They sat down around the kitchen table and Pepsi curled up beside Addie's chair.
"So?" Addie's eyes grew big in the mix of nervousness and excitement of what was coming now.
Before Abby could say a word, Connor blurted something out that had been bothering him since
Addie mentioned the team of researchers.
"So you do work in a team that does research around the anomalies? You are so young."
Addie looked at him, surprised, and a big smile appeared on her face.
"I'm not that young, I'm 18 years. The reason I'm in the team is that there was anomaly in a lake near by.
They needed some good swimmers to check it out. I joined my first swimming team at the age of four,
and ever since then, I'm in the water at least five times a week. So, they chose me with two others and
I was so amazed by those rips in time that I begged them as long I needed until they agreed to take me into the team."
Even though Addie was relieved about the given time, she now wanted to hear what Abby had to say. "So, Abby what do you want to find out about me?"
Abby took a deep breath. She had never felt comfortable revealing her feelings, let alone any dreams.
Dreams seemed to be way too private to her and now she had to talk about one with a complete stranger.
Even though she liked Addie from the beginning, she still was a stranger.
"I have this dream at some nights, where I see a girl standing in the distance. She's calling out my name, as if she needs help,"
Abby stopped and thought about what she said.
"No, actually it sounds more as if she wants to tell me something. She doesn't seem to look scared.
I can't get over to her because my feet are pinned to the ground. But, oh, well this girl, she looks…"
Abby trailed and looked over to Connor who reached out for her hand and squeezed it in comfort.
"That girl, she looks exactly like you." There it was. The words were out.
"Funny!" This was an answer Abby hadn't expected.
"Funny? How so? "Abby looked straight at the girl sitting opposite from her.
"Well, I have a half-sister whom I have never met, but whenever I try to imagine what she would look like now,
she looks exactly like you. I think it's funny that you see someone like me in your dreams while I picture my sister to look like you. "
"Girls, this is getting a little scary!"
Abby turned to Connor, "You fight against the strangest creatures without a blink, and you say this is scary?
You are crazy, Conn." She gently nudged his arm and turned back to Addie.
"It doesn't freak you out?" Abby was amazed by the way the younger girl handled the news.
"No, I have seen so many strange creatures and I have been to places most people only know from their history books. Why would something like this freak me out?"
"You said, 'Whenever I try to imagine what she WOULD look like NOW', what do you mean by that?" The way Abby said that, Connor could tell she was a bit scared of the answer.
"She died in a car accident when I was eight years old. At least that's what I got told." Addie took a break, "This is not what you wanted to hear, or?"
It took Abby a long time to answer; she needed to sort her thoughts first.
"I don't know what I wanted to hear. I guess there is just one question that matters in the end. Who are you?"