The Man in the woods

The small white room

I open my eyes. The only thing I can see is white.

A doorway soon comes into view. I get up, go through it, and see that there is an old man in a white suit, behind a white desk, in another all white room.

I walk over to him cautiously. He smiles at me.

"Name?" he asks in a smooth voice that almost seems like it belongs with all the white. He looks like he knows who I am even before I speak.

"Umm, Amanda Opal Glipton."

"Ah. You go this way my dear." He starts to direct me through the walls. I appear on the other side, in what looks like a giant shower room.

A nice lady that looks somewhat like the man I first met, meets me. "Remove your clothes please." She says in a voice like silk. "OK." I say, kind-of weird-ed out.

I notice my clothes are still the same as they were when I was running through the forest. I take them off, and the lady turns on a shower for me.

I step in, she closes the curtain, and I see the shower water is a bunch of sparkles. They remind me of pixie dust.

As I bathe, I realize that the shower is healing my cuts, making my hair look perfect. I step out when the shower turns off. I have been made to look perfect.

I see the lady turn on a shower for a woman missing one of her legs. She steps in, the lady closes the curtain.

"Ah. Amanda. Stay right there, I will get you your nice white dress and shoes." "Okay." I say. As I wait, the lady without a leg gets out of her shower, and miraculously, she has both of her legs.

The lady shows up with my outfit, waits for me to dress, and directs me toward a door.

I walk through, and find I'm in a massive garden.

It's more beautiful than words can describe.

I start to walk forward, but stop, because there is a familiar voice calling my name.

I turn and see someone who is familiar, someone who died, and then my mother hated us. It is my dad!

Before I can talk to him, or even wait for him to get to me, a hand grabs my shoulder.

I turn, and see Drake, standing right there behind me. I suddenly know where I am. "How did you get here?" I ask him, an edge of hostility in my voice.

He leans over, whispers something in my ear and then pulls away, biting his lip.

I am stunned for a moment, and the lean over and kiss him on the lips. I pull away.

"Come on," I say. "Lets go meet my dad."