''Well, let's go'' Jacob said
''Right now?'' Mikey asked
''Yeah let's go''
''I'm in the middle of a meal''
''And I don't have all day''
''Dad!''
''What? Let's go''
''Did you- forget it, fine''
...
''Hey mom, have you seen Mikey?'' Cal' asked
''Oh, he went for a haircut''
''He what? Cool!''
''Yeah, they should be heading back now- Look, they're here''
''... Oh my god'' Cal' said with his mouth agape ''Sally, come look at this''
''What is it? Oh My God!'' Sally yelled walking into to the living room
''What? is there something on my face?'' Mikey asked feeling awkward
''No, it's just. The new hair, it makes you look more, um, what's the word?'' Cal' asked turning to Sally
''It makes you look more like, according to Mass and I quote ''Like an eye candy. Like a forbidden fruit not to touched or you'll get burned.''
''Did she say that?'' Mikey asked
''Yeah she said that last week''
''She's getting creepier by the day''
''Yeah, it's starting to worry me''
''Come out, I know you're there'' Mikey suddenly said
''I love the new haircut, it reveals a lot to the world''
''And I'm out'' He said and walked directly into his room and locked the door.
In the room, Mikey decided to check himself out in the mirror. He moved closer and looked at himself from head to toe, then paused at his face...
''I am pretty handsome though, I love the new haircut''
... And his narcissistic side awakened.
''Damn, I look good. I mean, look at me, I look like a freaking God''
''Ah shit, I have to go to school next week... haa, fine let's tone down on the narcissism a bit. Just let other's do it for you''
''Who the hell are you talking to?''
''Holy shit! Duke, shut the f*ck up. You scared the crap out of me''
''What did I do?'' Duke asked
''You're so weird, talking when no one wants to listen'' Mikey said
''I'm weird? I'm not the one talking to myself''
''I was just tabling my thoughts''
''Tabling your thoughts? Oh you mean, your narcissistic thoughts?''
''Oh shut up, like you're not a narcissist yourself''
''I am not''
''You are too''
''Who are you talking to?''
Mikey turned around to find Tyler standing at the door and looking at him weird.
''No one. What're you doing here?''
''It's dinner time''
''Okay, I'll be down in a second''
''Alright'' Tyler said as he left still with the weird look on his face
''Ha, someone got caught''
''Shut up. I'm going down, so you better be quiet''
''Fine fine, whatever''
Mikey took a deep breath and headed down.
Dining hall...
''About school, we have decided to move it up. You start Tomorrow'' Jacob said and immediately there were groans of disagreement around the table
''This is not up for discussion, we already called the principal and you're set to start tomorrow''
''There is so much to prepare, I haven't done anything yet, It's so sudden'' Sally said
''You have nothing to prepare Sally. You just go in there and be yourself, I'm sure they''ll love you'' Mitchell said
''Speaking about being yourself, Mikey are you sure you're okay?'' Tyler asked
''Yeah, why do you ask?''
''Are you sure? I mean, It's only been a week since you woke up, so maybe you're not fully recovered yet?''
''I'm fine Tyler, What're you heading at?''
''It's just, you've been talking to yourself a lot lately''
''Oh my god, don't bring that up''
''It just bothers me okay. Are you okay?''
''Yes, I'm fine. And I wasn't talking to myself''
''Ooh, are you gonna tell them?'' Duke said
''I have been talking to Duke''
''...''
''I thought you couldn't talk to each other?''
''Me too. It happened after I woke up. I could suddenly hear his voice and after he figured out I could hear him, he wouldn't stop talking''
''Yeah, you bet'' Duke said
''So, you've been communicating with this guy?'' Tyler asked
''Yes''
''What is he like?''
''Twisted. It's like, your bad side and your intrusive thoughts had a baby. It's torture''
''You just painted him out as a really bad guy, you know?''
''It's not paint, that's literally who he is. He's just a big, bundled up load of crap''
''Well you need to keep that under control, before tomorrow. You can't be talking to yourself at school''
''Yeah, I know. I'll find a way''
''Anyways, tomorrow the story is, You all are close friends relocating here, your parents would be here soon. Got it?'' Mitchell said
''That's basically the truth, well apart from the parents part''
''Yeah, I couldn't come up with something else that actually makes sense. This whole situation makes no sense.''
''It'll do. Well, see you all tomorrow'' Mikey said getting up
Ding dong...
''Is anyone expecting someone?'' He asked
''No''
He walked to the door and opened it a bit to see who it was
''Oh Vin, what're you doing here at this time of the night?'' Mikey asked
''Well, we're just passing by, so we thought why not say hello?''
''We?''
''Yeah, Jake and I. And he bailed on me again''
''My bestfriend never bails''
''Yeah, cos you're the one who always bails'' Cal' said
''Fair enough. Good night then''
''You're not even gonna let us in?'' Jake said appearing from behind the car
''And here he is. Fine, come in''
''Thanks'' Jake said and walked in like he owned the place
''Hi, Mitchell, Jacob, Tyler.''
''Hi Jake, how you doing?'' Tyler greeted
''Great''
''You seem a bit hyper, tonight, What's wrong?'' Mitchell asked
''I've had a lot of adderall and coffee today soo''
''Why?''
''Well, there's this new thing going on and incident after incident keeps happening, but I can't piece them together, It all just doesn't make sense''
''Well, maybe you just gotta calm down and look at it upside down for it to make sense'' Mikey said
''Upside down?''
''Yeah, for example: A homicide case, there are 5 victims with the exact same cause of death, so you think there must be a serial killer, right? but what if you look at it upside down, and figure out that they killed themselves in the exact same way. All you gotta do now is find out what happened, if they're somehow connected to each other through something not someone. Most likely, something covered up in the annals of time, then you find your answer.''
''Upside down huh... I got it, Come on let's go'' Jake suddenly said and ran out of the house
''Good night, thanks for your help''
''Let's go!''
''I'm coming''
''Good night'' Mikey said and Vin left
''And good night to you too'' He said and headed to his room.