Whispers From Other Realities

“She could hear voices from alternate versions of our world.” My friend Ava said

she heard whispers— but not ghosts. Other versions of herself. She said,

“In another reality, I didn’t skip school today. In another, I never met you.”

I laughed. Then she repeated a sentence I hadn’t said yet. Word for word.

She whispered, “They’re getting louder. All the ‘me’s. All the ‘you’s.”

Then she covered her ears and screamed: “STOP TALKING! ONE AT A TIME!” When she calmed

down, she whispered: “One of the other you’s… isn’t human.” I asked what she

meant. She just said: “Run. It’s already here.”