Sonder

Chapter 3

III

                     I woke up from a black out... But this time I wasn't in my current room; I was in... my old room. My room when we were still living with our parents; my room when everything was still okay. I checked the mini calendar I had in my room; it was September, 4 years before I died. Why did I end up here? Is this what happens to the souls of dead people in the afterlife? Whatever is the reason of me being here, I'm just going to find out.

                     Right on my bed, I saw myself (as usual) waking up to Vanessa's noise. This time, I looked more blooming than I was 4 years after. I watched my younger me do my daily routine. While she went to take a bath, I roamed around my room; There, I went back to my mini calendar and tried to write on it. I wasn't expecting it to leave a mark because I am a soul. As far as I know, souls cannot be seen nor be touched. I put a little heart on the date today and then I accidentally dropped the pen because younger me already went out of the bathroom.

                     It's weird because she actually heard the pen dropped. She looked and went to my direction; At first I thought that she actually saw me but instead she took the pen and looked at the calendar.

                     SHE FREAKING SAW WHAT I WROTE!!!!!!

                    I... I mean YOUNGER ME tilted her head while staring at the heart and asked herself, "When did I write this? Is there something that's going to happen on this day?" After a few seconds, she shrugged and went off.

                   So it means that she can see if I made any changes with her surroundings? How 'bout trying another change; And so I followed her to school where she was with Anarose.

                  Anarose... Anarose... Ana...

               She was my ex-bestfriend, waaaaaaaay before she betrayed me. Why do people hurt the people they love? For all I know, we should make our loved ones happy, not sad. In a third person's point of view, we looked so happy together; you wouldn't have thought that our friendship would be over. So they went to the room together and sat beside each other. Something's bothering me though; the setting and the ambiance seem familiar to me. It's as if something important happened today.

           "Hey did you hear that we have a new transferee student today?" Ana whispered to Hallel.

            "What? Really? No waaaaayy!" wow, was I that impressed to have a new classmate? Now it's all coming over me; I'm getting a clear image of this past memory.

              Our teacher finally walked in and told us that she has an announcement to make:

              "So, I'm happy to tell you guys that we have a new transferee, James? Come inside, dear. No one's going to bite you," She said.

               James? Don't tell me it's...