Za Oponou (English)

2.- First dream

I start and wake up.. for a moment I’m disoriented.. I look around, blink and my eyes look at the lightening numbers on my alarm clock..

5:45

I lie down calmly, I have enough time. I close my eyes and try to fall asleep again, but there’s the weird dream I had last night that makes me wonder. I didn’t forget it at all as usual, on the contrary I remember every detail of it.. In fact, it wasn’t as much weird, except of just one thing, that there was this mysterious person appearing all the time, and she looked like me.. I know it wasn’t me, I know that for sure, don’t ask me how.. and she was doing really weird stuff…

As much as I’m trying I can’t fall asleep again, so I sigh and get up, slowly moving to the bathroom. I brush my teeth, put on my school uniform with disgusted face, I really hate that colour, and trying not to make any noise I go downstairs to the kitchen.

‘Oh, I thought you were still sleeping.’

I get a fright, there’s a figure standing next to the fridge. She turns around and put a marble cake down on the table with a smile.

‘Early today, isn’t it? You are so excited about the school or what?’

‘Sure mom.’

I make a face, sit down and start eating the marble cake hungrily. Of the corner of my eye I see mom going back to the bedroom with amused face.

I slowly finish the third piece of that marble cake, look to my watch and find out with dread that I have not as much time as I thought. I grab my school bag, shout bye to the empty hall and close the door. I barely catch the bus. And here’s the long boring way of 15 km to the school. Really bored I lean my head against the cold window and I watch the passing landscape thoughtless.

I get off and slowly plod to my first class of history, real bother; I sit down next to a girl with long black hair and blue eyes, my classmate and the best friend at the same time, Kath. As soon as I sit down the bell starts the first lesson, so I can’t even say hi to her. Our history teacher enters the class- fat forty year old woman with big glasses, unpleasant voice and grumpy look. An hour full of suffering, I sigh and supporting my head with my hand I watch the teacher sitting down and looking at us angrily. Who will she call on today? I wonder. I remember my exercise book with notes is lying on my desk at home. Damn it. I crouch and I watch the floor fixedly, I hope I’m inconspicuous enough. Yes! I’m glad she called on someone from the front of the class. I relax and scrawl on some piece of paper.

Suddenly Kath pokes me and slips a small piece of paper. There’s written:

What the hell was it yesterday???

Whaat?

I send it back to her and stare at her confusedly. She writes something again:

Why didn’t u tell me u were going? We could have gone together. But I didn’t know u had so much better friends, I don’t get it why u acted like u didn’t even know me!

I read her message three times and even after that I don’t get the words. I have no idea what is Kath talking about. So I write it to her and I get the answer immediately:

And don’t u dare acting like u don’t know what I’m talking about, I mean the club, where the party took place yesterday. I wanted to go there with u and u just said it would be boring. Why didn’t u tell me that u were going eventually?

Yes I said it wouldn’t be fun and so that I didn’t come!

Really?? And who was the person smooching with that guy from junior year hmm?

Are you kidding me?? I wasn’t anywhere near the party yesterday, I was at home!!

Yeah sure, just stop lying to me please!

I’m angrily writing the answer when a shadow appears above us and the piece of paper disappears from my hands. I look up and there’s our teacher Malay staring at us with that angry face.

‘Are you enjoying the time, ladies?’ she makes a face on us, rip the piece of paper up and throw it away. For the rest of the class she’s focused on us, so I have no chance to react to that weird note. I’m just saying to myself: What the hell is Kath talking about? I was at home and baked a marble cake with my mum.. And I doubt she would have me confused with someone else, there’s not a lot of people with long red hair like me.

I shake my head and wait for the end of this class, so that Kath can tell me the rest of the story. As soon as the bell rings I turn my head towards her, but Kath just stands up and without a word she leaves the class. I quickly pick up my stuff from the desk and catch up with her on the hallway.

‘What was it back in the class? I’m telling you I wasn’t anywhere last night; I don’t know why would I lie to you about it!’ I look at her angry a little bit.

‘Really?’  Kath makes a face and starts searching something in her bag. I’m waiting curiously- it’s a cell phone. I look at her confused but Kath is typing something angrily and then she finally gives me the phone with triumphant smile on her face.

I look at the screen, there’s some photo, probably from the party last night, the dancefloor and a lot of people and……………………………ME!!!

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I hope you enjoyed the chapter guys, the next will be there… soon!! I promise J