The Secrets Behind the Heart

Chapter 6

I woke up screaming. The door swiftly opened. "Brynn what's wrong?!", I guess mom was finally home. She had soap in her hair and a towel wrapped around her. "Sorry, I had a nightmare.", I touched the back of my neck and felt sweat. Gross! Mom sighed and approached my bed. "Honey, its like one in the morning. Im too tired to deal with this. Look, it was just a little nightmare. Nothing is gonna happen. Now go back to sleep. You wake up in six hours. Good night.", mom slammed my door shut. Yikes, she gets really cranky when she doesn't get her sleep. So, as told, I went back to bed.

"Rise and Shine!", mom shook me until I finally got up. In he last six hours, I tried to figure out what that dream meant. I tried to ignore it and got up. As I finished doing my morning duties, I put on the outfit I chose for today. Since it's Friday, I decided to wear something fashionable, but not too flashy. I put on a Hollister navy blue tank top and waist up shorts with my blue and pink hello kitty vans. My curls were let down loose and I put up my bangs with some Bobby pins.

I actually WANTED to walk to school today. I met Simon on the way out of our houses. "Hey Simon!", I ran to catch up with him. "Hey.", Simon waved back. I noticed he didn't have his guitar with him.

"Where's your guitar?", I had to ask.

"I left it at home. I didn't wanna break it. The neck is kinda snapped", he admitted.

"So, can you sing?"

"Ehh.. you can say that but I can't."

"Why do you say that?"

"I can sing on my free time but it's not really my 'thing'."

We talked some more and had a few laughs here and there once in a while. We finally arrived at school. I glanced at my watch. "It's 8:20.", I told him. "Ah. Wanna walk with me to Homeroom?", he took out his hand. My head was lost in thoughts. My face turned red. Simon decided for me. He took my hand and locked his fingers. I did too. I looked up, seeing him smile and his dark blue eyes sparkled like the ocean. Butterflies danced in my tummy, trying to free themselves. "Let's go.",we both walked together, hand in hand to our homerooms.

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Lunch at last! I sat with Danny and Max. None of our other friends usually have lunch with us on 3,5,7,1 days. Max started talking about Samantha and how wonderful he feels to be around her. I was proud, but worried. What if that dream had something to do with Max and Samantha? My world was just being really messed up and confusing since yesterday. I decided not to tell them about the dream. "So, Brynn. I saw you and that new kid Simon holding hands.", Danny gave me a friendly shove. "Yea it's nothing.", I blushed. Danny and Max laughed.

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After school, I walked home with Simon again. We're starting to get to know each other very well. We started talking about music again.

"Do you play any other instruments?", he asked me.

"Well..", I started. "I mostly play piano and I know a little guitar, not much though. Not like you."

Simon chuckled. "I play piano, too. Mom made me take lessons when I was eight and I learned to like it. My instrument is guitar though.

We both said a few jokes and laughed a bit. Then Simon stopped. I stopped with him.

"Hey so um..", he scratched the back of his neck and looked down. Danny warned me about that. "Would you like to go out sometime?"