Imagine you are in an alternate dimension and the life you're living now is not real. Everything around you is an illusion and there are people waiting for you to wake up from this world. Maybe your family and friends are waiting for you but you can't get to them, you're stuck here... with people like Donald Trump running for president and global warming is melting the polar icecaps. Well I'm here to tell you everything I've said is true. This world is not real. And I'm writing this fanfiction to tell you exactly how I found out...

I woke up to the sound of of my alarm clock. I groaned and rolled over to look at the time. 7:30am. "Shut up, it's not even a school day!" I scolded, turning the alarm off. I turned back over and closed my eyes...And then my phone started ringing, "Ughhh!" I reached over to the beside table and grabbed the Iphone 6, pulling it so hard it came off the charger. "What?" I snapped.

"Is that any way to answer the phone to your best friend, Hailey?" I replied with a grunt. I knew it would be Madison even before I answered the call. She called me every morning even though she knew I'd still be asleep. Maddy woke up long before any normal person would so she could go out for a run. I asked her why but she said it was because she liked seeing the world wake up. "Anyway... I was calling because I wanted to know if you wanted to go into town later?"

"Yeah...Wait, what? I wasn't listening." I had sort of drifted of nearly falling asleep again.

"Hailey!" She let out a sigh, "Do you want to go into town or not?"

"Yeah, OK. When?"

"I'll pick you up around nine." I glanced back at the clock again.

"OK, see you then." I ended the call and went back to sleep.

I could swear I only slept for five more minutes but by the time I had woken up properly it was quarter to nine. I bounced out of bed pulling on my usual outfit of white leggings and a light blue SuperDry top. I quickly shoveled down a bowl of Cheerios and quickly tied up my long, frizzy hair and put a dab of mascara on my eyelashes making my blue eyes look brighter. I was actually very proud of myself for being ready in such a short space of time although Madison didn't seem to think so. "You're five minutes late." She grumbled starting up her little, red Fiat. She had only just passed her driving test and was still restricted to a 45mph speed limit.

"Sorry." We started driving towards town. Maddy had long, blonde hair and deep brown eyes. Unlike me she was tall and toned, around 5ft 9. I was a measly 5ft 3.

"So where do you want to go? I need a coffee and soon." She smiled and drove though a red light.

"That was red." I said looking over my shoulder as if expecting the police to be on our tail.

"If anyone asks," She said beeping at a car that pulled out suddenly in front of her,"I'm colour blind." I shook my head and laughed. We pulled into a car park and parked at an odd angle. We hopped out the car and headed into the town. Portrush was a small coastal town at the top of Northern Ireland. I'd lived there all my life with my aunt Molly and uncle Ned, they had sort of taken over the role of 'parents' after my real parents disappeared one day to 'travel the world' according to aunt Molly. I didn't believe her. No one has even heard from them since they left.

We walked along the promenade past Barry's Amusements and up towards the Dunluce Centre. "What are you wearing to the formal? I got this really nice green dress yesterday, it matches Luke's tie." Luke was Maddy's boyfriend.

"I saw a red dress in New Look so I'm saving up for it." I stopped to look in the window of a shop that sold shoes, a pair of black pumps catching my eye, "Ooh, I'm gonna get those they're on sale!" I grabbed Maddy's hand a dragged her into the shop.

"What happened to saving money?"

"Screw it!" I grinned.

We walked out of the shop fifteen minutes later, shoe box in hand. I was grinning happily. "Honestly, you're the world's worst at saving money." Maddy rolled her eyes and pulled out her phone before starting to text someone. Probably Luke. I started daydreaming to myself... about daydreaming weirdly. I was known for my daydreaming. Sometimes I would be half way through a sentence and I'll stop because I'll be thinking about puppies or something. "Hailey? Where are you going?" I snapped into attention.

"What the-?" I was standing in the middle of a bookstore, I was sure had never been here before. Hailey was standing at the door looking at me weirdly.

"You hate books." She leaned in and looked around, not coming in after me. There were stacks of books everywhere, some on shelves, some in boxes and some on the floor. The shop smelt old and musty. For some reason my body started moving on its own, walking towards the back of the shop. An old man suddenly appeared out from behind a stack of books, "I'm sure I left them somewhere around here..." He scratched his balding head. He looked kind and friendly, like the type of person you expect to see dress up as Santa every Christmas. He a long white beard and rosy cheeks. It was then he looked up and noticed me, "Oh, hello! Can I help you? Are you looking for anything in particular?"

"Uh..." I looked back towards the door where Maddy had been standing but she was gone. "I was just looking." I mumbled and started looking at the spines of books. I'd never even heard of any of these books. I even came across one called 'Allan In Ponderland'. Who is Allan and why is he in Ponderland? I wanted to find out more about this guy but my feet were pulling me away from it towards another shelf. I stopped in front of the shelf when I noticed a relatively new looking book. I reached out for it and as soon as my fingers touched the spine a flood of images entered my brain so fast I couldn't make out what they were of.

"Ah, I see you have found one of my favourite books." I jumped in surprise as the old man was suddenly standing right beside me, "I just got it in last week, read it in one night."

"How'd you manage that?" I had pulled out the book and was now running my fingers over the front cover. It was thick and heavy and probably had more than four hundred pages in it. "I always get bored halfway through the book and then can't seem to finish it." The man chuckled.

"That's probably because you're doing it wrong." I was about to ask him what he meant when he suddenly changed the topic, "You haven't seen a pair of glasses lying around here anywhere? I appear to have misplaced them..." he scratched his head.

"They're around your neck." I said pointing at the pair of reading glasses that hung on a chain around his neck. He laughed and twirled the chain around his finger.

"Thank you my dear." I looked back down at the book. I hadn't even read the blurb to find out what the book was about but already knew I wanted to read it. The man smiled as he saw me staring at the book dreamily, "You can have it if you want."

"Really?" I looked up ant him hopefully, "Wait, how much is it?"

"No price. No catches. I just like seeing young people getting into books. Nowadays they all seemed to have there head stuck in there gadgets." He smiled sadly before looking back at me, "Go ahead."

"Thank you very much!" I grinned, "I better go find my friend. See ya later!" He waved before going to sort out a box of books.

Kyle's view

She was just lying there, not moving. I held her hand tightly, "Please, Hailey. Wake up. I need you..." I mumbled and pressed my lips against the back of her hand. Eight months she'd been like this, in some kind of coma like the other 7.8 billion people on this planet. So far only some people had woken up and I was praying Hailey would be next. The blue, hospital curtains parted a little and Morgan poked her head through, "The book keeper gave away a book!" A sudden burst of hope made me jump up and run to find the book keeper.

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I walked out of the book shop and looked around for Maddy. She was sitting on the swing in the park when I found her. She was crying. "Maddy! What's wrong?" I ran over to her and sat beside her. She held up her phone and I read the text,

HEY MADISON. I DON'T THINK OUR RELATIONSHIP IS WORKING OUT. CAN WE STILL BE FRIENDS?

LUKE.

I scowled. I was going to kill him. They had been going out for three months and he thinks he can just end it like THAT?! I held back my anger and put my arm around her, "I'm sorry... He's just another stupid boy. You deserve better." She cried even more.

"I loved him!" She wept, "He was perfect! I-It must have been something I did! I'm so stupid!" I hugged her.

"Don't say that. You're the one that's perfect , He's an idiot." She looked at me with that 'Yeah, right' look. "OK let's do the same procedure as last time we'll get a Mc Donald's to take away and we'll have a Harry Potter/Twilight movie marathon back at my house, OK?" she shook her head.

"I'm just going to go home..." She sniffed and stood up. I looked at her.

"Are you sure? I mean, we always hang out after a break-up."

"I want to go home." She turned and started walking back down the road. I ran after her.

"Wait!" I yelled. Why was she getting so uptight? She's never like this?

"Please, Hailey, can I just want to go home!" She picked up speed, leaving me standing on my own. Geez, she could have at least given me a ride home. I spun around and walked back to the bench where I had left my new shoes and book. I flopped down on the bench with an exasperated sigh. I looked down at the book. It had a picture of me on it standing next to a tall blond guy with deep brown eyes. Wait, what. A picture of me? I blinked and it was gone, instead it had been replaced with a plain book cover. The title was 'Forever.'

"What the?" I picked up the book and opened it and started to read...

Chapter 1

She was the most beautiful girl I had ever seen. I hadn't seen her at the youth club before, but I did recognize her friend, Morgen, who went to the same church as me although I never spoke to her. I nudged my best friend Jason and nodded towards the new girl. He raised an eyebrow and nodded before turning back to the game of pool he'd been playing, but I wanted to get to know this girl. She was beautiful, long spiralling, brown hair and the brightest blue eyes I'd ever seen.

The night went on but I couldn't help glancing up every now and again, trying to get a glimpse of her. She caught me starring and smiled. I smiled beck and pretended to be really interested in a leaflet about horse riding. She was walking towards me, out of the corner of my eye I saw her say something to Morgen before turning and walking over to me.

"Hi." She said giving me a nervous smile.

"Hi..." I said. There was a minute of awkward silence, "So... are you new here?" She seemed relieved that I had found something for us to talk about.

"Yeah, I'm Hailey." She smiled sweetly tucking a lock of hair that had fallen loose from her ponytail.

"I'm Kyle." I extended a hand, she took it.

"Well, Kyle, you like horse riding?"