This Can't be Real

A man wearing a black leather suit along with a red cape was standing in front of me and introduces himself as Ben, the boy who met me yesterday. I could not believe my eyes and my mouth was held open in confusion. I started to rub my eyes and after a while, when I opened my eyes it was the same, Ben. His muscular body was back to normal and he was again a mid seventeen boy with a pleasant face. But I saw a man speaking to me and proclaimed that he is Ben, then where he vanished. It seemed so real to me that I am confused now or rather it must be mine and another false imagination.

" Hello Victor," said Ben.

Victor - " Hi, how are you? "

Ben - " Fine and you. "

Victor - " Fine "

Ben - " Why were you rubbing your eyes so forcibly when you saw me? "

Victor ( to himself ) - " If I tell him that I saw a muscular man in place of him then he will make fun of me and will surely spread this news in our school campus that I am mad and this will put a bad portrait of mine in front of Callie, which I can't afford.

Victor - " Some.... some tiny dust particles went inside my eyes so I was trying to take them out by rubbing my eyes. "

Ben - " You should be doing this gently as it can cause permanent or temporary damage to your eyes. "

Victor - " Yes, I know but I was in pain and could hardly see anything. "

Ben - " Now, are you feeling good ."

Victor - " Ya, ya all good but why did you stop me? "

Ben - " Yes, I wanted to continue our conversation from where I left it yesterday. "

Victor - " Okay, sure but I wanted to continue our conversation in the school but you didn't arrive at the school today. "

Ben - " Hmm, yes I urgently had to go somewhere else that is why I was not able to come to the school. "

Victor - " Okay, for what work. "

Ben - " Sorry but can't tell you it's a bit personal. "

Victor ( to himself ) - " Victor, don't be a jerk you have met him yesterday and expecting that he will tell you his works. "

Victor - " Okay, no problem. Let's resume our conversation from where we left it yesterday ."

Ben - " Yes, I wanted to tell you that..... "

[Victor's phone starts to ring]

Victor ( to Ben ) - " Please excuse me for a moment. "

Victor ( answers to the caller ) - " Yes "

The Caller - " Good evening Sir, can I talk to Master Victor. "

Victor - " Yes, I am Victor whose there on the other side. "

The Caller - " I am Bruce and I would like to tell you that you have been selected for the inter-school debate competition. "

Victor ( to himself ) - " What he is talking about? I have been selected for the inter-school debate competition, but I don't remember that I have volunteered for any such competition "

Bruce - " Hello, Master Victor are you there ?"

Victor - " Yes, yes I am listening. Go ahead. "

Bruce - " Kindly prepare yourself for the competition and if you have any query regarding this competition you can contact me ."

Victor - " Sure, but I ..."

[ The call disconnects ]

Strange he didn't wait for my response. I turned back and found that Ben was missing. I shouted his name several times but no response came to me. "

Victor ( to himself ) - " He must have to go somewhere else he would have waited for me. He is a strange boy and our conversation remains incomplete. Let me meet him in the school to finally complete this conversation. "

On my way I saw a strange sight, there was a huge hole on the road and when I peeped inside the hole I saw some heavenly objects revolving around a dark planet in a zig-zag manner and were colliding against each other. I shouted, " this can't be real ". To confirm this I tried to touch the hole with my foot and no sooner did I touched it than it disappeared and the road was back to normal. I was shocked and was still standing in the middle of the road and the vehicles were blowing their horn at me. I was so scared that I ran towards my house as fast as I could and locked myself in my room.

I shouted at the peak of my voice " Why are these things happening with me? "

I wanted to call up my parents but I couldn't as I knew that my parents will never believe in my truth and maybe it's another stupid illusion of mine as I am not aware of what is real? and what is fake? But I need to talk to someone firstly, Silas's name came to my mind but on thinking further that this thing will disturb him as well and maybe to a greater extent I changed my decision and called Jacob.