Nothing changed

You arrive at the cafeteria, clearly tired by your thoughts which seemed to never stop. You catch sight of Jessica on a table in a corner, thank god she looks unchanged. You take a meal and go sit in front of her.

"Damn I wasn't expecting you to frown that much during a french fries friday..." She says with a grin. It doesn't look like she magically became your girlfriend either.

"I'm sorry, I wanted to ask you about something..." You say while wiping your forehead of sweat.

"Sure, ask away!"

"So... Did you notice anything strange those last few days?" You say vaguely hinting at what happened this morning.

"Well, I heard Miss Lebron will retire soon because of her age."

"The philosophy teacher? I mean- No about Benjamin for example... or about Ashley."

"So you're the jealous type. No, I didn't hear anything about your girlfriend and her ex. Why? Did you you start doubting her after investigating the rumors on the forum yesterday? You know, most of those rumors aren't true right?"

"So, Ashley is my girlfriend?" You sigh, and Jessica raises an eyebrow.

"What, are you that tired? Didn't I help you because little benjamin bullied you for stealing his girlfriend?"

"Right... Listen, there's something strange happening to everyone." You whisper to her, her eyes start to glow, she seems excited to get new information.

"People changed overnight and no one is noticing anything. Or I'm crazy. Yesterday, Ashley hated me, and this morning she's super clingy and loving and cute-" You start blushing and Jessica smiles at you.

"Anyway, Benjamin changed too, two days ago he was a big macho man and now he's.. little and effeminate."

"Sure, Benjamin was a big macho and he beat you up daily right?" She giggles.

"Jessica! Please, believe me! You even wrote an article about him."

"Come on, you know I only put in bullying because it's more sensasional than stalking you and trying to suck your dick!" She says exasperated.

"WHAT?" Everyone turns to you, the volume got quite high as you argued. You stop for a minute, looking at your plate and waiting for people to start ignoring you again.

"Listen John, it looks like you're under quite a lot of stress. Is it because of the forum? If you want someone's name, I can give it to you. That's the least I can do for a friend." You don't answer, staring at her. You might be in a strange situation, but it warms your heart to know you made an actual friend. You try to calm down.

"I can't tell you what to do but if I were you I would go home and rest for a while. Let's meet Monday alright. We'll talk again if your situation didn't improve."

"Sure..." You answer.

She eats her last fry and gets up, compared to hers your plate is still full. You finish eating alone amongst curious eyes.

You'll have to investigate the forum again tonight.