Daisy walks through the forest around her house. The mountain air is cool and crisp. The fallen leaves crunch under her tennis shoes.
The dwarf tugs at her jacket and signature purple beanie as a cold wind picks up. The wind blows her beanie off of her head. Daisy gasps and starts chasing the hat. She chases the beanie to the edge of the mountain. Daisy skids to a stop. A huge cliff centimeters in front of her.
Her momentum from running causes her to lose her balance and nearly fall over the edge. Daisy screams, but a figure quickly runs out from the trees to caught her. Daisy clings to the strong arm around her waist.
The figure picks Daisy up and sets her a safe distance from the cliff. She turns to her rescuer, but the person moves back into the shadows before the girl can see who it is. She notices there is something in her hands: a red beanie.
As Daisy absentmindedly slides on the new beanie, she hears a rustle in the leaves behind her. She turns hoping to find her rescuer but instead finds a happy little mutt gazing up at her.
"Hi, Dude. Where did you come from?" Daisy asks the dog as she crouches to pet him.
She looks up to see Carlos standing above her. "Carlos? Was it you?" she asked. The boy acts almost as if he didn't hear her before smiling and extending his hand to help the girl up.
Daisy smiles back and takes the gloved hand. Carlos leads her out of the forest and into an open field. It is suddenly a crystal clear night. The stars are the brightest Daisy has ever seen them.
Carlos pulls the girl to him as music begins to play. They dance in circles to the melody. Daisy realizes her tennis shoes are now ballet slippers. She is also in a delicate dress instead of her jacket, t-shirt, and jeans.
The volume of the music increases as Carlos begins to close the space between the two. Daisy could feel his breath on her lips, but the music is so loud. It makes her head hurt.
Daisy opened her eyes to reveal that she was in her dorm room. She smacked her radio alarm clock, disgruntled.
"Why does it always end just before the good part?" Daisy whined.
"What were you dreaming about?" A voice startled Daisy, causing her to jump, get tangled in her blankets, and topple off her bed. The voice chuckled.
Daisy kicked off her covers and glared at the boy sitting at her desk. "Doug! How did you get in here?" she demanded.
"You gave me a key?" the junior held up the spare key for his sister to see.
"Why are you in here? Why didn't you wake me up?" Daisy continued her interrogation, a little disoriented.
"You wanted me to look over your Magical History paper, and I told you yesterday the only time I could help you was this morning because of band practice. You wouldn't answer the door so I used my key. And you looked like you were having a nice dream so I didn't want to break you out of it." Doug explained.
Daisy was starting to actually wake up now. It was Saturday. Doug was supposed to come over at 9 to help her with her essay. She looked at her clock. It read 8. She set it last night to go off at 8:30.
"So you show up an hour early and set my alarm to wake me up instead of doing it yourself?" Daisy narrowed her eyes at her brother. Doug gave her a cheeky grin. Daisy grabbed one of her pillows and chucked it at the boy. "Jackass."
Doug caught the fluffy mass and laughed. "Well aren't we a ray of sunshine and goodness this morning?"
Daisy picked herself up off the floor. "It's Saturday. I don't start being nice until after 9." She retorted as she flipped her hair forward to shake out some of the bed head before brushing her hair.
"Believe me, I know. I've only lived with you for 14 years." Doug smirked, turning back to the desk to look over Daisy's assignment. "And people think you're an innocent little angel."
"Yes because you're a perfect gentleman." Daisy mocked. She walked over smacked him on the back of the head as walked to her dresser.
"Enter a girl's room without permission and not even wake her up." The freshman grumbled. He just shrugged.
"So I've checked over your whole paper. The content is good. You had a couple of grammar errors that I fixed. That's about all I can do. My work is done." Doug informed his sister while she changed from blue sweatpants and a gray tank top to blue jeans and a green t-shirt.
"You're the best, Doug." she hugged him in thanks.
"You're welcome. So!" He spun the chair around so he was facing her and put this hands behind his head. "What were you dreaming about?"
"What does that matter?" she sounded almost defensive.
"Because you were smiling and you said it was at the best part. Who was it about?" He pushed.
"How do you know it was about someone?" She questioned, getting flustered.
"Answer the questions and I'll stop." Doug bargained.
"Carlos! Are you happy?" Daisy yelled. She slapped her hand over her mouth. Her face turned bright red.
Doug's eyes widen. "Carlos? You like Carlos. Really?" He asked gentle, surprised by the answer.
"Please don't say anything. To anyone." the embarrassed girl begged.
"My lips are sealed." he said, zipping his lips and throwing after the key.
Daisy heaved a relieved sigh and slumped down onto her bed. Doug stood up from his chair and stepped to the girl. He wrapped one arm around Daisy's shoulder supportively and held her there until she spoke.
"I don't even know if I really like him. I just keep having dreams about him."
Doug, whose lips were still sealed, started humming A Dream Is Wish Your Heart Makes. Daisy rolled her eyes and nudged her brother.
"Stop that, goof."
Doug grinned cheekily. Daisy stared off into space, thinking about how that mysterious figure also keeps reappearing in her dreams lately. The feeling and loud sound of her stomach growling snapped her out of her thoughts and caused Doug to fall back laughing.
"Got time for breakfast before band?" Daisy asked with a giggle.
"Yes, I do."
"To the cafeteria!" the freshman jumped up and charged for the door. Doug hopped up and ran after her.
A/N so I've made my decision of who I want Daisy to be with. This is a set up story for the couple. Please no mean comments. This is my story so I'll do what I want. Just go along with it.
