The Life In a Dream

Chapter 1 - Reality

Walking down the hall. I did that every day at school, more than five times a day but every time, I spotted something new. Was that white jelly bean on the floor before? It wouldn't be surprising as they taste shitty. If you don't have friends, you'll see the details too. My only friend Laila was sick.
While I was contemplating my miserable life, I saw the guy. The guy whose name I didn't know. Apparently he was going to give me my sleeping pills. The man who I call my dad was refusing to buy me those pills because he believed in "alternative medicine" but I needed sleep and they seemed the only way.

"How much?"
"Umm.." He looked at me in a weird way just like he did when I ordered the pills.
"Yeah, I know that it's weird to order just sleeping pills from a guy like you but as long as I'm paying you, I don't think that it matters. Now tell me how much."
"20 bucks. But don't use more than two pills a day. I'm not taking any responsibilities."
"Here you go." I handed him the money and put the box in my bag after checking if someone was around. I had just one more class. Art.
Art was one of the few ways to express my feelings. I wasn't really the social chick. I'm not trying to say that I'm a special snowflake though. As I entered the class, I took a blank paper and an abused pencil. You could tell that the school didn't really care about art as we were using the same old stuff for 4 years.
Our art teacher, Ms. Paige, stood in front of the class while explaining what we should draw this time.

"Hello everyone. I know that this isn't really your favourite class but that doesn't mean you don't have to listen to me. I'm talking to you Matt. I wouldn't be so relaxed if I were you, I mean your points aren't as bright as your teeth, are they?"
She raised her eyebrows as all of the girls were laughing the popular guy out.
Most of the girls had a crush on him but to me, he wasn't more than a selfish asshole. He was the kind who would use nerdy girls in order to get his homework done so I was pretty amused while he was being roasted by our teacher. He rolled his blue eyes and stopped talking.

"Good. If we are all ready now, I'd like to talk about your duty for today. I want you to draw a dream of yours. A dream which has effected your life."

Well, fuck. Until that moment I've never had difficulty with an art class but drawing a dream... I rarely had dreams and most of them were straight up nightmares. When the bell rung, I just had a boy in the middle of my paper. I didn't really think while drawing him. When I handed my paper in, Ms. Paige looked disappointed. She was my favourite teacher so it made me sad to disappoint her. When I stepped out the class, I saw the guy coming towards me, I remembered his name, it was Jerry.

"And don't tell anyone that it was me who sold you those pills." He seemed worried. I didn't understand.
"Okay but I don't get why you are stressing this much. They are just sleeping pills, right?"
"Totally yeah, yeah. I mean umm... They have a different formula then the other ones. Just another brand but it works the same way." He was trying to smile.
"Are you sure? I mean what about the side effects?"
"I guess they don't have any. I mean they are kinda new so I don't really know. They are just cheaper okay? If they don't work just come to me and I'll get you the other ones. For free."
It seemed like a reasonable deal even though he didn't seem really honest.
"Okay. Deal."
He smiled and stuck his long brunette locks which were sticking out behind his ear.
"Okay. See you later honey."
"No. Don't." I rolled my eyes.
He looked at the ground and walked away in a hurry.

When I came home, I was alone. I wasn't surprised. Dad was probably with his secret girlfriend. Maybe he thought that I was dumb enough to believe that he was working. He sure was doing something but it was definitely not work. I caught him talking with a lady a few times but I wasn't surprised. I was mad. It hadn't even been a half year since my mom died and he had already found a replacement. I tried to keep calm. I currently had to live with him. As long as he didn't bring his bitch here, it didn't really matter. I was spending my time away from him but even his energy in the house was annoying enough for me.

I got some self made food out of the fridge as the talentless man couldn't cook. I was pretty lucky because of my cooking talents. There weren't much in the fridge because no one really went to the grocery store. I took the last can of iced tea out of the fridge. After going upstairs, I slammed the door and opened my laptop, one of my few friends. I opened one of my favourite tracks: Hurricane by Thirty Seconds to Mars. I remembered the clip of the track and giggled. It was definitely a hot one. I remembered that I had to text Laila.

C:"Hey L, why weren't you at school today you hoe 😡?" She immediately responded.
L:"Of course I'm better honey, how nice of you to ask 😊😊"
C:"I missed you 😒"
L:"Of course you did. I'd miss myself too 💅"
C:"Jokes aside, I got this sleeping pills from Jerry. He said that they were new but I don't know. Can I really trust him?"
L:"Jerry?? Are you batshit crazy? I wouldn't even buy a bottle of soda from him."
C:"Umm, why?"
L:"They say that he once poisoned this one kid."
C:"Yeah, of course they say. Do you really have to believe in everything they say? I'm pretty sure that nothing will happen, chill."
L:"I hope so... You know that I want your good."
C:"Of course I do. Believe me I'll stop if anything bad happens but you need to understand me. I really need to sleep. It's effecting my whole life.
L:"Ugh, okay. But I want your albums and clothes if you die 😈 jk jk love you loads."
C:"..."
L:"Love you too 💕"
C:"See you at school tomorrow. Don't worry about me babe."
L:"I believe you, adios baby 😘"

We didn't really have much to do for school so I put a movie on. When it finally ended, it was 10.30 pm. The movie was one of the boring rom-coms. It would be great if they were a little bit realistic. I wanted to sleep early so I got ready for bed. I put the books into my teal backpack which I adored. When I arrived at the bathroom, I looked at myself. My eyebrows needed some loving. After a tweezing session, I brushed my teeth and I took my makeup off. I wasn't whining about my appearance anymore. I knew that there were disabled people out there and I was thankful for the way I was.

I took the box out and swallowed the pill with a cup of water. I was excited because after a long time, I was going to sleep well again. I hid the pills so that dad wouldn't find them. He still wasn't home but I didn't really care. I could feel my eyes closing. I got into my bed and took the sheet all the way up. I loved these black sheets a lot. I looked at my dark grey walls before closing the lights. I could feel that I was dissappearing in the arms of sleep.

As I opened my eyes, I found myself walking in the middle of a street. I looked around only to see people with rare clothing. The streets were very odd either. It was... It was like I was in the past. I was probably in the middle of a costume party or something like that. I remembered that I got out of school but the neighbourhood seemed very odd. I would recognise it if it was decorated. I remembered going out of school but I probably took the wrong way. I tried to ask where I was to people.

"Excuse me, which way should I go to find Langfield High?"
"Langfield High? I'm sorry ma'm you are in New York. There is no Langfield High here."

New York? NEW YORK? Was she shitting me?? NEW YORK? Okay, this was going out of hand. Anyone who answered my question said that I was in NY. And the oddest thing was that there weren't any people using cell phones. They apparently took the costume play very seriously. I could feel that my nerves were pounding. In a sudden, I began to cry not knowing what to do. I felt like an alien. I tried to find my cellphone but it somehow wasn't with me. When I looked at my feet, I couldn't recognize my shoes. I wouldn't wear such shoes. I'd always wear some sneakers. As I was crying, I felt a hand on my shoulder.

"Is everything alright?"