Short Story: Sleepless Nights


                                                           The Weirdest Dream


It's Saturday mornin' and I'm laying down on my comfy enough bed with my mum mum's favourite blanket covered over me. It's cold as usual like it always does in the mornings. I had a weird dream last night, so weird even I found myself quite imaginative that maybe it could be a movie hit. 

Anyways, I dreamt that I was in this cofeeshop just sitting and chatting with my dad and his friends. We were just chit chatting about stuff and suddenly I excused myself to the toilet with my things in my hand like my bags and some other stuff, it's quite vague actually. I am pretty sure I was carrying something. I headed to the train station. I boarded the train from Dover. I dunno where I was heading. I got down at a station but then I realised I forgotten my things. The train doors were closed before I had enough time to get in.I think I was left stranded at the Dhobby Ghaut train station. I started to freak out. I was thinking my dad is gonna freak out why going to the toilet is taking so long. I snapped and started to walk down the escalator to cross over to another platform to head back to where I came from to get my things back. I remembered calling my dad letting him know I was stranded here. I saw my dad rushing with his friends out from the coffee shop into their car. I got into the train and everything around me was just so dark and eerie with people staring at you like a criminal. My heart was pumping so fast that I could barely even breath. I stopped at Dover station and walked to the opposite platform into the train to find for my things. Fortunately, some old Chinese man handed me over the things asking if it belonged to me. I took the things from his hand saying thank you a million times. Still, everyone was staring blankly at me. I got out of the train immediately before the doors were closed. Then my dad and his friends arrived. They saw me and were very frantic and panicking. They were glad everything was alright. I remebered seeing my dad looking worried and almost like he wants me to see the psychologist or something. All of a sudden someone snatched my things away from me. I was yelling and shouting at them to let me go, but they were holding me. I saw a man put into a chamber and then the lights were dimmed. I heard his growling voice from the outside as if I was watching what was happening. After a moment, I saw a talking fish, so big that it even talks. I thought it was that man who got changed into a giant fish. He looked exhausted and in pain pleading the scientist outside not to do it. Then, puff, I saw him getting sucked into a hole. Like a soul he was vapourized. I heard a thud and was opened my eyed a little.

 I saw my mum dressing up to work. She was preparing breakfast by the bed. I tried to close my eyes and continue with the dream but I just couldn't. I eventually just laid on my bed looking at mum getting ready to work. She told me to bring along the umbrella and the blue tot bag with our passports before I leave to her hospital this afternoon. We planned to go to the expo today to buy some electronic goods for some discounted price. Mum saw this ad in  the news paper and showed it to me about the expo. She plans to buy a Samsung Galaxy SII for Jonas and for her as well, since her phone is little repaired. She kissed me on the cheeks and said goodbye, walked out of the door. And I laid on my bed thinking what to do next.

By, 
Jessica John Posko 

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