He had fallen asleep in the campus library and had wandered into the astral plane. He was so alone there. David never knew how to describe it until he saw the Upside Down depicted on Stranger Things and was like, wow, yeah, that really is it. He wandered away from campus and back, observing it all mindlessly and- this was one of the reasons why he hated coming here. Usually he would be being chased by something that what more than likely try to follow him home, it was also really, really hard to keep track of time.
And then he was in Ana’s room. She was there on the other side, he couldn’t see her here but he could feel her. He was supposed to meet her for lunch that afternoon, she probably thought he stood her up. Or forgot about it. Or slept through it. Or maybe it hadn’t even come time for it yet, but David had no idea what time it was. He walked around the room, thinking about how he could get his point across.
He hated the idea of breaking the lightbulb. What if the glass got into her eye? And he didn’t want to do anything to scare her, even though she was a very difficult woman to scare. Instead, he made the power surge, the music from her computer stop, the track switched to Africa, by Toto (to announce his presence, obviously), and then to Justin Bieber’s Sorry, because he was very sorry for standing her up if he had done this, Stuck in the Middle With you, specifically turning it up whenever the word STUCK came up. Finally, Love in the Library by Jimmy Buffett, because if he remembered correctly, he had left himself in the library. David was happy with his selections, and decided that she had gotten the memo if she was home, and decided it was time to find his way back.
