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Chapter 5 - 5. The Show

Jeremiah: This is longer than last time. Does anyone remember anything else?

George: Not really.

Lisa: "not really"

Jeremiah: I heard that, Lisa

Lisa: I wanted you to hear it.

Aaron: It feels like we have been walking for daysssss.

Jeremiah: Now that I think about it, I don't feel hungry or tired.

George: Yeah, it's probably because we are dead. Maybe all these things don't matter in the afterlife.

Aaron: Yeah but you know that gut-wrenching feeling you get when you know something is on the way but you don't know when it's coming?

Lisa: No

George: Ok here is what I propose. Let's take a small break and see what we can try to remember without moving.

Aaron: Yeah. We really need a break and I don't even know anything about the people I am traveling with.

Lisa: Not like we know anything about ourselves either but sure, I am down.

Jeremiah: Ok so who goes first?

George: Since I brought it up, let me. I said I don't really remember anything earlier because it was a bit vague. I know I was walking somewhere. I also remember there were two tickets in my hand.

Jeremiah: Ok but do you remember anything about yourself?

George: I don't know. I think I had someone I was close to considering I was supposed to go to the movies

Lisa: So that's it?

George: That's it for now.

Aaron: Ok. Let me go next. I remember playing chess. I think I was really good too. I played it a lot in my free time. I think I was the student council president and I played a bit of the piano and I...

Lisa: We get it, you were a genius. Let's move on.

Aaron: That's it. That's all I can remember.

Jeremiah: Seems you regained the most memories. I thought it would be even for all of us. All I remember is two kids. Last thing I remember is playing with them at home.

Lisa: I guess I'm up then.

George: Yeah

Lisa: Ok so remember how I told N I was gay?

Jeremiah: I remember that coming up, yeah

Lisa: It was because I was holding hands with a girl. She looked my age too. We even hugged. I just can't make her face out in my head.

Jeremiah: No point going further then. All I ask is we all try to make new memories now, we might not get to see each other again and this is the closest to normal we have.

Aaron: Well said.

George: Wait, why do we have to go anywhere? We could just stay here and talk.

๐™๐™๐™š ๐™ง๐™ค๐™–๐™™ ๐™—๐™š๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ข ๐™—๐™š๐™œ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™˜๐™ง๐™ช๐™ข๐™—๐™ก๐™š ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™™๐™š๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ง๐™ช๐™˜๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™œ๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™˜๐™ก๐™ค๐™จ๐™š๐™ง.

๐™๐™๐™š๐™ฎ ๐™œ๐™š๐™ฉ ๐™ช๐™ฅ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ ๐™ง๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ

George: I feel like I'm to blame for that.

Lisa: Now what makes you think that?!

Jeremiah: Run

Aaron: Oh look. There's a door!

๐™๐™๐™š๐™ฎ ๐™Ÿ๐™ช๐™ข๐™ฅ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ž๐™ข๐™ข๐™š๐™™๐™ž๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ก๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™จ๐™š๐™–๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™–๐™ช๐™™๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ž๐™ช๐™ข. ๐™„๐™ฉ ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ค๐™ ๐™จ ๐™ก๐™ž๐™ ๐™š ๐™– ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ก๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™จ๐™๐™ค๐™ฌ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ง๐™š ๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐™ข๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฎ ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ง๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™จ, ๐™ ๐™ž๐™™๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™›๐™› ๐™จ๐™š๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™›๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ฉ.

Lisa: Well that was fun.

Aaron: Whose memory could this be?

Jeremiah: Oh no.

Lisa: Oh no?

Jeremiah: Why do I have a very bad feeling about this one?

George: No way this is your memory and you're going to perform something for us... right?

Teacher: Coming up next to perform his dance is Jeremiah from Class 2B!

There is a round of applause while a boy in a suit comes out. Shoes are well polished and clothes look like they just got ironed.

Teacher: So what are you going to dance to today for us?

Jeremiah: I will be dancing to Let it Rain by Lindsey Hoffmann.

George: HAAHHAHA. Is our Jeremiah still here?

Jeremiah: I swear N has some explaining to do.

Lisa: Awwwwww. Is our Jeremiah shy?

Aaron: Guys he's about to start.

๐™๐™๐™š ๐™จ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™…๐™š๐™ง๐™š๐™ข๐™ž๐™–๐™ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™›๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™˜๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™™. ๐™…๐™š๐™ง๐™š๐™ข๐™ž๐™–๐™ ๐™™๐™ค๐™š๐™จ๐™ฃ'๐™ฉ ๐™ข๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š. ๐™…๐™š๐™ง๐™š๐™ข๐™ž๐™–๐™ ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐™™๐™ค๐™š๐™จ๐™ฃ'๐™ฉ ๐™ข๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š

George: Wait what is happening? Why aren't you dancing bro?

Jeremiah: โ€ฆ

Lisa: Maybe he needs some encouragement. GO JERRY. GO JERRY.

George: They can't hear us. Remember?

Lisa: Oh right.

Aaron: Is heโ€ฆ He is peeing himself on stage!

๐™๐™๐™š๐™ž๐™ง ๐™…๐™š๐™ง๐™š๐™ข๐™ž๐™–๐™ ๐™™๐™ž๐™จ๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ก๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฉ๐™ก๐™š ๐™—๐™ค๐™™๐™ฎ. ๐™ƒ๐™š ๐™ก๐™ค๐™ค๐™ ๐™จ ๐™ช๐™ฅ ๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ข ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™˜๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™ง๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™—๐™–๐™˜๐™ ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™œ๐™š. ๐™๐™๐™š ๐™–๐™ช๐™™๐™ž๐™š๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ก๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ก๐™š๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™—๐™ง๐™ค๐™ ๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™—๐™ฎ ๐™ก๐™–๐™ช๐™œ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ ๐™ž๐™™๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฅ๐™–๐™ง๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™จ.

George: HAHAHAHAHA. There is no way I'm leaving this one. I could watch this forever.

Lisa: This is cracking me up so bad.

Aaron: Come on guys. Let's go get him.

George: Yeah let's go.

๐™๐™๐™š๐™ฎ ๐™ง๐™–๐™ฃ ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™จ๐™˜๐™๐™ค๐™ค๐™ก ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™š๐™ข๐™ž๐™จ๐™š๐™จ ๐™จ๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™˜๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™…๐™š๐™ง๐™š๐™ข๐™ž๐™–๐™. ๐™„๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ค๐™  ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ข ๐™–๐™—๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฌ ๐™ข๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ช๐™ฉ๐™š๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ข๐™š๐™š๐™ฉ ๐™—๐™–๐™˜๐™  ๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™–๐™ช๐™™๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ž๐™ช๐™ข ๐™—๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ฎ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ช๐™ก๐™™๐™ฃ'๐™ฉ ๐™›๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™๐™ž๐™ข

George: He should have picked hiding as his talent because damn he's good.

Lisa: Not funny, George.

George: You know, I'm starting to get the feeling that you don't like me.

Aaron: I think the one hour limit is almost up. Let's just head back to our seats. N will find him eventually.

Lisa: Ok but George, you're right. I can't put my finger on it but I just don't think I like you or trust you.

George: I will get you to like me.

Lisa: Hmph

๐™๐™๐™š๐™ฎ ๐™œ๐™ค ๐™—๐™–๐™˜๐™  ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ง๐™ค๐™ช๐™œ๐™ ๐™—๐™–๐™˜๐™ ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™œ๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐™จ๐™ค๐™ข๐™š๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™˜๐™–๐™ฉ๐™˜๐™๐™š๐™จ ๐˜ผ๐™–๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฃ'๐™จ ๐™š๐™ฎ๐™š

Aaron: Wait, I just saw that box move.

Lisa: It was probably nothing.

George: Let's be sure, he owes me a dance.

๐˜ผ๐™–๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™—๐™ค๐™ญ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™จ๐™š๐™š๐™จ ๐™– ๐™จ๐™–๐™™ ๐™ ๐™ž๐™™ ๐™–๐™ก๐™ก ๐™˜๐™ช๐™ง๐™ก๐™š๐™™ ๐™ช๐™ฅ. ๐™…๐™š๐™ง๐™š๐™ข๐™ž๐™–๐™ ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™๐™จ ๐™ช๐™ฅ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™จ ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™›๐™–๐™˜๐™š ๐™จ๐™š๐™š๐™ข ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™๐™–๐™ซ๐™š ๐™™๐™ง๐™ž๐™š๐™™. ๐™ƒ๐™š ๐™จ๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™›๐™›๐™ก๐™š๐™จ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™—๐™ก๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™จ ๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™จ๐™š.

George: So umm, you ok?

Jeremiah: Of course I'm not okay! I didn't expect this to be my event. Of all places, N.

Lisa: Awww don't cry. Maybe you'll actually like this event, you practiced and everything for tonight.

Jeremiah: Don't talk to me like I'm some kid.

Aaron: Welllllโ€ฆ.

Jeremiah: Don't you dare.

Aaron: Sorry

Jeremiah: Sighs. My parents came to watch me perform today. They usually never get off this late so it was kinda really special for me but I panicked. I started questioning myself and you know the rest. The event was over and it was a silent journey back home.

George: Wow, that's actually really touching bro. I just can't take you seriously when you look like thโ€ฆ

๐™‡๐™ž๐™จ๐™– ๐™ฅ๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™๐™š๐™จ ๐™‚๐™š๐™ค๐™ง๐™œ๐™š ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ข๐™–๐™˜๐™

Aaron: I know a thing or two about women; Jeremiah and I'll tell you this. Your mum wants to see you out there. So do we. I don't know why this event in particular was picked but maybe it was for you to set things straight.

Lisa: You heard him. So if this is a test, you might as well make the most of it. Now go out there and put on your best show.

Jeremiah: But Iโ€ฆ

George: We believe in you, kid.

Jeremiah: Sighs. I guess I'm really doing this. Let me get changed then. I think there is a spare somewhere.

Lisa: Yes!! Guys let's go back to our seats and let the man change his diapeys.

George: Oh but when I do it, it's a problem.

๐™๐™๐™š๐™ฎ ๐™—๐™ž๐™˜๐™ ๐™š๐™ง ๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ฎ ๐™œ๐™š๐™ฉ ๐™จ๐™š๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š๐™™. ๐™„๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™ค๐™ค๐™  ๐™จ๐™ค๐™ข๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ข๐™š ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ซ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™…๐™š๐™ง๐™š๐™ข๐™ž๐™–๐™ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™œ๐™š๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™–๐™œ๐™š ๐™–๐™œ๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™—๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™š๐™™

Teacher: Sorry about the earlier incident. Jeremiah is back and he wants to impress us as the final act.

๐™๐™๐™š ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ง๐™š ๐™˜๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™™ ๐™—๐™š๐™œ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™–๐™ช๐™™. ๐™Ž๐™ค๐™ข๐™š ๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ก๐™–๐™ช๐™œ๐™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™—๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™…๐™š๐™ง๐™š๐™ข๐™ž๐™–๐™ ๐™˜๐™ก๐™ค๐™จ๐™š๐™™ ๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™š๐™–๐™ง๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ข๐™š. ๐™„๐™ฉ ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ข๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง๐™›๐™ค๐™ง๐™ข.

Jeremiah: I am Jeremiah from Class 2B. I am sorry about what happened before. I will begin performing now.

๐™…๐™š๐™ง๐™š๐™ข๐™ž๐™–๐™ ๐™ฌ๐™๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ง๐™š๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™๐™ž๐™ข๐™จ๐™š๐™ก๐™›. ๐Ÿฏ, ๐Ÿฎ, ๐Ÿญโ€ฆ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™–๐™จ ๐™๐™š ๐™—๐™š๐™œ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™™๐™–๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š...

N: Yo!

George: OH COME ON!

Lisa: We were so closeโ€ฆ

N: I'm interrupting something? Weren't you happy to see me last time?

Jeremiah: Get us out of here!

N: Now now I have to be the one to ask. Does anyone want to leave this event?

Jeremiah: YES

George: Well that's a bust. Jeremiah, just stay and dance. Don't you want to make your parents proud?

Jeremiah: I am pretty sure they loved me when I grew up. They should be alright.

George: Tch. I'm leaving.

Lisa: Same.

Aaron: Same.

N: Alright. We're leaving.