Elements: Can You Trust Me? (Book 3)

Hunting and Chased (Chapter 25)

Sasha walks through her house door, up the steps and goes straight to her room. It didn't feel right being here...she was too happy.

"Argh, I'm not me!" Sasha grumbles, trying to set aside that idea. "You've got better things to worry about Sasha...get your head in the game."

"Honey?" There's a light knock on her door. Sasha tenses up, not recognizing the voice then realizing it's of her mom.

"Um, yeah mom?" Sasha calls out.

"Everything okay? You just came in and went straight to your room..." her voice is gentle as she speaks to Sasha.

"Everything's fine," Sasha replies. "I'm just tired from that test I took..."

"Oh, alright," her mom's tone sounds relieved. "Dad's coming home in a few, be downstairs for dinner."

"I will...mom..." Sasha finds it weird saying that to a woman she's never known. Well, she did, but it wasn't real. Vada would forever be known to her as 'mom.'

Sasha sighs as she remembers that Vada is sitting in jail and how badly she wanted to visit her. Sure, she is a villain but she still cared to raise and show Sasha love.

Being in this world felt wrong. Being this happy felt wrong. It didn't feel like she was Sasha anymore. She felt like a different person.

"Oh, eff this!" Sasha throws her pillow to the ground. Getting up, she grabs it and throws it back, getting annoyed with herself.

"I'm not me," Sasha whispers as she leaves her room.

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Brenton leans against his bed, getting comfy then pulls out his textbook and starts to study.

"Okay, I'm done," he says after a moment and puts the book aside.

"You only studied for like a minute," Urana points out.

"Study all you want! It's not gonna make a difference," Brenton shakes his head. "Because you have to understand it."

"Then understand it Brenton," Urana points to the book and he sighs. "Seriously, I'm gonna quiz you."

"Don't bother, I'm not gonna waste my remembering power here," Brenton takes the text book.

Remembering power? Urana questions in her mind, completely lost as to what he is referring to. Then a memory from this world pops into her head and she rolls her eyes at him. Brenton gave her a strange look till she rolled her eyes and Urana figured she should've done it sooner.

"Here goes nothing," Brenton takes a deep breath and starts to read the textbook.

"It's a good enough start," Urana shrugs then goes back to her own home work. One good thing about this world is that she knows more information than before so everything is still easy to her. "Oh, this is easy!"

"Easy my butt, you're flipping doing astrophysics or whatever the heck it is," Brenton rolls his eyes. "It's some medical thing Urana, it's not easy."

"But it is!" Urana shows him her work and Brenton gasps.

"That's not easy, that's some rocket science!" Brenton goes back to his textbook. "I have no idea how smart you are, or even how you got there...it's so strange..."

"There's nothing strange about it, I just study hard and learn," Urana shrugs, going back to her studies. "Just do your learning."

"Is what I'm trying to do," Brenton grumbles, mumbling nonsense under his breath as he reads. "Why use such a complicated word for something so simple?"