Almost like a dream.

“Wake up!!!”

“Wake up!!”, a voice called. I opened my eyes, and realized I’d been lying in my bed all along. I looked toward my bedroom door, and saw my mother standing in the doorway. “ John, time to wake up!!”

“Mom, I don’t wanna wake up!”, I called back, not telling her the reason was to hide the “morning wood” I’d gained during my imagined experience.

“But you have to get up. Ms. Corey’s waiting.”

“Mom, I’m a Senior,” I said. “Can’t I take just one day off school?!”

“Take a day off?”, she asked me. “Yeah, sure. You can take as many off as you want. You graduated already!! But she called on the phone last Tuesday, and I told her you’d come and see her today. She said she needed you to… help her with something.”

Nah... It couldn't be like that. Or could it?