The Dragon Queen to Be

Dragons

That night I went home drunk and dazed. I couldn't get that beautifully muscled man out of my head. His eyes were so intriguing and guarded. It's like I couldn't get past his outer layer, I could only get as far as he allowed me and he wanted to keep me out. Just then I realized, I never got his name, how could I not get his name? I sighed and dragged myself into the apartment, Annabeth had dropped me off and let me walk up the stairs by myself. I'm not exactly sure how I made it up here without toppling over. I definitely had way too much to drink, and I was way too turned on to even think of sleep. I decided to attempt to get into the shower, it was not a smart move, I ended up almost killing my self walking into the bathroom. I looked like a flailing monkey that was blind and lost, it was slightly funny but not enough to get a laugh out of. I quickly turned the water on and looked at myself in the mirror, I was a hot mess. I brushed my hair out of my face with my hand and looked deep in the mirror. I could see the paleness to my skin and the sparkle in my eye that I only get from a night out. My deep brown eyes sparkled brightly, it looked unnatural in the harshness of the bathroom light. I picked at my auburn hair attempting to get the tangles out but the curls were too entwined together. I gave up and dragged my heavy lead feet to the shower, i slowly stripped off my clothes. I climbed in and immediately wished I had gotten his name. I sighed and let the hot water rush down my body, I really have to stop thinking about him before I drive myself crazy. I'm not sure how long I let the water fall on me but once my head was finally clear I turned off the water and climbed out. I must have been standing there for longer than I expected when I moved my body ached from being in the same position for too long. I grabbed a towel off the rack and feeling dazed I walked to my bed and collapsed. I knew once I woke up I'd have a terrible head splitting hangover, so I decided to not go to work in the morning. What's missing one day? Once I finally feel asleep the moon was high in the sky shinning brightly for it was a full moon. It was a cloudless night, truly beautiful. I dreamed about dragons and all the stores my mom used to tell me about. They felt very real, but of course they're nothing but fairy tales used to scare little kids into submission. I awoke the next morning in full daylight, I took a hesitant look at the clock. Oh no! It's 12:45! Then I remembered that I was going to take the day off, I tried to climb out of bed and I collapsed back on the bed with a groan of pain. My head felt like it was being split apart from the inside out. I tried to get up again, I needed to grab some pain medication or I'm sure I won't make it through the day. I stumbled to the medicine cabinet, I opened it and instead of reaching for the medicine I saw it was slightly open. It seemed there was a secret compartment behind the first, I had never seen this before. I glanced around making sure I was alone, I could feel pinpricks of fear that eyes were watching my every move. I grabbed the cabinet and pulled, hard. It opened slowly making a really loud creaking noise. I looked inside fairly certain there was nothing in there, but to make sure I tentatively reached my hand in feeling for anything. All I seemed to find was dust, something kept telling me that I needed to keep looking. Then, at the very back, I felt something. It was hard and flat, it felt like leather that was old and slightly cracked. I reached in my other hand attempting to grab it and pull it out. I grabbed hold of it and pulled with all my might, it came out and I gasped.