the butterfly effect;
(with reference to chaos theory) the phenomenon whereby a minute localized change in a complex system can have large effects elsewhere.
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In which she is sent to another world.
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[Book 1 in the Lorenz System Serie...
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Denial keeps us blind to the things we don't want to see, because our minds don't feel we're ready to handle them.
—Ken Seeley
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Wake up.
Those are the words Sarah keeps internally repeating to herself as she's driven to the McCall family's house.
Sarah, after having time to mull over her conversation with Scott yesterday, has managed to convince herself that her belief on having been transported to another world had obviously been the result of her mental breakdown.
It had just been a lapse in judgement.
She'd been hit by lightning, after all. That had to affect a person's mind in some way.
There's no way that the show, Teen Wolf, is actually real.
It's impossible.
So, she's asleep, then. She concludes, staring dazedly out the car window as the scenery of Beacon Hills passed her by.
She'd been hit by lightning and put into a coma, and is now simply dreaming about the last thing her mind had been focused on.
It all makes sense now. All she has to do is wake up.
The word denial flickers vaguely passed her thoughts, taunting her, but Sarah slaps the thought away in resentment, content to repeat her ongoing mantra.
Wake up, Sarah. She tells herself desperately, digging her nails into her jeans as her heart-rate accelerated.
Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up—
"Sarah?" Scott's voice rings out hesitantly, cutting through her thoughts.
Sarah flinches, head snapping towards Scott, who's now looking at her in worry as he stands next to her now open car door.
He gives her an uncertain smile, gesturing to the now visible house. "We're here." He peers down at her in concern. "You okay?" he asks.
Sarah stares up at him for a moment, eyes flickering between him and the McCall house with unease.
She lets out a slow breath, climbing out of the car and giving him a shaky smile.
"I'm fine." she manages to get out, trying to hide the tremble in her voice. She fiddles with the edge of one of the new shirts she was wearing that Melissa had bought for her, giving Scott a tight-lipped smile.
"Your heart's racing." he points out gently.
Sarah looks at him in surprise for a moment, before she remembers.
