Chapter 6: Chapter 6

“Sorry. Okay, what were you going to show me?”

She led me down the hallway towards the cafeteria. Unlike the rest of the building, it was brightly lit. I could see a younger version of myself already sitting at one of the tables. I could tell it was me because she still had brown hair. I’d dyed my hair blue in eighth grade.

This June was a lot cuter. Rosy plump cheeks. She was me before I lost all that weight playing soccer in high school. The only thing that disturbed me was her sad eyes. Her hollow brown eyes stared down at the sheets of notebook paper, cluttered with monster drawings.

“Why are we so sad?”

“We just moved here from Madison, remember? We didn’t know anyone. And we had to leave all our friends behind,” Young June explained.

“My friends? In Madison?” I laughed, shaking my head in disbelief. I couldn’t even remember their names.

“Maddie? Jason? At recess we played witches and wizards? We were Double, Maddie was Toil, Jason was Trouble.”