Chapter 10: Daniel
Weird. I feel weird. What is happening? Where am I? I try to remember what happened last when I my body lifts itself off the bed. How can this be? Oh, it's the Switch! Okay, Sarah shouldn't be in this room. How did she get here? Ow, my head hurts. Wait, Sarah is in the hotel, in the Marriott. How- why am I here? I look down at the feet of the body I'm in, and it I not Sarah's feel. Sarah was wearing a red dress, this girl is wearing grey sweatpants. I don't get it, how could this happen? As I try to figure this out the girl walks on to the cold floor, toward the door. She goes to another room in the house. Oh it's the kitchen obviously. She takes a glass from one of the shelves and turns on the sink. I wonder if I have any control whatsoever. Can I move her limbs? I'll just try taking the glass- BOOM. Gosh what was that! It felt like she was fighting my movement. That hurt. Suddenly two male figures run into the kitchen. One looks about my age, not to bad looking, and isn't wearing a shirt. This can't be her boyfriend right? I mean, if I'm her soulmate, then this is just wrong. The other guy is older, around his forties. He has salt pepper hair, and is wearing black shorts with a grey t shirt. They both look like they rolled out of bed. They also both look frightened and worried.
"False alarm, Dad." Says the younger looking one. "It's just Saf." Saf? Oh right, that's the girl's name. What a weird name. It's probably short for something. Sephrina? Sephora?
"Are you alright Saf?" the older one says, as he approaches me. Us. whatever. Suddenly his hand is on my forehead and i don't know what to do. I think about ducking but that doesn't seem smart. " you don't have fever." he says and i can't handle this clouser anymore. I step back very subtly. I hope. Suddenly the weirdest thing happens, she speaks. I speak. We both speak.
"I'm fine Dad, just tired." It's like there's another person with me here, and they're speaking. "I was thirsty and I guess I'm still half asleep." She's talking but I cannot say anything. It's like I'm taped shut. I have no control over what she says. She smiles and gets down to the floor to clean up the mess. I can almost see her reflection in the glass, but nothing distinctive. Her father says something and walks out of the kitchen, I guess he is convinced. Bullet dodged.
The younger guy is suddenly next to us on the floor. He doesn't look happy. "umm Saf, are you sure it's nothing?" He says and starts picking up some of the pieces of glass. I can feel her fear, her terror. I think she's about to tell him when she says, "Gosh Gil, stop over reacting. You don't have to pretend to be the caring older brother." Brother. I hear her saying it but it sounds like an eco. Like I'm inside a box and she's out in the world. She gets up and turns her back to him, throwing the shatters in the garbage can. "Go to sleep Gil, don't make a big deal out of broken glass." She doesn't look at him as we turn to her room and shut the door.