Chapter 3: Kira doesn't exist!

There was a knock on my room door. "Mirabel" I heard a girl's voice. She tried to hide all the excitement in her voice, but I still sensed it.

Reluctantly, I got up from where I was seated and trudged to the door. I hadn't even opened the door wide enough when the person slipped in and jumped on my body to hug me.

With eyes widened in shock, I hugged the blonde girl back nevertheless. She broke the hug and looked at me as tears welled up in her eyes. I had no idea who she was, so I just stared at her blankly. She was so beautiful that I felt bad for hugging someone who wasn't in my class. If I was my old self, this would never have happened. 

She hugged me once more before finally speaking. "God I missed you so much." Her voice broke off.

"Who are you?" I couldn't help but ask.

"It's me Christine, your best friend. It's okay your mum told me about your memory loss. It's fine. As long as you are back"

I faked a smile and watched as she walked around my room as if she owned it. She then sat on my bed. "It's been so long I've been here" her eyes landed on me. "I was so scared something would happen to you"

"It's okay, I'm fine now"

Her eyes lit up. "Oh your mum said you are going to Starhill college"

"Yes?" 

"That is so good. I attend there too" her eyes saddened once more. "You know we were ones in the same grade and all, but that doesn't matter. We will still be best friends" she beamed.

Wait if she was attending Starhill, there was a probability she knew the answers to some questions I wanted to ask. "You attend Starhill?" I settled beside her and she nodded a response.

"Uh, do you know Austin... Austin Harrington. He is in his third year" I asked nervously. I had no idea why I was nervous. Maybe because I was scared of her telling me he doesn't exist.

"Of course. Everybody knows Austin. He is like the school's sweetheart" she smiled, batting her eyelid just at the thought of him.

I found her act revolting. I couldn't help it. It was my mate she was talking about. I was bound to feel that way.

"If you know Austin" I leaned closer to her in anticipation. "That means you know Kira Kristen right?" There was no way she would know Austin without knowing my old self. We were very close because he was my mate.

She frowned. "No, I don't"

"What?" I was taken aback. "You haven't seen Austin with any girl before. Like she is a red haired, pale, short uhm"

"Nope. Truth is, I haven't seen Austin around any girls at all. He has always kept to himself. He is cold and hot at the same time. Such an American sweetheart"

"You haven't?" My voice came out not louder than a whisper. I was devastated but quickly consoled myself with the possibility of her not being an observative type.

"Nah" she shook her head. "For all we know, he might be gay. I tried hitting on him once. He didn't even look at me twice before he walked away. Like who does that?"

Okay, that sounded like something Austin would do. He didn't go near any other girls apart from me. He was all mine. We were so in love with each other, that we never cared about any other thing, but now things had changed and all I had to rely on was my convincing skills. If at all I wanted my mate back.

Christine and I had a chat for a while. I didn't enjoy her company for a second, but I couldn't tell her that. Even though I was in this new body, that didn't change who I was. Kira is the girl who always placed everybody first.

After Christine left, Rebecca showed up in my room with a set of new clothes which I didn't even ask for. She also told me I was set to resume the next day. That, I was happy about.

That night, I cried my eyes out. I tried once more to reach out to my wolf; Katrina, but it was to no avail. I felt lonely, confused, and devastated. I couldn't still wrap my mind over the mind blowing scenario and the fact that I didn't have anyone to ask my questions made me go insane.

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I was reminded of how pretty my new self was when I walked through the school foyer and people couldn't peel their eyes off me. This was the first time I was getting this kind of attention, so I tried my best not to freak out.

I kept on reminding myself incessantly of the reason I was here. To find Austin and find a way to get back to my old body. Rebecca had already done all the registrations, so, the only thing I was expected to do was attend class. But I would be damned if I did that.

"Mirabel" I heard my name and turned to look at the person. It was Christine running towards me with a scowl on her face. "I told you to wait while I get this" she handed me the cup of ice cream in her hand.

"Sorry". I mumbled an apology. I had too much going on in my mind to worry about her. Not that she wasn't important, but I had other more important things to get to. "Do you have any idea where Austin might be now?" I asked, looking around the foyer like a crazy person, hoping I caught a glimpse of him.

"Wow, you are serious about this guy. How do you even know him?"

"I just uh... It doesn't matter. I need to see him that's all" 

I brushed her question off 

"Aren't you going to check if you've got any class this morning?"

"I'll meet up later. I want to have a word with him"

"Wierd" she muttered under her breath. "Well I have class in an hour, so I can help you find him, but once it's time, I'm leaving" 

"That's not a problem. So where do we look?"

"Everywhere. That guy is like a ghost, hardly ever seen. I am a sophomore, so I don't know the schedule for third year. But I think we should start with hallway C"

"Ok let's go" 

We searched hallway c, but we didn't find him. We searched outside, inside, and we even barged into an ongoing class, but we still couldn't find him.

Christine was the first to get tired. She stopped along the way to have a chat with her friend while I stood aside, scanning around worriedly. There was no way I could go home without finding him.

Then I sighted him from afar. My heartbeat stopped for a second, then it picked up the pace again, beating so loud that I could hear it. I immediately left Christine and began to walk towards him. I was so happy that I felt the urge to run to him and hug him as hard as I could, but I kept my cool. As I approached him, I couldn't contain my smile. It was awkward especially when he noticed me, but that didn't stop me. 

The cold glare on his face was enough to frighten any girl away, but not me.

I stopped in front of him and confusion flooded me instantly. I was so nervous, I didn't know whether I should say hi or hello or if I should just go straight to the point. 

"Hey" I found myself saying with a nervous smile on my face.

He looked at me for a while, scanning me with his brown intent eyes from top to bottom before he finally spoke. "Can I help you?" 

"No uh..." I bit my lips. "I know I look nothing like her. Like I'm completely different from her, but hear me out" 

"What are you talking about?" he furrowed full eyebrows in confusion.

"I'm talking about Kira. I had an accident and I woke up in this new body, but it's still me"

"I don't understand what you are saying. Who is Kira?" he snapped at me impatiently.

I felt a sting in my heart when I heard him say that, but I composed myself immediately. Maybe he didn't understand what I meant. 

"Kira, I'm talking about Kira. You loved her. You don't remember?"

"If this is some stupid joke, you better stop it and I don't want to ever see your face again, you freak" he brushed past me in anger.

I swallowed hard. For a split second, I found it hard to breathe. I felt my heart shatter into tiny bits. Reality hit me and I was aware of the fact that I was the only person who remembered my old self. How was that possible?......