Ugh, why am I doing this, I should be trying to find that bloody coin! I thought to myself as I drove to the mall where me and dullard had first met Jeiel. 2D and Russel had come with me. They both wanted to meet their "girlfriends", well their girlfriends from my future. I hadn't thoroughly explained why 2D had gotten shot, or how Russel had met Darla, so Russel had no knowledge of Robbi. He didn't know that Robbi could have killed Darla by now, but it didn't matter if I found that coin... If I found that coin, then I could fix everything.
"Um, so why do you have a picture of my girlfr'end on your mobile?" 2D asked, suspecting an affair.
"She took my mobile without my knowing and took a bunch of pictures as a prank, mate." I explained, my eyes still on the road.
"Oh." 2D said.
"Hey, in your alternate universe, do we got any money?" Russel piped up from the backseat.
"What do you mean, do we not have any money in this reality?" I asked, unsure of how to respond to the question.
"We have no money, we haven't played a gig in forever." Russel explained. I sighed in irritation.
"So I guess you didn't just finish a world tour?" My eyes darting at Russel from the front-view mirror.
"I wish..." 2D mumbled under her breath. Damn, this alternate reality is quite shitty. I thought to myself still driving to the mall.
At the mall, we all got out of the Geep and walked inside.
Then as we began walking around aimlessly I told 2D, "Okay, don't get your hopes up, face-ache. She could be anywhere today, the chances of-"
Suddenly 2D cut me off, "Is 'tat her?" He said pointing at... wow it really was Jeiel. Does she live in the mall... I guess the chances of finding her at the mall was greater than I thought.
I thought to myself then answered, "Actually, yes. Wow, that was fast." Jeiel wore all hot pink, as usual. Her hair straightened with a giant pink bow in it, and with pink lips and her usual eye makeup, she walked with confidence. Two girls flanked her sides as they walked, chatting to each other.
On Jeiel's right side was a tall girl with medium length, curly chocolate brown hair. She was tan and wore regular jeans with a peach colored hoodie and peach converse to match the hoodie. Her eyes light green, almost gray, with light eyeliner slightly etching the edges of her eyes. On Jeiel's left side walked a girl that was slightly taller than the girl with the peach colored hoodie. Her long hair jet black and wavy. She wore a short, floral skirt with a light blue blouse. Her hazel eyes caked with black eyeliner and nude eyeshadow.
2D stared awkwardly as they walked.
"Well don't just stand there, go talk to her." I told 2D. He looked at me with fear.
"What do I say...?" I sighed.
"Just say what comes to your fucking mind, dullard!" I snapped. 2D took a deep breath and walked up to the girls, Russel and I watched and listened since we were still within earshot.
2D approached Jeiel.
"No, that's a bad idea, Mae." Jeiel was saying to the black-haired girl on her left.
"C'mon, it's a good idea! Grace, don't you agree with me?" Mae said, looking at the girl on Jeiel's right, who apparently was Grace. Grace was about to answer when 2D had shyly come up to them and stopped them in their tracks. 2D stood with is head down while awkwardly shifting his weight on his lanky legs.
"Uh, I-I just wanted to say t-tat, you are really pretty..." 2D stammered then instantly turned around and began walking away submissively. I sighed in exasperation and put my hand to my forehead with irritation at 2D.
"...Wait..." Jeiel suddenly said, grabbing 2D's wrist to turn him around.
"Thank you. Who are you?" Jeiel asked, making eye contact with 2D.
I instantly came up to them and answered, "He's just a secret admirer." Jeiel looked at me then back at 2D and smiled as she began flirtatiously twirling her hair. Mae and Grace looked at Jeiel with big eyes at the attention she was receiving.
"I'm 2D, and 'fis is Murdoc." 2D said and gestured to me. As he did this, I winked at Grace. She smiled shyly back at me.
Russel had left and was searching the mall hopelessly for Darla.
"I'm Jeiel, this is Mae..." Jeiel said then pointed to the black-haired girl, then continuing, "And this is Grace." She finished her sentence and pointed her finger at the girl in the peach hoodie.
"I think I'm just gonna go try out my idea..." Mae said walking away.
"What? No, Mae!" Jeiel exclaimed.
"What idea?" 2D asked. Jeiel began explaining in depth that Mae had planned on breaking seals on makeup then coming up to the cashier complaining about the vandalism and asking for a discount. Soon they began different topics to talk about and started walking away, ignoring me, deep in conversation. I guess some relationships were just meant to be...
Soon it was just me and Grace alone. Grace shuffled her feet awkwardly.
"Anybody ever tell you how good-looking you are?" I asked Grace with my chin held high.
"Only my hairdresser, but I think she only said it to get a good tip..." Grace said and looked off into the distance with a quizzical expression glued to her face. I laughed with humor at this.
"Anybody ever tell you how over-confident you are?" Grace retorted but her tone was humorous and mischievous.
"So I don't get how Jeiel could just walk off with a complete stranger, he could be a rapist for all she knows!" Grace said aloud, not really directing the comment to anyone.
"Well they aren't complete strangers." I mumbled but Grace heard me.
"What?" Grace said, narrowing her eyes in suspicion.
"Well I mean if they were strangers, they wouldn't know each others names." I quickly said, desperately hoping I fixed myself from having to give a hard explanation.
An hour passed until I decided to go find Russel and 2D so that we could get home. I needed to find that bloody coin! I found Russel sitting at a table in the food court, his expression looked crestfallen.
"Time to go." I told him, he got up and followed me as I began looking for 2D.
"I didn't find her." Russel stated, I kept quiet. I felt a bit guilty, but still, there were more important things on my mind. I found 2D talking to Jeiel on a mall bench.
"We gotta go, mate." I said to him. 2D said goodbye quickly to Jeiel and left abruptly with me and Russel as we headed back to the Geep.
At home I began searching everywhere for the coin, I retraced all my steps. It was nowhere to be seen. Laying down on my bed in defeat, my mind raced with worry. I'm stuck here. In this mother fucking, shitty alternate universe! Blimey,where's some goddamn rum when you need it? I thought angrily. I was about give up all hope when my hand came across a strange lump under my blankets. I lifted the blankets on my bed to find the coin. So much joy crossed my mind that I almost squealed in delight.
Holding the coin in the palm of my hand, a thought came to my mind. I have the power to shape my fate however I want. I can change anything. I can write my own story! With this coin, I can reverse all the fucked up things that have happened to me! I danced around my room a bit, not caring who saw. I had so much power now, I could change everything...
With the coin grasped in my hand, I walked downstairs to my band-mates. They looked at me excitedly when I showed them the coin.
"Bye bye, mates, I got 'me a new life to shape..." I then began walking to the nearest power outlet.
"Wait, Murdoc, changing the past can create powerful repercussions in the future. Be careful!" Noodle said with some wisdom. I didn't listen to her.
As I found a fork in the kitchen and began walking to another power outlet, I heard Russel gasp, "No, man! Don't do 'dat again! It took us forever to fix it last time!"
I looked back at him then said, "This will have never have even happened when I'm done with things."
Looking back at the power outlet, I looked down at both my hands. Here we go... I thought then struck the fork forcefully into the socket. I felt the electrocution, and with the coin clutched in my other hand, I began thinking of the first horrible thing that had happened to me. 'Ello daddy, Mudsie is back, and he's got some things to say to you...