Kele to Lisa

-Kele-

I ran into a ghost from the past this morning. It happened while I was on my way to work. It all started with a phone call. My phone buzzed on the kitchen counter as I was heading out the door.

"Hello?" I asked when I answered it.

"Is this Kele?" a woman's voice asked on the other line. I froze in my tracks. I literally wasn't moving anymore. This voice sounded familiar to me.

"Yes, who is calling me?" I asked.

"Kele, this is Lisa," the woman said. I blinked, not getting the connection.

"I don't know a Lisa…" I said.

"Lisa Paige?" she asked.

"No…" I said, narrowing my eyes.

"Do remember the '92 grade school fire in Tokyo?" this woman asked.

"Yes," I replied.

"Do you remember a girl with cut brown bangs, round face, and black-framed glasses?" she asked. I smiled as that image came into my mind.

"Yeah, I guess," I said, "What about her?"

"That was me," the woman answered. I backed up to the door shocked.

"You're that Lisa?!" I asked.

"Yes!" she shouted in the phone.

"Oh crap!" I yelped as I tried to get back together. Suddenly, a thought crossed my mind. "But why are you calling me after so long? How did you get my number?" I asked.

"Julie gave it me," Lisa said. I went stiff at those words.

"What? Why?" I asked.

"It all started with Maxxie," she began.

"Wait, Maxxie's in Suiten too?" I asked as I struggled to find the door.

"So is Kris, Gordy, and Russell," Lisa said in a serious tone. I sank down to the floor with big eyes. The Tokyo '87 crew all migrated down here in Suiten and we didn't even know it? This just felt rather surreal and though I didn't know it at the time, it would get even more so as we all migrated back together into our little group.

"How long have you been in Suiten?" I asked.

"Since my junior year of high school," Lisa told me, "You?"

"I moved here during high school; met up with Ben and Julie at the same school," I said, "Which school did you go to?" She was about to answer when I happened to look up at the clock on the microwave above the stove.

"Oh crap," I mumbled.

"What's the matter?" Lisa asked.

"I'm going to be late for work!" I exclaimed.

"You have a job now too?" she asked.

"IT tech," I said, "Look, I'll talk to you later, okay?"

"Fine," Lisa replied, "Talk to you later."

"Bye," I said.

"Bye," she said back. After we hung up, I hurried out the door for what I thought was going to be another boring, slow day at work.