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“Ahhh, what happened?” I am standing here now already for ten minutes and I can still not believe what happened.

My blond straight hair is gone and now there are brown long curls running down my back, my wonderful blue eyes are replaced by green ones. Okay, I look pretty but what will happen if I go downstairs to the breakfast table, what will happen at school will anybody know me?

“Lola, are you coming? You are running late again!”, I heard a voice from the bottom of the stairs. First of all who is Lola and second to whom does the voice belong?

Well, it is time let's face it. I went back to my room to dress myself and I realized everything seems normal except that my room looks bigger, anyway I have no time to think about it I have to leave.

I opened my room door and thought that I was still dreaming, where in the world was I? To the left a hallway stretches out and I can swear it was not there last night. I saw a door at the end of the end so I autocratically turned right.

The next thing I saw were big stairs which were leading down into a big entry hall.

And where was this voice coming from? I could hear it loud and clear someone is singing. It was the same voice who called me down to tell me I was running late.

I walked down the stairs and I found three doors, the first two I opened where not to the kitchen, one of them looked like it was suppose to go to the basement and the other one lead in an enormous living room. Okay, I took a deep breath and opened the door.

There was a single person in the room, cooking. She looked like she was working here. “Good morning?”, I said very confused. “Lola finally, Derek will be here any minute to pick you up for school.”,the women answered. This confused me even more I do not know a guy named Derek.

“Ding, Dung, Dong.”, that sounded like the doorbell, finally something normal, so I got up and went to get the Door. When I opened it I would have loved to slam it shut right away again. The guy standing there was too handsome to be real, or at least too handsome to stand at my door. He looked like someone who just came out of “those movies” and like he belonged to the popular group.

At the moment I had to force myself not to ask him who he was or what he was doing at my door. Well, or at the place which was supposed to be my door, outside you saw sun and heard the ocean which does not fit the place I'm supposed to be at. The stranger pulled me close in a weird hug. Okay now I was completely confused. What was going on? The guy, what did the woman in the kitchen say his name was? I think Derek. Derek pulled me to his car, some kind of convertible, I was never good with cars. I felt I had no other choice than getting in the car.

“What is wrong?”, he asked, “Are you still mad?” I had no clue what he was talking about, so I just answered: “No everything's cool.” “Are you excited for first day of senior year?” “What? Senior year?” I said frantically. “Oh my god! What is wrong with you?? You are a mess!” Wow he seemed to know me really well. “I don't know. I think I am wrong here!”, was the only thing I could answer.“I think it is just perfect with us, our school is running perfect. What happened?” He really sounded like he cared. “What if I told you I went to bed like someone completely different, in another place and you meet people you have never seen before. “You are getting crazy; maybe you should talk to Em...” And that was the last thing he said before pulling in the parking lot. He parks next to a red car where a blond Barbie doll is standing and waving like she is waiting now already for hours. “Lola, there you are and I thought you were taking the bus. Did things work out? Your are finally dating?” She asked the boy. “No, why should we, Em? She is weird today!” Derek said and left me with the girl who I think is Em and to judge by her attitude my best friend.

“Okay honey. What happened after I left last night?” she asked while we were walking towards the building. Me being honest, “I really don't know! I " I don't remember anything.” “Haha very funny Lola. But be serious tell me what happened.” She stopped in front of a locker and started to open it when she looked up I was just standing there. “Are you not opening yours?” She asked.“I forgot my combination.” I answered hoping that maybe she knew the combo. And I may be able to find some information about who I am supposed to be. “How could you forget the day we met? That's our combination since 6th grade, 08-26-04. My goodness Lola you had a rough night.” Actually more of a confusing one than a rough one. I tried the numbers she told me and they worked, the locker opened. Wow the locker was so organized, my own one was a mess. The first thing I found a schedule and something what looked like a diary to me.

The bell ripped me out my though. I took a quick look on the just found schedule and realized that my first period is Biology. Sounds just great I have always been good in Biology, now I just need to find the room but before I could asked Em she was already dragging me along.

“Come on we can't be late on our first day!” “Do we have all our classes together this year?” I was desperately hoping because otherwise I will stick out like no good. “Why are you asking was there a time we haven't? What's wrong with you?” “Just kidding!” I said to make it less awkward. It was enough of an response for her.

Great, now lunch. I made it already through Biology, PE, English, Sewing and German. But how should I survive lunch? Especially after Em assured me that Derek will be there too.

We walked into the lunchroom and you saw already the cast system. At one point the Geeks, at another the popular kids and that was exactly the point to which we were going to. I had no clue how to react in the popular group. I have never been popular, I spend my lunch in the library to do my homework, but Lola seems to be.

“Is she in a better mood now?” was the first thing I heard when we stepped next to the table. It was Derek who else he was not speaking with me he was talking to Em. “I don't know she is being weird all morning.” “She can still hear you!” I interrupted her.

Derek got this apologetic look on his face but didn't said anything. That guy really seems to like me and I am being all mean because I do not know how Lola would react or if she likes that guy. I really need time to read my diary or hers, whatever.

“Hey world to Lola can you hear me??” I heard a girl sitting across from me. When she saw the expression in my face she started laughing well I don't mind her I would if I could see myself possible laugh too.

“Lola do you want to hang out tonight? We could go to the mall and then afterward out for dinner.” she suggested. “Sure sounds awesome. Em, your in?” “What do you think? My parents are both at home I have to be somewhere otherwise I get crazy. I will pick you guys up a 4pm. Is that fine with you Trish or do you want to drive yourself?”

The girls name was Trish okay I have to remember that.

“Ding, Dung, Dong”, oh my god was it already 4pm. I came home after school the lady I met in the kitchen this morning was cleaning the house which did not look necessary. I went upstairs right away and started reading in Lola’s diary I found at school.

There was only one issue the last entry was from June 1stthe last day of her Junior year. After I looked a bit around in the room I found a second diary with the last entry dated yesterday.

I learned that Derek and Lola are close to start a relationship but Lola is not brave enough to make a move even if everyone tells her that Derek likes her.

Also I learned that Em is really Lola's best friend and that she is in trouble all the time. I learned that Lola's mom is always working somewhere so Lola spent a lot of her time on the road with some friends.

So it is really time to go another thing I saw Lola hates being late.

As it turned out the girls decided to invite the boys for dinner. We sat down in our Bar and everybody ordered whatever they liked.

I don't know if Em asked Derek on purpose to drive me home or if she really had to leave early.

I was sitting in Derek's car again. We were some somewhere but I had no clue where. I insistently was hoping that he is taking me home.

It was so silent in the car so I tried to make it a little less awkward by trying to start a conversation.

“So why did you asked me this morning if I was mad?” this was the only thing which bothers me because there was no answer in the diary. He looked up and had a puzzled expression “You do not know what happened after you left Em's back to school party Tuesday?”

I had no clue what he was talking about but I had the feeling something went seriously wrong.

“Just forget it and let us go back to normal” we just pulled into my drive way and I just opened the door and walked right up to the front door. I did not even look back.

Now I was mad no doubt about that. It is obvious that something happened but that he is afraid to tell me.

I shut the door behind me and turned around the front door of Lola’s house had milky glass so I saw him standing out there. He did not move.

For one moment I thought he might walk up to the door and ring the doorbell but then he just turned around and his car left my driveway.

I did not check if anybody was in the house I went upstairs right away. I was pissed.

In Lola’s room I found her cell phone and it showed that Em tried to call me like 20 times. But I also saw a text from Derek. The time was stamped two minutes ago.  My first instinct was just to delete it and move on. But curiosity won over. I opened the text.

It was from Derek.

“Hey Lola, I thought Em told you what happened after you left the party last weekend… but by how you react I can tell she did not.   I am so sorry Lola but it just happened and maybe it is a coward thing to tell this over a text but I have the feeling you would not answer your phone if I would call. So please don’t judge me for what I did. This will hurt you I know that but it just happened she kissed me not I her I swear! I hope you can forgive me, please do so! Derek.”

This was the last thing I would have expected what would had happened but this was like dropping a bomb on me especially after what I read this afternoon in Lola’s diary. It did not touch me personally because Derek is not the type of person I would like. No the thoughts are circling my head why would Derek do that to Lola if he really would had cared he would never ever hurt her like this.

I did not feel like I was in the position to answer to this text, it would not give a fair answer to Derek.

This night I wrote one sentence in Lola’s diary.

“Do not believe anybody, nobody is the one you think they are.

        G. “



Reviews

[Kamari's]

Wow I mean wow this chapter started off kind of weird with the whole waking up in another's body kind of like the skinjackers in a book series I once read for some reason it's name is lost anyways you write well the paragraphs are well spaced and no spelling errors and I'm not a grammar expert but from what I have read I see your also in the clear with that. The chapter I found kind of cool cause the girl you hinted she was never popular but Lola is so she's experiencing her lifestyle including the her school status I like the ending were she leaves a note for Lola in the sense if she returns to her own body and Lola to hers and leaving her with a survival guide type thing.