Accidentally Yours

New Life

Alice POV

"What do you mean, 2024?" I asked, utterly confused.

"2024, as in the year. What's going on with you?" Sabrina's anger had faded, replaced by concern, though she wouldn't admit it.

"Yeah, Alice, are you okay?" Janine asked, her voice soft and worried.

I glanced down at my hands and noticed a gauze wrapped around my left wrist.

Did I... try to take my own life?

I couldn't believe it. Me? Attempting suicide? That seemed impossible.

"What happened?" I asked, my voice trembling.

"You cut your wrist, Alice. You barely made it, but thank God we found you on time," Janine explained gently, trying to calm me down.

"Why would I do that?" I asked, almost in disbelief at the thought of hurting myself.

"You tell us-" Sabrina started but was cut off by Janine, "Sabrina, you're not helping."

"You were overwhelmed by anxiety, especially after the last hearing," Janine said softly, trying to help me understand.

"Hearing? What hearing?" I asked, my mind spinning.

What's going on?

"Mayor ka ng Bamban, Alice. You got caught up in some illegal activity involving POGOs, and the Senate called you in for questioning," Sabrina chimed in.

"But... I'm not a mayor!" I shouted, my frustration building as tears started falling down my face.

"Alice, you are. You ran in the last election and won, you helped so many peole" Janine said, hugging me tighter, trying to offer comfort.

"I told you to remember your childhood, but now it looks like you've forgotten everything else too," Sabrina muttered, sitting down with a sigh.

"Sabrina!" Janine scolded her.

"No! This is impossible!" I yelled as I tried to stand, but my body gave out, and I nearly collapsed. Thankfully, Janine and Sabrina caught me before I hit the floor.

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Later that night, I sat in the hospital room, wide awake, watching my own disaster unfold on TV. Janine and Sabrina had fallen asleep on the sofa, I've told them not to worry but they were persistent on staying, while I was glued to the screen, popcorn in hand.

It had been only a few hours since I woke up... a few hours in the body of my future self.

Future self? I couldn't help but laugh at the thought. This whole situation still felt like some elaborate prank. Any minute now, I expected a hidden camera to pop out, with someone yelling, "Gotcha!" Yet I'm still stuck here

On the screen, my future self was being questioned in the Senate, making a fool of herself.

I threw some popcorn at the TV. "For God's sake, just answer the question properly! You're embarrassing yourself!"

I couldn't help but sigh in frustration. This is how the whole country saw me?

"Can't you at least remember your childhood?" Senator Loren demanded on screen.

I groaned in frustration. "it's a simple question, you idiot! How can you not remember that?!"

I shoved more popcorn into my mouth, shaking my head in disbelief.

Then, another senator appeared on the screen-someone who looked oddly familiar. I couldn't place her, but she wasn't a senator back in 2014, that's for sure.

"Madam Chair, that's all," Senator Loren said.

"Alright, Mayor Alice, is there anything else you can recall?" the chairwoman asked with elegance and poise.

Madam Chair? Wait... she's the one who called me here?

"She's beautiful... but older, at mas maganda pa din ako" I muttered, throwing another piece of popcorn at the TV.

What's her name anyway?

I grabbed the phone Janine gave me, apparently my phone from this time. Phones back in 2014 were much smaller.

I tried unlocking it. Password protected, of course.

What could it be? Aliceganda? Incorrect.

Wow, incorrect?! okay, Alice.

Thankfully, it had face recognition, and after a few failed attempts, it finally unlocked.

I searched through Facebook-yep, it still existed. I needed to know who this Madam Chair was. I stared at the screen, waiting for the camera to focus on the nameplate in front of her.

'Senator Risa Hontiveros.'

Risa? Now that name rings a bell.

I quickly searched her name on Facebook. As I scrolled through her profile, I noticed-oh great, I'm all over her feed. Crush ata ako nito ehh... Oh wait, no. It's because of the case.

I left her page and went to my own profile.

I had to know... why am I in this mess in the first place?

Wait, why am I even trying to solve this? This is the future me's problem, not mine.

I shook my head. The real issue here is figuring out how to get back to my own time. There's no way I'm dealing with the future me's mess. I mean, who told her to run for mayor anyway?

She was only supposed to run Dad's business, and now here she is, arguing with senators. Ridiculous. The political world is very messy and dirty she shouldn't have entered it in the first place

I sighed, rolling my eyes.

Note to self: don't ever run for mayor. If I want to avoid jail, that's the first step.

But seriously, how do I get back to 2014?

I remembered the truck hitting me, the blood, and how I nearly died. And then... I woke up here? That doesn't solve anything

Maybe I'm dreaming. Like those teleseryes, people fall into deep sleep after an accident and have these crazy dreams, right?

So maybe this is all a dream too?

I nodded to myself there is just no way this is really happening

How do you even know if you're dreaming? By hurting myself

Yes, that's it, Okay here goes nothing

I slapped myself hard. "Ouch!"

That hurts pero baka OA lang ako it's better safe than sorry

I slapped myself again, harder. "Ow, okay, definitely not a dream."

So this is real? I'm really stuck here?

Wait... if I'm here in 2024, does that mean my future self is in 2014 right now?

Oh my God, what is she doing? I hope she doesn't mess things up and get me into even more trouble!

I couldn't help but panic at the thought that my own future self could cause problems in my life.

I sighed deeply, hoping the future me wouldn't do anything too stupid.

"How am I supposed to get back to my own time now?