The Receiver

Stirrings

Noah Narration:
Stirrings:
Warning: Not Suitable for Everyone

Every morning, My family had a ritual where the family members told their dreams. I normally don't dream, but today was different.

As the family went around, finally it was my turn. Fixing my posture, I wondered how I should go about It.

"I was In the bathing room at the house of old"

With my father saying "Weren't you there yesterday?"

"But It wasn't really the same. Only me and Amelia was there and it had only one tub compared to the real bathing room which had rows of them?"

As my parents fixed their postures, wondering what I was going to say next, they looked at me, telling me to continue.

After looking away feeling embarrassed "Suddenly I started taking off my tunic?" Being confused why?

"Not only that but I haven't put on my smock, so my chest was bare. Amelia was laughing for some reason".

As my parents wonder where this was heading, they finally got a clue.

"For some reason I was a little angry though because she wasn't taking me seriously".

Lily just looked confused, telling me to continue, eager to hear what happened next.

"I think I wanted her to get into the tub of water, so I could bathe her? I wanted to take off her clothes and wash her..."

"Like scrub her body with soap and wash her hair?" Still not understanding, I seemed the most confused. Tilting my head trying to found out why.

"Then what?" My parents asked with Lily tilting her head. With them leaning forward

"before I know It she was taking her dress off only leaving her in undergarments as she looked at me but I couldn't look away"

With my eyes turning red and shifting in my chair, now feeling uncomfortable, my parents understood what was going to happen next.

"Then she took off her undergarments and got into the tub and sat down. But it was foggy and blurry so I didn't see much. She never looked away keeping her eyes on me until she turned her back. Then she got into the tub before sitting down"

Then I took my pants off Eagerly, leaving me only in my boxers before stepping forward and sitting down and started to reach out my hands to scrub her body with a sponge. Then I suddenly woke up in sweat" with my heart now beating and my cheeks turning pink, my father spoke up

Then my father asked "Can you describe the strongest feeling in your dream?"

After a moment of thinking "The Desire, I wanted to touch her and hold her"

The dreams was murky but the feeling was clear. He always thought Amelia as a friend so to have this feeling was strange.

After they thanked me for telling them, my mother told Lily to leave for school.

Then my mother started speaking "I'll write an apology to your instructor so that you won't have to speak for being late"

As I sat back down puzzled. My parents reached for each and grabbed each other hand giving It a squeeze to comfort each other.

Then my father spoke up "the feelings you described as desire? It was your first Stirrings. Both of us had one when we we're your age, multiple times in fact"

Stirrings in the book of rules said a range of emotional and physical sensations that the residents of the community experience when they reach puberty. These stirrings are deemed inappropriate and unsettling.

On the Speaker it said. Attention: A Reminder that stirrings must be reported In order for treatment.

I always thought It didn't apply to me so now I was nervous. Wondering if I had to report It, Soon my parents cleared up the misunderstandings,

My mother saying "It just the pills. You're ready for the pills. I will remind you every morning until you memorize It".

Once my father gave me the pill I left, My friend Aruther and most people in class took them. I'm pretty sure Amelia didn't have hers yet though? but I couldn't be certain.

It was the sort of thing one didn't ask a friend about because it might have fallen into the uncomfortable category.

Eventually the dream vanished but later that day when the three of us was walking with our bikes in hand.

With Amelia talking to Aruther I couldn't help but look at Amelia when she turned towards me: I got embarrassed and turned my head away.

Hoping she wouldn't notice my pink ears or heart racing. Luckily she just turned towards Aruther again and continue talk but now another feeling rise in my chest "Jealousy?" As my fists clenched around the bike handle unknowingly.