Dream

I waited for my nightmare to come then suddenly I opened my eyes and saw Hayden's face from below like he was carrying me. I am in his arms... What happened?

‘This is odd, since when did I have thoughts of Hayden in my sleep?’ I tried to move my arms to push him but I couldn’t move, then a sudden feeling of pain shot through my body and I tried to shout out but I couldn't.

"Hey, are you okay? Don't fall asleep, the ambulance will be here in a few minutes." He told me. "Huh? What ambulance?" I tried to tell him but it was like there’s a spell over me that is not allowing me to talk or even move a little bit.

The only thing that I could move were my eyes. I looked at his face and saw that he was worried. ‘Why is he worried? Did something happen?’ I didn't know what was happening.

Suddenly I was put on some kind of a bed then I realized that this must be the stretcher. ‘What the hell happened?’ that was my last thought before I was sucked out of my sleep by my alarm clock.

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I woke up feeling dazed by the sleep that I had. ‘That was weird. Why’s my dream like that?’ I tried to think about the reasons behind my dream but my alarm clock ringed again since I didn't turn it off earlier. ‘I need to get ready for school.’

After putting a towel around my body, I got out of the bathroom to search for what kind of clothes I can use to my bruises from yesterday.

I decided I would go for a dark blue long-sleeved turtle neck and black high waisted jeans, and I put my hair in a messy bun. I grabbed my backpack and left my house.

As I was walking around my neighborhood, I saw parents taking their children to school. I felt remorseful about what had happened to my own parents and my older brother.

Then I noticed how the parents looked at me with disappointment when I passed by them and they would pull their child into their arms as if I am a bad influence on their children.

“Don’t be like her when you grow up okay honey? She is the kind of person that would also kill her parents.” A woman said to her daughter. The child just innocently nods her head at her mother.

I pulled out my phone and plugged in my earphone then listened to a song to block out the whispers. As soon as the song started, I smiled.

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I arrived at school earlier than expected. Maybe it was because I power walked past the judgmental eyes of my neighbors or the people that knew me.

Since I am early, I could finally get my books in peace. Or not...

"Grim Reaper! Nice to see you come to school early!" Britney came with a cheerful acting voice while her hands are hanging onto Hayden's biceps.

‘Since when did she come to school early? And why is she hanging onto Hayden like that? She looks pathetic but powerful enough to beat me up.’ I thought to myself.

"Britney, we’ll do her later. We've got to get going, we need to attend the MEETING." Stacy reminded Britney and immediately she let go of Hayden's arms.

"Oh right, yes I almost forgot. I'll see you later grim reaper, ta-ta." Britney is awfully energetic today. I wonder what she has in store for me later after school.

I cleared my thoughts of Britney and started getting my books for later. I closed my locker door and started walking towards my 1st class of the day.

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When I was about to go into my second class, a guy pushed me and got inside. "Oops, I'm sorry I didn't see you there, Grim Reaper." After his remark, the students that are inside the classroom laughed. I remember him, he is one of the football players. I think his name was Robin Johnson.

‘Just because he is a football player doesn't mean he can bully every person that he thinks is weak. Never mind. It's okay, there's no need to punch a wall to let out my anger.’ I grumbled under my breath.

I picked up the books that slipped past my hands when the guy pushed me. I got inside the classroom and sat in the corner of the class, right beside the window.

As I looked outside the window, it is raining just like my mood right now. One more year of high school and it will all be over. I could finally be free from the grasp that the students have on me. As I was thinking this, someone sat beside me.

"Hi! My name's Jessica Williams, what's your name?" I looked at her confused. I looked around me and saw no one. "Are you talking to me?" I asked her still confused. "Of course, silly." She smiled at me.

She looks so bright unlike me, I am unable to smile at almost anything except music.

A girl in front of us or more like my ‘nightmare’ named Alyssa Rose talked. "Hey girl, you might want to stay away from her, she's a Grim Reaper. The people that are close to her will die." She is from the cheerleader team with Britney. Meaning she's one of Britney's followers.

"Hey, mind your own business will you? I am talking to this girl here and not you, you skinny lady. And for the record, she is not a grim reaper, she is a normal human being." Jessica talked back and I saw Alyssa's eyes grew wide from Jessica's words and turned away to talk to her girls in front of her.

"Why would you do that?" I asked her. "Well duh, everyone is a human here on earth. And I don't give a candy about what she said." I looked at her mesmerized by how she stood up for me.

This is the first time anyone stood up for me. My older brother couldn't stand up for me since we don't see each other here at school last year and we had a different schedule.

"Hey, I still didn't get your name." I snapped out of my thoughts. "Um. My name is Martha Sweetheart." I told her as I looked at her seeing if she was here from last year but she looks unfamiliar.

"Are you new here?" I asked and she nodded. "Yup! I am a late transferee." She told me.

"Could you please show me the way to my next class?" She asked as I unknowingly nodded at her and was surprised by how nice she was to me despite Alyssa's words. Is this maybe my new beginning to a nice life?

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The bell ringed and I snapped out of my daydream. Jessica here has been drawing the whole class and didn’t even listen to our teacher. “She’s interesting, I like her.” I thought.

“Awww I appreciate that you like me.” She said. “Wait, did I said that out loud?” I asked her. “Yes, and I would like it if we become friends.” She said.

Friends? This is the first time I heard it from someone in a long time…