Chapter sixteen

"Oh come on, you've never been in love either." He mocked after seeing Rebecca's expression of displeasure.

"But it doesn't mean that I don't believe in love. I just haven't met the right person yet." She said nodding, like if she was trying to convince herself as well.

"Hmm, so now you're looking for love?" He askrd, raising an eyebrow.

"I'm looking for happiness and for finding my real roots. I want to find my place in the world, and if it will endly lead me to love then surely I'm not going to complain." She said, pouring cheese on the remaining pasta.

"That's a shame." He commented catching her attention who looked at him.

He continued: "I thought you were like me. That you just wanted to have fun.."

She frowned intervening "so all the times you got close to me was because you just wanted me to be one of many girls you slept with?" The girl asked with a cold tome of voicd, he tried ro reply but she suddenly gots up. "You're an asshole." She said with a cold voice and quickly walked to her room.

"Oh, God. That's not what I meant." He complained but It was too late for Rebecca to hear, she slammed the door behind her.

Deeply down, she knew that she overreacted, but she was still nervous about her mom.

She checked her phone which was vibrating on the nightstand.

Message from: Karen

' How did the spell go?' I'm on my way '

"Oh God the party!" She whispered.

She tried to remember Karen's explanation.

when she did she quickly fixed her make up and put on one of her night dresses.

She closed her eyes focusing, she imagined herself in front of her, like if she was looking at a mirror.

"digeris hominem" she pronounced the spell but nothing worked.

"Come on. Come on" she whispered as she tried to close her eyes again.

She imagined herself, wearing her pajamas, closing her eyes, as if she was staring at herself from the outside.

"digeris hominem" she said slowly.

This time the spell worked, an identical copy of her body appeared in front of her.

She remained in awe, she tried to touch the new body and it seemed so real.

"Okay repeat this." Roselyn said looking at her copy in the eye.

"Wow, I look very pretty." She whispered.

"Wow, I look very pretty." The copy repeated.

Roselyn nodded no "nonono not this." she complained.

The copy did every gestire She did Just like It was a mirror.

"nonono not this." She repeated her sentence.

"Stop repeating. Fuck."

The copy looks at her puzzled.

"Forget all I said before," Roselyn says moving her finger.

"Managing to forget.." the copy closed her eyes and her body started shaking.

Roselyn looked at her with a concerned look on her face. "3 - 2 - 1." The copy counted, then she reopened her eyes announcing: "Done. All info has been deleted."

Roselyn let out a sigh of relief.

"I don't feel very well." Roselyn mimics words slowly and the copy repeated the sentence. "I don't feel very well."

Roselyn nodded clapping her hands.

"Let me sleep. We'll talk tomorrow." She said the next sentence and the copy successful learn it.

"Last one: I'm so tired."

"I'm so tired." The copy said moving her hands exactly like Rose.

"Stop repeating," Roselyn commanded. The copy closed her eyes and began to shake once again.

Roselyn backed off lightly scared.

"done."

"That's scary" Becca whispered, then She nodded her bed.

"Okay go to bed and pretend to sleep if anyone walks in." Rebecca's copy jumped on the bed and covers herself with the blanket.

She now had to figure out how to get out without being caught by Andreas.

She tried to look where he was slightly opening the door, but she doesn't seem to see him anywhere so she walked out of her room, careful to make no noise. She finally reached the door and opened it silently.

Once she closed the door behind her, she breathed deeply, and then she ran out.

Karen was waiting for her in Ben's car and smiled when she saw Rose arriving.

"You did it!"

Karen raised the car's volume as soon as they were far enough from Andreas' house so that they could sing throughout the car ride.

As soon as they got in there, Becca freezes for few seconds as the smell of alcohol made her old memories come back. All the negative things she went through begin flashing before her eyes. She took a few steps back trying to take long breaths.

"Are you okay?" Karen asked concerned.

"Yes. It's just the first time I've been to a party since... since treatment." Roselyn said as she starts to feel better.

"We can leave if it's too much." Karen responded.

"It's fine."

Karen took her arm "I'm here by your side to check on you."

The place was so crowded that they could barely walk through the crowd.

They walked to the living room when Rose bumped into Ben.

"Here you are!" He said, It was Just been half an hour before they lastly seen each other yet he was already drunk since he barely stood up and was leaning on a guy.

He offered Roselyn a bottle of vodka.

Karen intervened taking it "thanks. See you Ben!" She said smiling forcefully and pulling her to the living room, where they notice an empty sofa so they decide to sit on there.

"I'm not a good friend for having brought you here." Karen said scoffing.

"No. It's fine. I mean, I can control myself perfectly." Rebecca admited, nodding to seem more convincing.

"We can still have fun without drinking right?" .

"Oh my god." She then startled. Looking at a bunch of people in the other room.

She stood up on her tiptoe to see better.

"Oh god no" she snorted.

"What happened?" Rebecca askes, laughing lightly.

"My ex is here." Karen said taking a few sips from the bottle.

She squeezed her eyes. "I needed to drink. It was too much to take."

Roselyn giggled.

"I bet he's here with his new girlfriend." She said taking another sip.

"She's all over Instagram claiming to be in love. Like that son of a bitch cheated on me more times. I bet he cheats on her as well." Karen spat glowering at him, then she turned around, looking at her friend "I have an idea." She said smirking.

"You should go there and pretend to be drunk or something and try to flirt with him."

She opened her eyes wide and shook her head disapproving.

"Please. I just want to know if he would cheat on her as well. I don't want to make them break up." She begged until Rebecca gave up and nodded.

Karen turned around to steal a drink from some girl's hands and give it to Rose. The girl she stole the drink from, glared at her, murmuring some curses.

"You have to carry this to make it seem more real."

Rebecca takes some sips from the drink. "It's fine this won't kill me. It just will make me a little tipsy." She justified herself, then she walked toward Karen's ex and smiled hugely as she got close to him.

"Nice to meet you." She lifted the glass.

The guy looked at Rose from head to toe and then said hi.

"You're not from here right?" He asks.

She pretended to stumble and he quickly held her.

"Someone is a little drunk huh?" He giggled.

The girl laughed. "You're very hot." She said looking at Karen from the corner of her eye.

"You're hot too. But you're drunk you shouldn't be here." He said.

"So let's go to your place then." She replied winking and giggling.

"My place sounds amazing." He replied whispering.

The alcohol seemed so light and tasty that before she knew It she finished the glass too quickly.

"Woah! Slow down." He laughed.

Renecca made a sign to Karen.

"Should we go now?" The guy's arm wrapped Rebecca's back and his gaze placed on her lips.

"Why all the hurry?" The tipsy girl heard a familiar voice so she turned around to see if she heard it right.

And she did.

It was the one and only Andreas.

He was glowering at her with his arms folded.