Dreams

Chapter 2: Familiar

I feel a pair of doors getting closer to us and as soon as we go through them the smell of old books and the clumped on librarian's Japanese cheery blossom perfume hit my noise. I immediately start coughing from the surprise but I'm shushed by Mrs. Ebrimen.

"Hey Mrs. E I need that book from yesterday." Jules walked in front of me towards Mrs. E as if my coughing didn't matter, that gnome! Even if you know why someone is doing it its nice to check, but I will get him back for this later.

"do you mean the Emily Dickenson poem book?" Mrs. E replied after noticing jules's statment. "Oh Lunnet is that you I'm sorry I couldn't tell it was you coughing. Are you ok?" Mrs. Ebrimen asked with worry in her voice. I nodded. She is the school librarian and has been here since she volunteered to help the old librarian back in her 9th grade year. Even during college she came down here and helped out. She dedicates herself to this place. I remember when she was pregnant she came to work all the same big bellied and frequing lovable as ever. It took my principle 8 months to figure out she was pregnant. And he wouldn't have even known if Mrs. E didn't snap at him and bite his finger when he said she couldn't have an order of new books and throw up in the teachers lounge in the same day. I stood up for her when Mr. Slide our vice principle suggested she get fired. I told them about how idiotic they were and that I would report them for not giving her maternity league if they did fire her. I refused to imagine a life without her making school a place to come to. Mrs. Ebrimen is the nicest adult you could ever meet well to the weird kids at least. She too can't stand jocks cheerleaders and anyone else whose brain is too small to apprentice the art of reading cleaning and order. I tell her everything and she loves to tell me about her experiences and books she reads. She even tells me what she sees. She understands me in a way that no one else can. She even knows I'm not really blind. "A blind mouse is only one who needs something to start their journey." I love that saying and would have never learned it if it weren't for her. She is short with afro like black hair and looks very young for her age. She has chocolate brown skin with teal eyes. Of course they're contacts but I'm the only one who knows other than Jules. She loves him anyway she is curvy with a round face plump lips a little nose and simply beautiful. These are the words of her husband in whom I met while eating dinner with them. Her and my mom were high school friends so I eat dinner with them a lot. She calls me the daughter she could never have because I am too awesome to come from her. She has a new born baby boy but he doesn't talk cry or anything. I love him all the same. Even though I can't baby sit for her I come over with teddy and we all watch movies together. I hold him all the time.

"Lune I'm gonna start, ok?" Jules asked as he walked in front of me.

"Cool ok." I was confused but I knew I couldn't be caught for my inability to pay attention. I am only this way beca-

"You're completely lost aren't you?" crap he noticed it!

"no" I feel a pair of soft hands on my shoulder. I immanently know its Mrs. E and she wisphers in my ear.

"He will read you the poems today. I'm really busy today."

I open my mouth to protest but I don't want to cause her any trouble so I didn't. then again...

"He can read to me but only if he sings EVERY SINGLE POEM."

"With a mic?" Mrs. E adds while giggling like a little school girl.

"Yes" I deviously smile. Yeah pay back sucka.

" wait I didn't agree to a mic being on or singing. Besides who does this and how can I even know what beat or tempo to go by?" the confusion in his voice made me laugh which induced Mrs. E to start laughing.

"Jules... its easy... just snap your fingers as if those are your instrument." Mrs. E's voice cracks and we both finish out laughing.

"I don't not see the funniness in the conversation at all." Jules sighs as a sign of defeat, when our chuckles regenerated at the end of his comment. "Ok just hand me the book."