Dreams Do Come True

Episode 3

SOPHIA'S POV

We were in a room full of beautiful flowers around us and there was a very big bed in the middle of the room. There were rose petals all over it. He was sitting in the corner of the bed like he was waiting for someone. I slowly approached him making him feel my presence. He turned to me like he was expecting me and gestured me towards the bed. I sat down beside him.

He stared at my lips and that made me want to kiss him. He lifted his hands and gently caressed my cheek. My face automatically moved closer like there was a magnet pulling me to him. Our lips touched and I felt electricity running through my veins. His hands started to roam around my body while he was kissing me urgently. I touched his hands and guided it across my breasts. His kisses traveled down to my neck and I let out a low moan. His hands are slowly moving down towards my sensitive area. He pulled back and looked at me as if asking for permission to go further. I kissed him back hoping that it was enough to make him understand that I want him.

*ring*

My alarm buzzed frantically, and my dream ended just like that. He was close to almost touching the most sensitive part of my body. I don't know if I'm relieved that it did not happen or regretful and wishing that the dream continued.

Either way, I realized I can't keep this to myself further. I'm about to explode thinking about why he appeared in my dreams for the fourth time. I need to let this out to someone else. Should I tell Sarah? What would be her reaction? Will she judge me and doubt my feelings for Elijah? There's only one way to find out.

I got up from the bed and went to the bathroom to prepare myself to go to school. I put on my three-fourths polo shirt and black leggings, grabbed my shoulder bag and bid my mom goodbye as I exited our front door. My school is just two streets from us, so I reached it earlier than the start of class. I asked my classmates where Sarah is and I found her in the hallway talking to Mason. Are these two a thing now?

"Hey Sarah! Mason!" I called out as I walked closer to them.

"Yo Sophia!" Mason greeted me.

"Is it okay if I borrow my best friend? She's all yours at lunchtime."

"Sure. I'll leave you two. Sophia. Sarah." He walked away from us and I pinched Sarah's arm lightly.

"Aww! What now Sophia?"

"You didn't tell me you're interested in Mason." She blushed.

"What? Of course not!"

"Then why are you blushing?"

"Shut up. What's up anyway? Why go out the classroom to find me here?"

"I gotta tell you something. But please don't freak out."

I began telling her the story of how I started dreaming about a guy just our age two weeks ago. I was in a park near our school when a guy bumped into me. We introduced ourselves to each other and I didn't remember what we talked about but after the first two dreams I had about him, I felt a strong attachment to him. I tried to ignore my feelings for the first week that I dreamt about him but on the third dream, I just couldn't forget how we kissed like it was the last time. I told Sarah exactly how he looked like and the details of the dream I just had this morning.

"Oh my God, Sophia! Maybe you've been anxiously waiting for your V card to be taken from you and that guy was an imagination that you created to be Elijah."

"Shh, your voice please?" We were inside the classroom now and we still have five minutes before first class starts.

"So, am I right?" she eagerly asked.

"I don't know. I mean, maybe I wanted to do that, maybe not. But why was it not Elijah in my dream instead? And why is it always the same stranger who appears?"

"Well, I don't have answers for you girl. But the more you think about it, the higher the chance that it will happen again."

I thought about what she said and she's right. If I don't want to have another dream like that, I should just stop thinking about it.

Lunch time came and the four of us were on table eating our lunch when I saw Elijah looked worriedly at me.

“Babe, you sure you’re okay? You haven’t been laughing at Mason’s jokes since we started eating.” He whispered softly at me.

“Oh, uh yeah I’m good. Just couldn’t get a good night’s sleep last night. Thanks for worrying about me babe.”

“Why? Are you having nightmares? Wanna tell me?”

Shoot. Why can he read me so easily? This is one of the reasons why I love him, he knows me too much. But I just couldn’t tell him about those dreams, especially not my feelings towards them. He’d be frustrated to know that I’ve been fantasizing about a stranger in my dreams.

“Hey guys, Sarah’s been crushing on me and she’s just too shy to admit it.” Mason interrupted our conversation.

“Ewww! As if Mason! You’re being an egotistical and big-headed jerk!”  

We just laughed while the two of them continued bickering. These are the moments I treasure the most. Elijah, Sarah and I were classmates last year and they were the closest people to me I have in this school, because I don't usually hang out with anyone else. Mason just got added to our mini group since the start of this semester when he and Elijah became classmates. I don’t want things to change especially me and Elijah’s beautiful relationship. And so, I pushed away the thought of the man in my dreams and the rest of the week continued peacefully. I did not know that the dream would haunt me again on the third and fourth week.