9: Check

Ariana closed the journal in annoyance. She wrote only three words in that thing since the past thirty minutes for which she had been staring at it. "It's no use," she said to herself. The girl laid down on her large bed. She low-key missed her best friend but there was no need to call Emily. The other girl had gone for dance practice that day so naturally, she would be tired and Ariana did not want to be a hindrance to her rest.

"What should I do with myself now?" she asked herself. Her stomach grumbled, reminding her that she hadn't eaten anything since she came back home.

"It's not like mom cooked anything. I might just have to make something for myself," she said out loud.

Check, she heard Elsy say to her.

"Hmmm? What are you saying?" she asked her alternate self absentmindedly. Getting no response, she decided to think that the other Ariana spoke to her by mistake.