- I'm telling you, bro! - Said Nico to Oliver, his best friend since he was five years old, while they were walking through the hallway of their school - I did not even sleep last night! His eyes were all... Black! And he was... Me! I'm not crazy!
- Man it could be just your imagination, like maybe you were too tired and then your mind created it... Or maybe it was someone pranking you, I don't know, it could be anything.
- Dude, it was literally a freaking "clone of me", a creepy version of myself!
They grew up together, being neighbours, in Winterhurst, sharing the same taste in music and the love for philosophy. Nico was the adventure hunter while Oliver was the introvert one, always good at giving advice. Nico's mom, Marisa, used to call him "cotton head" because of his white dyed hair. Their favorite thing to do was staying up all night, on the weekends, eating pizza and talking about philosophy, the universe and girls, of course.
In that friday morning they had 6 classes, the first one was Spanish, where they had a test. Nico slept in the other 5 ones because of his tiredness, including the philosophy class, his favorite.
The school's bell ring sounded loud as always at the end of the last class waking up Nico, abruptly. They were the last ones there. So they packed their things leaving the classroom with their laughter floating through that empty place. They were almost close to the school's gate when, suddenly, a soft voice pierced the air:
- Hey Nico! Hold on!
It was Liza, their friend. Her blond hair was weaving and her checks were red because of the sun. she ran in their direction.
- Nico, you look tired. I just want to thank you for the flowers yesterday, it was really sweet! - She said, breathing heavily and smiling.
- Oh wow! You're fast man, that's my boy! Don't forget to invite me to the wedding! Haha - added Oliver
- But Liza, I did not give flowers to you yesterday, I only left home to put the trash out and... Oh yes never mind you are right! I'm glad you liked them! - He answered.
The conversation started getting awkward after that, Oliver kept a big smile on his face and Nico blushed every time he looked to Liza, while they were walking back home
Liza said goodbye to them, entering in her house, since her house was closer to the school. Nico and Oliver kept walking.
- Man, what's happening? Are you in love? And afraid to tell me, your best friend? - said Oliver finally, breaking the silence.
- I'm saying that I didn't give her flowers! She's weird. You know what? Maybe she saw the same creepy thing I saw, you know, that strange version of myself!
- Ok man, let's pretend you're right! Do you really think she wouldn't realize that "he" had creepy eyes?!
- I don't know what happened to me or to her. That's all. Maybe we're both crazy. Maybe something creepy is happening, who knows?!
- I still think that there is a logical reason behind everything. If you're hiding something from me - he said laughing - The cotton head will know!
Nico smirked.
They walked for about 5 minutes and then they got home, saying "bye" to each other.
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It was 5:00 pm when Nico stopped browsing through the web to eat something. They only thing that he did in that afternoon was searching about "schizophrenia" and "hallucinations" on google. He was worried: He knew that something was wrong with him, or with Winterhurst.
Meanwhile, Oliver, in his house, watched 4 episodes of his favorite show and dozed off for 1 hour.
It was about 9:00 pm when Nico decided to take a shower and then sleep. He started getting ready to get in the shower. Everything was calm, the only thing that wasn't normal was an insane feeling to look at the bathroom's mirror. It was like something that was attracting him, like magic. As he looked at himself, his heart started beating faster. He could hear Bryan, the dog, barking in his bedroom. He washed his face and then looked at the mirror again. Big mistake.
His reflection blinked. With that big black eyes.
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Lol I'm sorry guys! I literally forgot I had posted this story... I have a lot of chapters ready to be posted. ;)
