Chapter 85: Different Worlds

Kathy felt the mirror glass. It was cool and smooth, and quite solid. The girl who looked like her was still sobbing bitterly, totally unaware she had a visitor.

She turned and looked at the girl. They really could be twins Kathy thought, at least from what she could tell through the excess layers of clothing.

She swallowed hard and tried to smile. "Hi! Do you remember me?"

The girl looked up, gasped and tried to hide behind her Teddy Bear. "Oh, oh my, oh," was all she could say, and she said it over and over again.

Kathy took a deep breath. "I know this must be as big a surprise to you as it is to me."

"MOMMY!!!!!!!" The girl screamed. There was no reply. She pushed back on the bed and gave Kathy the strangest look. "You, you're the devil! Go away! Everybody thinks I'm crazy 'cause of you! Go 'way!"

Kathy wondered what "the devil" was, but didn't ask. She tried to stay calm. "Look, I'm scared, too. I stepped through the mirror," her voice shook, "and now I can't get back."

The girl was now cowering against the headboard of her bed. Kathy felt bad about scaring her. "I heard you crying," she said softly. "What's wrong?"

"Go 'way!"

"I don't have anywhere to go," Kathy felt a sob welling up. "This looks like my room," she wailed, "BUT IT'S ALL DIFFERENT."

The two blondes stared at each other through their tears.

"You look just like me," the girl on the bed said finally, "but where are your clothes?"

"I'm wearing clothes."

"No you're not, you're naked."

"I am not," Kathy instinctively adjusted her stockings, "my knees are covered!"

The girl changed positions and Kathy realized she was wearing pants, just like a man! "Does your mother know you've got jeans on?"

"Huh?"

"I mean, what if your daddy came home and wanted to use you, he'd have to wait while you took them off," Kathy sniffed. "That would be rude."

"Use me? For what?"

"You know as well as I do. Any school girl knows that."

"You mean for sex?" The girl spat out the noun like it was something vile.

"What are you, a virgin?"

"I was until YOU took over my body," the girl snapped, "and did 'it' with my brother! Devil!" There was that word again. "You're the devil, but no one will believe me."

"You mean that really happened? I thought it was just a dream."

"Devil," the girl grabbed a black book from her night stand and shook it at Kathy. "Get thee behind me, Satan!"

"Satan? Who's Satan? My name's Kathy. What's yours?"

"No it's not, you're Satan!" The girl stood on her bed pointing the book at her unexpected guest. "MOMMY, SATAN'S IN MY ROOM, AGAIN!!!!!"

Kathy was starting to realize they really were from two different worlds.