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by lukeyoupenguin

by lukeyoupenguin

I sat up gasping for air. The loud alarm was still going off. Wait alarm? I turned to see my phone was ringing. The time showed it was 5:00 am. Frowning I slid my finger across the screen to answer the call.

"What the hell do you want at this time?!", I yelled into the phone. I heard a soft chuckle and I recognized it to be Lauren, my best friend. "I'm gonna kill you if you don't tell me why you're calling within the next 10 seconds" I grumbled into the phone. "Listen here" she started, "I found out that my creeper neighbour next to me finally moved!". I sighed and rolled my eyes, was that little piece of information really that exciting to her? "But wait it gets better", she laughed into the phone. "Thank god", I said jokingly. She must've taken a second to roll her eyes and then she continued. "The new family just moved in and they've got a hottie with them, I met him last night. I tried to call but you didn't answer your phone. His name's Luke apparently and wow he looks amazing". I gasped. Was that the same Luke from the coffee shop? I decided to find out as my curiosity was killing me. I quickly said, "So when can I sleep over?". She laughed and replied "Tonight!". Perfect, I thought as I said a quick goodbye and got up off of my couch.

Stretching as I got up, I decided to start my day early. Walking to my kitchen and filling up my kettle I boiled some water for my tea. I carried it to the couch letting it steep on my side table as I opened up my laptop. Logging into my email, I notice I have a new one from my psychologist. It reads,

Dear Lessa,

I regret to inform you that I am moving to a better job in France. Although I have enjoyed working with you, I feel as though your progress has been getting much better lately and you probably can do without a psychologist now. Good luck for the future,

Sarah Greenwood

I couldn't believe it. She just left me. Who am I supposed to talk to now? Not even Lauren knows what happened and I'm too afraid to tell her, she'd never look at me the same. I took a small sip of my tea and decided not to worry about it for a little bit. Reading through the rest of my trash emails I decided to step into my shower. The warm water calmed me down and I tried to forget about everything for the moment. As soon as I was feeling relieved, my phone started to ring.

Great.

As I galloped out of the shower shaking like a chihuahua I quickly grabbed my phone and held it up to my ear. "Hello", I said not bothering to look at the caller i.d. A gentle voice answered me, "Lessa? It's Luke". I nearly chocked remembering my dream. It was his voice. "Oh Luke hi- I mean how are you?". He chuckled softly at the surprise in my voice replying, "I'm ok I mean manageable ok, not the greatest but I'm good physically thanks how are you?". I furrowed my eyebrows slightly thinking about the dream, still caught up in it. "Lessa?". His voice broke me out of my thoughts and I spoke back quietly, "Um Luke? I'm kinda busy right now, ok? I'll give you a call soon". Quickly I pressed the end button and the regret hit me like a brick wall. He was a very attractive, seemingly nice guy, I just had to get over the dream first.

I got dressed and walked to my bedroom turning on the t.v. so that it wasn't too quiet in the house. Looking at my clock I saw I had three hours until I had to be at work. Organizing displays at the store I worked at was what I loved I just didn't know if I could focus today. Looking at my phone I went back on Twitter and just kept scrolling, the dream staying in my mind.

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A/N: a little bit longer this time! More soon I promise just exams are making me really busy but wait till summer! only 3 days! Be sure to vote and comment <3

-Zoe xx