Fake Dreams

Josh woke up struggling for air, he found it hard to breathe for the first few minutes, he clutched his stomach so hard, until he finally realised that he was okay, no pieces of glass stuck on his stomach, just to be sure he lifted his hands to his face and didn't see any trace of blood neither did he feel like blood was leaving his body…..

Getting out of bed, the entire room felt like it was turning, he quickly held the edge of the bed for support.

Everything else was a dream, but not the drinking, thought Josh to himself, remembering that he always keeps a pack of tylenol in his side drawer for emergency migraines or hangover, he quickly took it out and swallowed two pills from the pack, mentally making a note to drink water when he leaves his room…..

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He came out of the shower with steam following him out of the bathroom as he towelled his body dry before putting on a pair of clean boxers, suddenly he heard a knock on his door.

"Who is it?" Josh shouted, but the closed door muffled part of his voice.

"It's me, Blake," came the voice through the door.

"Come in" he said, his voice felt so dry and cracked, he dropped the towel over his head while looking for a pair of shorts and tee-shirt in his wardrobe, still thinking about the dream he had last night, it felt so real to him, he just couldn't explain what he felt but all he had was the hangover as an evidence.

"Yo dude are you okay?" Blake asked, his voice laced with worry…. Blake and Josh have always known each other since they were kids, they've been bestfriends for a long time and even made sure they got into the same university and fraternity, Blake was the only one in the house who Josh could comfortably talk to and they never hid anything from each other…..

"Well I was talking about this Ashley babe and I noticed you weren't even listening" Blake stated without even taking a break.

"Sorry, I have a lot on my mind lately," he replied, pulling a shirt on.

"Like what?" Blake asked curiously, picking up the football he found beside the bed and tossing it in the air.

Blake and Josh were on the same sports team and Blake was the captain while Josh the co-captain, which made them very famous on campus and also with other frat houses. Every Saturday they always got invited to the latest parties and club openings….

"I had this weird dream last night tho, I died around 8:03 pm and it felt so real and I know I was drunk during the party.. Um, have we done the pre-hallow party yet?" he asked.

"Well first of all no, second of all dude that's gruesome and maybe it's a warning to ease out on your alcohol intake and thirdly you weren't drunk last night, you only complained about having a headache and murmured something about not having the strength to help out in planning the party," stated Blake, who was still tossing the football.

"It was just a dream after all then.. You were saying something about Ashley," said Josh. changing the topic while leaving his room with Blake, making a mental note to keep track of his activities that day...

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