Nightmare and the Man In It

The girl called Kris was shocked. "God, that really is me, but I don't remember taking this photo at all. As far as I can remember, I only got to know him in middle school."

The boy looked unhappy when he heard that and urged, "Let's go."

Kris, however, continued, "Dean said something before he died."

"Stop," said the boy in a low voice.

Kris simply went on. "He said: 'You're not real.' He said it over and over again. Do you have any idea what he meant?"

After a brief silence, the boy said, "No, I don't. Dean was on a lot of drugs, psychotropic ones. You get what I mean?"

Kris's eyes filled with tears. "Jessie, it's like someone forced Dean to do that, but nobody was around him. You have to believe me."

"Kris, you were probably seeing things." The boy shook his head.

"No, I believe her." Another girl suddenly cut into the conversation as she walked over to them.

They looked at the girl.