A Forest Away (dnf)

Nine

I place my bag down. I had just gotten home from school. And get this Clay waved at me! When he got into his seat, he then looked back and gave me a small smile along with a wave.

Hannah is right, this is progress.

Everything is going how I want it to!

Today I want to do something special with Dream so I walk over to the small closet that we had in the hallway which is where we kept all of our blankets and towels. I open it up and take out a red plaid blanket

Perfect I then fold it much smaller, just enough for me to hold it. Now where did I put that basket? I go back into my room while placing the blanket on my bed and making my way over to my closet.

I rummage through it for a moment but then find what I was looking for.

A picnic basket.

I take the blanket again and make my way down stairs into the kitchen. I set the things down next to me while I opened up the fringe. I take out a case of strawberries, a case of blueberries, some cut bananas, and cut watermelon.

I then carefully placed all of them into the basket, closing it shut so none of it would fall out. I make my way to the front door and head to my spot.

Once I arrived I call out,"Dreeaam"'while dragging out the syllables. I then hear rustling from the bushes There he is I turn to face him and I can already see him titling his head at me confusedly.

"I thought I could treat us with a nice picnic hangout thing?", I say also confused. "I'm not really sure what to call it but you get the idea", I say to him as I place the basket down and start to extend the blanket. I sit down on the blanket and set the basket in the middle.

"Come on", I tell him as I pat on the space in front of me. He makes his way over and lays down but the blanket wasn't big enough so only have of his body was on it. I then take out everything including some paper plates. I set one down in front of me then set one in front of Dream and began pouring out even amounts of the fruits I brought.

Dream continued to watch me with his head tilted slightly to the side. "I hate to be that person but the phone eats first", I say to him as I take my phone out of my pocket. "Smile!", I tell him.

He then closes his eyes while having his mouth slightly open which causes me to let out a small chuckle. "Alright well dig in I guess", as I huffed out a laugh.

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Once we were finished I put everything back in the basket. I then lie down on my stomach while resting my chin on my crossed arms, letting out a sight. I could see Dream do the same as he rested his head on his paws. I then turn my head so that the side of my face was now resting on my arms.

I'm just gonna close my eyes for a bit.

*Clay's POV*
I watched as George tried his best on staying awake. Reopening his eyes every so often but then slowly closing them again. But he then eventually stops opening his eyes while I notice that he let out slow even breaths.

He fell asleep.

I hesitated at first but then I to let slumber in.

I wake up in the middle of the forest Not this again I say with a frown as I stood up waiting for that stupid voice to torment me again. But it never came.

Weird.

But that's when I hear a soft sweet voice behind me.

His sweet voice.

I turn around and there stood George "Hi Clay", he says to me with a smile" "George? What are you doing here?", I ask him.

"No hi back, ouch", he responds jokingly.

"Oh right sorry hi, but seriously what are you doing here?"

"I could ask you the same", he says as he walks past me. I then follow close behind

(Walk him like a dog sis 🤩)

We then walk side by side. Our hands slightly brush against one another. I think for a moment but then I watch myself intertwine my hand with his while feeling my stomach almost turn upside down.

He stops walking then looks down upon our hands. I let go which left a light burning feeling in my chest, while turning my head to the side sheepishly.

"You don't have to be nervous", he tells me as he uses a hand to guide my face to look at him. I could feel my face start turning into a different shade of pink. He then places his other hand on the other side of my face.

I could see him look along my features while having light smile on his face. He then rubs his thumb against my cheek "You blush really easily", he tells me.

What was happening to me?

Why do I feel like this?

And why do I like it?

He then starts to lean closer to me Oh my god is this really happening!? He closes his eyes as gotten closer to me. I then close my eyes and wait for his lips to touch mine but they never did.

Instead I get awoken by the sound of a phone ringing. I slowly open my eyes and I see George sleeping peacefully. But the sound of a phone ringing still continued.

I slowly get up then start making my way over to him and start to poke him gently with my nose. He lets out a tried grumble "What do you wannt", he says in a whine.

I poke at him more to try to get him to fully wake up. He then comes to his senses "My phone!", he yells as he quickly sits up while taking out his phone and bringing up to his ear.

"Hello?"

"HOW MANY TIMES DO I HAVE TO TELL YOU GEORGE", I hear his dad yell which causes him to pull away the phone from his ear.

"Father I'm so sorry I-"

"I WANT YOU HERE THIS INTENT"

"I'll be there right away father", he says as he hangs up. He then quickly gets up and started to fold up the blanket. I let out a worry whine.

"It's fine Dream, you know how he is", the reason I was worried because I didn't know how long it was gonna take until his dad snaps and completely loses it. I can just feel the vibe that he was giving off.

George then starts to make his way out of the spot in a panic "I'll see you tomorrow Dream!", he says as he leaves.

I let out a sigh then start making my way home myself.

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I slide open the door after shifting back to my other form and made my way up my room. Like usual I take out a pair of clothes and head into the shower.

As I was rubbing the shampoo in my hair I think back to the dream.

Why would I dream about a thing like that!?

And why did it feel so good?

Why was I upset when we didn't end up kissing!?

I stop scrubbing the shampoo in my hair and let my hands fall to my sides.

Do I like George?
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