Chapter 2! This is one of the sorter ones, though not the shortest. Enjoy!
Chapter 2: A Little Explanation Please?
I decided right then and there that I would work things out by acting as normally as possible. I had already guessed that the people that were with me were not going to harm me in any way.
I went to dresser in the corner of my room and pulled out jeans and a t-shirt. I slipped a sweater over it. There was another knock on the door.
"Hey, Maxi, how are you feeling?" Mom asked. "You seemed a little off earlier."
"I was," I admitted. "I kind of blanked out. I can hardly remember anything. Why don't you fill me in so I'm absolutely certain I'm living the right life?" I added a laugh so that it seemed like I was casual.
"OK…You live in Virginia. Your name is Maxine Ride. I'm Lola Ride, your dad is John Ride, and you have a brother, Jake Ride. You have always lived here. You go to high school. Any more questions?" my mom looked like she was about to burst out laughing.
"No, Mom! I just realized what was wrong. I had a really weird dream last night. I had been genetically recombined at birth along with five other kids and we had wings. We escaped from the mad scientists who did it to us, but we were constantly being chased by their wolf-human mutants called Erasers. Then the scientists started telling me that I was supposed to save the world, but all I was concerned about was finding all of our parents!"
"Oh, what nonsense!" my mom laughed. "Well, I'm glad you're dressed, because now that I know that you're not ill, you're going to school, young lady!"
I chuckled. Figuring things out would have to wait until later. And because I was dressed casually, I knew that we weren't going to a Pruitt-based school.
