Water Worlds

Chapter 4

I tiredly stare at my reflection in the mirror, my light blue eyes and tan face framed by brown hair stare back at me. I had the dream again, and this time I said yes. I went with the person, and they disappeared once I was on the rock. The water rose and I was trapped, then I fell off. I woke up shaking and sweating again. I brush my teeth. When I'm ready to go I grab my notebook and start heading down the stairs.
When I open the door Luke and Sam are already there waiting for me, I see Troy walking down the street on his way to my house too.
"Yo, sup dill pickle." Luke says.
"Hey, Dylan, ready to go?" Sam asks, rolling their eyes at Luke.
"Yeah, where's Ashley?" I ask back.
"Dude, Ashley is always the last person to get, she takes forever to get ready!" Luke complains.
"Hey kids, where are y'all headed? One of my mom's asks as she peeks her head out the door, the fact that she says y'all even though we live in the northeast is weird.
"We're goin to the carnival, I got tickets from Josh for helping him get a date." Troy told her, now standing next to my porch on the ground.
"Really? That asshole?" Luke asks.
"Yeah, well, that asshole had a bunch of tickets so we got tickets." Troy replies.
"Well have fun, you crazy kids." My mom says, heading back into the house. We go and get Ashley and as Luke had previously predicted she took forever to get ready. Once she came out of her room we head out to the carnival. The lights of rides and games light up the whole place and it smells like corn dogs and cotton candy.
"Hey Luke, let's go ride the carousel!" Ashley jumps up and down as she talks.
"Wait, me? Why me?" Luke asks frantically.
"Come on! Come on! Come on!" Is her only response as she grabs his hand and runs.
"I'm gonna go get some food." Troy says, leaving Sam and me behind. Sam looks sad. I mentally curse Troy for forcing me to be alone with my crush.
"So, where do you wanna go?" I ask, Sam smiles.
"Let's go play some games." They reply. We go buy a large roll of tickets each and run over to the games area. We play every game over and over getting big prizes and joking the night away. We play until we run out of tickets and the games start shutting down for the night. We meet back up with our friends at the entrance and Troy walks up as Luke hunches over to throw up.
"You two look happy. Yo, what happened to him?" He asks. Luke stops puking to answer him.
"She fucking made me ride like fifty rides, and they all fucking spun or went up and down or-" he cuts off to throw chunks again.
"I thought we could just have some fun you asshat!" Ashley says, looking annoyed.
"Well, I gotta go, I'm already late, my dad's going have my head." Sam says, looking worried. I hug them and let them go, after that, I joke around for a few minutes with the rest of my friends and then decide to go home. Before I get home, however, I decide to chill at the beach for a while and write some more of my book. I write and watch the water reflecting the beautiful moon.