Pay Your Toll

(A Jaden Love Story)

Chapter 2: Wake Up Call

Jaden was afraid to tell anyone about Roxanne. They would think he's lost it, or he was so hyper with the candy, that he was having hallucinations. So Jaden didn't tell anyone about this strange girl. Although Jaden had to admit…..She did seem oddly familiar….

It was 4 AM and the restless Jaden couldn't sleep. So he walked out of his dorm room and out onto the patio of the crudely unkept building. Gazing at the ocean, he noticed a girl at the cliff not far below him. Out of curiosity, Jaden crept down to the cliffside to see who this girl was.

" Never thought I'd see you again," Jaden said as he stood behind the girl.

" Me neither," the girl responded. The girl turned out to be Roxanne. " Jaden, I have something to say…"

" Hold the phone!" Jaden loudly stated, holding his arms out. " How do you know my name?! I never told you it last night!"

The teen sighed. " Jaden, in my world, you don't exist as a human being…."

Jaden cocked his head to the side. " Huh? Explain a little more."

" You're an anime character in my realm. This place…..I travel here in my dreams….somehow."

" So you don't know why you're here either?"

" Nope."

" And this is only when you fall asleep?"

She nodded. " Correct. This place I never knew existed…I never knew you existed….."

Jaden shook his head. " Wow, I feel loved."

Roxanne laughed a little at that remark. " Jaden, morning is on the horizon….I must take my leave…."

" But Roxanne…!"

" Jaden, keep Alexis safe! Keep the book safe!"

Roxanne disappeared into the morning sunrise as Jaden stood there in a daze.

" The book?" Jaden whispered as he looked at his hands. He was clutching some leather book. Lifting the book up to his eye level he looked at the cover.

" Dream Journal?" Jaden said, confused. He flipped through it's contents to figure out that Roxanne had written in this thing.

Then it clicked. Alexis. Roxanne looks like Alexis. But….Roxanne can't…..

Is Roxanne somehow connected to Alexis?

End of Chapter 2: Wake Up Call