I was walking on the way out of the school, headphones on my ears as usual, and suddenly felt a hand landing on my shoulder. I turned my head : that was her. I am kind of shy and not so comfortable about social interactions but the way she smiled at me, her gaze full of joy, it warmed my heart.
We started to talk while making our way out. We talked about everything and nothing, I can’t remember exactly. Sometimes she had difficulties to find her words. Well it’s not surprising it’s not her main language, she seemed so embarrassed about it but I found it so cute, I wanted to hug her everytime she was trying to find her words.
She started to walk closer to me, she seemed to really enjoy hanging out with me. I enjoyed it as well but I didn’t know how to show it. I was too shy, this kind of thing is nothing for someone else, but I was nervous. How can I show her my affection ? What if I make things wrong ? Am I mistaken about this feeling ? While turning my head I could see the smirk on her face, like she knew excatly about what’s in my mind.
We made our way to a park. Pretty good park, I don’t know if there are parks like that for real. It looked like we where in a totally different place, but we actually were. That’s the magic of dream, you can switch from a place to another without even noticing it. A moment ago, we were still in the crowded city streets, but now it was a peaceful small forest, with no other sound than those of the birds and the water near us.
I wanted to sit in front of that water. I quickly took off my shoes so I could put my feets and the water. She joined me, but unlike me, she didn’t want to touch the water, so she just sat cross-legged. We continued to talk while looking in front of us. And it was at this moment, I don’t know why, that I realised I was in a dream.
I felt so surprised and suddenly turned my head to see her. She just smiled at me and said “You finally understood, right ?”. I was confused. So all of this was just a dream, none of this was real, she wasn’t real. I felt the tears rise in me. But before I had the time to cry, she put her hand on mine, and, as she could read in my mind, said “Don’t worry. All of this is real if you want it to be.” I grabbed her hand while looking at her face. Her eyes where full of reassurance. And with this dusk that suddenly came, she looked more pretty than ever. I answered “But I want the real you…I wish we could be here for real…”. She leaned her head against my shoulder. While grasping her hand and closing my eyes, I just said “I love you so much…”, and she answered while stroking my arm with a peaceful voice “I know…”
Then she stopped and stood up “Think of it this way : you can cry because it is a dream…” and while diving in the water, she continued : “…or you can enjoy this moment and make it a reality.” While floating in the water, she started to laugh and beckoned me to come with her hand “Come on, don’t stay here!”.
She was right. It may be just a dream, but that doesn’t mean I can still not enjoy it. So I dived in the water too, and we had fun in the water, playing, joking, laughing…it was like an endless moment.
And now it was the night. The stars were reflected in the water, the moon was shining through the trees. I decided to take a rest, so I swam to a rock and leaned against it. She was still at the middle of the water. The moonlight made her look even more beautiful, with a little touch of mystery.
She turned to me, and started to swim toward me. I saw it in her eyes, I knew exactly why she was approaching, and what she was about to do. My heart started to beat faster than ever. She stopped just in front of me and took a moment to look at me, and I did the same. I lost myself into her shining black eyes, and then looked at her lips. My desire to kiss them grew up so intensely…
Suddenly, without warning, we both stuck ourselves to each other. I felt the heat of her body, and her soft skin against mine. I put my hand on her cheek, and softly raised her strand of hair. I closed my eyes and we kissed…her lips were so sweet…I can still feel it.
And at this moment I woke up, although I was not hoping for it. I knew I won’t forget this dream, and tears started to came while I was looking at the ceiling in the dark. I closed my eyes again, like I was hoping to return in it, and just whispered “I love you…”.