REBORN AS A SUPERSTAR

"Metria" I heard a voice calling out, it was persistent and sounded like the sobbing voice of a woman or lady, it most definitely was a feminine voice, the more I tried shoving the voice back the louder it got.

Slowly I begin to force my eyelids to open, it was heavy, sore, and painful but eventually, I defeated whatever it was that held them from opening, my eyes met a pair, it was tearful, and at the same time excited to see mine, I struggled to understand the mixed up emotions she was displaying and at the same time who she was.

As I tried to get up she rushed to my aid and helped me sit as a set of doctors rushed in and only then did I take in my surrounding, I was in a hospital clothed in a blue and white gown and I have a couple of wires connected to my body, confusion, that is exactly what I feel right now. I watched the doctor do a couple of things to me while the lady watched in enthusiasm while her excited eyes traveled to and fro from me to the doctor.

"This is a miracle, Miss Demetria," The Doctor said looking at me

"Demetria?" I inquired looking at him while he looked at me confused

"Please what's going on here, am supposed to be on a train back to my hometown," I asked the lady for she seemed the nicest, the confusion on her face made me panic

"Wait, what? I got into an accident?" The realization was a little late but it finally made sense as I covered my mouth to suppress my loud grasp

"What are you talking about Metria, Hometown, you were found unconscious while on set," She said looking at me while the doctors looked at her, this whole situation right now is making me very uncomfortable, and maybe because of that the dizziness I had earlier ignored got to me making me reach for my head, I must have hurt my head, the headache is out of the world.

"Are you okay, lay back down Miss Demetria" The Doctor said helping me to lay back down while he began to check my pulse.

"My name is Rosa" I corrected him as he looked at the woman in confusion, what is going on, am I being kidnapped I feel so uncomfortable right now

"What are you saying?" she asked me

"Doctor, something is wrong with her," she said while the doctor inhaled sharply

"We will run a series of tests and confirm for now let's not assume," The Doctor said before leaving.

Now am left with the young lady seating beside me, she refused to remove her eyes from me making me more uncomfortable.

"Are you the person that found me?" I managed to ask while her face lit up immediately

"Yes I did"

"Then can you hand me my phone, I need to call my friend and let her know I had an accident," I said while her face dropped

"You have no friends, what happened to you," she said her eyes digging into mine, "you can not lose your memories right?" she asked me while I scoffed, why would I lose that, I remember everything about myself, I am a teacher, an Eight grade Drama teacher.

"You are smiling, that is no way," she said and grasped with her hands covering her mouth

"What?" she keeps freaking me out "Just give me my phone" I almost shouted but held my head before it splits open from a headache, she eventually gave it to me.

I only realized it wasn't mine when I tried to open it and it wasn't opening then I looked at the phone again, first of all, it was a different brand and the picture of a popular Actress on it, this is certainly not mine.

I looked up to see her looking at me keenly while shaking her head

"You can't open your own phone?" she inquired while I let out a scoff in frustration

"This is obviously not my phone," I said as she grasped again

"Something is definitely wrong," she said her eyes almost popping

"How can that not be your phone, your picture literary is the lock screen," she said while I stared at the picture

"This is not me..." I paused after catching a slight glimpse of my face from the reflection of the phone, "No" I let out a laugh, I must be tripping but then again the reflection was still showing, I immediately got up from the bed and strip out the wires from my body while I tried to find a mirror.

"What are you doing?" she asked with a confused look while trying to stop me, I made my way to the bathroom pushing her away, and there I was staring back at the most popular Actress in New York, Demetria Favyetta Avreil Auclair...

It's been two weeks since I woke up at the hospital, how it happened I have no idea but apparently, I am now a popular actress, the series of confusion and identity crises I have been facing is overwhelming to couple that they, think I have a memory wipe, and a delusional disorder because I keep trying to make them understand that I am Rosa, not Demetria. I more I tried to make Emilia understand that I am not Demetria the crazier I appear so I eventually stopped

If I am going to find out what happened to my body and what happened to Demetria's soul I have to live like Demetria first, I have searched the internet trying to figure out if the train I boarded on that day had an accident but there is no single news online.

Never for once did I think that something like this was possible maybe in the stories that I have read but in real life. How do you explain it to someone, I wouldn't even believe the person if I was told

"Demetria!" a voice beckoned from a safe distance, turning around I saw a puzzled face looking at me, it was a very familiar face maybe because she was an actress as well although I have no personal recollection of who she might be.

"It's really you," she said with a smile while I forced a smile back hoping that I don't come off very different from the original Demetria who might have been friends with this actress.

"When did you get out?" she asked but somehow her tone managed to be condescending, replying to her seems impossible as I found my lips sealed. As I stared at her trying to read her body language I noticed that the faces around began to multiply, initially, I had ignored the look on their faces when I arrived but now it's more obvious, at first I had thought they were just surprised to see the actress back to work after almost dying from a head concussion, could it be that they hate her, am I in the body of a hated person, that can't possibly be true actress Demetria although mostly known for her looks is also known as a very kind person by the media.

"Miss" Emilia arrived immediately and stood in front of me building a wall between me and the actress.

"she won't be speaking to anyone right now since we do not know who to trust," Emilia said with finality in her voice as if the person in front is a treat

"What are you indirectly trying to say?"

"All am saying is she won't be talking to anyone yet"

"you are just an ordinary assistant, not her management" she fired back at Emilia before we walked off leaving her behind

"what were you doing with your enemy?" Emilia said immediately she dragged me inside a room and put the door in the lock

"Enemy?" I questioned, although I noticed the condescending look and tone I still didn't pick up that we could have been enemies

"if you don't even remember Amber I don't think we should be here in the first place," Emilia said with worry all over her face

"Amber? Amber Dickinson? The Amber!" I let out in shock, how come I didn't recognize her, she is also as popular as Actress Demetria, the media called them Bffs but I guess not.

"The investigation of your accident stopped and I suspect her to be behind the suspension of the investigation, I know you lost your memory but we need to be careful remember nobody should suspect that you lost your memory," Emilia said while I nodded

"Listen carefully to what am about to say" she led me to a sit carefully and then dragged a sit close to face me

"you and Amber have been friends for a long time, even before I was made your assistant, but recently a week before your accident you found out that Amber has been having an affair with your boyfriend behind your back"

"What?" I blurted out in shock using my hand to cover my mouth

"Yes you said you saw them with your eyes," Emilia said

"So I have a boyfriend, what sort of man is that," I asked getting angry already, I know he wasn't my boyfriend but Demetria's but at the moment I am Demetria.

"He is your ex now, you broke up with him the day before your accident"

"As I should" I know I am not in the body of a pushover

"But he has no idea why you broke up with him neither does Amber your ex-best friend knows"

"This is interesting," I said with a smile while Emilia stared at me confused "sorry continue"

"On the day of the accident, you were supposed to confront Amber on the issue because you finally realized why her behavior towards you has changed was because she was dating your man, but before you could even confront her while on set, I just went out for a few seconds to get a few things for you only for me to return and find you in a pool of your own blood"

"Heavens!" I grasped while Emilia remained indifferent

"Yes, that's the more reason why we should be careful, I hoped that you would wake up and help solve your case but unfortunately your memory is..."

A knock on the door interrupted us,

"It's definitely Williams, careful" she whispered before going ahead to open the door

"Was there a reason why the door was locked?" he asked immediately after he entered.

He looked exactly like the description given to me by Emilia and thanks to the invention of technology I have a picture of him already.

"Hi," he said raising one hand and at the same time lowering his head, for some reason he was being careful with his mannerism, "Am so sorry I was late," he said while I looked at Emilia for help.

"She is very angry at you for not showing up for two weeks now?" Emilia answered for me while I raised my brows

"I didn't say that," I said confused

"Am so sorry for speaking without being asked to my lady" she said out of nowhere bowing, her mannerism completely different, from before, but at the same time she was sending signals to me to comply,

'just what kind of person was Demetria!' my internal being screamed, the vibes are off, it's not something am familiar with, even with Emilia, it seem like everybody works around an eggshell with her.

"so what is my schedule like today?" I asked non of both in particular.

"since you just returned from a drastic accident, your schedule is vacant, and some of your shows have been handled over to Amber, some of your deals as well, most of them were urgent and needed a filler and Amber was underbooked so..."

"Uhm she already knows" Emilia answered cutting him short, of course, I knew nothing about any of that, if not for the new piece of information I just got I would have said fair enough, of course, the deals have to be shifted since Demetria was hospitalized but now knowing the sour friendship they have, she wouldn't be very happy to hear this news.

"Are you saying nothing was spared at all?" I suddenly asked while they looked at me confused

"Not even a single endorsement was saved, come on how long was I hospitalized to lose everything, what is your work as a manager then?" I asked genuinely curious, is this how celebrities lose things even when it's something they couldn't help, being in the hospital shouldn't cause a person to be out of business entirely or am I wrong?

"I swear I tried to do something but the company refused," he said with panic in his eyes as he looked from me to Emilia, "But since you are okay now I know everything we will be normal, you just need to speak with the director like always," he said.

The voice of Williams and Emilia slowly faded into the background, no matter how hard I try to concentrate it ends up fruitless, living in a body you know absolutely nothing about, a person who has everything and lacks everything at the same time, no friends, for the past two weeks she was discharged not even once did any family member visit to know how she was, in her Agency everybody gives her a handful of space, was she an awful person? How do I go back to my body and where is her soul, could it be she is in mine?

Mixed feelings, it feels surreal to be in the body of a celebrity but at the same time I can't leave my life to be someone am not, I wouldn't have ever imagined that one day I will be able to step foot into Megastar Entertainment but here I am working to the director's office as one of their highest paying Actresses.

"Deme" I heard a familiar voice say, of course, it was Amber coming out from the very office we were about to enter with a smile on her face, remembering what Emilia told me my face deepened into a frown, how could she do that to her friend but no matter what I have to keep my guards up, I have to remember that Amber still thinks that nobody knows of her affair.

"what happened you seem distance?" she said with her voice low and her eyes fit to manipulate anyone

"I should be asking you why you didn't visit me not even once," I said while forcing my face to remain neutral, as from now till I figure out a way to escape an enemy of Demetria is my enemy as well.

"I visited why would you say that?" she said innocently, her eyes almost tearing up, she took steps closer and grabbed my hands "my schedule was packed because everything was immediately passed to me but I still tried and visited," she said, sure I wasn't buying any of that

"It's okay, I understand," I said forcing a smile before removing her hand from mine

"I need to speak to the Director"

"Oh no, he won't be speaking to any other person today," she said still with her innocent and sweet expression

"That rule doesn't apply to me Amber," I said with a smile and walked off, the longer we exchanged words the more daring she becomes and I can't stand that one bit.