Falling Awake

Part 16

Cassie Merrill

Day 1 in the city.

    I still can't believe that Jory tricked us into keeping journals, I mean it's just so stupid, it's not like they're gonna magically appear in real life. I don't know why i'm even going along with it, I guess it's mainly just to make Jory happy. I dunno, i've always kinda wanted to keep a diary anyway, this could be fun. So today, I woke up in my pretty pink dream room, after going back to sleep from Jory's 3AM revelation, and went out to the kitchen for pancakes. Jory really is a good cook, no matter what she says, her food tastes just like mom's. After all of us had woken up, and eaten, we decided to go for a walk

    "So, are we even gonna find anything different here" Denny asked, as we wandered along the deserted street

    "I dunno" Jory replied "at least it's more interesting than back home"

    "How are you feeling Denny" I asked, very compassionately.

"Ten million times better, I think they loaded me up on meds again" he smiled, laughing. I watched his creamy eyes glow, as his face lit up with his laugh. Denny's laugh is amazing, it just makes everything better. We kept walking down the street, when suddenly Jory gasped.

"What?" Denny asked

"Umm,is that an ass on that billboard" JOry laughed hysterically, and pointed up at a giant billboard of the president, with a printout of two butt cheeks pasted on top of his face. It was the kind of art you make when you sit on a photocopier.

"OH GOD DAD, YOU DID NOT" Denny sighed

"YOUR DAD DID THIS" Jory yelled, and me and her started rolling on the ground laughing, with Velvet joining us of course. Denny was understandably mortified.

"WAIT" I yelled "YOU KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS!"

"OH MY GOD, I DIDN'T EVEN REALISE, THIS MUST MEAN MY DAD'S HERE" Denny shouted

"CASSIE, YOU ARE SO SMART, WE WERE ALL TOO PREOCCUPIED WITH THE HILARITY OF THE SITUATION TO REALISE THE TRUE MEANING. YOU ARE A GENIUS CASSIE, HOW WOULD WE EVER POSSIBLY SURVIVE WITHOUT YOU!" Jory Praised (okay, so maybe she didn't actually say that, but that felt REALLY good to write... She really said something more like "yeah duh Cass")

"DAD" Denny yelled "CAN YOU HEAR ME"

"I doubt he can hear you Den, it's a huge city, chances are he's somewhere else." Jory sighed pessimistically

"OH HI THERE SON" Yelled a deep voice from above us "THIS CRAZY DREAM DECIDED TO THROW YOU IN TOO DID IT" he laughed. I glared at Jory, I never would've doubted Denny, ugh, she's just such a selfish stupid imbecile. I really really hate my sister sometimes, i mean, daring to doubt MY boyfriend like that. Ugh, sisters, right?! Okay, back to the point. Me and Denny ran up the stairs, following his Dad's voice, oh and Jory was there too but who even cares. Velvet followed close behind us, she wasn't a big fan of the stairs, but she didn't want to be left behind. My compassionate self obviously volunteered to walk up the stairs with Velvet, and be left behind, but Denny wanted me to be the first person his Dad met.

Denny knocked on the door, and we heard his dad coming to answer it

"Who is it this time, the tooth fairy? Santa claus? I really must have over done the whiskey this time... oh hi son, good to see you, and who's this with you? Rapunzel?" A dirty old man appeared at the door, he was wearing ragged clothes and his hair was as greasy as a plate of fries. He had a fresh layer of stubble that looked weeks old, and he reeked of alcohol. This was it, there's no way I will ever willingly agree to be related to that man. It's me or him Den, take your pick.