In a Loop

Chapter 1

Author's Message:
In case you didn't read the summary, a bit of this story's plot line was inspired by Undertale, but the characters and setting are completely different. Even the plot isn't all inspired by it, just the time loop concept. Even so, you do not have to play or know what Undertale is to understand this book and it's plot. I'm super excited about it, and I hope you guys are too! Enjoy!
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My eyes opened slowly, squinting at the sunlight leaking in through my window in my bedroom. I rolled over into my stomach and pulled the covers of my bed over my head, not wanting to get up. Though, this was all before I realized what day it was. I sat up as quick as lightning, but laughed under my breath realizing that the covers were still over my head, and I couldn't see. I pulled them down, and jumped out of bed to go into the kitchen. I had to go out and eat breakfast so that I can call everyone telling them about my birthday party later on. I scrambled some eggs and put some toast in the toaster. Soon enough, the whole floor smelled of a small breakfast restaurant you'd find in the downtown area here. I ate quickly, and called Julie, Ben, and Rosa. I, for the most part, gave them all the same message: "Hey! In case you wanted to come, my birthday party is later today at 4:30. Looking forward to it!" And I wasn't lying- I was really excited. The only part that would make it hard for me was that this was the first year I would be without either of my parents for my birthday. All my other family lived far from here, and my mom had died of cancer last summer. Sadly, that had occurred right after my birthday. She was lucky that she was even able to come to the party last year. If you wanted to know about my dad, well... Nothing physical happened to him, so he's (physically) fine. He was arrested and put into jail for assault a few years ago. He always did have anger issues, after all. Not that I'm saying that's any excuse for what he did, and I was in no mood to see him any time soon. Now all who I had were my close friends and distant relatives. I shook away all of those thoughts, not wanting to be thinking about it today. I glanced over at the clock sitting on top of my fire place's mantle, and cursed under my breath. It was a lot later than it seemed, given that I'd slept in. The party was only three and a half hours away, making it 1:00. Three and a half hours away, and I had more than enough cleaning to do in that time. I winced, and scurried into the living room. It was the main social area, after all, so I decided that I would start there.
After three and a half hours of quickly paced cooking and cleaning, I was ready, and my three friends arrived. I greeted them all, but after they came in and sat down, I stayed there. I leaned on the door frame, the door open wide behind me. I waited, half expecting my mom to arrive, but I knew she couldn't. I knew she was gone. The thing that troubled me was that it was so long ago, I shouldn't be thinking about it this much, right? But, she was my mom. It hurt- a lot. I felt Rosa come up behind me, and tap me on the shoulder. "Hey, you coming in?" she asked. I nodded, "I'll be in soon," I sighed, "I just need a minute."
I watched the breeze weakly blow my flower pot to and fro in the air, hanging from my front porch's ceiling. Short vines crawled out of the edges of the pot, but the light purple flowers staying in place on the top. I snapped back into reality when I heard my friends talking in the living room
"Hey, looks who's back- the host!" Julie teased. "Yeah, what were you doing staring off into space like that, anyway?" Ben asked. "Ah, nothing- just thinking." I lied. I shook the thoughts out of my head once again, and enjoyed the party. I forgot all of my troubles, and thought of my mom for the party after that, and the party went by rather quickly. And so when it ended, I walked everyone out, and they drove home. I sat back outside, smiling to myself, thinking about the party, and laughing to myself at the funny moments. For a moment, I'd forgotten about everything bad, and just thought about the good things. I was happy, and grateful that I had those three there for me. And then, abruptly, everything dissolved before me. Even my memory. It was all gone.