A Second Chance

The Truth

...

Marie entered the class. Although Chloe was glaring at her, I could see her hands trembling. Marie's forearm had a strike of black paint on it. I chuckled slightly. She was the clumsiest girl I knew.

"Have you both swapped seats? Anyways, I wanted help with badminton. Could you come with me, Chloe."She asked sweetly. Why did her sweetness seem fake?

Chloe's eyes widened. She knew something. Marie looked confused when she stood up.

"You have football Euphoria. Come on, Chloe." She tugged my sleeve.
"Coming right up. " I stuttered out. I am Chloe now, I told myself

Marie and I went out to the playground instead of the badminton court.
"Marie, this isn't the way to the badminton court" I chuckled.
Marie turned around sharply.
"Don't you dare correct me!"

Huh?

"What?"This isn't the Marie I knew.
" I want my painting to be the best in the exhibition. You are going to take the blame for ruining Euphoria's painting, got it?" Marie snarled. These 2 things aren't even connected...

"Who ruined my- Euphoria's painting?" Marie may let it slip out.
" Of course, I did! I am better than her in every way and I will prove it to everyone! If you tell her, I will make her life hell too"

Was Chloe being bullied by her? She should've told me! Marie had unknowingly revealed her true self to me and I was furious.

I slapped her right across her face. She began to cry. She looked around and ran towards Chloe, who she thought was me. Marie was pointing toward me and seemed to be saying something. I was still glaring at Marie.

Chloe seemed confused. I was going to explain the situation, but I passed out. Again!

"You were worthy of the second chance I gave you. I am proud of you."

The next time I opened my eyes, I was back in the storage room. I looked around and spotted chewing gum under the equipment rack.

"Some people never change." I sighed.

I heard a light yawn and turned toward the direction of the sound. It was Chloe's body! Was Chloe in it?

"Chloe?"Her head shot up in my direction.
"Euphoria? Is that you?"I smacked her playfully.
"You should've told me." I hugged her tight. From the corner of my eye, I saw Ms. Dreadtris's stick fading out of my sight.
"What was that?"I asked Chloe, just to confirm what I had seen.
"Huh?" She still clung to me like a koala.
"Nothing"

The next day, Ms. Dreadtris announced that our summer vacations were about to begin and instructed Chloe and I to go to her cabin.We had to collect our homework workbooks.

Ms. Dreadtris said that she had some urgent work so she had to leave early. She gave us a stack of workbooks to distribute in class. Ms. Dreadtris stalked towards the door, turned around, and gave us a small smile before leaving. She smiled! What the hell?!

As soon as the door closed, a bright light engulfed me. The old lady in my dreams patted my head as my vision cleared. It was Ms Dreadtris!!!

"You did well..."

"-IA! EUPHORIA!"
"huh? WHAT!" Chloe frowned at me.
"Are you okay? You are sweating a lot!"
"eheh.. It's nothing... Just zoned out...."
I should probably tell her about my dreams.

"I have something to tell you!" We chorused.
"You first." I said.

"Euphoria, I had a few weird dreams recently where Ms. Dreadtris told me to trust you and get prepared for some thing 'in the future'. I thought I should probably tell you. I totally get it if you think I'm weird or something , but that's what happened-"

" WHAT!?!"