I woke up with fear. I felt cold sweat trickle down my face as I noticed that my breathing was getting faster and heavier. I don't know if I yelled but I heard Eliza open my bedroom door and look at me with shock and horror. "Are you alright Nimrah?!" She said as she rushed over to me and took both of my hands in hers, examining me with worry. I looked down for a moment and back at her. "Y-yeah I'm fine.." I said with a hint of shock in my voice. Eliza sighed in relief. "It must've been a bad dream or something." She said as she let go of my hands and rubbed her eye. I looked down again. Should I tell her what my dream was? Maybe she can help me calm down or something. "E-Eliza..I need to talk to you about my..nightmare." I called out as she turned and looked at me with confusion. He face soon melted into a soft expression. "Of course Nimrah." I sighed before telling her my nightmare. I told her about how both Naail and I danced whilst everyone was watching. I told her about the girl. I told her everything. Once I finished, her expression turned into something sad. She sighed before speaking. "Nimrah..it's a horrible nightmare but remember what you said about nightmares? They may turn out to be the complete opposite in real life." "But what of my nightmare is true?" I cried out, fresh new tears rolling down my cheek. She frowned and hugged me tightly. "I know for a fact that that's not going to happen. If it ever does, I'll slap him with all my might." I chuckled. "You know if you ever did that, I would kinda be mad at you." She chuckled. "Yeah but..hey I would be a griffindor for once in my life." We both laughed and spent the entire morning talking about the nightmare and how the dance would turn out today.
***
I came back from my last lecture of the day, feeling exhausted but ecstatic for the dance today! I leaned against my front door once I entered inside my dorm and sighed in relief, closing my eyes while I smiled. I opened my eyes and heard singing. It sounded nice and I was curious who that voice belonged to, but let's be realistic here, the only voice it could really belong to was Eliza's. She was the only person (other than myself of course) who lived here. It came from her bedroom and I slowly walked there. There was a little opening that showed the brightness of her room, so I opened the door a little and stepped in. Sure enough, it was her singing. She was examining her options as she sung. I smirked and knocked on the door. That caught her attention and she turned, covering her mouth as she found me. "Ah...you didnt hear anything right?" I chuckled, "Of course I did Eliza, but does it matter? It's ok for us to expose ourselves a little." She chuckled and nodded, "Yeah.." "Well-" I stepped out of her room. "-I'll just get ready for the dance." I saw her nod. "And also, I like your singing. You should sing in front of people." She turned as I walked away. It's too bad that I didn't get to see her reaction. I sighed and smiled as I entered my room, but there was something that was on my bed. It was the same turquoise dress that I wore on my nightmare. I almost jumped away at the sight, but told myself to calm down. I was curious as to who had sent me this dress and I thought of Eliza, so I called, "Eliza! Did you buy me a dress or something?" She yelled back, "No! I wouldn't even have the time to buy myself a nice shirt!" I thought that was weird, but I totally understood what Eliza was saying and she was right. Eliza has been working a lot more harder now. I noticed a little note sticking out of the dress and I picked it up. It was a note from Naail.
Dear Nimrah,
I found a little something that I think would make you look amazing! I hope you like it. I know you're favorite princess is Jasmin so...I thought this would work out
Love, Naail
I felt my cheeks heat up as I looked back at the dress. Maybe this wasn't a sign of the nightmare. (or is it? *dun dun dun*). I sighed and placed the letter on my nightstand and got ready for the dance.
***
Eliza and I were waiting outside our apartment building as we were waiting for our princes to arrive. I noticed that Eliza was feeling a bit nervous, but I wouldn't blame her. I felt like I could literally disappear. I turned to her and placed a hand on her shoulder, catching her attention. "Hey..what's wrong?" She chuckled, "What do you mean? Everything is fine." I shook my head. "You literally look like you're about to get a shot and you're scared of doing so." She laughed and I joined in. She moved a strand of hair away from her face and looked down, smiling nervously. "It's just Tanyon...I mean I don't know why I'm nervous. We've been together for a while, but he just gives me..the butterflies." She looked at me when she said the last word and I smiled. "Girl what do you think I'm feeling now?" She laughed and her smile brightened. "Yeah..you'll get used to the feeling now." We both looked away and looked at the cars that passed by. She suddenly added, "Just don't act like me once you!re dating Naail for a while." I blushed and laughed. "Ok..I won't." She chuckled. Soon after, we saw a car approaching us and out came two men. It was Tanyon and Naail, looking handsome as ever. Eliza and I sure blushed really hard, because the men laughed once they approached us. Naail turned to look at Tanyon and said, "Don't you love it when girls blush? Makes them look 10 times cuter." Tanyon laughed and wrapped an arm around Eliza's waist, making her blush even more. "Yeah..makes them look amazing." Tanyon looked at Eliza with a smirk as she smiled through her tomato face. They both laughed and enter red the car. Naail watched them leave and turned to look at me once they were out of sight. "Cute couple huh?" I smiled. "Yeah..I wish I had a relationship like that." He laughed and took my hand, placing kisses on the tope of it. "Oh you will.." He whispered. (FoRsHaDoWiNG oCcUrS). We both walked towards the car and had a fun time on our way to the dance.
***
Once we arrived. The room looked exactly like it did in my nightmare. It kinda gave me a chill, but yet again, Eliza talked to me about how'll it'll look look since a friend of hers organizes dances. So that calmed me down. Naail took me over to a corner, and chuckled lightly, making me chuckle. He moved closer to me since it was a small corner and he seemed like he didn't want to be seen. He placed a finger under my chin and brought it up, forcing me to look at him. "You look mighty fine tonight my purrincess." I laughed and smacked his finger away. "Oh my gosh why add the cat pun?" He laughed and placed his chin under my chin again, making me look up at him. His expression turned serious and I knew that something intense was going to happen. He slowly dropped his head and our lips met. We started kissing softly, slowly making it passionate. His hands held my waist as I moved closer to him. I couldn't believe what was happening, but I was letting my body control this. I ran my hands through his fluffy hair as he started gripping my waist a little harder. We heard a noise nearby us, which made us pull apart. We turned to look at the source of the noise and it was her. The girl with the donuts, sneering at me with flaming eyes.
*end*
