Chapter 16

New York City…

Avery's pov;

A lot has been happening in Alba kingdom this past week , a new king was appointed and he got married which were happy events and then boom a catastrophe hit and the previous king and queen passed away. The rollercoaster of emotions were definitely felt by all Albanians .

Ethera has been updating me on what is going on there and I have been noting that out in my Alba journal , yes I have a whole ass journal just for this project . I just don't want to forget any experience and such.

When I came back the other day from Alba , the sun was just rising . This meant that I spent the whole night in Alba , I realized that about the time that passes by in New York while I am there while in Alba time passes faster as I spend close to 2 days there which is equivalent to a night here.

Ethera's grandma informed her to tell me that it would be better if i went over to Alba when I am about to go to sleep because one it is safer as no one will suspect why my body is unresponsive and two it gives my body time to recharge because these trips to the past take a toll on my body as well.

Meanwhile in my life on this side of the dimension *laugh yes literally I'm switching dimensions so I have a double life to update y'all about.

As I was saying , this past week I didn't go to campus that much because I was concentrating on my job as a webtoon designer. Yes you heard me right, I actually have a life outside my adventures in Alba but anyways, Webtoons have always captured my attention in high school and since I am naturally good at drawing I thought it would be advantageous for me to start make webtoons and earning some money on the side.

Of course I still want to be in the field of history more specifically archeology but I also want to make money on the side from a talent of mine.

I got the web toon contract last month which is pretty early on but I guess I got lucky. My web toon is called shifting souls, I'm using the knowledge I gained from switching souls with Ethera basically to explain how one soul can fall into the body of another but in my web toon the exchange happens between twin sisters of which one has died and the other still lives , the one that died didn't get to experience love as she went early , the alive sister lets her other half take control of her body to experience that love she never got to have so that she can Rest In Peace , what happens is that the dead sister meets a guy who was a handsome young man with an enterprise he ran as the CEO , she falls in love with him as they spend more time together , the plot twist is that the alive sister also falls in love with the man even though it was from the shadow of her sister.

The dead sister always tells her how much she is in love with him and doesn't think she can leave him and that makes the other sister angry as she doesn't want to loose her body indefinitely. She then also confessed to loving the same man and both sisters fight over that .

I'm not gonna spoil the ending as I am still figuring it out.

I showed the plot line to Sheila and she loved it , always encouraging. Many more people on campus have me their feedback as they started to read the web toon on the app and also complemented my drawing skills and storytelling in general telling me that my history major probably helped a lot in improving my storytelling skills , I agree 100%.

Another thing that I've been doing this past week is going on dates. Yes I know crazy. I've not been in contact with any guy since Lucas but you know what I deserve to also find my own happiness despite the heartbreak I experienced .

I actually liked this one guy out of all the others , his name is Eric , quite the cliche of Prince Charming, huh! Indeed his character fits the name , he is a gentleman for sure as he took me to this really nice restaurant and paid the bill , he came to pick me up at my appartement with his porche and drove me back home after the date , now that is what I call gallantry .

Where did I find him exactly? Well I used the technology available to every human being of this era , a dating app.

Now I know that it can be a scam sometimes but this time I really fell on a good fella as it seems.

Sheila is not very reassured with the fact that he is a guy from a dating app , she told me repeatedly to be careful and not tell him everything about my life just incase he is a psychopath who would want to stalk me. That is so far fetched but anyways I am being careful .

I am currently in my room scrolling through my phone and occasionally talking to Eric , more like laughing because the guy is a whole clown circus on his own, a legend I tell you.

There is a knock on my door and i tell the person who is probably sheila to enter , "Avery , do you want to have a TVD marathon with me tonight?"Sheila asks and I hum a yes absently as I answer to Eric , that is until I hear a sniff from Sheila and look up to see her red with red puffy eyes and she is eating ice cream which only means one thing , her boyfriend a.k.a my professor screwed something up. Oh boy.

"What's going on Sheila? Come here" I gesture for her to enter the room and pat the space next to me on my bed , she then hugs me tightly and starts sobbing and bawling her eyes out.

We've been in this position before but I was the one bawling my eyes out and she was the one comforting me so this time I will happily take on the latter role.

A few minutes later Sheila stops crying and looks up at me and says "He cheated on me" he did what?! I stand up and almost storm out of the room when sheila grabs my hoodie and stops me .

"Don't try to stop me now, I told him not to do anything stupid. I asked him if he was sure he could make you happy and here he is ruining that promise , I will get him. Even if he is my professor , you come first" I was frantic . I couldn't accept that he had hurt such a great person like sheila.

"Don't worry about that Avery , I will take care of that later , there must be a confrontation eventually. But right now I just want to snuggle with my best friend in front of a movie an ice-cream" I nod at her and we start setting up for the movie night we were going to indulge into.

The next couple of days passed with me working the day and trying to cheer sheila up with movie nights. She still hasn't talked to Gary about what she saw and instead stays at the apartment crying.

Tonight was no exception, we watched a comedy movie and I escorted her to her room and tucked her in then I joined my own room.

I was about to sleep when my amulet started glowing and I heard "Avery? Avery?" That was Ethera's voice.

"Yes, whats up?" , "Um remember the ball you promised to attend for me after the debutante season?" Shoot I had forgotten about that and so I tell her that.

She then proceeds to tell me it is happening the day after and asks me to come over.

"Okay I'll be there" she mutters a timid thank you and closes the link.

I then hold onto the amulet and just like the grandma instructed before , I imagine myself in Alba as I relax my body.

My soul leaves my body and enters the magic road that leads to the other dimension, Alba.