“Talk,” Mary Elise spat as she held the ring threateningly at Claudia. “And make it quick, before I show you my true power.” Claudia stifled a laugh as she stared at the teen.
“Seriously,” she chuckled. “Your threatening me? What the hell? I came here to visit not to cause trouble so stop the mistress of pain routine, it looks really stupid.”
Mary Elise grit her teeth as she glared at Claudia. This girl obviously did not know who she was talking with. Mary Elise had enough power in her ring to turn this intruder into a big without a second thought. “Don’t mock me,” she growled. “You don’t know what I can do and what I’m capable of doing.”
“Fine,” Claudia huffed. “Your the super badass of this world Okay? Now you want to talk or what?”
Mary Elise narrowed her eyes as she continued to stare at Claudia. Slowly she lowered her ring wearily as she curiously gazed at the college age woman. “So what did you want to talk about?”
“Well for starters what’s with the look,” Claudia stated. “Never seen you go for the mistress of the night vibe. Everything okay with you?”
“What does it matter to you,” Mary Elise grumbled. Claudia sighed, shaking her head in annoyance at the moody teen. “Geez things are really different around here,” she said. Slowly she looked at the girl, huffing in annoyance at the teen. “You know where I’m from we've been friends for years. The Mary Elise I know certainly wouldn’t be putting on this front. Believe it or not she’s my best friend...Well was before I got engaged.”
“Your engaged,” Karen gaped. Claudia nodded as she slowly raised her hand, showing off the ring Mika had given her. “Yeah since Thanksgiving,” she smiled. “Mika kind of surprised me. Didn’t see this one coming.”
“You and Mika are engaged,” Mary Elise exclaimed to which Claudia nodded. “Yep,” Claudia said happily. “Judging by the looks on your faces I’m guessing that’s a surprise. What are me and her not a couple in this reality?”
“No your a couple,” Mary said. “You two just started dating recently. Their going to be shocked when they hear that though. Then again anytime we’ve run into anyone from the other timeline it’s been a bit of a shock.”
“So who else have you run into,” Claudia asked genuinely interested. “I know Katie and Kellie have been here but I’m curious about who else had been here. Katie kept this a secret for awhile and I’m curious how long I’ve been left out of the loop.”
“Well we haven’t met the other Kellie,” Karen stated. “But we did meet the adult Lisa and Kumiko as well as Katie.” Claudia gawked as she took in this information, she hadn’t realized Lisa and Kumiko had been here before. It annoyed her that Katie had taken her aunt and her aunts friend here yet not told her. Claudia paused though as she now thought about Karen’s words, what did she mean by adult Lisa and Kumiko?
“Question,” she asked. “What do you mean adult Lisa and Kumiko?”
“It means adult,” Mary Elise stated. “As in not teenagers. The two of them talked with me when they visited this reality. I guess in your timeline they’re older or something .”
“They’re younger here,” Claudia asked. “How much younger? What are they in their 20s or something?” Mary Elise gave Claudia a befuddled look, obviously this woman had no idea about how different things were in this timeline as opposed to her own. “Lisa and Kumiko are Mika and Katie’s twin sisters,” she said.
Claudia’s jaw dropped. “Twin sisters,” she thought. “Holy hell their freaking kids. How did that happen?” As she gazed at Mary Elise and Karen she began to have second thoughts about coming to this reality. Obviously she wasn’t prepared to find out that two people she knew had been so radically altered. If Lisa and Kumiko were just teenage girls then what was she like.
“You Okay,” Karen asked tentatively. “You...Umm....kind of looked shell shocked.”
“Sorry,” Claudia blushed, trying to compose herself. “It’s just...wasn’t expecting that bit of news. Katie never told me a lot about this timeline. Actually learned about it from her kid sisters. Wanted to see what things were like for myself but now I’m wondering if I may of bitten off more than I could chew.”
Mary Elise looked the woman over, her curiousity was winning out over her anxiety. This Claudia seemed so much different from the shy, meekngirl she was so accustomed too. The Claudia she knew would never approach strangers or do something so reckless as to sneak into another reality. “No,” she said quickly. “No...I’m glad you came, I’m.......not used to seeing this version of you. You seem like a totally different person than the Claudia I’m used too.”
“Really,” Claudia smirked. “Huh not sure if that’s a good thing or a bad thing.” Mary Elise smirked as she looked the college girl over. “You know you could meet her,” she replied impishly. “Could be an eye opening experience?”
“”You know maybe we should just take her to see Kellie,” Karen answered quickly. “I mean I’m guessing she’s here to see Katie and Kellie.”
“And yet she came to see us first,” Mary aelise replied. “I’m guessing that’s not a coincidence. Am I right Claudia?” Claudia smirked impishly as she gazed at the two teens. “Sort of,” she smirked. “To be honest wasn’t sure where this version of Kellie lived, let alone Katie. I thought it would be the same homes as before but I’ve heard stories that things are a bit different around here. Looking at Mary over here I can see that those stories were true.”
Mary Elise nodded as she looked at Claudia. “Seems that way,” she said. “So what would you like to do? You want to meet the other version of you or should we just take you to see Katie and Kellie?”