"Quinn, you wanted to talk to us?" Hannah and Landon stepped inside the library where Quinn is waiting . His parents: Henry and Lily were also there, including Nicholas and wife Lara .
"Mama Hannah, I wanted to ask something about Cassandra . " he began .
"What is it, Quinn? Did something happen?" Wondering, Hannah asked worriedly .
"Mama, does Cassandra sleepwalk at night?" Quinn asked afterward .
"No, Quinn . Why?" curious Hannah asked .
Quinn takes a silent . He is weighing whether to share what happened last night . No . Not the kisses they have shared .
"Cassandra came back for a shorter time but then disappeared again . "
"Is that true Quinn?"
He nodded . But Hannah began sobbing . "How is she? Did you talk to her?"
"Not really, Mama . But I mentioned that she switches the body with someone . I told her to remember the story in a book she read at Loura's house . I quickly explained to her that; it was also our life but changes after RESET, and that is our present time in reality . She then unconscious and slept," Quinn narrated .
"Then I asked the Cassandra who with us, but she can't remember anything about last night . "
"Then are you saying that sometimes Cassandra would come back, but she will leave again?"
Quinn nodded . "It was just my theory, Mama . "
Hannah feeling like she is passing out . She is worried about her daughter if she was in good hands and was safe . Landon, who was only listening to this time, patted his wife's back and comforted her .
* * *
Back to the Life that does not exist anymore .
Cassandra steps down from bed, yawning . She strides outside toward the bathroom just next to their bedroom . She immediately washes her face and stares at her reflection in the mirror .
No way! She had hair? She screamed inside her head .
Did she jump time? Then, how old is she now? And she also notices, there are more changes to her appearance she could see . Now her chest developed and looks like she also grew taller .
She went back to her bedroom and the almost empty shelves have more stuffed places in it by now .
It could even be possible to skip time like this? She asked herself again .
Cassie pondering on these things . She dreamed that Quinn is telling her she was switching body to someone who that person is also she in this life . However, there is a reset happens, and the course of their lives changes .
Then, she was not inside a dream, but she went to another time? Is everything possible? Ah, her head got only confused right now . But she remembers the story of that book very well .
Cassie has been contemplating when she heard a message tone from a phone . She found it on her bed, then it means it was hers . The phone wasn't a smartphone brand, but it was a flipping one . She checks out the new-arrived message, and it was from Cara .
The messages she read on this phone are from Levi and Cara . Just as the book tells, they will become best of friends .
Although she can't recall any memories from this body, it was empty but her memories of what she could only remember . And to catch up from all that happens at the moment, she has to rely on the story of that book . And so, she needs to know how old she was this time and how many chapters she jumped into in .
Staring at the phone, she receives another message from Cara .
'Where are you? We're supposed to celebrate your birthday already! You should have told us it was your birthday yesterday!'
'Oh . But where should I go?' She asked .
'Just come to the shop . Be there now, okay?'
Cara mentioned the shop . It must be the same store Cara's family-owned .
All right, so yesterday is her birthday and her friends wanted to celebrate it even it was late . Well, never mind . She is better to show up and find out what is new now that she was thirteen years old .
She quickly took a bath and changed clothes . It looks like, going to rain later . Cassie opens the closet that belongs to her in this dream . She found more clothes storing inside, also; she owns more winter coats and rain jackets . She chooses a dark pink hoodie to paired her white high-neck fitted long sleeve .
She also noticed that more sneakers she owns now, than the first time she woke up inside this dream, almost nothing she owns . Looks like, Martin regularly shop her clothes . She could recall that he was angry when Lydia spent that money that supposed to be for her new . Instead, Lydia only bought for her and Mimie .
Like what the book says, Cassie has a good life when her uncle was around . Everything began changing after he got into the accident, and he died .
Wait, a minute . Martin will die one of these years . No . Even she wanted to change that course of fate, but she shouldn't meddle anything that happens in the book . She sighed .
She is all set . Cassie went to the garage and get her bike . It was in the book that Martin bought a bike for her birthday . Since then, she will often hang out with the others .
Riding a bike toward the address Cara gave her, she stopped at the traffic light .
No way! Cassie screams inside her head . Today, she will meet Quinn who was drunk and hasn't sober up! And it happens already! Larry stopped his car just next to her . But Cassie quickly put on her hood and just secretly peep at the car next to her .
Quinn . . . her heart cried .
She could hear that Larry was scolding Quinn as how he was drunk last night until this morning . The book said, he was mourning on her birthday, that is why she got drunk last night .
The moment the traffic light becomes Green, Cassie resumes pedaling and crosses the intersection . She follows the car that passed her .
Quinn, even how much I wanted to show up to you, I cannot do it . There will be the right time, that you will see her again . Cassie whispered in the air .
She arrives at the store owned by Cara's mom . She steps inside, and they already prepared to surprise her with a greeting and happy birthday song while they were holding balloons and Levi is a strawberry cake . She smiled and thanked them .
She was glad . That she in this life meets wonderful people like Levi and Cara, to which she also friends with them in reality .
Cassie watching fondly . She remembers that across here is their favorite café .
Quinn . . . I missed you so much . I wanted to kiss you once again . Hope to see you again tonight .
"Hey, what's with the sad face?" Levi asked her . "It's your birthday . You should be smiling . " Levi pulls both of her cheeks .
"Aw, Levi!" she smacks him on the back . The usual silly Levi . Cassie laughs as he was telling a joke .
"Okay, who wants hot drinks?"
"Let me buy them, Auntie!" she volunteered .
Cassie now crossing the street, nervous and feeling excited . The last time she came here is Martin brought her, and she saw the Quinn who existed here . So she wonders, by chance, she will meet Quinn today .
But the reason she volunteered is to remember the place in the same café she and Quinn dated . She steps inside and glances at the table she and Quinn shared on their dates . To her surprise, Quinn was there! He was working on his laptop while sipping from the cup of coffee . Then stop typing but picked up a document and began reading it .
The hard-working Quinn . She could tell that he was having a hangover as Quinn frequently massaging his temples and nape . She wanted to run toward him and offer to massage his shoulders and forehead . It will surely surprise him seeing her alive . But no, Quinn should not find out yet that Cassie is alive .
Just hold on Quinn . You will see her at the right time . Work hard . When the time comes, she needed your protection and power .
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