Pandora

CHAPTER 2

                        ●The Dream●

When we get to the hostel after lunch. I quickly get to my bed and take off my things. God! I'm damn exhausted. I slip into my extra clothes, I quickly submit my uniform to the laundry.

I can already feel the sleep creeping its way into my eyes. When I get to my room my other roommates are chatting well I fall on my bed and immediately let sleep take me to my dreamland.
  
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I appear in a dark place, then one after the other my dreamland begins to pop up.

I spot 'dream Charis' and run up to her. She doesn't speak but just waves. Then I see 'dream Tokoni' dressed in a polka dotted dress hopping towards me.

"Hey Pandora," she says "come along David what's to speak to you." A cute smile is plastered on her lips.

David?? What does she mean David would like to speak to me??

She gives out her hand to hold mine. Immediately I'm about holding on to hers the scene shifts.

Now I'm sitting in the multi purpose hall with all my set mates and there's an MC on stage talking. My mind is still in blurrs when I hear

"We'd like to call on Miss Pandora Khamarie as the 2019 valedictorian."

That's when it dawned to me - I was sitting for my own graduation.

The scene shifts again.

Now everyone of my set mate is looking me with big doll eyes. I look down at myself and this time I'm wrapped in garbage and snakes. I look at my crowd of set mates, spotting Tokoni I yell out to her.

"Help me!!!!," I scream

"No. I.. I mean - I can't," she replies. Her voice almost as low as a whisper

What? Now we are in she can't help?This dream is just crazy.

"Why??," I ask

This time she doesn't speak alone. The crowd does.

"The Memories Pandora." they chorus.

"The Memories. Make some good Memories. You won't regret it."

The scenes dissolves.

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My eyes flatter open. My head feels like I've been in a hurricane, the prep bell is ringing and all my room girls are rushing out the room. Sone still on their bras while some others fully dressed.

"Thank God you're awake. I was about waking you up," Tokoni tells me by my bed side.

She's in her Jean shorts and black cropped top. Her hair is packed in a bun and her sling bag by her side.

"Quit moping at me and get dressed, would you," Tokoni says.

I get dressed in a pink cropped top and black ripped jeans. I'm wearing sandals and I let my hair fall down to shoulders.

The word 'Memories' floods my head as we head off to class. My dreams replays itself in my mind and I'm lost in thought.

"Pandora?," Tokoni's voice pulls me out of my thoughts.

"Yeah?"

"I've called your name for at least more that eight times now, what you thinking about??,"she asks

Wow. I've been so lost in thought I didn't even realise.

"I'm sorry," I apologise. Then I hear my subconsciousness shouting tell her the dream.

"Well," I say " it's just, I had this crazy dream. You all were all telling me to make some good memories and all."

"Mmm," she nods " go on".

"It's like I was kinda y'know, regretting the fact that I didn't make some God memories before I went over to college and I just seemed to forget y'all. It was kinda creepy and stuff," I tell her.

For some odd reason I don't tell her about David's part of the dream. I've always told her every single thing about my life. But why not this?

My subconsciousness tells me again not to tell her.

                Seriously? I question my subconsciousness.

   Of course you dummy tell the right person, it replies.

            Why??, ask quite nervous

     I'm done answering you, it replies

    What?? You're me. I'm you. I yell in my head

  My subconsciousness doesn't reply. Like what??

"Are you alright Pan??" Tokoni asks

"Y.y...yeah. I'm all good." I lie

"Any thing else??," she asks

"N..no" I mumble " that's all."

  We climb up the stairs straight to class. The boys are already here. As usual playing around, shouting and shit.

"Wassup Pandora??," Melvis nugs at my shoulder.

"Good," I give him a peace sign.
  
   He glances at Tokoni then back at me.

"Why are you looking at me now??," Tokoni jokes

       "Nah... Nothing. Actually Mr Princewill's having an extra history class with us. Just wanted to let you know," he tells her.

   I don't offer history.

We enter our class and I help Tokoni pack her books for her history class.

"I promise, immediately I'm done with history class, I'll help you out with your crazy dream," she tells as she walks off

"Okay. Thanks." I say.

   I watch her walk off. I take my sit and bring my my jotter. Just  Idara, Luda, Stephanie, Nanita, Kennedy and Yusuf are in class and their all reading.

    I open my jotter to a new page. I stare at the emptiness of the page. My thoughts are racing. Clips of David floods my head soon I find myself scribbling his name down on the blank pages of my jotter.

   The class door slams open. Only one person would do that.

"Your bitch is back people!!!!," Timmie yells. As he majestically walks into the class.

"Why so much noise??," Luda sighs

"Ermmm. Because I was born that way??!!," Timmie jokes.

       He looks so happy and confident I wonder whether that's a super power of his. I continue to stare at him as he makes his way to his chair.

         When he takes his seat he looks up and catches me staring. I quickly look away.  Then I hear his footsteps.