The Lost One

Chapter 6

I arrive at my first class. I sit at the back of the class as I see someone sitting in my usual seat. I look around for Avery, but she is nowhere to be seen. Is she in this class or a different one?

The bell rings and the teacher comes in. A different teacher than my usual teacher comes in. Am I in the right class? I wonder to myself. The teacher sits down at their desk and begins to take roll.

The teacher doesn't call out the names but instead looks around for attendance. I assume she finished with roll because she stands up and starts teaching. I sigh quietly in relief. I must be in the right class then.

As the day goes by, I feel weird and sad. The classes are the same but there is two things that are different. There are different teachers and students.

The classes that Avery and I share are none. We have no classes together so I haven't been able to talk to her all at.

When school is finally over I walk to the front of the school and I see Avery siting at a table. I smile and walk up to her. "Hey." I said.

Avery smiles but it's a polite one. "Hi." She responds. She looks at me for a moment. "Who are you?.....sorry for the rudeness, but I don't know you." She tells me.

My whole body freezes and in my head so many things are going on. My best friend doesn't know who I am. I'm in a hallucination that's similar to real life, so why doesn't she know me. It feels like I've been stabbed in the heart and revived again.

I smile hesitantly. "Oh. I'm Melissa, sorry you look like someone I know. My apologies." I turn around and walk out of the school. I need to get out of this hallucination. I stop dead in my track as I see the statue in front of the school.

A statue of my dad and the scientist that injected the 'medicine' into me. They were shaking hands and smiling but it seemed so natural. What is going on? I walk to my house instead of taking the bus and realize that my house is actually really close.

I enter the house and someone suddenly hugs me. Uncertain of what's happening, I hug the person back. They back up and I can see them. A little girl around the age of 6 is standing in front of me. Her pink hair and purple eyes shining so bright that she looks like an angel.

"Meli!! Meli!! I missed you so much even though you were gone for a couple of hours but it felt so much longer!" She says with excitement. She had so much energy that I was afraid that she was going to start bouncing around the house, like in the cartoons.

"Scarlet, let your big sister have a minute of rest." My mother says walking into the living room. She is wearing a lab coat. My heart skips a beat. Was Monica and David telling the truth?

Does she really work in a lab? The same lab that the evil scientist works in? My head starts to spin in circles and then I realized that I have a sister. What kind of hallucination is this??!

"Meli, can you play with me?!" Scarlet asks. I look at her and force an apologetic smile. "I wish I could but I have homework to do. Maybe when I finish." I tell her. She frowns. "Fine." She says and walks away.

My mom was already gone. I head to the kitchen hoping to find her, but she isn't there. I want to ask her so many questions or maybe I can ask father. I walk around the house, looking for my father. I can't find him and the house is slightly bigger.

There's more rooms and the rooms are bigger. Buzz. My phone buzzes in my pocket. I didn't even know I had it there. I take it out. Message from David. My eyes widen. David. I read the message and I'm surprised to see so many messages between us.

I read the latest message. Hey, Melissa! Do you want to hang by our usual park? Monica is already going. Monica also! I nervously type out a reply. Sure. I hit the send button but then I regret it as I realize that I have no idea where the usual park is and I told scarlet I had homework. She'll get mad if she finds out that I'm going to 'hang out' with David.