Gary Brandt continues his captivating interdimensional tale from The Dimension Of Mind Dot Com with the most delightfully awkward morning-after scenario you'll ever read.
The girls wake up Saturday morning doing typical teenage things—brushing teeth, fighting bedhead, planning their day—when Roxana suddenly remembers 'the demon' and freaks out.
That's when they discover Ella's vintage perfume bottle is ice-cold: Helana is still trapped inside but starving for energy.
While Roxana refuses to touch the 'energy vampire,' Ella and Eileen willingly feed their new friend by sharing some life force, leading to Helana's grateful declaration that they've just given her 'breakfast.' What follows is a fascinating theological debate between Roxana (armed with Jesus and rosary beads, convinced this is how horror movies start) and Helana (calmly explaining she chooses good over evil, honors their faith, and invites them to judge her by her actions over time).
But here's where Brandt's genius really shines—he seamlessly weaves cosmic revelations into completely normal Saturday activities.
As the girls drag Helana (tucked in Ella's purse) to the Marketplace for ice cream and boy-watching, she reveals she's essentially their age in her dimension, a student who studied their timeline so obsessively she 'fell in love' with their story and had to meet them.
She hints they'll become legendary figures as their world transforms—Ella in science, Eileen in politics, Roxana in religion—but admits she's 'fangirling' and probably shouldn't have crashed their crew.
The chapter perfectly captures that mix of cosmic importance and petty teenage drama: Eileen pouting because she can't go swimming with high school boys while an interdimensional being explains how she sees through time and might manifest a physical body (but would be embarrassed if they didn't like how she looked).
Ella's diary entry nails it—she's simultaneously thrilled and terrified, planning to bring an interdimensional schoolgirl to class on Monday because, honestly, what could go wrong?