Reality

Summary: My mom always said to me, "If you believe in something strongly enough, it will become reality."

Chapter 2

I lay in my bed awake after all the movies me and my friend Danielle watched. I'm sure she was starting to get suspicious as she kept on watching me and keeping track of what I was doing during the weekend that had just gone by. She was getting worried about me, I could tell. Maybe it was because I told her I had another one of those dreams again, or then again, I didn't exactly have to tell her I had one. I woke up with sweat running down me and heavy breathing like I had just been running away from something as she had walked through the door. I kind of regret choosing to sleep in her room now, not because she was watching me so much, but because of all the bad dreams I kept on having. I looked over at her to see she was fast asleep, strands of her hair over her face. I smiled slightly, maybe tonight she'd get some sleep instead of worrying about me.

I quietly got out of my bed and went out of our room and down the hallway to the bathroom. I went in and turned on the cold tap and splashed the cold water onto my face. I looked at my reflection in the mirror in front of me to see my own grey eyes staring back at me. I sighed, I've always thought I'm average looking, but whenever I said this my friends would always argue and say I'm beautiful. I wasn't the one to argue so I mainly ended up agreeing with them. I shook my head and went back in Danielle's room shutting the door quietly so I didn't wake her up and got back into my bed and lay down. I looked at the digital clock on her bedside table which said the time was 02:00 AM. I sighed. Usually, I would be asleep by twelve at the latest, but I couldn't sleep. I kept on thinking something would come through the door and attack me like my dreams. I tried reminding myself it wouldn't happen, but no luck. I closed my eyes and relaxed. Why should I be worried with at least 4 people in the flat including Danielle's mom, dad and her brother Adam there?

"Nothing is going to happen," I whispered to myself and I fell into a dreamless sleep for the first time in 2 weeks.

*

I woke up to find Danielle's bed empty and voices coming from the living room. I yawned, got up and allowed my feet to guide me to the room that everyone was in. I smiled at everyone and sat down on the sofa and yawned again.

"Morning Becks," Her mom said to me with a smile. Everyone including her family always called me Becks because they all knew I liked being called that.

"Becks, do you want anything to eat? Because we have something we would like to tell you and Danielle," Her dad said to me.

"No thank you, I'm fine for a while, what did you want to tell us?"

Danielle's dad cleared his throat and said, "Well, your parents called us Becks and they invited us to go and stay with them in their house in Japan. We were going to go and we wondered if you and Danielle would like to come with us."

"Well I'd like to stay here for a change, they always took me over to Japan for the holidays. You three go and enjoy yourselves," I said with a smile and I looked over at Danielle to see her reaction. What she said was what I was expecting her to say.

"Well if Becks isn't going then I'm staying with her. I'm not leaving her by herself."

"Just what I expected," I said with a grin while her mom said, "Same old Danielle, never leaves her friends behind if they aren't going anywhere."

"You girls will be okay by yourselves then?"

"Yep," we both answered, but truth be ;told, I wasn't exactly that thrilled that we were both going to be left by ourselves. I didn't know where this strange feeling was coming from, but it was telling me 'don't get left by yourself or you will regret it'. But, I wouldn't spoil everyone's fun so I made up my mind in two seconds not to go.

"Well we'll be going on Wednesday, so you girls behave while we're gone and Atsuko will take care of you both if you need anything," Danielle's mom said and as if on cue, there was a knock at the door. Danielle opened it to reveal Atsuko standing with a smile on her face and her daughter Haruka who preferred to be called Darc behind her. I always thought Darc was a little weird because she was always quiet and never spoke much. Atsuko told me that her name meant quiet or distant, her parents named her this because when she was a baby, she never cried much and was nearly asleep most of the time.

"Atsuko onee-san, Haruka-san," I bowed to show respect to them both, "Ohayo gozaimasu. O genki desuka?"

"Hello Becks, yes we're both fine," Atsuko said while Darc just nodded slightly to show she was listening, " And you?"

"Yeah, I'm good," I said while Danielle nodded in agreement.

"Thank you Atsuko for agreeing to take care of them while we're away," Danielle's mom said while brushing her hair back, " We know these two have a habit of getting in trouble when adults aren't around."

"It's no problem at all. I'm always happy to help these kids," she said cheerfully, "Besides, what trouble could they cause? They always look innocent."

Me and Danielle started giggling so much that we had to sit down before we both fell over. Us? Innocent? Yeah right. Darc looked at us both with a look that plainly said "You are both mental".

Atsuko noticed this and she nudged her daughter gently,

"Haruka, don't give them those looks, apologise."

Darc looked at her mother with a blank look and then looked at us and sank into a sarcastic low bow and said,

"Gomen nasai Danielle-san Becks-san."

I froze as this was the first time I've heard her speak in all the time I knew her. Granted it was in Japanese and only four words long, but hey, at least she finally said something to us.

"Don't worry," Danielle said before I could open my mouth and say something. Darc remained in a low bow that was positioned lower than ourselves to show respect.

"Domo arigato gozaimasu Danielle-san Becks-san."

Danielle paused to think about what she could say but I spoke up for both of us,

" Dou itashimashite (You're welcome) Haruka-san."

Atsuko smiled and pushed her daughter gently out into the hall where she walked back to their flat and went in.

"I look forward to looking after you both in a few days time. See you later everyone, ja mata(see you later) Becks-san," and with that she followed her daughter back into her own flat.

"Awww" the voice grated out of nowhere, "looks like my angel is going to be left by herself"

That voice had come out of nowhere.

"Who said that?" I asked out loud and I was only greeted by strange looks when I turned around to see Danielle's family watching me.

"Who said what dear?" her mom said to me. I thought about my answer carefully before answering, because if I said the voice had come out of nowhere, they would all think I was a weirdo.

"Oh, I must have been imagining things," I said as I smiled sheepishly. Her mom dad and brother all shook their heads and went back into the flat leaving me and Danielle by ourselves in the hall as the door shut behind us.

"Becks? Are you okay?" Danielle asked, and in her voice, I could detect a bit of worry in her voice. She must have been worried since I was carefully observing the entire area we were in to see if anyone spoke.

"Yes Dani, I'm fine. I just heard someone say something that's all. You know my mind goes wild with imagining things," I said firmly to emphasise my point.

"Okay, that's true," she said while laughing which caused me to smile. That's the reason I was glad to have Danielle as a friend, she always made me laugh no matter how I was feeling or what sort of situation we were in.