What's Her Name?

Chapter One~ Never Before

     A woman notices a young lady walking into a house. "That has to be the new neighbor!" she said. She took her casserole out of the oven and walked over to the door. She knocked and a girl with black hair with blue and purple bangs opens the door. "Hello, new neighbor!" the woman cooed, "I brought you this." She handed the girl the casserole. "Oh, well, thank you, Lisa," replied the young girl. "E-excuse me? You know my name?" the woman asked. The girl nodded, took the casserole, and went inside. "What was that?" Lisa asked herself. She knocked on the door and the young girl answered. "Yes, Lisa?" she asked. "How do you know my name?!" Lisa yelled. Lisa blinked and she was back in her house. She was on the couch. "How did I get here?" she asked herself. "Tom?" she called. No reply. "Tommy?" she asked, going upstairs. "Thomas, where are you? I had the weirdedest dream! I went to a young girl's house and-" she opened the bedroom door and saw a note on the bed. It simply said, 'Hey, Hun. Sorry I'm not here...duty called. See you in the morning <3 Love, T.' "But, we were supposed to have chicken tonight!" Lisa yelled at the card. She put the card down and went downstairs. She peeked through the curtain and saw the young girl leaving her house. Lisa decided to go and snoop around the girl's house. She took off her high heels and went back to put her sandals on. She had her dim, yellow, button-down, short sleeve, with her long and poofy skirt. She stepped outside and crossed the street. The girl's house wasn't small nor big, just a quaint home that was made out of brown bricks.

     Lisa peeked through the window and saw a nice white sectional couch with a glass coffee table. She looked to her right and saw a flat screen television up on the wall. Lisa walked to the other side of the house and saw four bookcases lined in a row. Hm, she likes to read, Lisa thought. She then snuck around to the back entrance and jiggled the door handle. It opened. Lisa smiled and walked in. She went straight to the bookcases and saw town files all the way since 1990. She saw high school year books from 1990. She even had files of births, adoptions, and deaths since 1990. "This is strange. Why would a young girl be keeping this kind of information?" Lisa said out loud. She then looked up and saw the young girl walking down the street towards her house. Lisa grabbed one of each file and was about to dart out, when she heard the front door opening. Lisa ran in a circle not knowing where  to go! She hid behind the couch, then heard the T.V. turn on and a body plop down on the sofa. Lisa peeked up and saw the girl laying on the couch watch television. She quickly started to crawl on her hands and knees to the back door. When she almost had her hand on the door handle, she nearly had a heart attack from hearing the girl's voice, "Lisa, where are you going?" Lisa jumped up and put the files behind her. "I was just coming to make sure you had the casserole in the refrigerator. We don't want that to spoil!" she lied. The girl stood and nodded. "Oh okay. I thought you snuck in here to steal or take something that didn't belong to you," she narrowed her eyes. Lisa gulped. "I d-didn't," Lisa stammered. "I think I'll be going now...bye bye!" Lisa quickly said, rushing out of the house and to her own. 

     She went inside and locked her doors. She looked at the files she had stolen. It showed most of the town's population of young men and women in the 1990 year book. It showed Lisa in the second row of 1990. "Lisa Burnds," she read out loud. Her mouth dropped open. "How could this be?" she asked. She looked up at her window and saw the girl. Lisa jumped and closed her eyes. She blinked and looked again, but she wasn't there. "This is too strange. Maybe I just need some sleep! Yes, yes! I'm sure that's it," she assured herself. She went upstairs for a nap, hoping it was all a dream because this could not be real.