Matt

Chapter 11- The Surprise

All through out the night, I was having some of the most vivid dreams I have had in a while. One of them was even stranger than the dream I had burying that dog.

In this dream, I was the dog. And not a big dog, either. I was one of those little terriers. I wasn't alone, though. With me at first was Serena who was dressed in a blue and white dress and was wearing red, glittery slippers. Later we ran into Alex who was a scarecrow, Alexis, who was some kind of tin woman, and Clara, who was a cowardly but cute lioness. We were walking along this weird yellow brick road to some weird city.

Along the way, we ran into Stella, who was the good witch of the north, Judy, who was the wicked witch of the west, Tony and Bobby, who were some blue colored ape-men with wings. We even met up with the Wizard, he looked like some giant evil head. Oh, and John was playing that role.

Unfortunately, before I could find out the conclusion of that ridiculous dream, I started to feel a tremendous pain in my left eye. It continuously got worse and worse until eventually I had to wake up.

I soon discovered that Serena, who was already dressed and ready for school, was poking me right in my eye, the same one that was badly bruised from the night before. Just as I was about to scream in pain, Serena placed her hand on my mouth to silence me. She then held her finger to her lips to emphasize this point with a shush.

I removed her hand from my mouth and hissed. "Why'd the hell did you do that?"

"What? I was trying to wake you up," said Serena, her voice at a whisper.

"Did you have to poke my eye?"

Serena shrugged and stood up. "It worked didn't it. Hurry up and get ready."

I gave a large yawn before looking at the clock...Hey, it's an hour earlier than when we usually get up. What's the big deal?

I finally got out of bed and...felt an enormous about of pain all over my body. The endorphins that were flowing through my body last night were now gone, and my body was now feeling the actual damage that it had received. Even my wrist and tailbone hurt, likely from impact of falling on them several times last night. Doing what I could to bear the pain, I moved slowly towards the door.

I made my way to the bathroom and the first thing I did was look at myself in the mirror. And to my complete lack of surprise, I saw exactly what happened to me in the mirror. My eye was black and my right cheek was puffy as well. When I began to take a shower, I found my chest had several bruises as well. One thing was for sure. Everyone at school was going to be able to see that I got the crap beaten out of me. Man it's going to be annoying.

After I finished showering and getting dressed, I slowly made my way down the stairs and into the kitchen. Serena had already made breakfast, even though it was just one of those crap microwavable breakfasts.

"Why the hell are we in such a rush to get out of here?" I asked.

Serena made a scowl. "Because I don't want to look at him, that's why."

It didn't take long to figure out who she was referring to. To be quite honest, I didn't want to look at him, either. The two of us finished our breakfast as quickly as possible before we finally left.

The sidewalks were deserted as we made our way to school. I guess it shouldn't surprise us, as almost no one would go to school this early in the morning. The walk there was very quiet. Serena never bothered to say anything to me, and continued to be in a bit of a daze as we made our way to school. It felt a bit awkward, really.

When we finally made it to the school, we found that the door hadn't opened yet. As a result, we were forced to sit outside while we waited. Once we were situated, I noticed Serena opening her bag. "Did you ever do your homework?"