You can change me

Chapter 6

I wake up. Slowly, I open my eyes, yawn, and sit up. I can't see anything because my vision is blurred, so I rub my eyes roughly. Ouch, that might have been too rough.

>> You're awake! Good morning, how was your first night in you new home? Did you dream anything? You know that what you dream in your first night will become reality, don't you? <<

I hear Lilian's voice, she's way too excited about my first night here, especially because it's only about 7am! I'm seriously asking myself how you can be that kind of person, so happy at the beginning of a new day. I'm the complete difference, if you wake me up before 10 am, don't ever talk or look at me again! Nobody is allowed to steal my sleep.

But curious on the other side about what Lilian said, I think about my dream.

Dark, everything is dark. People are laughing, giggling but I'm not sure about what or whom they're laughing that hard. I try to see where hundreds of hands are pointing at, but it's way too crowded, I have no chance to see anything, unless I'm coming closer to the source of their laughter. I try to use my elbows to make my own way through the crowd, but it's nearly impossible. Their laughing is getting louder, louder and louder, I have to cover my ears because they slowly begin to ring. But one thing, I think, I know fore sure about these laughs. I noticed that these aren't nice or funny ones, no they're full of mockery and condescension, as if they must hate what they see and genuinely enjoy that this 'thing' is getting laughed at by everyone. Now I'm even more curious to see, so I try to push my way through the mass of people even more aggressively and intense, but they don't even seem to notice that. After a few minutes, I finally manage to see.

I gasp as the realization hits me. There is a person standing in the middle, the whole crowd around them, pointing with their fingers and laughing loud and ugly. I can clearly see the person's face, and I immediately recognize it. It's the face I see everytime when I look in the mirror.

It's me.

>> Hello?? Madeleine? Is everything okay with you? << I blink. I'm in reality, again, and I see Lilians hand moving fast in front of my face.
>> Stop that, it makes me nervous! << I say, and she looks at me with relief.
>> Damn Madeleine, you scared the hell out of me, I thought you were posessed or something like that. You weren't, right?! << She asks, now sounding alarmed.
>> No, of course not! I was just.. << I stop, trying to find the right words, I obviously don't want to tell her about my embarrassing dream.
>> I guess I was zoned out. Not a morning person, you know? I was probably half asleep, << I say, but it doesn't sound real in my ears and I don't recognize my voice.

Why was my dream so weird? Who were all these people laughing at me? Are they here, at my college?

Thinking about it, I don't recognize any faces from my dream. I shouldn't worry so much about that tho, only little kids have sorrows and are afraid of dreams, it was just a small.. Nightmare. Nothing connected to reality, just some stupid stuff my mind made up out of nowhere.
>> Yes, that must be it, it's nothing bad. << I think, still not fully convinced by my own thoughts.

>> Uhm Madeleine? << Lilian says, >> I don't want to rush you, but our first course begins at 8:30 am, which is in approximately a little bit more than a hour, but we have to get dressed and eat breakfast first. <<

Oh no. Classes. That's exactly what I dislike about school. Waking up early, not having time to get ready or all the things done and then sitting in an either extremely hot or freezing room for the whole day. Then, when it's finally over, you can't just enjoy the rest of the day, no! You have homework, projects, exams for which you have to prepare or write and the, when you're done with that, it's already early night and you're tired. There's no more time for hobbies, watching tiktoks, skincare, gossiping and shopping anymore.

I stand up and go to the big wardrobe. On my way there, I notice that Lilian is already completely dressed up. She's wearing beige oversized jeans with flower patterns on it, a pink t-shirt, converse sneakers, also in pink, and some butterfly jewelry as well as a blue hairband with white dots on it. It suits her and goes well with her blonde hair, which she had let curl overnight with the viral 'heatless curl' method.

I tried that too once with my brunette hair, let's just say, it didn't work with and it looked like a birds nest for the rest of the day. Embarrassing.

While opening my closet, I remember that I don't have many clothes left, so I decide to wear black cargo pants with a green top and a grey jacket. I chose to keep my jewelry simple and just wear my matching fake emerald ring which I got from my friend for my last birthday. Sadly we don't have contact anymore, but obviously I still kept the ring.

>> Madeleine? Hurry, we don't have a lot of time anymore and I'm starving! << Lilian shouts. I quickly grab my golden earrings and rush to her.
>> I'm ready! << I say, smiling at her excitedly for my first day at college.

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