John Is Waking Up From A Dream

This time on opening his eyes, Alex saw the familiar carpeted floor, and the voice that was calling was his sister. Turning onto his back, he looked to see Aurora's angelic face. She gave him a warm smile.

“How was your nap?” She inquired.

“Wait, I was sleeping?” he asked trying to regain his focus.

“Yes, you and Mom were sleeping when I found you, but you were sleeping on the floor.”

Alex looked to where Nora, his Mom, was sleeping. Nora was lying on her bed with her brown hair and her happy sleeping face. Looking at her, started to bring back memories of the beach. He guessed that it was a dream. He also figured that he somehow was lucid dreaming. He was happy about the dream, but he wished that it would last a bit longer.

“It looks like you know that you won’t be getting your cake today,” Aurora said bringing him out of his train of thought.

“What do you mean?”

“It’s almost midnight and Dad messaged me that he wouldn't be home tonight. You should have also gotten the same message.”

Pulling out his phone, he saw that his sister was right. He let out a long sigh. It was usually that Nora would tell him that his Dad wasn’t coming. She has a way of Mom speaking that would make bad news, not too bad. He was glad that it was Aurora who told him first before he found out on his own.

She pats him on his shoulder. “Are you going to be okay?”

He nods. “Yeah, you know that’s how dad is. Missing birthdays and missing other family events.”

She looked at her brother with worry. “Are you sure you’re okay?”

“I told you that I’m fine. Can you help me to get up? My legs have gone numb.”

She grabbed his arm and pulled him onto his feet. He grabbed her shoulder until his legs were back to normal. “Thanks sis,” he said. “Is there anything to eat? I’m hungry.”

Aurora nodded and walked with Alex to the kitchen. When they got there, Mary was already eating something. Whatever it was, the smell made Alex's stomach grumble. He knew that Mary wouldn't share her food, so he didn't ask. Aurora went to the fridge and pulled out some leftovers from the previous night's dinner. She heated it in the microwave and gave it to Alex.

“Here is your food,” Aurora said with a smile.

“You should stop babying him,” Mary said.

“It’s not babying. I want to lighten his mood. Since we won't be celebrating his birthday today.”

Mary rolled her eyes, but Alex was glad he had a thoughtful sister. He sat down at the table to eat his dinner and watched the clock as it struck midnight. Right on cue, Nora arrived wearing her nightgown. Despite it being plain and simple, Nora made it look sexy.

“You are all still up.” She said in surprise. “I’m sorry that we didn’t celebrate your birthday.”

“It’s fine Mom,” Alex said.

She thought for a moment. “How about this after you graduate we can all go to the beach together?”

Mary raised one of her eyebrows. “The Beach, Mom? I thought you didn’t like going to the beach.”

“Well, I had a dream of us being at the beach. We all had such a fun time.”

Hearing her suggestion that came from a dream, Mary wanted to laugh. “A dream? You are based on our next family trip because of a dream.”

“Yes, I am. If you use that tone on me again, you’ll be Grounded for a week, young lady.”

“You can’t ground me. I’m twenty-two. That means I’m an adult.”

“You are still living under my roof. You are still under my rules.”

“As soon as I get my own place, I'll make my own rules," Mary retorted, crossing her arms defiantly.

Nora sighs, letting Mary win. “Alright, fine.” she relented. “Until then you must show me respect and follow my rules. In return, I’ll show you the same respect. Deal?”

Mary uncrosses her arms and nods. “Deal,” she agreed and went back to eating.

Alex was glad that the fight was over, so now he could ask his question to Nora. “What happened in your dream?”

The question caught her off guard. She wondered why he was asking, but there wasn’t any harm in telling him. “There wasn't much happening. I sat on the beach until your dad called me over.”

“What happened next?”

This time, she was more curious about his questioning. “We were either dancing or jumping. It's really hard to remember.”

“Okay, thanks.” He relented. “I should try to go to bed. I still have school tomorrow.” He got up and rushed to his room.

Once in his room, he sat on the floor with his back against the door. His mind raced with what Nora said. She had a dream about the beach. He couldn’t believe it. He somehow entered Nora’s dream. He wanted to know how he did it. Was it the medicine she took? Or was it when he touched her? Either way, he wasn’t going to find out tonight. He thinks that Nora shouldn’t worry about his questioning. Hopefully, she’ll forget it by tomorrow. He decided to get some rest and maybe when he gets back home from school he’ll have some ideas to test.

Half an hour later he’s still awake, his mind buzzing with curiosity and excitement. He couldn't shake off the thought of entering someone else’s dreams, especially Nora’s. He thought of different erotic things he could make Nora do. He didn’t want Nora to realize that it was him controlling her dream, yet. He needs to change his image once he enters her dreams. Looking at his phone, he searched for superhero costumes but thought against it. Because he isn’t going to be a superhero in her dreams, he is going to be a supervillain. He was going to use one of their costumes as a reference. It was harder than he thought, for many villains don’t wear a mask. At first, he thought that wearing a suit would be good enough. Yet the little kid inside of him wants him to be more dramatic. So he added a cape to his costume and a small mask that would cover his eyes and nose. He also added the initials ‘DM’ below his chest pocket.

After he finished his drawing of the costume, his excitement seemed to calm down. He hoped that his costume would look better than how he had drawn it once he entered Nora’s dream. Looking at the time, he only has a few hours to sleep until he has to wake up again. He decided to lay on his bed and try to get some sleep. As he closed his eyes, he started to wonder if he would enter Nora’s dream somehow, but he didn’t care if he did or not. All he wanted to do was sleep right now. As his mind drifted to sleep, he thought about seeing Aurora when he woke up.