A DREAMARE: Chapter 1

Chapter 1 

A Sweet Surprise

It was Sakura’s 26th birthday tomorrow and she was planning to take her best friend Razia out for dinner. She went to sleep early so she can spend the whole day as planned.

Sakura had a dream about meeting her school friends at an alumni gathering. It was all-girls school. But she saw a guy around 30 years old sitting in the basketball court with 2 kids. He was wearing a black full sleeved turtleneck t-shirt paired with a black pant. He looked like a mime artist. “I know this guy.” she wondered aloud in her dream.

And before she could say hi to him, ‘Wake up honey! I made your favourite breakfast” -Afra gently patted Sakura on the shoulder- “and happy birthday!” she said and got back in the kitchen. Afra was a single mother who still took care of Sakura like a teenager.

“Arghh Ma!”, she murmured in frustration. She slowly got up from the bed and walked into the living room. She slouched in the sofa and tried to recollect her dream. She quickly rang up Razia to narrate the dream.

“Hello, Razia?”

“Hello, uh..is it dinner time already? Please don’t tell me you had a nightmare again!”

“Nope, it was a sweet dream!”

“Finally! What was it about?!”

“Ahh.. I met all my school friends. We had great time. I played basketball. It all seemed SO real! I also saw a handsome guy who was dressed up in full black like a mime artist. I had no clue what he was doing in my school premise. But he looked so good though-“

“What happened next??”

“oh yeah, thanks to my mom! She woke me up at the right time.” Sakura said rolling her eyes.

“Say what? Jeez!”

“Ok, I’ll tell you more when we catch up. Do not turn up late for the dinner like last time!”

“Fine! See ya later, Can’t wait to know more about your mystery man!”

“Ugh-bye!”

Sakura hung up the phone and felt good after a long time. It’s been a long time since she had a good dream. She was having recurring nightmares for the last couple of years now. Most of them were gory and frightening. And if she recollects them, she will share the same with Razia over a phone call.

Sakura has always been a goofy child at heart around her friends and a shy weirdo with strangers. She met Razia a few years ago through a mutual friend. They’ve been best friends since then.

It was half past 9. She stared at a housefly on the sofa handle so long. She recalled her nightmares and last night’s dream. She wondered about the mystery man again.”If I were a painter, I would paint his portrait now!” she thought and became mad at herself.

Her mobile phone rang. she looked into her mobile and there was no contact name or number. It showed up as “unknown” in the phone screen. She answered the phone, assuming it must be a spam call.

“Hello. Im sorry but Im not interest-”

“Hello Sakura, Good morning.” It was a deep masculine voice.

“Uh-hi, who is this?”

“We just met at the school alumni gathering”

“Excuse me?” she was shocked and confused.

To be continued…