Second Choice

chpt 8 - All just a dream?

When i woke up, everything seemed weird. I couldn't find my phone, or anything from the past few days, the outfit, the flowers with notes, even the letter. I didn't know what to do so I ran to my brother's room. Tylers, he wasn't there, his stuff was gone, his suitcases, clothes and computer. I didn't know what happened and nobody was home to tell me what happened. I went around the house looking for my phone. It was on the kitchen table flipped over. When I got to it, it was almost dead so I put it on charge while I went on checking notifications. I saw countless things from Andrew, he seemed... worried? I wasn't sure why so I called him. I put it on speaker since my charger wasn't long enough. When he answered he seemed surprised to hear from me.

"Marcia?" he asked "you're awake! Oh thank god youre ok"

"What do you mean?" Andrew what are you talking about?" i asked him "i have no idea whats going on"

"Marcia just stay where you are, i'll come to your house a few minutes" he told me "just give me a few minutes to get ready"

"Um ok?" i started "you better tell me what happened"

"I will i will, promise, now i'll be there if a few ok?"

"Ok bye"

He hung up after that, i didn't know how long it would take him to get here. So i just waited by the door hoping for answers since everything was so fuzzy. 

I waited for around 10 minutes before he knocked on the door. He was the only person to answer me. My mother didn't answer nor did my father and it was weird how Tyler was magically not here and how everyone wasn't home. It was odd in my brain as if something had been a dream. And nothing was real. I felt as if something had happened like I'd been in a coma for days, weeks or something. I looked at the date and everything. It was july 24th 2022, it was weird how it had only been a few days after the first day we met isabelle. But oddly Andrew started to explain everything. And it all started to make sense.

All that happened was that I had eventually just passed out and didn't wake up for a few days. I was asleep for at least 2-3 days. It was awful and Andrew said that when the doctor came to check on you since we couldn't get you out of the house that we called her to come over to get her to check to see if you were ok. Which i was just in like a mini coma y'know. Yea anyways so what happened was that i was dreaming the whole last few days. Lunch with Isabelle, and Andrew going on the date and everything, and me and Andrew going on a date. That is why when I woke up nothing was there. It was all so weird.

I didn't know what to do, I didn't know how to react. It was all so...new and odd. I just sat there and wished it was all real but I knew it wasn't going to come true. I should've just let myself down a while ago, maybe this wouldn't have happened. I could've saved myself this sadness and this heartbreak and everything that happened. But I had questions, and a lot of them.

"So that means you never went out with her?" i asked

"Who isabelle? No" he told me "she has a boyfriend, plus im sure theres someone better"

"Yea, i'm sure there is" i smiled

"Well anything else?"

"Yea, what did you do while I was out?"

He looked dumbfounded for a few seconds before he realized what I was talking about. I didn't know why he took a second to figure it out but it's Andrew. Gotta love him

"Nothing really, i waited for you" he said "but this happened after i told you she had a boyfriend so it wasn't all to long a wait"

"Oh, so you never went out on a date with her?"

"No, i wouldn't she's got someone else" Andrew stated "plus i got you"

He smiled, I didn't know what he meant by that, 'I got you', did he like me? Or did he not? Was I still just a friend Jesus, everything was so confusing to me right now. I still didn't know where my parents were, I assumed my brother was still on vacation or what not. I still missed out on a lot, mostly on what could've happened or what not. I just was glad he didn't go out with her, but i was sad that what 'happened' between us, didn't. At least he didn't go out with her. He was still a good guy, and my best friend. But what did it mean.

'Plus I got you'

Was i not just a friend? Was i more? Sucks that that was all just a dream to me, and no one else could know. It was embarrassing. That dream was. But it was all just a dream.