"We only have a few episodes of World Restart Overdrive left. We may as well finish." Renee was suggesting the anime they had been watching the last few days together.
"It's still five more episodes, so we should wait until we have more time. We don't want to have to stop right at the end for dinner and be kept waiting." Julie explained her position for holding off.
"That's fair I guess. What would we watch then? I'm sure you have a suggestion ready, right?" Renee was obviously not the happiest, but had relented. That didn't stop her from adding a little pressure on Julie.
Julie looked over to Sarah who seemed to be spacing out again. She was looking their way, but Sarah had a far off look in her eyes.
"We should watch a slice of life. Maybe something like I've Spent 300 Years As An Inn Keeper?" Julie looked from Sarah to Renee hoping the redhead would get her hint. "It may give Sarah some ideas for her stories."
"Yeah, I guess that would be fine." Renee said after a moment, looking to where Sarah was sitting.
While her friends talked Sarah mostly tuned them out. She did feel comfortable with Julie and Renee, but in a way that scared her. None of this was normal, but most of the walk here she had been lost in this life.
Normally she may be at the mall with Melissa, Tiffany and Amber by now. She had seen Melissa and Tiffany start changing, so she knew they could be different people now too.
Would they even know who she was? Could she even recognize them if she saw them? The fact they weren't in her phone contacts anymore told her they likely weren't close if they knew each other at all.
Sarah remembered that Amber was still a contact she had. She had no idea if Amber changed too, but it seemed every other girl at school had so it was likely. What was she like now? Would she remember?
Sarah's thoughts spiraled as she thought of how widespread this was. Was it just people at the school? Had the female teachers switched to other families like her and Sabrina too? She hadn't run into any of the teachers when she headed outside so she didn't know.
The fact her former mother was the same meant there must have been some limit on the range.
Sarah knew she needed to find a way to talk to Jon alone. So far he was the only one who showed signs of noticing the changes. For all she knew he could be involved. If not she still needed to find out what he knew and if he could help make things normal again.
"Sarah, you all good?" Julie asked with concern.
"Yeah, stop worrying so much." Sarah responded a little more defensively than she wanted.
"We just don't want you missing out on the show. This should take your mind off your troubles." Renee chuckled as she started the anime.
Sarah made sure the others were looking at the screen before rolling her eyes. She'd never understood the appeal of watching these weird cartoons at their age.
"We're watching more, right?!" Sarah asked excitedly twenty five minutes later.
