A Crossed Reality. Gerald Pruett

most beautiful green eyes. She’s a snob though so she could really use a personality makeover.”

      Doug thought for a second before blurting out, “Randy Miller, I’m going to kill you when I get my hands on you.”

      “Who is Randy Miller?”

      “Never mind,” Doug said as he shook his head. “Richard, you’re right, I think I did hit my head and I’m having memory lapses. So can you take me to my sister?”

      “Sure, Dude,” Richard said before reaching his hand out to help Doug up.

      Minutes later, Doug stood next to Richard as Richard knocked on a dorm door. Trudy Appleby opened the door and when she saw Doug, she said, “Thank God that you’re here, Doug. Alex fainted a moment ago and when she woke up she went hysterical. She acted shocked that she’s a woman.”

      Richard gave Doug a perplexed look before asking, “Is there a twin thing going on between you and Alex?”

      Doug looked at Richard as if he had lost his mind for a moment before shaking it off and facing Trudy again. “Where is Alex now?”

      “She’s in her bedroom,” Trudy answered while gesturing. “She’s looking into her mirror and repeating, ‘I’m dreaming this. This is not happening.’ Doug, you need to go in there and talk to her.”

      “I will,” Doug said before walking into the dorm.

      In the common room there was a couch, a coffee table and an entertainment center. The entertainment center held a TV, a combination VCR and DVD player, and a small stereo system. There were two bedroom doors.

      Doug stepped up to the closed door and knocked. “Alex, it’s me; Doug.”

      Alex opened the door and said sternly, “You are not real. This is all a dream.”

      Doug lustfully gawked at Alex for a moment. He then shook it off and whispered, “You’re not dreaming, Alex. We jumped into another reality.”

      “We jumped?” Alex confusingly questioned just as the reality of the situation had hit her. “We jumped!”

      Alex walked back into her room and looked into the mirror.

      Inside Alex’s bedroom was a small wardrobe closet, a twin bed with a purse setting near the head of the bed, a dresser and a small desk with a chair pushed in. On top of the desk was a laptop computer. The mirror that Alex was looking into hung on the wall over Alex’s laptop.

      Doug stepped into the bedroom and shut the door behind him.

      As Alex looked at Doug’s reflection, she said, “I’m going to kill Randy Miller when I see him.”

      Doug amusingly grinned while saying jokingly, “You know, I have to admit that this is a great look for you.”

      Alex looked at Doug with a distasteful grin while uttering, “I’m glad you are enjoying this. Look at me. I’m a woman.”

      Doug said in a lustful tone, “Oh believe me, I definitely see that you’re a woman.”

      Alex said sternly, “Stop that! And stop looking at me like that. Although, I’m not Alexander on this side of the twilight zone, we are still siblings… at least I think we are.”

      “We’re still twins, but apparently in this reality you were born a girl. Mom must really like the name Alex for that to be your name in this reality.” Alex checked her pockets. She then looked around the room for a second. “What are you looking for?”

      Alex pointed to a purse on the bed while saying, “That. Most likely that would be mine and I want to check to see what Alex is short for.” Alex walked over and took out a wallet from the purse. When Alex looked at her driver’s license Doug saw a disturbed expression on her face.

      Doug moved closer while asking, “What is it?”

      “My name is Alexandra Nicole Larson,” Alex said while standing there with a confused expression across her face. Doug went to pull out his wallet. “Am I married in this reality?”

      Doug looked at his driver’s license before saying, “No; you’re not married. My name is Douglas Christopher Larson.” Alex saw an uncertain expression on Doug’s face as he looked at her. “Alex, we don’t live on Victoria Place anymore.”

      Alex looked at her driver’s license before saying, “The street name on my driver’s license is Wild Deer Road. The city is still St. Louis.”

      “That’s what I have too,” Doug said as he gazed at his license.

      Alex went to put her license and wallet away while saying, “I don’t know why our last name is Larson or why we live on Wild Deer Road, but we need to be concentrating on a way to get back to our reality.”

      Doug was putting his wallet away when he said, “I believe our first step on that is to find the one person who’s responsible for us being here.”

      Alex crossed her arms while saying, “Randy Miller.”

      “Exactly. We should check his house.” Doug motioned towards the door as he continued to say, “Ladies first.”

      Without attempting to move, Alex said with a smirk, “You’re enjoying this way too much.”

      “Okay, I’ll go first,” Doug said as he made a slight move towards the door.

      “Well, before we leave, I want to check something,” Alex said before turning towards the dresser.

      “What do you want to check?”

      As Alex walked towards the dresser, she said, “Since mom keeps a diary, perhaps I would too.”

      Alex pulled open the top drawer; searched it thoroughly and then closed it. As she was going onto the next drawer, Doug checked underneath the mattress.

      Alex was opening the third drawer when Doug said, “You can stop looking. I found what you’re looking for.”

      Alex faced Doug before asking, “How did you know to look underneath the mattress?”

      Doug held out the diary for Alex to take and said, “That’s where mom keeps hers.”

      As Alex took the diary, she asked, “You read mom’s diary?”

      “No,” Doug quickly answered. “I just saw her placing it there one day.”

      Alex glanced at the diary before questioning, “How come I get the feeling that you might’ve read my diary in this reality?”

      Doug gave Alex a concern look before asking, “And you are becoming sensitive about the mere idea of the Doug of this reality reading your alternate’s diary?”

      Alex thought for a moment before saying, “You’re right. This is not our reality and we shouldn’t get too focused on what the us of this reality did or didn’t do.” Alex put the diary in her purse and then put her purse over her shoulder. “Well, we better get going. I’ll read this diary on the way. Oh, you wouldn’t know my roommate’s name by any chance, would you?”

      “I sure don’t,” Doug said while shaking his head. “I never even saw her in our reality.”

      Alex gestured towards the door while saying, “Well, let’s go and maybe we can find out what her name is without appearing that we lost our memories.”

      Trudy and Richard were having a casual conversation in the common room and they abruptly stopped talking when Alex and Doug stepped out of the bedroom.

      Trudy faced Alex before asking, “So how are you feeling?”

      “I’m good,” Alex said with an embarrass grin. “Well, Doug and I have something to do.”

      “You’re leaving now?” Trudy quickly asked.

      Alex gave Trudy a curious look while asking, “Is there a reason that I shouldn’t?”