Nikky laughs and gets up. 'Soooooo... you didn't tell me everyhting about ya, did you? I didn't even know you had such a cool birthmark on your right arm until yesterday, when mom had to take off your jacket because of your fever! And who is your biological father?'

'Uh, I don't really know who my father is...' Jessie answers, trying to avoid her sisters gaze.

'Oh, but there is someone who might be your family, right?', Nikky says, and smiles victoriously when she sees Jessies face.

'Well, theres this old man who once told me that he was my grandpa...but I didn't believe him and I was kinda rude to him...I really regret it...' Jessie sighs and looks out of her window. There's no one outside except a few birds. The weather is cloudy and it looks like it could start raining at any minute. The trees are still green, although it's getting colder and colder every day that passes.

'You're really stupid, aren't you? Do you have any information about that man? He might be able to help you...'

The last sentence Nikky just said echo through Jessies head. Zacks letter! Could it be that the old man is really in the rebellion? Does he also have a power ? Jessies need to go to the rebellions basement grows more at that thought.

'Hey Jessie, don't you have a boyfriend or something? I think his name was Zack? I mean, I've seen you often with him...', Nikky asks, smirking.

Jessie chokes on her tea. 'What the heck? I see him as a brother, nothing more, nothing less. How dare you say that in front of my tea?' Jessie glares at Nikky, as if she had just sworn.

'Ok, calm down, I was just teasing you. You know, you're way too easy to tease...' Nikky puts her arms up in surrender, as if Jessie was some kind of crazy animal.

'Mom's coming back, I'll leave you alone so you can talk.' Nikky suddenly gets up and goes to the door to leave the room.

'Wait! It'll be awkward if I sit alone in here with mother! Please be nice once in your life and don't leave meeee!', Jessie shouts as Nikky shuts the door, laughing.

Ugh, sometimes Jessie wonders why she even tries...

Suddenly the door of Jessies room opens a little bit. 'Nikky, is that you?', Jessie asks.

...to be continued...