Fight for the Dream

She hugged Alex again. “Right – I should let Dad know! I know he’ll be relieved, too.” “Dad? He’s- he’s here?” Why was she expecting him not to be? Where else would he be? No, she was sure that he wasn’t supposed to be there… and something was funny about the way Kara mentioned him just now, even if she couldn’t put her finger on that, either. Everything felt strange, like she had tripped and landed somewhere she didn’t belong. There was something nagging at her – something in particular she felt she badly needed to remember, and yet it just wouldn’t come to mind. A plant…? That made no sense whatsoever. She was still skeptical of this fever she supposedly had been suffering from, but there was no doubt something was making her memories fuzzy, and she supposed it was whatever was responsible for that which brought something so nonsensical to mind. Kara had already gone to get him, so it was Eliza who answered. “Of course he’s here. Where else would he be?” She thought as hard as she could. “Ca… Ca…lifornia?” No, that wasn’t right. Why in the world would he be in California? Why was everything so vaguely unsettling, and she couldn’t even figure out why?