Generation Infinosil

Chapter Sixteen

Chapter Sixteen - Shane

2050

I woke up that morning feeling exhausted. My whole night was haunted by dreams of her- Kaitlyn. Every time I fell asleep, I dreamt of her and every time I was woken up by the confusion of what I was seeing. As a result, I barely slept all night.

I rolled over and felt something beneath my cheek- my notebook. I had been scribbling images of my dreams in there throughout the night. There were dreams of us holding hands, dreams of us being together and happy, but there was also a terrible dream, a dream of a car speeding towards her and... It hit her.

Why was I having these dreams? Especially the awful car accident one, what on earth made me think of that?

Whilst I was getting ready to see her, I tried thinking only of the positive dreams, the bits that I wanted to come true, the bits that made me smile. But every time I saw her smiling face, the image was forced away and replaced by the dreadful look of shock as she heard the car screeching round the corner.

I needed to get a grip and pull myself together, we were seeing each other today and if I couldn't control these thoughts, I had no chance of thinking straight. I needed to think straight. I needed to find out who she was.

"Think Shane, think. Who is she?" I kept asking myself, but it was no use, I didn't know who she was and I had to face the fact that I might not ever know.

As I walked down the stairs and into the kitchen to say goodbye to my parents, my Mum was sat at the table, reading a newspaper. For a panicked moment, I thought I saw Kaitlyn's face on the front page with the scene of a car accident beside it, but that moment soon passed when I blinked and realised it was someone else's face.

I must have looked scared because my Mother was looking at me with a concerned expression on her face, asking if I was okay. "Yeah, I'm fine." I lied, but she didn't believe me. "Okay, okay, I'm meeting a girl today and I'm a bit nervous." I explained, but I wasn't exactly going to tell her that I'm having weird dreams and now I'm even seeing things that aren't there.

She smiled at me and said, "I knew there must be a girl, you've been acting different lately, I haven't seen you looking so energetic since..." She paused.

"Since what?" I asked, confused. I didn't remember ever being this energetic.

"Never mind." She replied bluntly.

I decided not to push her to answer anymore, I thought it was probably just some part of my childhood that I don't remember, there was no point bringing up those lost memories.

I waved goodbye to my Dad, who was sat in the back garden and he nodded back to me. It was weird how my Mum seemed so much happier lately but there was no change to my Dad, he was still as grumpy as ever.

I made my way out of the front door and headed to the zebra crossing, wondering what today would bring. In my hand was a basket, containing jam sandwiches, cheese sandwiches, ham sandwiches and egg mayo sandwiches. I know I may have gone overboard with the sandwiches but I didn't know what she liked. The basket also contained plenty of crisps, biscuits and chocolate along with a few apples, oranges and cartons of different juices. I was certainly prepared equipment wise for the picnic I had planned but I wasn't mentally prepared, I was petrified of what she would think of me. Would she approve of my casual picnic or was she expecting a trip to some fancy restaurant?

When I arrived and saw her leant against the wall by the zebra crossing, looking as cute as ever, I felt an overwhelming sense of relief that she was safe and my nightmare was obviously just a load of nonsense.