Dream On Dream

I had a dream about her last night. Not unusual, I guess, but the circumstances surrounding it is what makes it so memorable. In the beginning of the dream, she wasn't around. It was just two other people and myself, walking around the perimeter of my former elementary school. We were looking for a way inside because we had a reunion to get to.

We finally got inside and there was large crowd of people that I know, or rather, used to know. Strangely enough, most of them were all males. The females that were there all had boyfriends or husbands that were also there.

I recall seeing a friend that I haven't seen in probably 5 years. His hair was long, like it used to be, which really did bring me back to our old school days. He was a HUGE Grateful Dead fan and used to smoke a lot of weed back in the day.

I hear that he is a deputy with a sheriff's department in a neighboring county. Go figure.

Anyway, there were a ton of kids there. Not just random kids though. These were the children of the people at the reunion, and they too, were all boys. There was no variance in the ages of these kids. They were ALL that really fun age-- about 18 months old.

We made our way to the auditorium (which was identical to a movie theater) and we watched some sort of movie. I can't remember any of the particulars of that movie, but I know that in my dream, I fell asleep in the movie. I had a dreamed of her while I was sitting there in my elementary auditorium/movie theater during some sort of class reunion. I woke up from my dreaming dream and the movie had barely progressed.

That was when she walked in with her boyfriend and sat down. Our eyes met and there was a momentary pause in movement as she had never expected to see me again. It was the deer in headlights look. Now, as I close my eyes and think, I can see the exact image of that scene.

I couldn't wait for the movie to end because I wanted to tell her that I had had a dream about her during the movie. Finally, the movie ended, but another one started playing right away. This was like a TNT movie though. That is the feeling I got-- like it was a TV movie that was playing. The majority of the people got up to leave, so that is when I made my way to her. I made the introduction by saying that I dreamed of her but I don't think she was too impressed.

I asked why she was here and she said that a mutual friend of ours had invited her at the last second. The thing is, they both live in the same city, and that city is not anywhere near where we were. Besides, he NEVER would have invited her, nor would HE ever be at MY reunion, yet still, the explanation was satisfying. It seems that I was more concerned with why she was at the reunion rather than why she was even in my city.

I didn't want to leave the auditorium/theater, I remember that. I wanted to stay there because in there, we could just pretend that everything was back to normal. Like a movie itself-- get lost in an hour and a half of make-believe. I convinced her to stay in the theater with me and we sat next to each other for a bit. Then, out of the blue, she decided we had to leave. She grabbed me by the hand and we head out to the lobby of the school.

This was where I saw everybody before we went to the auditorium and there were many people still there. It was raining out, and she had convinced two people that were there to give us a ride. While waiting for the car to pull up, I went over and started playing with the kids. I was hoping all the people there would notice how well kids react to me and how good I was with them. As if I were auditioning for fatherhood.

The car finally pulled up but we had to make a dash in the rain to get to it. We both hopped in the driver's side rear door and slid in the back. She was wearing a strapless top, I remember that much because I can clearly see the beads of water on her shoulders. She was sitting on my lap and I was just staring at those drops of water on her shoulders when I said something. Now this is precisely what I said to her: "I always loved the taste of you when you were wet", and then I began kissing her left shoulder. She just turned to me and smiled.

Something may have happened after that but I don't remember it if it did. I woke up and thought about it right away as to keep as many of the details as possible. It was the dreaming during the dream that really stands out to me. That, and the fact that both dreams involved the same person.

Go figure.