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Date Posted: 14:00:46 05/07/03 Wed
Author: In courtesy of Tay^-^v
Subject: Chapter Thirty-Three: "Conversations In The Mirror" (First Person, Amanda)

Chapter Thirty-Three: ‘Conversations in the Mirror’ (First Person, Amanda)

This was not a good weekend.

First, I’m turned into my MSTing SI. That’s wonderful. Second, J.T. is turned into one of his MSTing SIs. Not that bad. Third, I woke up in Daniel’s arms... very nice. Wouldn’t mind doing that more often. Fourth, J.T. splits into Kay. Not good.

Wonder why I wasn’t in that battle? Aside from not having a clue what that thing was, I was jumping into the nearest pine in fear! One J.T. is bad enough, but throw in an even worse clone?! I can’t handle that!

There are no words to describe how hard it was to turn down Dan-chan’s offer to go back to Chicago with him.

“Why not?”

“I just have my senior year to go through. After that, I’m completely free.”

“Then come for the summer. Please?” He took my hands in his.

“Dan-chan... you have no idea how tempting that is. But my parents would wonder where I was, they’d come looking for me, and we’d never see each other again. I couldn’t stand that.” I lifted one of his hands and ran it against my cheek. “I love you more than words can say, and I want to be with you for the rest of my life, whether it be for seven months or seventy years. Once school lets me loose, I can come up there. Or we can get an apartment down here.” I opened my eyes. “You know, my parents are both gonna be at work tomorrow and I can probably get Tyler to go to a friend’s house. Come over and we can spend the day together.” A mischievous grin made itself known. “We have an above-ground pool. Just so you know, I’m not fond of bikinis, so don’t expect me to wear one. A tankini, yes. Bikini, no.”

“Coming over sounds good. I’ll think about it.”

“I’ll ‘call’ you when it’s clear.”

“Jaa mata, Mandi-chan.”

“Jaa ne, Dan-chan.” My lips still tingle when I think about our good-bye kiss from that day.

The trip home was far too quiet. Even with I’d Do Anything For Love (But I Won’t Do That) by Meat Loaf blaring, and me singing along.

“Maybe I’m crazy
But it’s crazy and it’s true
I know you can save me
No one else can save me now but you

As long as the planets are turning
As long as the stars are burning
As long as your dreams are coming true
You better believe it!--

That I would do anything for love
And I’ll be there until the final act--
I would do anything for love!
And I’ll take a vow and seal a pact--

But I’ll never forgive myself if we don’t go all the way--
Tonight--
I would do anything for love!
I would do anything for love
I would do anything for love
But I won’t do that
I won’t do that....” I sighed. Time for a mirror talk.

I walked in, noting my parents watching American Idol. My stand on reality shows and the like are the same as Bryan’s Vegeta: “I always like to laugh at the stupidity of humans.”

I answered their questions with my usual answer: “Fine.” I walked down to my room, and made a beeline for my bathroom, dropping my bags as I went. I also literally kick started my CD player, and it started in the middle of Everything. Then I sat down in front of the mirror. I know it sounds odd, but I tend to think out loud, and it feels like there’s someone in there with me. Don’t look at me like that. If I were really SF Amanda, I’d take a trip into DBVG and talk to my SI Sister, DBVG Amanda, or go into Golden Girls and talk with Sophia and Blanche. I’d stay away from Rose, of course. I don’t have the time for a St. Olaf story. The mirror is the closest thing I got.

I look at my reflection. I always was an ugly child. Why was the only the only change I made for her the length of my hair? I should have made her unendingly beautiful. I should have made her all powerful. I should have given her a size B-chest. At least! I should have made her the female version of Tarot!

“’Course, then Cav and Dav would have stuffed me into Haruna’s tree, and she’s the Tenchi version of Bulma,” I said. “It’s funny how anime has so many stock characters.

“Anyway, here’s the deal. I’ve become my MSTing SI. I, apparently, have these powers for a reason, and we’ve already been attacked by... something my brother probably knows about. J.T. now has two versions of himself running around, and more are likely to appear soon due to the SI MSTs. I had a nightmare last night, and, even though he denies it, so did Daniel. Are they the future? Maybe, maybe not. I don’t know. And if they are, why, at six months pregnant, would I want to die? It’s against everything the Sayins believed in, and I’ve always been more Sayin than Earthling. Was there some other reason that I just don’t know about? And what about Daniel’s dream? Only Sis can share dreams with her mate, so I don’t know. What about when school starts? It’s my last year, thank every deity ever in existence, and if J.T. were here, he’d say ‘You’re welcome, Mrs. Apeface’, and I’d rip his intestines out, but I can’t graduate if Dalton goes the way of Anime and Godzilla Tokyo!” I leaned against the towel rack, placing my feet against the door frame. “What to do?”

“Well honey, maybe you should just take it in stride and roll with the punches. That’s what you’ve always done.” What? “Or is that what we’ve done? Mathematics always was hard.” Is my reflection... talking to me? I peeked at the mirror out the corner of my eye. My reflection was blinking at me over the sink. “Oh, and Red and Junior have some kind of problem with ya.” She waved a hand in a dismissive gesture. “You might wanna talk to talk to them at some time. Well, see ya!” It disappears.

“How... My face is at the other end of the counter, not at the end with the sink! Who was that?! That wasn’t Sis! Was it DMT Neechan? No, she has the mother scar. The reflection was just that, a reflection of me! My head hurts...” A hand goes to my right temple and I hunt down my tea. On the nightstand, of course. Good antioxidants...

“I’m not any of your SI Sisters. You will meet me in time.” That’s it.

“Dan-chan, are you there? Something really, really weird just happened to me.”

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A/N: I’M BACK! (A Dinosaur Story! ^_^) I’ll be adding chapters, just won’t do the sending words back and forth part. I missed you very very much. Ai shiteru, Dan-chan.

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