All the Notes I'll Never Leave

False memory

I think I had a nightmare, only I'm terrified that it was true. For when I opened my eyes I was not the girl beside you. She had shaking limbs and her skin was paled to white, her eyes seemed as though they all at once wanted to be open and shut tight. She had trembling lips, that fumbled over words. Her tongue tripped and stumbled over each letter's curves. The class crowded around her while I stood off to the side. I felt as though my breathing had been stretched thin, a mile wide. I was underwater, but I was falling down fast. I was in a tank, and my face was obscured by a sign's mask- In case of emergency: break glass. I had a nightmare, and I fear it was true. For panic attacked me at my safest: beside you.