Part 2

It's only a couple of hours until I usually wake up to get ready for school. I slowly creep out of bed and reach for my school bag. I know I brought it from the Crashdown. I take out my notebook. I flip through the pages and scribbled are my Biology notes dated March 11. What the hell is going on?

I'm walking around the room, clearly I'm freaking out. I hear Maria toss in bed, so I try to be quiet, but hey, freaking out here. Why can't I remember March 11? Oh, my stomach is turning, I have to get to the bathroom again. "When did I have spinach?" I wonder when I see small chunks of it on the marble bath tub. Right March 11.

I try to get up again. I hold onto the wall for some support. Aspirin, I need aspirin. Why won't this headache go away? I open the medicine cabinet hoping there is something to repress this headache. I take a gulp of tap water and pop a pill. I close the medicine cabinet and in the mirror I see him. I see the man from the dream I had. I turn around and he's still there, I of course scream. I run out of the bathroom and bump into Alex. We both fall on the floor. I cry hysterically. I hugs Alex, like I have never before. Maria walks out of the room she shared with me and trips on us.

"Remind me to turn on the lights," Maria says. Through her voice you can tell she is half asleep. She is immediately awoken by the loud tears she hears from me.

"I don't know what's going on," I say. Everything is so confusing. One minute I'm watching the credits to 'Black Hawk Down' and now its two days later.

"Shhh," Maria tells me. She welcomes me into her arms and I fall onto her.

"What happened, Liz?" Alex asks me. He rubs his face. He looks like he was awakened during a good dream.

"I...we...were watching a movie...and I fell asleep...and I woke up...and it's now...I mean...it's two days later!" I say in half hysterics.

"What?" are the answers by Maria and Alex.

"We watched the movie a day ago, technically two days ago since its March 12," Alex says.

"Exactly," I say, getting up. I wobble a little, but I have to get my point across. "When we saw the movie it was March 10, I wake up from this dream and its March 12, I'm missing time."

"That's impossible," Maria says. She lets go of me and looks at me as if I'm insane. "You were at school. We took the bio quiz, we worked at the Crashdown, and we came over here again to hang out. Max asked you out, but I begged him to reschedule it."

"Maria I'm begging you, please --- wait Alex where's your father?" I ask.

"I told you earlier he was going away on a business trip," Alex says.

"Yeah and Mom and Dad were going to that restaurant owner convention in Phoenix," I say, remembering that they were leaving Friday afternoon.

"Yeah, they didn't want you home alone, so you stayed with me, and when Maria found out she asked her mom if she could too. Liz are you sure you're ok?" Alex asks with a worried look.

"No, I'm not, this is way to weird, I think I need some sleep. Maybe it's school or something," I respond. I don't look at anything of them. I walk down the hall and into my room. I sit on the bed, dazed, and I go under the covers and try to get some sleep.

"Alex, what just happened here?" Maria asked, clearly puzzled by what she saw.

"I have no idea, let's get some sleep. Tomorrow we'll be fresh faced and will be able to figure this out." Alex yawns and stretches his arms. They go back to their dreams.