Chapter 2
"I think we're going to get a pretty big snow storm tonight" Pete says cozying up to her. Suddenly she feels a strange sensation come over and realizes that the cannabis has most certainly started working. She is happy. Very happy. She likes it. She wants to feel like this forever and ever. She had heard that pot often causes people to think everything was funny, but in her case she is laughing at absolutely nothing nothing whatsoever. She just can't stop laughing. "What's so funny?" Pete asks raising his eye brows. "Do you think it's funny that we're going to have a snow storm?"
That only causes her to laugh even harder. "Tess what the hell is the matter with you?" He asks. She laughs even harder about that. He's not sure what she had to drink but he's sure of one thing, what ever it was she is clearly a very light weight. Suddenly the Euphoric feeling wears off and she begins to feel her head fogging and her entire body feels twitchy. "Oh my god shit" She cries. "Fuck oh fuck"
"Tess baby what's wrong?" Pete asks. "I' I need to go home I need to get out of here." "Are you okay?" Pete asks. "I'm just having a bad reaction" She says. "To your liquor?" He asks. "Something like that" She says, "Just please I really need to get out of here" Pete seems to be paying no attention. He just keeps pouring himself a glasses of wine, now that she thinks about it, it looks like the same glass of wine over and over. It is making her dizzy She can't stand it anymore she get's out of the hot tub, she just wants something to change. The ice is really slippery "Tess baby look out" Pete says. It is too late she doesn't hear him and she is so out of it but she doesn't realize what is happening. She falls down really hard and lands right on her left arm. "Tess" Pete asks rushing towards her, "Baby are you all right?" "Oh my god this is really bad" She says coming back to consciousness for about a second.
"Oh my god this is bad this is so bad" She then starts crying hysterically. "This can't be happening" "Hey it's okay baby, you just got really drunk and you fell and you very possibly broke your arm you'll be okay" She then starts laughing really hard. "Tess are you okay?" Pete asks "I have rare a disease that makes my muscles turn into bone" She says, "Wait what?" He asks. "I have a disease where I have a disease where my bones turn into disease where" She says. "What are you talking about. Are you okay?" "I have a disease where disease where disease where disease where disease" She keeps saying, now she is slipping even further into unconsciousness and feels like that puppet master is pulling even harder on her strings. She can't stop saying it, she can't stop talking about it. "Tess sweetie snap out of it" Pete cries. Momentarily she very slowly starts coming back into the real world and she suddenly realizes that she has just given away the exact thing she has been trying to keep a secret. Pete wasn't supposed to find out about her disease especially not like this, this is the worst possible way he could possibly find out. "Oh my god" She cries she then bursts into fresh tears.
"Are you okay?" Pete asks for what seems to Tess the millionth time. "Oh my god" She cries. "Shit, shit shit shit shit"
"Hey it's okay" Pete says, "I have an idea sweetie just here me out on this" "An Idea?" She asks, what kind of an idea. "The idea where we try to think of an idea that hasn't been an idea yet." Pete says
"I think we're going to get a pretty big snow storm tonight" Pete says cozying up to her. Suddenly she feels a strange sensation come over and realizes that the cannabis has most certainly started working. She is happy. Very happy. She likes it. She wants to feel like this forever and ever. She had heard that pot often causes people to think everything was funny, but in her case she is laughing at absolutely nothing nothing whatsoever. She just can't stop laughing. "What's so funny?" Pete asks raising his eye brows.
"Do you think it's funny that we're going to have a snow storm?" That only causes her to laugh even harder. "Tess what the hell is the matter with you?" He asks. She laughs even harder about that. Suddenly the Euphoric feeling wears off and she begins to feel her head fogging and her entire body feels twitchy. "Oh my god shit" She cries. "Fuck oh fuck" "Tess baby what's wrong?" Pete asks. "I' I need to go home I need to get out of here." "Are you okay?" Pete asks. "I'm just having a bad reaction" She says. "To your liquor?" He asks. "Something like that" She says, "Just please I really need to get out of here" Pete seems to be paying no attention. He just keeps pouring himself a glasses of wine, now that she thinks about it, it looks like the same glass of wine over and over. It is making her dizzy She can't stand it anymore she get's out of the hot tub, she just wants something to change. The ice is really slippery
"Tess baby look out" Pete says. It is too late she doesn't hear him and she is so out of it but she doesn't realize what is happening. She falls down really hard and lands right on her left arm. "Tess" Pete asks rushing towards her, "Baby are you all right?" "Oh my god this is really bad" She says coming back to consciousness for about a second. "Oh my god this is bad this is so bad" She then starts crying hysterically. "This can't be happening" "Hey it's okay baby, you just got really drunk and you fell and you very possibly broke your arm you'll be okay" She then starts laughing really hard. "Tess are you okay?" Pete asks"I have rare a disease that makes my muscles turn into bone" She says, if she were in her right mind she wouldn't have said it but she is not in her right mind she is not able to control a single thing she is saying, she feels like there is someone else there someone else in her head who is pulling her strings and telling her what to say. She is with a hypnotist or with some sort of game show host or something.
"Wait what?" He asks. "I have a disease where I have a disease where my bones turn into disease where" She says. "What are you talking about. Are you okay?" "I have a disease where disease where disease where disease where disease" She keeps saying, now she is slipping even further into unconsciousness and feels like that puppet master is pulling even harder on her strings. She can't stop saying it, she can't stop talking about it. "Tess sweetie snap out of it" Pete cries. Momentarily she very slowly starts coming back into the real world and she suddenly realizes that she has just given away the exact thing she has been trying to keep a secret. Pete wasn't supposed to find out about her disease especially not like this, this is the worst possible way he could possibly find out. "Oh my god" She cries she then bursts into fresh tears.
"Are you okay?" Pete asks for what seems to Tess the millionth time. "Oh my god" She cries. "Shit, shit shit shit shit" "Hey it's okay" Pete says, "I have an idea sweetie just here me out on this" "An Idea?" She asks, what kind of an idea. "The idea where we try to think of an idea that hasn't been an idea yet." Pete says. Now she get's it. Or at least she thinks she get's it, they are playing some sort of game it all makes sense to her. "I think we're going to get a pretty big snow storm tonight" He says cozying up to her. Suddenly she feels a strange sensation come over and realizes that the cannabis has most certainly started working. She is happy. Very happy. She likes it. She wants to feel like this forever and ever. She had heard that pot often causes people to think everything was funny, but in her case she is laughing at absolutely nothing nothing whatsoever. She just can't stop laughing.
"What's so funny?" Pete asks raising his eye brows. "Do you think it's funny that we're going to have a snow storm?" That only causes her to laugh even harder. "Tess what the hell is the matter with you?" He asks. She laughs even harder about that. Suddenly the Euphoric feeling wears off and she begins to feel her head fogging and her entire body feels twitchy. "Oh my god shit" She cries. "Fuck oh fuck" "Tess baby what's wrong?" Pete asks. "I' I need to go home I need to get out of here." "Are you okay?" Pete asks. "I'm just having a bad reaction" She says. "To your liquor?" He asks. "Something like that" She says, "Just please I really need to get out of here" Pete seems to be paying no attention. He just keeps pouring himself a glasses of wine, now that she thinks about it, it looks like the same glass of wine over and over. It is making her dizzy She can't stand it anymore she get's out of the hot tub, she just wants something to change. The ice is really slippery "Tess baby look out" Pete says. It is too late she doesn't hear him and she is so out of it but she doesn't realize what is happening. She falls down really hard and lands right on her left arm. "Tess" Pete asks rushing towards her,
"Baby are you all right?" "Oh my god this is really bad" She says coming back to consciousness for about a second. "Oh my god this is bad this is so bad" She then starts crying hysterically. "This can't be happening" "Hey it's okay baby, you just got really drunk and you fell and you very possibly broke your arm you'll be okay" She then starts laughing really hard. "Tess are you okay?" Pete asks "I have a rare a disease that makes my muscles turn into bone" She says, if she were in her right mind she wouldn't have said it but she is not in her right mind she is not able to control a single thing she is saying, she feels like there is someone else there someone else in her head who is pulling her strings and telling her what to say. She is with a hypnotist or with some sort of game show host or something. "Wait what?" He asks. "I have a disease where I have a disease where my bones turn into disease where" She says. "What are you talking about. Are you okay?" "I have a disease where disease where disease where disease where disease"
She keeps saying, now she is slipping even further into unconsciousness and feels like that puppet master is pulling even harder on her strings. She can't stop saying it, she can't stop talking about it. "Tess sweetie snap out of it" Pete cries. Momentarily she very slowly starts coming back into the real world and she suddenly realizes that she has just given away the exact thing she has been trying to keep a secret. Pete wasn't supposed to find out about her disease especially not like this, this is the worst possible way he could possibly find out. "Oh my god" She cries she then bursts into fresh tears. "Are you okay?" Pete asks for what seems to Tess the millionth time. "Oh my god" She cries. "Shit, shit shit shit shit" "Hey it's okay" Pete says, "I have an idea sweetie just here me out on this" "An Idea?" She asks, what kind of an idea. "The idea where we try to think of an idea that hasn't been an idea yet." Pete says. Now she get's it. Or at least she thinks she get's it, they are playing some sort of game it all makes sense to her.
Every time he says this she goes back to the event she is starting to realize that, but it's part of the game, it's all part of a game, all she has to do is play along and she's going to do just fine "I think we're going to get a pretty big snow storm tonight" He says cozying up to her. Suddenly she feels a strange sensation come over and realizes that the cannabis has most certainly started working. She is happy. Very happy. She likes it. She wants to feel like this forever and ever. She had heard that pot often causes people to think everything was funny, but in her case she is laughing at absolutely nothing nothing whatsoever. She just can't stop laughing. "What's so funny?" Pete asks raising his eye brows. "Do you think it's funny that we're going to have a snow storm?" That only causes her to laugh even harder. "Tess what the hell is the matter with you?" He asks. She laughs even harder about that. He's not sure what she had to drink but he's sure of one thing, what ever it was she is clearly a very light weight. Suddenly the Euphoric feeling wears off and she begins to feel her head fogging and her entire body feels twitchy. "Oh my god shit" She cries. "Fuck oh fuck"
"Tess baby what's wrong?" Pete asks. "I' I need to go home I need to get out of here." "Are you okay?" Pete asks. "I'm just having a bad reaction" She says. "To your liquor?" He asks. "Something like that" She says, "Just please I really need to get out of here" Pete seems to be paying no attention. He just keeps pouring himself a glasses of wine, now that she thinks about it, it looks like the same glass of wine over and over. It is making her dizzy She can't stand it anymore she get's out of the hot tub, she just wants something to change. The ice is really slippery "Tess baby look out" Pete says. It is too late she doesn't hear him and she is so out of it but she doesn't realize what is happening. She falls down really hard and lands right on her left arm. "Tess" Pete asks rushing towards her, "Baby are you all right?" "Oh my god this is really bad" She says coming back to consciousness for about a second. "Oh my god this is bad this is so bad" She then starts crying hysterically. "This can't be happening"
"Hey it's okay baby, you just got really drunk and you fell and you very possibly broke your arm you'll be okay" She then starts laughing really hard. "Tess are you okay?" Pete asks because she seems like she is in complete shock right now. "I have rare a disease that makes my muscles turn into bone" She says, if she were in her right mind she wouldn't have said it but she is not in her right mind she is not able to control a single thing she is saying, she feels like there is someone else there someone else in her head who is pulling her strings and telling her what to say. She is with a hypnotist or with some sort of game show host or something. "Wait what?" He asks. "I have a disease where I have a disease where my bones turn into disease where" She says. "What are you talking about. Are you okay?" "I have a disease where disease where disease where disease where disease"
She keeps saying, now she is slipping even further into unconsciousness and feels like that puppet master is pulling even harder on her strings. She can't stop saying it, she can't stop talking about it. "Tess sweetie snap out of it" Pete cries. Momentarily she very slowly starts coming back into the real world and she suddenly realizes that she has just given away the exact thing she has been trying to keep a secret. Pete wasn't supposed to find out about her disease especially not like this, this is the worst possible way he could possibly find out. "Oh my god" She cries she then bursts into fresh tears. "Are you okay?" Pete asks for what seems to Tess the millionth time. "Oh my god" She cries. "Shit, shit shit shit shit" "Hey it's okay" Pete says, "I have an idea sweetie just here me out on this" "An Idea?" She asks, what kind of an idea. "The idea where we try to think of an idea that hasn't been an idea yet." She realizes that there is a word for this but she doesn't remember it, but in her drugged up state of mind she remembers the movie Groundhog Day, the movie where the guy woke up every day and it was February second. She is having her own version of Groundhog Day only it's not the same day, it is just the same segment of a day, in the movie the main character didn't get to move on with his life once he had an epiphany. Maybe once she has an epiphany too she will be able to move on with her life. "I think we're going to get a pretty big snow storm tonight" He says cozying up to her. Suddenly she feels a strange sensation come over and realizes that the cannabis has most certainly started working. She is happy. Very happy. She likes it. She wants to feel like this forever and ever. She had heard that pot often causes people to think everything was funny, but in her case she is laughing at absolutely nothing nothing whatsoever. She just can't stop laughing. "What's so funny?" Pete asks raising his eye brows. "Do you think it's funny that we're going to have a snow storm?" That only causes her to laugh even harder. "Tess what the hell is the matter with you?" He asks. She laughs even harder about that. He's not sure what she had to drink but he's sure of one thing, what ever it was she is clearly a very light weight. Suddenly the Euphoric feeling wears off and she begins to feel her head fogging and her entire body feels twitchy. "Oh my god shit" She cries. "Fuck oh fuck" "Tess baby what's wrong?" Pete asks. "I' I need to go home I need to get out of here."
"Are you okay?" Pete asks. "I'm just having a bad reaction" She says. "To your liquor?" He asks. "Something like that" She says, "Just please I really need to get out of here" Pete seems to be paying no attention. He just keeps pouring himself a glasses of wine, now that she thinks about it, it looks like the same glass of wine over and over. It is making her dizzy She can't stand it anymore she get's out of the hot tub, she just wants something to change. The ice is really slippery "Tess baby look out" Pete says. It is too late she doesn't hear him and she is so out of it but she doesn't realize what is happening. She falls down really hard and lands right on her left arm. "Tess" Pete asks rushing towards her, "Baby are you all right?" "Oh my god this is really bad" She says coming back to consciousness for about a second. "Oh my god this is bad this is so bad" She then starts crying hysterically. "This can't be happening" "Hey it's okay baby, you just got really drunk and you fell and you very possibly broke your arm you'll be okay" She then starts laughing really hard.
"Tess are you okay?" Pete asks because she seems like she is in complete shock right now. "I have rare a disease that makes my muscles turn into bone" She says, if she were in her right mind she wouldn't have said it but she is not in her right mind she is not able to control a single thing she is saying, she feels like there is someone else there someone else in her head who is pulling her strings and telling her what to say. She is with a hypnotist or with some sort of game show host or something. "Wait what?" He asks. She then remembers in the movie the main character was able to change things about his day, maybe she could change it so she doesn't tell Pete about her disease, too late". She still feels like is with a hypnotist or with some sort of game show host or somethingI have a disease where I have a disease where my bones turn into disease where" She says.
"What are you talking about. Are you okay?" "I have a disease where disease where disease where disease where disease" She keeps saying, now she is slipping even further into unconsciousness and feels like that puppet master is pulling even harder on her strings. She can't stop saying it, she can't stop talking about it. "Tess sweetie snap out of it" Pete cries. Momentarily she very slowly starts coming back into the real world and she suddenly realizes that she has just given away the exact thing she has been trying to keep a secret. Pete wasn't supposed to find out about her disease especially not like this, this is the worst possible way he could possibly find out. "Oh my god" She cries she then bursts into fresh tears. "Are you okay?" Pete asks for what seems to Tess the millionth time. "Oh my god" She cries. "Shit, shit shit shit shit" "Hey it's okay" Pete says, "I have an idea sweetie just here me out on this" "An Idea?" She asks, what kind of an idea. "The idea where we try to think of an idea that hasn't been an idea yet."
Now she get's it or at least she thinks she get's it. This is the universe punishing her for telling Pete about her disease, it keeps trying to give her a re do, but the most night marish thing about everything is, she can't even make any changes, things are set in stone everything is set in stone. Solid stone. "I think we're going to get a pretty big snow storm tonight" He says cozying up to her. Suddenly she feels a strange sensation come over and realizes that the cannabis has most certainly started working. She is happy. Very happy. She likes it. She wants to feel like this forever and ever. She had heard that pot often causes people to think everything was funny, but in her case she is laughing at absolutely nothing nothing whatsoever. She just can't stop laughing. "What's so funny?" Pete asks raising his eye brows. "Do you think it's funny that we're going to have a snow storm?" That only causes her to laugh even harder. "Tess what the hell is the matter with you?" He asks. She laughs even harder about that. He's not sure what she had to drink but he's sure of one thing, what ever it was she is clearly a very light weight. Suddenly the Euphoric feeling wears off and she begins to feel her head fogging and her entire body feels twitchy. "Oh my god shit" She cries. "Fuck oh fuck" "Tess baby what's wrong?" Pete asks. "I' I need to go home I need to get out of here." "Are you okay?" Pete asks. "I'm just having a bad reaction" She says. "To your liquor?" He asks. "Something like that" She says, "Just please I really need to get out of here" Pete seems to be paying no attention. He just keeps pouring himself a glasses of wine, now that she thinks about it, it looks like the same glass of wine over and over. It is making her dizzy She can't stand it anymore she get's out of the hot tub, she just wants something to change. The ice is really slippery "Tess baby look out" Pete says. It is too late she doesn't hear him and she is so out of it but she doesn't realize what is happening. She falls down really hard and lands right on her left arm.
"Tess" Pete asks rushing towards her, "Baby are you all right?" "Oh my god this is really bad" She says coming back to consciousness for about a second. "Oh my god this is bad this is so bad" She then starts crying hysterically. "This can't be happening" "Hey it's okay baby, you just got really drunk and you fell and you very possibly broke your arm you'll be okay" She then starts laughing really hard. "Tess are you okay?" Pete asks because she seems like she is in complete shock right now. "I have rare a disease that makes my muscles turn into bone" She says, if she were in her right mind she wouldn't have said it but she is not in her right mind she is not able to control a single thing she is saying, she feels like there is someone else there someone else in her head who is pulling her strings and telling her what to say. She is with a hypnotist or with some sort of game show host or something.
"Wait what?" He asks. She then remembers in the movie the main character was able to change things about his day, maybe she could change it so she doesn't tell Pete about her disease, too late". She still feels like is with a hypnotist or with some sort of game show host or somethingI have a disease where I have a disease where my bones turn into disease where" She says. "What are you talking about. Are you okay?" "I have a disease where disease where disease where disease where disease" She keeps saying, now she is slipping even further into unconsciousness and feels like that puppet master is pulling even harder on her strings. She can't stop saying it, she can't stop talking about it. "Tess sweetie snap out of it" Pete cries. Momentarily she very slowly starts coming back into the real world and she suddenly realizes that she has just given away the exact thing she has been trying to keep a secret. Pete wasn't supposed to find out about her disease especially not like this, this is the worst possible way he could possibly find out. "Oh my god" She cries she then bursts into fresh tears. "Are you okay?" Pete asks for what seems to Tess the millionth time. "Oh my god" She cries. "Shit, shit shit shit shit
" "Hey it's okay" Pete says, "I have an idea sweetie just here me out on this" "An Idea?" She asks, what kind of an idea. "The idea where we try to think of an idea that hasn't been an idea yet."
Maybe she decides maybe it doesn't have to do with being trapped in another dimension, maybe the universe isn't mad at her for telling Pete about her disease, maybe it has something to do with those two drinks she had in the hot tub. What were they again? One of them was root beer and one of them was cola, but wasn't there something special about them? She then remembers the big huge pieces of green weed floating around. That's what it was, she drank pot, two of her Caninbas Sodas. Two out of her big twelve pack
She is back in her room. That must mean that things have moved forward. Could that really have been her big epiphany that she was on edibles? Apparently so. She is able to move forward, or of course she would be able to move forward if she wasn't in such a locked in state. All she can see are the three things in front of her which are her clock which reads 4:20 and two posters on her wall. The posters are of her two very favorite somewhat obscure female superheroes. The one on the left is
Kitty Pryde aka Shadowcat from the old 2010'a Cartoon X'men Evolution. Kitty Pryde like Tess has the power of Intangablility, she can walk through objects and make them turn into shadows. Unlike Tess however, Kitty Pryde is not twice exceptional she does not have FOP or anything like it at least not in the cannon version of the cartoon or any other cannon version of X-men, for awhile however Tess got into writing vignettes where Kitty Pryde had FOP as a way to help her learn to cope with her own disability although truth be told she was nothing like Kitty Pryde personality wise and realized that Kitty Pryde would handle the situation quite a bit different then she would. Kitty Pryde is extraverted, bubbly and exuberant and Tess is, well she's introverted shy and reserved. If there's anyone in the X'men series she is like it's quiet reserved shy Danielle Moonshine/ Mirage, the character who Tess always pairs Kitty Pryde up with as a Lesbian pair. The cartoon had played around with the idea for a while and Tess found that very awesome and radical, but unfortunately that plot line was cut short, Kitty Pryde's lesbianism was never explored again in further episodes and Mirage was never seen or heard from again, she was however always in Tess's fan fiction, and she was always very understanding when Kitty told her about her disease.
The second poster is of an even more obscure supergirl. Daphne Millbrook from the NBC television program Heroes. For the most part Tess had only watched the show for the plot and the special effects and didn't care much for the characters, not even the character with her tasing powers who she found to be as boring as a dried up piece of toast. But when Daphne was introduced in the third season she made a special exception. Well okay maybe not the second she was introduced, but the second she found out that Daphne was twice exceptional like herself. Well not exactly like herself, not really anything like her. Daphne was born with Cerebral Palsy and was strapped down to arm and leg braces had the ability super speed, when she got her ability her symptoms of Cerebral Palsy got better and was able to give up the braces. Tess still remembers the episode Eclipse, where all the Heroes lost their powers. Daphne was restored back to the way she was, body twisted, spastic, Cerebral Palsied and unable to walk with out the help of the braces. Her boy friend Matt Parkman entered the room. He was also a twice exceptional like Tess but to a less extreme, being a dyslexic with the ability to read minds wasn't nearly the same thing as being a speedster with Cerebral Palsy and even less the same thing as being a phaser with FOP. "I didn't want you to see me like this" Daphne had said. "Like what?" He asked. Daphne had limped closer out of the light. "I have Cerebral Palsy" She had explained. And Matt was wonderful he was so understanding. He was still with her for the whole thing. Unfortunately Daphne was killed off in the middle of season 3 so Tess stopped watching after that, but she still remembered that one scene very fondly and ached for someone to be that understanding of her like that. Danielle Moon star was always super understanding of Kitty Pryde too when she told her about her FOP. But what had happened when Tess tried to tell Pete about it? They kept going back in time, she kept reliving it. The universe kept punishing her. Was that what it was? Was that what was going on?" Perhaps it was just a dream.
Maybe that's what's going on? She then sees from the very corner of her eye that she has a big hot pink cast on her right arm, that is proof that it did happen. It hurts it hurts like crazy and it is making her feel crazy that she must have at some point gone to the hospital at some point . Suddenly it starts to occur to her what is going is not a dream, nor is it the universe messing with her, it is those god damn edibles. Those god damn canibis soda's why did she have to go and be stupid enough to drink two of them. Than hang over is unbearable. She vomits and really wishes she weren't so paralyzed so she would be able to bend to the side because their's nothing worse then vomiting while stuck in the sitting position. First comes the root beer, then comes the cola, or maybe it's the other way around. She supposes it doesn't really matter, why should it. Most things taste pretty much the same coming back up and the soda's themselves tasted more like ginger ale then root beer or cola.