"Just us"

Doppelgänger

Do you know what a doppelgänger is?
I didn't know what is was until I saw it
For myself.
A person that looked just like me,
Acting like me, singing like me
Running like me.
Lately I haven't been feeling well
I think that might have been
The cause of this all
A simple headache
I tried my best to ignore it
I really did.
Maybe they were angry that I
Ignored it instead of freaking
Out like other people would,
Was i some type of test
Or did I just stumble upon something
I wasn't supposed to..?
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(5 years earlier..)
" Lukas Miller?"
"Here!"
"Mariah?"
"Here"
"Alright now that we know everybody is here please pick a partner you would like to look around the trail with!"
Oh
A parter I would like to look around
The trail with?
I don't have many friends especially since this is a new school. But I'll try

I quickly got up from my seat and began looking around for anybody
That look like they wanted a partner.

My eyes darted to a girl sitting in the
Corner writing in her notebook
She looks eager I thought
I began approaching her and opened
My mouth to speak..

"Excuse me?" I Said quietly

"Hm?" She looked up from her notebook and looked at me

"My name is Maddie and I was wondering if you wanted to be partners?"

She looked at me for a bit like she
Was judging me
Then she stood up grabbed her bag and
Slipped it over her shoulder
She extended her hand to me and said

"The name's Laura nice to meet you Maddie"

Great I guess this means we're partners?

I shook her hand and tried to convince myself that this would be fun...

The trail was any old trial that you
Would go hiking on
Boring, full of grass
And full of wood.

My parter was glued to her
Notebook the entire time
Sketching down things and
Facts that the wood signs
Along the trail told us.
She was a total geek

But atlas I tried to make some
Small talk to ease the awkwardness
That looked over us.

"So... how old are you?"
Silence...

"14"
She said while also preoccupied with
Her notebook.

"Cool I'm 14 also."
Silence..

"Nice."

Im getting the feeling that she
Doesn't want to talk much..
But I'll still try anyways!

"What are you drawing?"
Silence...

"Just some birds"

"What kind of birds?"

"Robins"

That was the longest conversation
I've literally ever had with her
I guess I need to talk about birds
More!

"What's your favorite bird then?"

"Parakeets mostly because I own one"

"Really?! Is it hard taking care of it?"

"Not really.. you just need to know
What your doing."

"Cool! My favorite bird is a cockatoo!
My family used to call me that so I
Guess that's where I got my love from!"

She looked up from her book
For the first time this whole trip
And stared at me again.

I smiled a bit and tried to make
Myself look nice.

"Your interesting."
She said walking away from me"

I'm interesting? I guess that's a compliment! I guess this trip really
Isn't gonna be as bad as I thought!..