Room 330: Wednesday Morning
Everyone once in a while, Jack would come in from his morning run and catch a glimpse of himself in the mirror and be surprised.
Even though it had been months since he had been cloned, Jack still wasn't used to seeing a teenaged version of himself staring back from him in the mirror. When it happened it would always take a few moments for him to realize just exactly how weird it was that he was standing here looking like he was 16-17 years old.
Most days he could shrug it off. Other days he sit there and ponder how his life was just a carbon copy of someone else's. It wasn't a pleasant thought.
And the thought was distracting enough that when the music began to softly play in the background he didn't notice until it was too late.
"Look at me," he sang softly, "I will never pass for a teenaged guy
Or a forty-ish father.
Can it be...
I'm not meant to play this part?
Now I see...
That if I were truly to be myself
I would slowly fall apart."
Jack took a deep breath and looked back into the mirror as the music swelled to a crescendo all around him.
"Who is that boy I see?
Staring straight
Back at me?
Why is my reflections someone I don't knooooooooooow?"
The music began to build louder and louder as Jack's voice grew along with it. He probably wouldn't be emoting this much if he knew this song was being filked from a Disney movie.
"Somehow I cannot hide
Who I am.
Though I've tried.
When will my reflection show who I am insiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiide?"
And again there was that big build up of music with Jack letting out that last beat in a lungbuster of a note. Then the music quieted down to a mere peep after the crescendo.
"When will my reflection show.... who I am insiiiiiiide?" Jack sang, finishing the song in a quiet fashion.
The music then finished quietly as well and Jack hung his head with a sigh.
Only for it snap up a few seconds later.
"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?!"
Even though it had been months since he had been cloned, Jack still wasn't used to seeing a teenaged version of himself staring back from him in the mirror. When it happened it would always take a few moments for him to realize just exactly how weird it was that he was standing here looking like he was 16-17 years old.
Most days he could shrug it off. Other days he sit there and ponder how his life was just a carbon copy of someone else's. It wasn't a pleasant thought.
And the thought was distracting enough that when the music began to softly play in the background he didn't notice until it was too late.
"Look at me," he sang softly, "I will never pass for a teenaged guy
Or a forty-ish father.
Can it be...
I'm not meant to play this part?
Now I see...
That if I were truly to be myself
I would slowly fall apart."
Jack took a deep breath and looked back into the mirror as the music swelled to a crescendo all around him.
"Who is that boy I see?
Staring straight
Back at me?
Why is my reflections someone I don't knooooooooooow?"
The music began to build louder and louder as Jack's voice grew along with it. He probably wouldn't be emoting this much if he knew this song was being filked from a Disney movie.
"Somehow I cannot hide
Who I am.
Though I've tried.
When will my reflection show who I am insiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiide?"
And again there was that big build up of music with Jack letting out that last beat in a lungbuster of a note. Then the music quieted down to a mere peep after the crescendo.
"When will my reflection show.... who I am insiiiiiiide?" Jack sang, finishing the song in a quiet fashion.
The music then finished quietly as well and Jack hung his head with a sigh.
Only for it snap up a few seconds later.
"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT?!"