Dreams Will Be Dreams

The Calm Before the Storm

I was working the county fair in August. I had Rosie around my shoulders to allow people to touch her. A friend of mine named Matt came up and wanted to take me for a walk, so I put Rosie back and went with him. On this walk, Matt told me about his girl and how he was stupid when they first had a relationship but he wanted to try again. The thing was that he didn't know how to talk to her. I told him just to tell her and hope that she has gotten over the past. So he asked me if I would ever forgive him for what he did to me. I said it was the past and w both had a part in it so it was long forgiven.
Matt said that he wanted to try something but didn't want to risk making stuff worse. I said that trying something is the only way to know what would happen. Before he could do anything, my sister showed up cursing me out. My sister quickly raised her hand and hit me. I knew how Matt would react so I grabbed his hands and tried to run. But he stayed put just looking at me, I knew that the bruise starting to show and quickly covered it with my hand. Matt just kept looking in between me and my sister trying to figure out what had just happened. He uncovered the bruise that was starting to swell and block part of my vision. I was starting to tear up from the interaction and the pain so Matt took me into his side protectively and walked back to 4H. Everybody saw us but I quickly turned my head into his chest so no one could see me cry or the bruise. We went to the cabin and got ice. What surprised me the most is that he held the ice to my eye while I cried into his chest.