"AH!" I screamed. What the hell! What is that noise? I look around wildly. My alarm clock showed 7:30 am. Sunshine was pouring through the windows. I'm back in my dorm room, in bed, with the same pajamas I wore the night before. How can it be morning? Wasn't I just in the lunchroom, about to be hurt by the falling ceiling? Maybe it was all a dream…
But it felt so real. I remember everything perfectly, and usually with dreams you can't remember half of the things going on in your subconscious. Man, thinking this hard sure hurts your brain. I rubbed my head for a bit and started to get dressed. Brushing my hair and humming to myself, I looked in the mirror. Something is different… but I cannot figure it out. I put my brush back on my dresser, grabbed my bag, and headed out the door. I skipped breakfast, I didn't feel like eating. Too confused.
Heading to my first class, I felt like I was having major déjà vu. Everyone was acting the same, every little detail I felt like I had noticed before. This was getting pretty weird… Maybe I should see Dorothy, the school nurse. But if I didn't hurry, I was going to be late for class!
Running through the threshold of the classroom, I saw the teacher was writing something on the board. "You are late, Miss Lucas." Okay, she said that exact same thing to me before, Well, she said that to me a lot of times, but her tone always changed, like sometimes she didn't care, or she was really pissed off, or bored. But never had she had the same tone twice.
"Uh, I know. I woke up late." What else could I say? 'Oh, Sorry! I was too preoccupied with my stupid brain playing tricks on me that I go distracted and lost track of time. It won't happen again!' Yeah, that would go over smoothly.
I took my seat next to Yumi. Wait a minute. I think I'm cured of my problem! Yumi wasn't acting like she had before (wait before? This is so confusing) but totally different. Usually she was paying attention to the teacher, not doodling on her homework. She caught me staring at her. I gave her a quick smile and got out my notebook.
"As you can see, the equation I have written on the board is the same on both sides of the binomial. Using multiplicative inverse, you change the signs of the exponents and add them together," said the teacher. (A/N: as you can see, these people are in a math course. I just used some algebra vocab words and voila! I smart sounding sentence! But I know none of that makes sense, and my math teacher would kill me if he saw that, but hey, its our little secret alright?) Okay… my problem has returned! I definitely remember her saying that because she said a whole bunch of words that I had no idea what they meant. The equation on the board is the exact same also. Hmm… maybe I can write down the homework! I can get it done early so I have less to do tonight. Smart Jamie.
Copying the homework from my textbook, I saw Yumi look over at me. "What are you doing?" she asked. Well, I guess she's one person I can tell me little psychotic problem to. "Well, this whole day I have been having major déjà vu. I mean major. I remember almost everything, like I went back in time or something and I relived it again. Yeah, I know it sounds crazy, but I decided that since everything I've seen has been right before, I wanted to start tonight's homework now so I have less to do later." Man, if she could catch all that and understand it, she was one smart cookie.
Yumi looked at me with wide eyes. Yep, looks like I scared her. "Yeah. That's a good idea. I mean, if you think you're right, you should do it now. It would save you time later," she said. I gapped at her. "You don't think I'm crazy?" Yumi laughed. "No, not really. A lot of people have déjà vu. I get it all the time. Nothing to be worried about." I smiled and went back to my homework. It turned out I was right about the assignment! I must really be off my rocker.
Once I was out of the classroom I headed outside. I still had about twenty minutes before my next class. I sat down at the base of my tree (I have now claimed it my tree, after everyone kind of avoided it since I always sat there drawing or doing my homework. I bet their scared that I will punch them like I did Sissi. Twerps.) Opening my bag, I pulled out my Walkman. Opening the player, I see that Lifehouse is in. (A/N: Just to clarify, Lifehouse is NOT a Christian band! They are Christian but they don't sing about god and all that stuff. No Christian music!) I push play and turn up the volume. My favorite song comes on, "Am I Ever Gunna Find Out." It reminds me of my relationship with Alex. I start nodding my head to the beat and mouthing the words. I spot Yumi with Odd and Ulrich. She seemed pretty scared or anxious about something. Odd kept glancing in my direction. I quickly turned away and stared at my Walkman. Taking another look I saw that all three of them were now looking at me. Once they caught my gaze, they quickly turned away and said something. Glancing at me again, they ran up to the boy's dorm building.
I bet Yumi told them about my déjà vu-ness. Hey! I haven't had another moment since I walked out of the classroom! Wait, wait a minute. Yes, never mind. It happened again. Sissi and Theo walked by my tree and whispered to each other. I swear people can be so childish. I rolled my eyes and stopped my music. It was time to head to class anyway.
For the rest of the day, I still felt my stupid problem become more and more exact. I didn't have any more fake-outs where I thought I was free from this burden. I think the only good thing that happened all day was me getting a head start on my homework assignments. Jeremie, the nerdy one that hangs out with Odd and his friends, kept looking at me with an unreadable expression. Every time I was about to make a face to make him stop staring, he would quickly turn around and mind his own business. Geez that kid was weird.
By dinnertime I was starving. I had not eaten all day because I had to go up to my room during lunch hour and finish my homework (I wasn't hungry by lunchtime anyway). Alright, I was hungry by lunchtime, I was just scared to go to back into the building. This whole day had been going just like I saw or dreamt it. So if I walk into that building, I might not make it out again. But it I do not eat something soon, a farmer nearby is going to have one less cow to worry about.
Skeptically, I made my way to the lunchroom. I gingerly stepped through the doorway and into the line. I grabbed a tray and glanced outside. Everything seems alright so far. I pay for my meal and look for a place to sit.
"Jamie! Hey Red! Over here! Come sit with us!" Yep. Still the same. It was Odd, like before, waving his hands in the air like a madman. I smiled despite my growing paranoid-ness. I set my tray next to Yumi's just like I did not only a day before (well, I think I day). I grabbed my fork and slowly twirled the spaghetti around my fork.
"Jamie, Can I ha-" I cut Jeremie off short. Besides I already knew what he was going to say. "Yes Jeremie you can have my Brussels sprouts." I gave him my little green balls and went back to my spaghetti. Yumi gave Ulrich a knowing look. After chewing my mouthful of the saucy noodles, I looked outside. Still sunshine. That was a good sign. In about five minutes though, that would all change.
"You alright Jamie? You looked kind of spaced out." I was snapped out of my daydream and looked at Odd. He looked concerned. The whole table was looking at me by now. "Um, yeah. I'm okay. It was just a really long day that's all." I turned my attention back to the window. Come on, clouds, make it storm…
"What are you looking at outside?" Ulrich asked. Like I'm going to tell him that huge dark clouds are going to appear and make the building collapse. Wow, I'm glad no one can read my mind. I sighed. I finished up my spaghetti and meatballs. I got up out of my seat and walked out of the room without saying another word. I was too confused to speak. Why had it not began to storm! I sat down by my tree and put my head in my arms, resting them on my knees. I feel so stupid.
I felt someone sit down beside me. "Jamie, do you remember me saying something to you? About staying in the building?" Odd asked, I looked up at him. Ulrich, Yumi, and Jeremie were there too. I nodded my head. "I know you guys think I'm crazy, but I know what I saw. Yumi saw me right down today's homework before the class was half over. I've been finishing people's sentences all day. But now, something was supposed to happen and its not." I looked down at my hands.
"What is supposed to happen, Jamie?" Ulrich asked me sincerely. I looked at him. He never shifted his gaze from mine. That was kind of spooky. I had to look away before I could speak. "I don't know. All I remember is a huge storm coming out of nowhere, you guys leaving me in the lunchroom by myself, and the ceiling begins to collapse. Then everything freezes except me and I see a blinding white light, and I restarted the day over again!" I put my head in my hands again. They all think I'm insane.
It was Jeremie's turn to speak. "Well, that isn't going to happen, so you have no need to worry." What? No need to worry? How did they fix it?
"What are you talking about?" Seems like I'm not the only crazy one after all. They all looked at me and smiled.
"Boy, do we have a lot of explaining to do!" Odd said, leaning against the tree. Everyone laughed. They better hurry with that explaining! I was ready to hear what they had to say.