"Jennie?"CH.51

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*In Lisa's dream*


Lisa's POV.


I was walking down the street, and it looked so familiar. As I looked around, I realized it was the street in my hometown. While I was walking, the rain started to pour, so I ran and ran until I fell. I hissed in pain because it hurt, and when I looked at my knee, it was bleeding. The rain was pouring harder, and I needed to find shelter. Then I saw a house and ran toward it because the rain was relentless. When I reached the door, it looked familiar.


Wait, is this the abandoned house in Thailand? I got closer to the door and held the doorknob. My curiosity took over as I gently and slowly opened the door. When I stepped inside, it was just as I remembered—big and dusty. I looked around and spotted the strange door; it was still the same as before. Wait a minute, is this Djavo? This all happened to me back then.


The street, the rain, the fall—everything, even this house—this is all from the past. If I'm in the past, maybe Jennie is here. Jennie, the cat. I moved closer to the door, and as I held the doorknob, I heard someone sobbing on the other side, in the library. My heart started beating fast, and I felt both scared and nervous to open the door because of the sobbing inside. But I opened it anyway, and when I did, I saw someone.


A girl? A little girl? She's wearing a white dress and has long black hair. I can't see her face because she's covering it with her knees and hands, sitting on the couch. Wow, my heart is pounding so fast right now. What if she's a ghost? Oh my gosh, I'm scared, but I still want to see her face, so I get closer to the couch. "Ahh, hi, are you okay?" I ask her. The girl slowly looks at me. "Who are you?" she says. Wow, she's so cute! She has the same blue and green cat-like eyes as Jennie, her cheeks are chubby like dumplings, and she even looks like a doll, just like Jennie. 


"Umm, I'm Lisa," I say to the girl. "Why are you here?" she asks. "Ahh, because the rain was pouring hard, and I was looking for shelter. Then I found this abandoned house, so I came in," I explain. The girl doesn't say anything, and her eyes look so puffy. "Are you okay? Why are you crying?" I ask her.


"My sister and my parents left me here," the girl says and starts crying again, sobbing really hard. I get closer to her and hug her. "It's okay. You're going to be fine," I say softly. She stops crying after a few minutes. I think she's calmed down now, so I stop hugging her and back off gently. "Are you okay now?" I ask her again. She nods. "So, why did your parents leave you here?" I ask. "I can't remember why," she says. "Ehh? Why can't you remember?" I ask again. "I don't know," she replies.


"So, what's your name?" I ask her. "J...Jennie," she stutters. My eyes widen. What? Jennie? Is she the Jennie I know? When I look at her neck, wait—that's Jennie's necklace! It looks exactly like it. "Umm, is this yours?" I ask, pointing at the necklace. "Yeah," she says. "Where did you get it?" I ask. "My parents gave it to me," she says. "Ohh," I reply.


"What happened to your knees?" she asked me worriedly. "Ahh, I fell down when I was running to find shelter," I said. "Are you okay?" she asked. "Ahh, yeah, I'm fine," I smiled a little, though the truth was it hurt a bit. "How old are you?" she asked. "I'm 20," I said. "Hahaha, are you joking? You're 20?" she laughed. "Why are you laughing?" I asked. "You don't look 20, hahaha," she said and laughed again. Wait, I don't look 20? I looked at my hands and what I was wearing. Wait, is this my school uniform from grade 5? So, I'm 10 now? "Ahh, hahaha, I'm actually 10," I said awkwardly to her. She just smiled and laughed. She had a gummy smile like the Jennie i know too. "How old are you?" I asked her. "I'm 11," she said with a smile. What? She's older than me by one year, but she looks like she's 10, I thought.


"Why are you here in the library?" I asked her. "Oh, this is my favorite place, me and my unnie," she said, smiling, but then the smile disappeared when she said the last part. I think she remembered something. "How old is your unnie?" I asked. "She's 14 now," she said. "What's her name?" I asked, but suddenly I couldn't hear anything. My vision started to blur. I couldn't see her properly, and I couldn't hear her.


When I looked around, my vision went completely black.


*Lisa's dream ended.*


I heard the alarm noise and turned it off. I stood up and just sat on my bed. When I looked at Jennie, she was still sleeping, so I went to the bathroom to take a shower first.

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