Living Out my Dreams

Chapter 6

 Chapter 6:

Getting dressed was usually easy, as it would be, but today was weird. I kept hearing her words in my mind: ‘Dreams are more than your imagination. Do not fall for them.’ I didn’t know why, but it didn’t seem right, it was creepy and my mind wouldn’t let me forget it. ‘Do not fall for them,’… What does that mean? I knew I was getting a little paranoid, but the way she had said those words… it really got to me. No matter how much I told myself she was just some crazy old broad making up a heap of stuff about people to earn a quick buck, another part of my mind wondered if maybe, just maybe, there was some truth to her words.

My dream wouldn’t come true would it? It couldn’t, Rose’s birthday was nearly over… and then something hit me… Hit me like a truck run off the road at high speed, my dream was set on a Saturday morning and today was Thursday, I guess I would have to wait and find out. It gave me a little thrill, two party’s for one birthday and one girl. This would be the best birthday combination, a party with Justin, the love of her life and one with me, her best friend. I sighed and made my way over to my bed trying to keep my eyes open. I was so tired, and the fact that I had a boyfriend now was like a weight was lifted off my shoulders. I didn’t know why, but I liked that fact. I can’t believe that I gave myself so much shit for thinking that he didn’t like me, and now that we’re together… well, I don’t know. I don’t know, it’s just a relief.

I yawned and lay down and felt a sigh of relief release my lips. The bed was so nice and cold and the doona… don’t even get me started, it was made out of those duck feathers, and did I mention that they were soft enough to cushion your fall if you were to jump from a building. Ok. Well maybe they wouldn’t do that, but they did keep you nice and warm.

I could tell I was drifting into sleep because all features of my bedroom were fading away, still, the only thing I could think about was the unexpected date which didn’t happen. Why? I shouldn’t of even gone, then they would have been alone from the start, but then I would of had Rose on my back demanding an answer of my status. I heard a light knock on the door and wondered why anyone would want to talk to me right now. Couldn’t you of waited til’ morning? Why now? I murmured under my breath, to low for anyone to hear. My mum came through the door then, stunned to see me in bed already.

“I was coming to tell you it was bed time, but I see you don’t need the memo. You’re tired, aren’t you?” She said.

“No, I’m just resting my eyelids,” I moaned sleepily.

“Uh-huh. Hon, I didn’t believe that when you were three. Go to bed if you’re tired. Remember, teenagers need their ten hours of sleep every night,” she said enthusiastically.

Trust her to say something like that. Why was it always that the motherly figure pointed things like that out? 

“Fine.” I sighed, exasperated. She nodded and proceeded to the door. I was weighing my options; whether or not to stay awake. I could call Corey; he had given me his phone number after he walked me home. It was funny, we had hidden behind the bushes to say our goodbyes and give our good night kisses, my dad didn’t know I had a boyfriend and he would freak when he found out. No, I am tired. I’ll call him tomorrow. The fact circled through my head, leaving me upset, but I’d get over it.

I closed my eyes and drifted into sleep…

“Aghhh!!”  The road was slippery and it didn’t help that three people were on the back of one motorbike going up a sheer face of rocks. Rose took my hand behind her back, clenching it in the process. It was her way of helping me through tough times. In this case, it was climbing a steep mountain.