Prompt: Someone follows you home, and it's your exact double.
It was a dark and quiet night as I made my way home from the late shift at work. I walked briskly, my footsteps echoing in the empty streets. As I turned the corner onto my street, I had the strange feeling that someone was following me. I shrugged it off as paranoia and continued walking, but the feeling persisted.
I quickened my pace, trying to put some distance between myself and whoever was behind me. But the footsteps grew louder, and I could hear someone breathing heavily. Finally, I turned around, ready to confront my follower.
What I saw made me freeze in my tracks. Standing there, only a few feet away from me, was a person who looked exactly like me. It was as if I was staring into the mirror. The other me was just as surprised as I was, and we stood there staring at each other in disbelief.
Without a word, the other me turned and walked away, disappearing into the night. I stood there for a moment, trying to process what had just happened. Was it a hallucination? A practical joke? Or was there really someone out there who looked exactly like me?
I finally made it home, my mind racing with questions. I tried to shake the feeling of unease that had settled over me, but it was impossible. I couldn't stop thinking about the other me and what it all meant.
Over the next few days, I couldn't get the encounter out of my head. I started to obsess over it, wondering if there was some kind of explanation for what had happened. Finally, I decided to do some investigating.
I started talking to my neighbours, asking if they had seen or heard anything unusual that night. None of them had, but one of them did mention seeing a person who looked like me walking down the street earlier that day.
I scoured the internet, looking for any information about dopplegangers or mysterious lookalikes, but I came up empty-handed. It seemed like there was no explanation for what had happened.
Eventually, I had to accept that I might never know the truth. But the memory of that night continued to haunt me, and I couldn't help but wonder what other strange things might be lurking in the shadows of the world around me.
