13 Going On 30: Another Life

Chapter 4

The cab had just arrrived in front of the building to where Matt lived now. I had paid the cab 10 dollars and then I got out of the vehicle and he left.

I looked at the building that the cab had stopped in front of... Hmm... Greenwich Village... Looks about right!

I went up toward the building and got up the steps to see on the left of me there was some kind of board that had all these names on them and buttons... It said Garcia 1, Maldonado 2, Todd 3, Flamhaff 4... Wait! Flamhaff! It's Matt!

I saw the number 4 on the board and I pressed the button rapidly and repeatedly and then I heard a voice come out of it.

"Hello? Yeah, yeah. Hello. Yeah."

Someone was speaking but I didn't know who it was so I just responded into the board.

"Hi, this is Jenna and I'm looking for Matt. I don't know if you're him, but if you lived on Spruce Street and if your favorite shirt is a gray velour one, I need to speak to you! Now! Please!" I said all those words a little too fast that the person said

"Hello? Hello? Hello? You know what? I got none of that. If you're here from Ming Gardens, ring twice. If not, I really don't want it."

I guessed when the person said rang that must mean push the button twice so I pressed 4 on the board 2 times and a few seconds later I heard a buzz sound... "Bzzz!" and the door was open!

I went inside the building and saw a flight of stairs that I eagerly raced up to. I kept going up the stairs until I reached a door that read 2B like my assistant had told me and I knocked on the door a few times waiting for an answer...

The door opened!

A man opened the door but not all the way as I saw there was a lock on it. I almost got a heart attack! I was so surprised when I saw a man open the door... Was it Matt?

With a confused look the man said "You're not chinese..." to me.

Wow... What did my assistant tell Matt's parents...

"Matt?" I said a little desperately

"Y-yeahh" Matt said still with a confused look

*Sigh* I sighed with relief when he said he was Matt... I finally found him...

"You're tall... You're different" I said so happily.

"Yeah" Matt said with a nod.

I was a little worried about why he wasn't saying anything else to me than "yeah" so I just bravely asked him.

"You don't know me? That's so weird because just yesterday you were there... No! It wasn't yesterday because I'm not 13!" I said and a little irritated at the end.

"Jenna..." Matt said

"Yes!" I said so joyously!

"Jenna Rink." Matt said again.

"Yes! Yes, Matt! It's me!" I said hoping he'd remember.

Then he shut the door... Was it something I said? I was a little confused because he just closed the door on me...

I heard something unlatching like a few locks for a second and then Matt opened the door again!

"Hey" he said.

I instantly went up to him and gave him a big hug holding him a little bit because I was so glad I got to see him again. With everything that was going on I needed a friend... My best friend.

He said while I was hugging him "Come on in." I detected that he may have tried to tell me something but I was so happy for seeing him that I didn't care.

Matt closed the door and I went inside his apartment and saw pictures were up on the wall everywhere but other than that it looked like a pretty, decent looking place.

"You still take pictures?" I asked

"Yeah. You know, it pays the bills." Matt said. Then he said

"Hey, Jenna, what are...? Why are you here?"

At first he seemed a little surprised as well and shocked when he found out it was me at the door

"Matty, I told you. Something really weird is happening. Yesterday was my 13th birthday and then... then today I woke up and I'm this! And you! I mean... You're that! You get it?" I said.

I had only noticed this just now... but now that Matty is older he kind of looks... handsome... He lost all his weight from when we were 13 and he looks in between muscular and skinny. His hair was a little curly but straight at the same time and now he dresses a little better than when we were younger... He really is different... He's... changed...

With another confused look he said "Are you high?"

"Ugh!" I was thinking. Why does everybody think I'm hungover today...

Continuing "You been smoking pot? Doing X? Falling into a K-hole? Are you doing drugs?" he asked worriedly (as if I'm some sort of addict)

A little fascinated by these assumptions I scoffed (like a laugh sort of) and said "No! No, look... I was sitting in my closet on my 13th birthday and I, I, I... skipped everything. I mean, it's like a weird dream. I, I, I... can't remember my life. You need to help me remember my life, Matt."

"Me?" he said.

"Yes!" I said.

"I can't do that." Matt said rejecting me.

"Why not?" I asked persistently.

He scoffed at me and then said "I don't know anything about you, all right? I haven't seen you since high school."

"Wh... What?" I said.

Haven't seen me since High School... What was going on?

"We're not friends anymore, Jenna." Matt said.

"Matty, you're my best friend!" I said trying to argue with him.

"No..." Matt said giving me full confirmation that I had to believe that...

As if things hadn't gotten worse... I... I don't have a best friend anymore... I don't know what I'm going to do without him... Matt... What did I do?

Did you like it? I'm sorry if it's short and I'm leaving you guys at a cliffhanger but I'll have the next one up on tomorrow (which is Friday lol). I hope this wasn't too rushed. Comment/Like and tell me what you think!