SWEET ALICE

The anticipations build up in my chest as the door starts to open slowly. At first it is too dark to see inside. Only when the door is completely open does the inside come into focus and are we able to see the inside of the closet we stepped out of. We step into the closet and Brent closes the door behind us.

I let out a deep sigh of relief and I hear Brent give a soft chuckle.

"Oh, you didn't think for one moment that the door may not be a portal today?" I ask Brent with a bit of sarcasm. Brent shrugs his coat off and puts it on the hanger he left for it.

"I have to admit. I was worried." He tells me as he helps me out of my coat. He hangs it also on the hanger where I left it to keep the place. It is then that Jake comes around the corner.

He looks different. He has a beard and his hair is a bit longer. He also looks a bit older. He is standing with a clipboard in his hands and he looks as surprised to see us as we are to see the difference in him.