Hannah got the note. She knew we were serious. If she does exactly what we say, everything will end up fine. She would have nothing to worry about.

They had proof. That’s what the note said. Proof of what? Well since you asked, I’ll tell you but I’m going to have to go back to the end of last year.

My sister, Emily, and I were inseparable. In fact, you could say that we were identical in every physical way. Our main difference were our personalities. I was a straight A student and perfect class president. Her, on the other hand, well, not so much. She was kicked out of her boarding school and went to average American public high school. The reason she got kicked out is a whole other story.

Back to the end of last year. I came home from school and I felt completely burned out. I guess Emily felt bad for me, so she offered to let me come to a party that some people from her school were throwing. After about twenty minutes of her pestering, I gave in. She helped me get ready and let me borrow some of her clothes. In return, she had to borrow some of mine.

When we got to the party, everyone thought she was me and I was her. She told me to go with it. We spilt off after that and I finally got to have an actual high school experience. I was so thankful for Emily.

A few weeks after the party, I asked Emily for a favor, “Will you switch places with me next year?”

“I’ll need to think about it,” She told me. However, after twenty minutes of my pestering, she caved and asked “What’s your plan?”

And so, we switched. That brings us to now. Whoever wrote the note said they had proof. They never said proof of what and they addressed it to me, not Emily. So they don’t know we switched places. What do they have proof of? I guess that’s what we get to find out this year.

*This is another perspective of my first version of Counterpart.