12 Just a dream?

Ashley's P.O.V

It's already been 10 min, Snowman(Alan) is not here yet, Where the heck did he go???. Should I just leave by myself?, But he told me to wait here. AH! This is frustrating. I sat on the bench which was near the place Alan parked his bike. I sat there and was still waiting,2 more minutes past, and it was about 12:55 pm. My eyes started to get heavy, I yawned and l laid myself on the bench and was counting stars and eventually fell asleep.

I woke up because of thick air hitting my face, Where am I? Wait I am on a bike?! Who is driving it? I was about to smack the guy with my hand when I noticed something, more like I sniffed something, Wait,This is the perfume Alan was wearing today, Is it Alan? I saw the jacket and it was the same. At first, I thought to just wake up but then, I thought not to and just simply go with the flow, Which means I will act I am sleeping, I don't know for what reason I wanted to do it. Let's test my acting skills.

He parked the bike in front of the backyard wall, I acted like I was falling, Haha! I am good at it, He woke me up by saying

"Hey! Wake up you pig!",

did he just call me a pig! This jerk!! I wanted to tell to him something like

"Are you talking to yourself?" but of course 'I was sleeping'.

The thing is, I wanted to see if he is such a fool to not find out that I am not sleeping? And Because if I woke up in between the bike, It would be very awkward for some reason. I acted, and then I jumped to the other side after thanking him and giving him a farewell, I sneakily entered my room, and now it was 1:10 pm. I threw myself on the bed, and a sudden pain occurred in my hand,

"ouch" I cried, as I noticed my hand, It was...... It was covered with a white cloth and some cotton beneath it, and I could smell the fragrance of Detol and some medicine on it, Did Alan...... Did he aid it when I was actually asleep? I did not even notice it myself, wait...........did he run at that time to buy the medical kit? My eyes got wider, to think of it. I chuckled, realizing that I thought he ran away because he was scared. This guy really is a weirdo, He glared at me, He was worried to see me suddenly run from his bike(when she saw her mother on streets), He invited me to eat with him, helped me fight and then medicate me and at last called me a pig! WHAT IS HE? I simply closed my eyes and was asleep as I was tired.Hope every thing goes well at 2nd day of school.

"Mom.....mom" I was there again at the street, mom standing in front of me,

"mom! I love you" I said to her

"I love you too dear" mom's sweet voice filled my eyes with warm tears,

"Oh dear! Why are you crying? I am here for you always, here take this box (Worried face), don't open it yet but open it when you will be 18, You will have a big question in your life when you will be 18, at that time, not the answer but the right way to the answer will be in it, Don't ever lose it my dear" mom completed,

I held the box in my hand,

"I will be here back in 2 mins okay? Stay here" said mom,

"DON'T LEAVE" I shouted, mom looked behind

"I will be here honey" mom said and leave,

The box was in my hand, and it accidentally slipped from my hand to the road, mom said it to keep safe, I ran to the road, picked it up, I was so desperate to take the box that I did not notice that I was standing in the middle of the road, I heard a horn and when I saw, a bus was swiftly approaching me constantly pressing the horn,

"HONEY!!!!" mom shouted,

I looked at the direction of the sound and mom was rushing to me,

"Mom no" I cried I wanted to run to her, but I was paralyzed,

Everything was in slow motion, Mom came to me and was inch far away, but The bus smacked at her face and mine a bit, I could see it in slow motion, My mom's worried face slowly smacked to the bus and the broken glasses piece slowly cut through her face and blood splattering on my face,

"MOM!!!!" I was on the ground suddenly, and I could see a little damage on my forehead through a piece of glass on the ground and My mother's face full of blood was right in front of me,

"Mom! Mom!" I cried,

she opened her eyes and instead of saying my name she said"Keep the box safe, Don't even.....let your father know about it......and...... I am with you.... The box"

She closed her eyes and all the way she was talking in a shaking voice,

"MOM, MOM, I WANT TO STAND UP! WHY CAN'T I STAND" I tried my best to stand up, shout, but my voice got mute, and my whole body was like glued with the road,

Slowly my mom' body disappeared, and I was suddenly at a blank place ,standing, and I could not move, Suddenly Dad was there

"Oh my dearest daughter! I will be with you" dad said and our happy moments everywhere and after few minutes dad said

"YOU INSOLENT CHILD! LEARN SOMETHING FROM LISA!YOU ARE A TRASH, USELESS, IGNORANT" he disappeared leaving me in tears,

Suddenly I heard a voice like "Trn, trn....Trn, trn". I opened my eyes and my alarm was going MAD.

It was all a dream? I stood up, and I was all sweaty with tears in my eyes. It was a dream. I was relieved and saw the time,"DAMN! I AM LATE" I rushed to bathroom, This was not my first time to see a dream like this, I got ready in a blink of eye, I rushed downstairs in my uniform, Navy blue skirt that reached my knee wore a black Capri/shorts underneath the skirt, white shirt with a bow on my neck the same color as my skirt and my name tag with one white line, it's indicating I am 1st year student.

Furthermore, I ran downstairs and was near the dinning table.

"Ashley you should eat everything here, you know, you must be starving from last night?" Lisa said with a smirk on her face.

"No need, last night your 'sweet' words filled my stomach, not hungry anymore, in fact I will just drink my milk" I said,

I gulped the glass of milk and started to leave.

"You should eat something, or you will get thinner," Dad said while eating.

"Since when did you start to care?" I replied with a cold voice.

"I cared from the start, now come and eat, I don't want people to think that I am a bad father" said dad

"When was your 'good father' side, when I was starving in my room like an orphan on the streets?" I said, although that's not true, but my words were heavy, Dad finally stop eating and looked at me, he was about to say something when I interrupted.

"People won't just say dad, You really are one, a bad father, who don't even care if her 'real daughter' starve to death and you won't even feel guilty or ask were you okay?', did you even ask once or thought how I was feeling to get such a harsh punishment from a father who once said' I will always love you and won't let anyone harm you, and you will always have a smile on your face?' Do you even remember the last time I said I love you, dad? Or ever smiled? You failed to be a good father! You did not keep your promise! Mom must be very sad!, My real mom!" I said and left immediately.

Why does he even does this, while saying all this normally people will get emotional and cry mostly, but not me, because, I've seen worse, and I've controlled it all till now. I swear, not a drop of tear dripped when they were trying to make me cry, I fought against it and will do it every time.

I texted Thia and informed her that I am on my way to school.

I enter the gates of school, and It did not look like I was late, I checked my wristwatch to be double sure about time, OH DAMN!, I accidentally set the wrong alarm time. The school will start at 8:30 and right now it's 7:00, I am a mess.

I decided just to go to class, I was walking through the hallway,

"ASHHH!" someone shouted from behind,

I looked behind and Thia was there, She ran to me and put her arm's around my shoulder.

" Hey girl, what's up? You're early" Thia said,

"Nothing special" I replied.

I kept my bag on my seat and saw that Alan's and Chris's bag, was already there.

"They come early?" I asked Thia,

"Yeah" she said.

We were on the ground when thia said "Let's see Chris's and Alan's match with others"

"Why?" I asked

"We don't have anything else to do" she said

"Or you don't want to do anything but only see their match" I asked with a big smile

"Are you saying that I might have a crush on Alan? No!" she said,

"Dumbo! Not Alan but Chris" I said

"Chris, huh? He is fine, but I don't really have a crush on him, but he's a good guy" Thia said

Thia continued "Now let's go to the basket ball court".

God! This girl really don't have any Idea, She is way too much naive, I have to do something, poor Chris.

We sat on a bench near the Basket ball court. Their match was going great, Alan and Chris were taking the lead. Chris was playing his beat to show thia, but she did not even notice for a second. They both were sweaty and were huffing. Alan saw me, Our eyes met, and he did not make the eye contact for some reason.

The match was finally over, Chris and Alan won of course . They walked towards us, Chris with a big smile and Alan was like a....snowman?, all cold face, and he was also giving a cold gaze.

"That was amazing" Thia said

"Thanks" Chris replied

"Gosh! You both are full of sweat" Thia said

"Ah! This is normal for us" Said Chris

Their muscles were looking fabulous and the sweat was giving it more style.

"You know Ashley also like Basketball" Thia said

OH GOD! This girl, She really don't know how to keep her mouth shut, I pinched her.

"Oh really?" Said Mr. Snowman(Alan), looking up and down and probably thinking about my height. Even though I like basket ball, and I am good at it, my height is something that everyone doubt about, Alan is tall, and My head comes where his head starts(ending point of neck).

"Don't you think you are a bit too tall for basket ball?" said Alan trying to mock me.

"Don't underestimate me, My skills are more than enough to play Basket ball" I replied,

"Why are you talking so seriously?" He said to me while he himself was talking in serious tone.

I scoffed and said,"Look who's saying..... Mr.snowman"

"Did you just call me a snowman?" he confirmed,

"Who else?" I said

"HEY~~! Chill out" said Chris

"Let's see, if you can really play basket ball" Said Alan

"Fine" I accepted the challenge

"But not with me or Chris, we might pity you, You will play with Jackson" he said

He pointed on a guy, OH SH*T, This is the guy who was with David that day(When she threw the basketball on David and his nose broke), This Bast*rd did plan this out. He(Alan) walked to him(Jackson) and said something, and he agreed to play. I was changing to wear something comfortable, obviously I cannot play basketball with a skirt. While changing I saw a box there, and it reminded me of my dream today. Was it really just a dream?. I got out of the changing room and was standing in the court.

The match finally started.

END OF P.O.V

Was it really just a dream?

Who will win the match?

Will her dad understand her feeling now?