On the airport of Michigan, a young woman is waiting.
She looks like worried, and doesn't know where she will go.
On his head, a thousands of things shove ; she thinks to her family, her friends, who she'll not see during a long time.
She did well to leave her country for France ?
She was right to hope a better life over here ?
“ Yes, I have need of that.” try to convince herself.
And it's with the muddled mind who she climbs on the airplanes.
At the same time, somewhere in a little city of France.
Jess knocks at the door of the bathroom.
Jess : Kim, open this door !
Kim : Two minutes please.
A bell ring, Jess sighs, and go down. Claire : Hi ! I'm Claire.
Jess : Oh Claire, come in.
At the moment, Kim is going out the bathroom, she is very pretty whereas Jess is again in stuff of night, and Erwan is sitting on the armchair with a newspaper.
Claire enters in the living room, and she begins to presents herself. Claire Eh.. Hi !
I'm Claire, your new flatmate.
I come from America and..
Kim : Hello darling, I'm glad to meet you !
My name's Kimberly, but call me Kim.
I come from Australia, but I live in France since two years, thanks to my parents, who are very rich.
Jess shakes one's hand.
Jess : Hi, I'm Jess, and here is my brother.
Erwan, on his armchair, is reading a newspaper, raises his head and says : Good Morning.
Kim : Take your suitcase, I will show your bedroom.
She returns toward Jess : And you, you have to prepare. Hurry up !
When they arrive at the high school, the secretary shout at them : Eh guys !
They stare at each over.
Erwan : Oh oh...
They join the old woman, who announces them : The director want to see you.
The secretary drives them in the director's office and asks them to wait patiently until the director arrives.
In the centre of the room, there is a large desk in wood, overcast of papers with the old computer, whose state much to be desired.
Jess stays motionless, until she finds a red velvet sofa, on which she takes her place with disregard.
Her brother, him, walks on shelves and reads titer's book almost deleted of each book.
Kim looks like impatient, paces up and down.
Like for takes charge of something, she begin to groan : This room needs to a new decoration...
And I don't talk about housework.
A few minutes passed and the director not yet present, Kim gets impatient. Kim : So !
Erwan : Don't be so impatient Kim.
Kim : Yes but we must come back at home and..
Claire interrupts them : What is it ?
The young woman goes forward the shelf and stops in front of a book.
Erwan comes undone of his books and joins her. Erwan : What ? Claire : Here.
There is a book..
But isn't like others.
Kim : A black book. And ?
Claire : Come in, look at this.
Jess stands up suddenly whereas Kim joins them quickly.
She takes the book, and puts on the desk. Jess : Open !
Claire opens, and at her surprise, she discovers that pages are white.
Claire : Gosh..
Suddenly, a map appears, and deletes a few seconds later.
Erwan : It was a plan of this room !
Jess : I have seen a cross, just next to...
Kim interrupts her, on ironical tone : A cross, of course !
Claire : She has right, I have seen too..
Claire rushes in the library and turns upside down all the room.
Behind her, Erwan tidy each book fallen.
Erwan, feering : Heretic ! Carrefully !
Jess, immobile, sighs while Kim is making her nail polish.
Erwan : Come in !
Help me Kim, the director can come one minute to the next !
The time stops around them.
Theirs eyes snap, theirs hands are on edge and they feel lifted in the air during a few seconds.
All things take an other dimension, and the only things whose can remember, was this strange notebook.
They land bluntly on the cold hard ground while their eyes can't see during few seconds. Where are we ?
Around of them there are ruins, but this place seems familiar.
They hear footsteps.
In front of them, there are four people, who recognize easily.
They can see their older doubles.
You are in the future.
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February 2014
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