**Chapter 4**Disbelief

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Kiki awoke to the feeling of raindrops on her skin. She felt throbbing pain at her right temple as she stood up from the wet ground. She couldn't remember what had happened after she was knocked out cold. She searched her belongings for anything missing and thankfully nothing was.

1:45am

The night air remained cold even after the rain had stopped. Her clothes and hair were soaked. She blamed herself for not checking the weather before she left work earlier.

Kiki made her way to her apartment building. It wasn't luxury, it was just a simple old-fashioned tenement made up of worn out bricks with a bad paint job. The building street was just as bad as the building itself. A single light lit up the street but at times would flicker.

As Kiki searched for her keys, she heard fast footsteps approach her and out of nowhere a hand grabbed her arm. The sudden shock made her lose grip of the keys. "Get away from me" she screamed and swung her bag at the person, thinking it was a kidnapper.

"Kiki chill!" She stopped when she heard her name and made eye contact with her supposed kidnapper. Although it was a bit dark, she could see some of his features. He wore a white fitted T-shirt which showed off his arm muscles and Kiki couldn't help but stare as he spoke. "I've literally been calling. Where were you and why are you getting home this late?" He ran his fingers through his hair and sighed.

"I got off work a few..." She paused, "Who are you?"

Shocked, he took a step back and studied her with pure confusion. "What?"

"I asked who you were" She said. "If you don't answer me I'm gonna call the cops"

He laughed, "Is this some kind of joke? cause it's not really funny." He noticed the smudged blood on her right temple. "What happened?" He frowned as he tilted her head gently to get a closer view of the blood stain. "Who did this to you?" She leaned away from him, noticing how uncomfortable she looked he spoke softly. "You must be cold. Let's go in" He slides his hand into hers, "Where are your keys?"

He picked the keys from the wet ground and opened her apartment door. With her hand in his, he walked her into the apartment.
The apartment looked different from how she remembered it. The coffee table wasn't a worn out wooden piece of trash but made of glass. Her non-existent TV was replaced with an actual one. The white carpet with the weird purple stain didn't have that stain no more. Everything was different.

He shut the door, "Take a hot shower and wear something warm. I'll call up grandmother and explain the situation."

Grandmother?

"you haven't answered my question." She screamed as she aggressively pointed her finger at him. "Who are you and what are you doing at my place?"

"Are you okay? Did something really happen? It's me... Luca" He gave her the cutest puppy face she had ever seen. "Your boyfriend."

Boyfriend?

"There's absolutely no way you're my boyfriend." She scoffed. "I mean look at you... look at me. No way!"

"I don't know if i should be offended, but I really am your boyfriend"

"Prove it"

"Okay. I know for sure you only take hot showers..."

"Everyone takes hot showers" She rolled her eyes.

He stared at the ceiling and scratched his head, "You only have one pair of red underwear and only wear black."

She stared at him, dumbfounded.

"Get out! Get out! Get out!" She opened the door and pushed him out.

"Kiki..."

"Stay away from me you creep!" She slammed the door shut in his face. What a creep.

Kiki made her way to the bathroom and took one of her hot showers. The scene wondered her mind. Boyfriend? She laughed.

For many years she hasn't had a boyfriend cause guys would call her names and girls would gossip about her, talking about how she was a "hoe" and "ugly". But it were the girls' boyfriends that would ask her on dates. But because she refused they called her a "slut".

Why was it today that her so-called boyfriend showed up?

When she needed someone by her side where was he?

Must be some kind of joke.

Never again.

After her shower she made her way to the living room. The apartment was quite small so everything was at arm's reach. She was used to that but it was strange since it felt like she was inside another person's home... not hers.

She searched her bag for her phone. More than 50 missed calls. Crazy. Who on Earth would call her that many times?

"Nana... Who's Nana?" She scrolled through her phone, "Luca... LUCA?! with a fucking heart!" She dropped the phone. "This ain't my phone"

"Maybe I'm in someone else's body". She ran to the bathroom and closed her eyes as she got to the mirror. She opened her eyes expecting to be shocked but was at ease when she could recognize herself.

"Did I really forget?" She searched around the apartment and found pictures of her and Luca at family gatherings, an old photo of them at prom, a few of his clothes in her wardrobe.

"I really do have a boyfriend" She grabbed her hair in disbelieve. "No fucking way."




LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO OUR FIRST TWO MAIN CHARACTERS (YAYYYYYY!!!)

LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO OUR FIRST TWO MAIN CHARACTERS (YAYYYYYY!!!)

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Denise Jones as Kiki

Froy Gutierrez as Luca

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Froy Gutierrez as Luca


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