Shelly moaned in her sleep--she hugged her pillow tightly as if she was clinging unto life itself.
Grrrringgg! Grinnnngggg!!
Something was shrieking like an alarm clock. Tossing and turning, she located the little devil interrupting her sleep and threw it away.
The ear-splitting noise it made, had her sitting up in bed. Frowning, she rubbed her eyes and yawned before seeing a blurred shape of an alarm clock on the ground.
Rubbing her eyes again, she looked around and saw nothing but blurry shapes.
"Uhm, guys. I didn't kill you all right so why do I feel blind?" She asked no one in particular.
Swinging her legs down from the bed, her barefoot touched the cold ground and she screamed.
"Who the bloody hell took away my slippers and why is this floor so damn cold!"
Her scream attracted people because she heard shuffling of feet and her door swung open. She was barely able to make out the blurry shape of two people in front of her.
"What's the matter, my dear?"
That voice. It was a woman and the voice was not familiar at all.
"Daddy, did you employ a nanny?" She asked the other shape ignoring the woman's voice.
"What nanny?" An unfamiliar male voice chuckled. "You left your glasses on the desk again."
"What glasses?" Shelly was confused and scared.
"Here, darling." She saw the blurry shape place something on her face, it rested on the bridge of her nose. Then she could see well.
Looking around, she saw the walls were painted in plain white with a single creaky ceiling fan and a freaking bunk bed. There was no designer's bedspread on it, but instead, it was a plain white bedspread with a single pillow.
She dreaded to look up at the people standing in front of her but finally, she looked up and regretted it. A horrified scream tore from her throat as she saw two middle-aged couples dressed in shabby clothes standing in front of her.
"Help! I've been kidnapped!!" She yelled.
"Honey, what's wrong with you?" The unfamiliar man asked.
"Who are you guys?" She asked picking up a book by her bedside and shoved it in front of them. Why she had a book nearby was a question for another day.
"We're your parents, I'm your mom and this is your dad," the woman said as she came close to her.
"Don't." Shelly shoved the book in front of the woman and she backed away.
"Honey, did you hit your head somewhere?" The man asked concerned.
"How do I leave here?" She asked.
"This is your home, but you can leave to go to work." The man grinned.
"It's not funny." She cried.
"Of course darling, Lucas stop frightening our daughter." The woman frowned at the man.
"I'm not your daughter!" She shrieked. "I don't have a mom. You left me eleven years ago remember!"
"What are you talking about, I'd never leave you, baby." The woman smiled.
"Leave." She ordered.
"Let's give her a moment she had a long day yesterday." The man pulled the woman out.
Immediately she dropped the book and saw the title, it looked like something Cindy would read.
So there has got to be a rational explanation for this. She plunged into the ditch, got rescued by strangers, lost her eyesight, and had to depend on glasses so what about her friends. How long had she been out?
Groaning and standing up to leave the room, she caught her reflection in the mirror. Backtracking, she faced the full-length mirror and saw a stranger.
The stranger was wearing baggy trousers and a long singlet, she had freckles, pimples, and bangs. She looked like the typical example of a nerd girl. No, she looked like the heroine in the nerdy glasses movie.
"Alright, you can come out now." She called to the reflection in the mirror. "I know you're hiding behind me."
Nothing happened.
Shelly stared hard at the reflection and realized it was staring right back at her. She touched her face and the reflection did the same, she touched her hair and the same thing happened.
She shook her head stepping away from the mirror scared and had her back against a door. Eager to escape from the reflection, she pulled the door open and realized it was a closet filled with bland and plain clothes.
She screamed her lungs out, causing the same people to enter her room again.
"What did you do to me?" She yelled angrily.
"Honey we're going to have to call the doctor." The man said to the woman.
Picking up the book she flung it at them screaming. The poor couples fled in horror.
Just then a phone was beeping on the nightstand. It didn't look like hers' but the name looked familiar. "Kiara" was displayed in bold letters with a heart emoji on the screen.
Hurriedly she picked up the phone and answered the call.
"Shelly!" It still sounded like Kiara's voice.
"Thank God!" She heaved a sigh of relief, "Kiara you're fine, right because I'm not."
"What! Why?" Kiara sounded alarm over the phone.
"I've been kidnapped," she whispered.
"Kidnapped?" Kiara chuckled. "That's the best thing you could come up with? You've been kidnapped, but you still have your phone."
"Um, I think they forgot to take it away." She replied.
"Ok, I'm coming right away," Kiara said.
"Do you know where I am?"
"Duh! In your house." The line went dead.
Shelly paced up and down on the cold room floor, still unable to find her slippers. None of this made any sense at all. She had an accident and crashed and now she's waking up in the bedroom of nerdy glasses looking exactly like her.
Ok, deep breaths. She tried to calm herself down. Maybe it was a prank and Kiara would explain it in no time and everything would be back to normal.
Just then the phone rang again and "boss" was displayed on the screen. Picking up the call she heard a grumpy voice from the other side of the phone.
"I didn't give you a holiday, today Shelly."
"Excuse me!" Shelly looked surprised.
"I'm not paying you to excuse yourself, no one is waiting on these tables today," the grumpy voice replied.
"You don't know who you're talking to." Shelly snapped.
"Fine, fail to come to work today and you can kiss it goodbye." She heard a click and the line went dead. The nerve of these people to be hanging up on her, that was her 'thing.'
Swearing under her breath, she glanced at the phone and saw the date. November 1st, 2020.
The phone fell to the ground with a clatter and she fainted.
Shelly peeled her eyes open and groaned before shutting it. She tried again, but this time a hand was shielding her eyes from the sun rays."I just had the weirdest dream ever." She yawned and looked at the owner of the hand shielding her eyes and screamed."It's not a bloody dream!" She screamed bloody murder as the woman jerked back immediately."Shelly, what is the problem?" The woman who claimed to be her mom asked."You are my problem!" She shrieked."That is no way to talk to your mother, young lady." The man named Lucas also claiming to be her father snapped."Mr. Hillary, I'll handle this ok." She heard a familiar voice and almost wept with relief when Kiara walked into the room."Kiara, I'm so happy to see you." She hugged her and the couple left the room."Ok, what's going on with you?" Kiara asked.Shelly ignored her and looked at her fascinated. She still looked th
Chapter SixShelly opened her eyes, her surroundings blur, and a massive headache tormenting her as she remembered the strange incidents happening."...not stable right now to be left alone." She heard the doctor's voice as he spoke not fully hearing all nor understanding what he said. So she listened more intently."Your daughter is going to be fine, it's just stress there's nothing to worry about," the doctor was saying, "and it's too early to start conducting any test on her."Wait! What tests are they talking about? She was perfectly fine and didn't need any doctor or hospital. She just needed to confess her feelings to Chase and get the hell out of this universe—world—whatever the fuck this is.Holding the edge of
Chapter SevenAfter years of never feeling left out. Years of always being the queen who dictates how things go, Shelly was not used to this new feeling.The feeling of rejection. It felt so odd and painful. Running towards nowhere in particular, she found herself standing in front of a cliff overlooking the sunset.For once in her entire life, she noticed something that had seemed irrelevant before. She noticed how beautiful nature was. She watched as the sun sank into the horizon displaying an orange golden color up in the sky. It was so beautiful."It's mesmerizing, isn't it?" The soft velvet voice pulled her out of her reverie.Looking beside her she saw him. The one she had been waiting for stood in all his glory beside her staring—not at her but the sunset and she was supposed to answer him but she was tongue-tied!She just stood there staring at him. He looked more handsome than she re
Chapter Eight"Can I speak to you for a sec?"Shelly was on her way out after the argument she had with Kiara and Laura. She just wanted to leave this house and go somewhere quiet, not for a soul searching even though Kiara's words still rang in her eyes every second.Stopping in her tracks she turned and faced him. "Sure." She took a seat opposite him at the dining table."Shelly, what's going on with you?" Lucas placed his big palm on the back of her hand.Shelly flinched but didn't pull away. "I don't know." Her voice was barely a whisper."I know you've got a lot going on in your life right now," he began, "but don't let it consume you and the people around you.""I don't understand what you're saying to me." Shelly frowned.Lucas furrowed his brows at her trying to get a closer look. "You're hurting your mom."Shelly felt the tears fill her eyes again. "Alright, I'll stop.""Shelly, darling I do
Chapter NineShelly would never forget that voice. Even in her dream or in this alternate world she would always remember it, and that was what stopped her dead in her tracks. She couldn't move or say anything, she just stood there frozen in time.Kiara noticed her friend's distress and was quick to come to her aid."Hello, Mr. Chapman to what do we owe the pleasure of your visit?" Kiara smiled at him while Shelly remained quiet staring at the spitting image of her father only this time, he wasn't her dad."As charming as always, Miss Kiara." He chuckled."So customers are not supposed to be in here." Kiara pointed out."I know my dear, I took permission from the manager. I came to see Miss Shelly."This time Shelly moved but not in the right way. She jumped up and screamed. "Daddy! I know you'd come to my rescue!!" And she fell on his chest and wept for joy.You know at that moment when you feel like the ground s
Chapter Ten"I've been waiting for you to bring my fruits and veggies and you're here fraternizing with this—thing."Shelly stared in horror as the she-devil herself walked inside the store creating a scene around them."Cindy, she was only showing me the veggies section besides she's not a thing she's a human being just like you." Chase cautioned her frowning.Cindy huffed. "This crazy is nothing like me.""I'm not crazy!" Shelly finally found her voice."Of course you aren't I made a mistake the other time I thought you were crazy." Cindy tutted. "I should have known that you're also a slut!"Gasps were heard from the crowd as all eyes focused on her. Shelly had been embarrassed before in the cafe by Cindy but this was on a whole new level. Lots of people were here even the ones who didn't know her and she could feel all eyes judging her."Yes, that's what you are." Cindy continued unperturbed, "A slut who
Chapter Eleven"No way, not after what your crazy ass girlfriend did to my friend." Kiara shook her head for the tenth times today.Apparently, Chase wanted me to be his muse in his new story and I've got all he needed in an emotional rollercoaster ride with his protagonist. So here he was trying to convince Kiara to release me to go with him."Kiara, I'll take care of her away from Cindy." He promised."Nah, your girlfriend has a way of sniffing things out I don't want her getting hurt again." Kiara refused blatantly.On and on they argued till Shelly finally decided to step in became why not, I mean it's her they're talking about."Nevermind, Kiara. I'll go with him." Kiara scrunched up her face and gave her a hard look. "Please." She mouthed."Fine you may go but please don't let anything happen to her ok." Kiara warned furiously."Noted, ma'am." Chase gave a mock salute and they left the ice cream shop.
Chapter TwelveShelly was the definition of outrage. Her face was a pure picture of surprise and anger. Why of all times did the witch decide to do this now that she had a freaking chance with Chase."So uhm...not to interrupt but you're on the verge of destroying your phone." Chase's voice snapped her back to reality and she blushed realizing how stupid she must have looked in front of him."Uhm...I'm sorry it's not like that it's just uhm..." She looked down fighting the tears that was threatening to spill."Hey." His gentle voice and his light fingertips grazed her jaw as he forced her to look at him. "You can talk to me you know.""It's nothing really just that your girlfriend wants me to come over to her house tonight." Shelly groaned inwardly, she just couldn't imagine spending a second in the same place with Cindy. They'd literally kill each other."Are you even listening to me?" She heard Chase's voice as she looked up at him and sighed."I'm sorry I was just thinking about ho