I blinked my eyes open. The faint light passing through my window indicated that it was morning. My heart was pounding heavily in my chest. It took me some time before I could ease up. Crap. I've been having recurring, inexplicable nightmares for the past week and it seems like I just had another.
These nightmares always contain the same events, me running endlessly, no particular destination. Where was I suppose to go? What was I supposed to do?
Every time I would wake up, I would be catching my breath and have a ton of questions in my head, always wondering what could the dream mean?
"Blake, it's 7:30! You're going to be late, again!" my mom yelled from downstairs.
It was what I needed to snap out of my usual confusion. Crap. I checked my alarm clock, it was just 5:30. I was about to yell back when I noticed the clock's hands weren't working. Double Crap. The battery had died overnight and that's why it took me longer to wake up. Glad my nightmare woke me up and was good for something. The school bus would be here by 7:45 and I wasn't anywhere near ready.
I dashed to the bathroom, brushed my teeth, washed my face and ran a hand through my chestnut brown hair. I was in no time for a shower. I checked my reflection in the mirror and smiled at myself. I looked decent enough, my dark brown eyes were focusing on the mirror. Under my eyes were circles of grey and black. Great. The results of those nightmares. I shrugged it off. I changed my shirt and wore my black jeans. I put on my sneakers and hastily tied them.
I quickly ran down the stairs and got the feeling. I was in no time for a full breakfast meal so I grabbed a cereal bar and ran outside the door. Crap. I just missed the bus.
I ran after it with little hope of catching it. I quickly munched on my cereal bar as I ran. I then noticed that one of my shoelaces were undone so I bent over and began tying my shoe. As I was tying my shoe, I heard a screeching sound coming from behind me and as I turned, I froze. I saw a car heading full speed at me