Huh?
HUH????
Right now I'm riding in a carriage (with seats harder than the bed I sleep on) through the woods. I hear creaking sounds and the clip clopping of horses. And the smell of them too...
All this feels so real. The smell, the pain from my butt, and the terrifying feeling that this rickety carriage is gonna lose a wheel any second and send me flying head first into some not so friendly brambles. Or, it's just gonna collapse in itself with me in it.
But it's ok! I must be having a very vivid dream! Of course, I probably already got home and am just having the sleep of a lifetime.
...
Ok. Nevermind. That fall onto the tracks also felt real too. Although I never actually felt it since I woke up here instead. Maybe I'm in a coma right now. I just need to wait a really long time to wake up!
...
Gosh I really do need to wake up... I have assignments to do, more shifts to work, and mom and brother still need me too. I can't be here. If I don't by those soccer cleats than my brother won't be able to play as well and mom will be upset. I don't want mom to be mad at me and my brother really needs that scholarship.
And I'm still paying their rent, the bills, and my tuition–and I still haven't gave Jennie her 20 dollars back.
Now I've probably got hospital bills too...
Wahhhh I wanna cry.
American hospital bills are no joke! It almost makes me not want to wake up–
No. No. No! I shake my head furiously. I can't stay here. I need to wake up! I look at my hands.
It's time for operation slap myself awake!
* * *
Ok. So that didn't work. And now my face is red and stinging like a steamed tomato.
...
"You know what? If I'm still not waking up than I'm just gonna sleep! I'm gonna catch up on all the sleep I didn't get! Do you hear me?!" I yell at absolutely nothing. "Yea! I'm gonna sleep till eyes are swollen! Haha sleepception!"
"What is wrong with the lady?" I hear the couch driver asking his partner.
"She really did go mad! Attempted murder on another noble lady and now she's talking to herself!"
"Blah blah blah–random gossip."
Oh I don't care about none of that! I strip off the top layer of my dress and fold it into a nice comfy pillow.
I'm going to sleep!