She didn’t know what to expect. She imagined scenes from those movies where she’d meet an old flame who would be either rich or ugly and it made her cringe. She hadn’t attended any of the 19 reunions before for this reason but when she saw her daughter with her friends and how much they gelled together, she thought she’d give it a go.

She dragged herself across the room to see a bunch of characters that she’d seen before. She wished she had been a bit more creative with what she was dressed in and looking at the effort of everybody else, she was quite obviously herself.

“Hey Amelia! You came!”

Amelia looked around to see a dog staring up are her. A heart emoji burst from the dog and exploded in front of her. She was taken aback.

“It’s me, Carl.”

Carl… the guy who fancied her and probably became her number one unashamed stalker. The dog rolled on the floor, presenting its belly for rubbing.

Amelia became suddenly disturbed by the way this reunion was organised. Because of the circumstances of the pandemic, it was decided VR was the way to go, the issue with this was that this reality was not reality. This was not what she wanted. It was like a bad chat room in a game.

With a flustered sigh, she lifted the VR goggles off her head.