It was 2:00am. Everyone in the house was sound asleep. Everyone, but Jen. She was having a nightmare. Her and her friends Jude, Jonesy, Caitlin, Wyatt, and Nikki were all in a very crowded building. Then, all of a sudden, a blast of fire appeared and quickly spread. Before her eyes she saw her friends burn in flames and wither away one by one.
"AHHHHH" she screamed as she woke up in fright.
Her stepbrother Jonesy stormed into the room.
"Are you OK" he asked looking at her pale expression.
"I'm fine" Jen responded breathing slowly and deeply. "I just had a bad dream".
"Wait here" Jonesy told her. "I'll get you a glass of warm milk".
As soon as Jonesy left the room, Jen heard a voice in her head. It said "That wasn't a dream. It was a vision". The pale expression returned. She was scared. Jonesy came back in, handed the milk to Jen, and walked back out the room. She drank it, but she was not able to fall asleep the rest of the night.
The next day, she arrived at work tired. She was about to drop when Wyatt walked up to the desk.
"You OK Jen?" he asked when he looked at her eyes. "You look beat".
"I didn't get much sleep last night" she yawned.
"Well I hope you're awake for this" Wyatt reached into his pocket and pulled out an envelope.
"What is it" Jen asked.
"Open it".
Jen opened the envelope and was astonished at what she saw.
"No way" she said "You got tickets to Jamie Foxx"
"Yep" Wyatt responded. "We're all in the 5th row. Meet us at the arena at 7:00".
"You bet" and with that Jen some how got the energy to make it through her shift.
When she got off, her and Caitlin went on a shopping spree to find outfits to wear to the concert. It took a few hours, but they managed.
At 7:00, as agreed, everyone met at the arena.
"Do you think Jamie Foxx will notice me?" Caitlin said showing off her bright yellow top.
"Not if the sun suddenly comes out" Nikki teased.
Wyatt paused and looked at his watch.
"Come on guys. The show's about to start".
The 6 friends walked into the building. As soon as they sat in their seats fireworks began to go off on the stage. The crowd cheered as Jamie Foxx took stage. To begin the concert, he started to perform Overdose. In the middle of the song, Jen thought to herself.
"This setting, it's just like my dream"
"OH MY GOODNESS" she cried out.
No one could hear her over the music. She shook each of her friends to get their attention.
"Guys we have to get out of here."
"Why, what's up?" Wyatt asked.
Jen couldn't think of a way to explain the vision she had the night before.
"Just trust me."
Everyone gave her confused looks, but followed her out. As soon as everyone was gone Jamie Foxx had just finished singing. More fireworks went off. However, one of them went off to early and the stage was on fire. It spread so quickly that nobody made it out.
"Whoa" Jude gasped when he saw the blaze. "How did you know that was going to happen."
Jen remained silent. Jonesy reached into his pocket and pulled out his cell phone.
"Hello. We need a ride home. OK. Bye" he hung up his phone and put it back in his pocket. "Jen, my dad's on his way to pick us up".
At that point, Jen snapped back into reality.
"Oh, good".
"I need to get home myself, see you tomorrow" Nikki said walking off.
"Man it's going to be awhile before I get over this" Jude said digging his skateboard out of the bushes. "See you later dudes and dudettes."
"I need to get going too. Need a ride Wyatt?" Caitlin offered.
"Might as well" Wyatt replied. "My parents aren't home."
Caitlin took Wyatt home in her car. Jen and Jonesy were left to wait. Within 6 minutes their ride arrived. When they walked through the door, Jen's mom ran up to them with a look of concern.
"Are you two OK" she asked frantically. "I just saw what happened at the arena on TV."
"Yes mom, we're fine" Jen assured her mother. "I'm tired. I'm going to bed."
Jen walked in her room and crashed on her bed. As she was falling asleep, the voice in her head returned.
It said "One often meet their destiny on the road they take to avoid it".