Collecting Thoughts

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There's something strange going on but I can't quite put my finger on it. Perhaps it has something to do with how uneventful my life has been up to this point, so that now when something unique happens to me I feel strange. But I don't think that's it. I have a strong feeling deep down that something truly sinister is about to happen, and is completely out of my control.

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Ava ran in through my door and looked around frantically, for a moment I was concerned she knew about the man in my closet, but after seeing me she seemed to relax.
"Oh..." she let out a sigh and placed a hand on her chest. "I thought you were burgled or something."
"What? Oh, no it's nothing that serious, sorry for scaring you."
"Then why's your brother locked in the pantry?"
"I did that," I said with a smile trying to calm Ava down.
"Hahahaha, that's my girl. Up top." She she raises her hand for a hi-five which I delivered.
"Is he still angry?" I ask.
"Furious, I told him I'd let him out after I'd found you."
"I don't think that would be wise just yet."
"I never said how long after finding you." We both laughed, 'this is exactly why I'm friends with Ava, she always knows how to lighten up the atmosphere. I hope Dream can sense she's a genuine person.'
"Did you lock the front door?"
"I always do. So, why'd you bring me here? Was it just to laugh at your big brother?"
"Not exactly" I say, "it's complicated but I need your positivity and level headedness right now."
"Well, I have that in abundance, what's your problem."
"There's this guy-"
"A guy?! What does he look like? Tell me his name? Is it another crush or are you gonna get serious with this one? Do you need me to be your wing lady?because I'm very good at that."
My cheeks began to burn and I could feel my face turn red.
"Awwwww you really love him don't you? You can tell me, I promise I won't tell a soul" she said as she cuddled me.
"I don't know what he looks like, his name's Clay, neither and definitely not." I reply in a hurry.
"Don't know what he looks like? Is he an internet crush?"
"Well, he is on the internet..."

"... are you talking about Dream?"
"Yeah."
Ava laughed for a moment, then looked at me.
"Listen, you're not the only one. Pretty much everyone our age who watches Dream has a crush on him, have you seen the amount of X-readers there are on Wattpad? Even I've got a huge crush on the guy. Didn't I send you my fanfic about Dream?"
"Ava, please stop talking." My eyes dart to the closet and back. 'If Dream can hear any of this, I think I'll die of embarrassment.'

"Listen, you sit on your bed and we can read some steamy fanfic."
"Please can we not" I'm almost crying.
Ava sits on my bed and lifts the lid of my laptop showing the end text of Minecraft.

"You beat Minecraft?"
"Not really," I say. "Can you tell me again how good you are at keeping secrets?"
"You're my best friend, the fact that you trust me enough with a secret means the world to me and I will never take that for granted. You already know this because I've kept every other secret you've ever told me, you don't have to worry in the least. Trust me, there is no way Dream will hear about this." She laughed. At that moment Dream emerged from my closet.

Everyone stood in silence for a moment. Listening very carefully the sounds of my brother kicking at the pantry door could be heard.

"I need you to keep a secret," said Dream talking to Ava.
She sits down and I run through all the events that had just taken place. She doesn't respond for a while, then says "how do we know that you're really Dream? Other then the voice and the Minecraft speed running? Can you log into your Twitch?"
"Not unless you want this house swarming with agents, I'm here in hiding and they've got my Twitch account tracked."
"Agents?" Ava questioned.
"Tracked?" I questioned, "is that why you can't..."
"Yeah... I don't know what they're doing with my family."

That horrible feeling came back in my stomach again.
"What about your friends? George and Sapnap?" Said Ava sounding immensely concerned.
"George should be safe, he lives in the U.k. but I don't know about Sapnap or anyone else living here... and now I've put you guys in danger as well. I'm sorry, I shouldn't have come here."

There was a moment of silence before Ava stepped in, saying "hold on a second, I don't have the full picture but whoever these guys are should be worried with messing with us. If they so much as look at us or our family or Sapnap or Bad or Ranboo in the wrong way then they'll regret ever stepping foot in our direction. We're a force to be reckoned with. We are not IN danger, we ARE the danger."
'Ava's motivational speeches are exactly why I'm such good friends with her and why I invited her over. It instilled a sense of ferocity within me, until she made reference to Breaking Bad. She was doing so well until then.'
I cracked a smile at the last line, Dream followed with a laugh and soon the two of us where on the floor with tears in our eyes.
"It's a good show, the line fit perfectly." said Ava trying to claw back any inspiration she created seconds before.

The day had drawn on and night was quickly upon us.
"I'm exhausted, we should probably get some sleep if we wanna be in time for school tomorrow. Will you stay the night?" I ask looking up at Ava.
"Of course, we can all have a sleepover."
"More 'sleep' then 'over' I hope."
"Oh you're boring."
"I get boring when I'm tired."
"Turn around, touch the ground, baggie sleeping with Hanna." Ava blurted out while quickly spinning and tapping the floor.
"Sorry Dream, looks like you're sleeping on the floor tonight." I laughed.
"Don't worry, I figured I could sleep in your brother's room seen as how he won't be using it." He retaliated.
"Ha ha good luck, but I'm not sending a search party if you get lost in the mess."
"You wouldn't have to, there's one already looking for me."
We all laughed and soon Dream retired to my brother's bedroom for the night while me and Ava changed into a pair of my pyjamas. We had had many sleepovers in the past and when getting into bed we laid in our usual positions of me by the wall and Ava on the outside.

"Goodnight." I whisper to her as I turned off the lights.
"Hanna?"
"Yeah?"
"Do you like him?"
"... Yeah"
"Do you like like him?"
"...I think so"
"... Good, me too... Goodnight."

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