Can I Dream of You Once More?
So, after having what was probably one of the most bizarre dreams ever had last night. I've reached the conclusion that I know where this story is going now. But just so you know nothing in the past two chapters are going to change. The summary has been made more detailed (kind of). For a beter summary, see my profile.
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Chapter 3: Meeting Prin- I Mean Neighbour
May's POV
Leaf and I sat in the flat, playing Monopoly. It was a rare occasion that I had the upper hand in the game. Usually Leaf had all the luck and would buy about five properties before I got my first. I picked up the dice and rolled it again. Double sixes. Yes. The last green property was now mine.
"Read it and weep, Leaf." I said with an evil glint in my eye.
Leaf pouted and tossed her fake money onto the table. "I don't like this game anymore."
I laughed. Leaf was always like that when she starts to lose. But I can't let my guard down now or she'll catch up and beat me again. I'd been in that situation all too many times.
"What time is it?" Leaf asked, looking around.
"Umm…" I checked my phone. "It's like almost half seven." I replied.
"Am I the only one who feels hungry?" Leaf asked.
I shook my head. It had been a good few hours since we ate our homemade lunches made by my mum before she left us here. That was probably going to be the last homemade meal for a while since neither of us is capable of being 'safe' in the kitchen and produce something edible. It's either or, not both.
"I'm actually pretty hungry too." I admit. "I feel like we should have a special dinner to commemorate our first night here. Shall we head out for food?"
Leaf scrunches her nose. "I'm a bit doubtful that we'll get served. It's a Saturday night. Most restaurants will be full. But we can probably order a take away."
"I'll pick up?"
"Plan." Leaf confirms then we start to browse through our menus that were scattered on the floor when we got here earlier today.
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Leaf's POV
May had left about five minutes ago. I went into the kitchen and pulled out the appropriate number of plates and took some cutlery out. I laid it on the table with our Monopoly board game - which we had stopped momentarily – while we sorted out dinner.
I didn't know what to do while May was away. I'd set the table. I guess I could always unpack my things and sweep the floors. Aunt Caroline kept saying how dirty the floors were and how we should clean the place after we've unpacked which we should've done instead of playing the board game that usually results in one of us crying by the end.
I send May a quick text: Buy washing up liquid on your way back! Xxx
Within seconds of sending the text May shot a reply back. You buy it. And some desserts. I feel like ice cream xxx
I slip my phone in my jean pocket and found a jacket from my suitcase then slipped it on. I grabbed my keys then left. It was weird carry keys with me.
I walked down the stairs to the convenient shop that was round the corner from my apartment and picked out a nice scented washing up liquid (it even had a nice green colour to it) and a box of mint Vienetta ice cream then preceded to pay.
I stood in the small line and casually glanced around, trying to memorise where things were since I knew I was going to become acquainted very well with this little shop in the coming weeks. Another guy joined the queue behind me and I couldn't help but stop and stare at him.
Big brown spikes extended away from his head and deep cyan eyes browsed the smerchandise around us. He looked exactly like-
"Your next." He said to me and ushered me forward in the line.
I moved forward towards the cashier who took my items and scanned them.
"That'll be three seventy." The cashier said.
And I panicked. My purse! I forgot my purse. My hands delved into every one of my pockets as I desperately hoped I'd have enough spare change in my pocket to pay for this.
"I'll pay for her too."
I looked up to see the guy with the brown spikes. He really is a lot like my Prince Charming: tall, dark, good looking and apparently kind too. I smiled at him thankfully. "Thanks." I said to him. It's the only thing I could think of saying to him. I doubt "oh Prince Charming, you've come to take me away" is appropriate. Or normal.
"No problem." He replied as he handed me my plastic bag that held my ice cream and washing up liquid. "We should probably move though. We're holding up the line."
"Right." I nodded and walked towards the door and let myself out while trying to keep the door open for him too. "Thanks." I said again once we were outside.
"Like I said, it's no problem. It was barely anything." He said. He started to walk in the same direction as me. The likelihood of him living in the same general area as me was looking good.
"Do you live around here?" I asked him out of curiosity.
He nodded. "I live just up ahead." He used his head to indicate the general direction.
"Me too. I'm Leaf by the way." I used the idle chit chat as a good way to slip in an introduction. After all, we are going to get married one day.
"Gary." He says. "I take it you're a student here?"
I nod. "First year student. Just moved in today."
He looked at me strangely. "You don't happen to live in floor five of block C, do you?"
I look at him surprised. "How'd you know?"
"I heard you move in today."
"You live in that building too?" I asked hopefully. I couldn't hide the hopefully smile that had spread across my face.
"Across the hall."
I felt my heart skip a beat. The likelihood of me seeing him every day was sky high.
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May's POV
I had read through the menu like five times already and decided my menu for the next five visits to here. What was taking so long! I felt like I was slowly dying from a mixture of boredom and hunger that had slowly crept upon me from smelling all the delicious food but not being able to eat any.
SMASH!
My head shot up when I heard the sound of broken glass as did the other guests near me. We looked at each other, giving a look that asked if we knew what had just happened. I could hear some hurried footsteps coming this way loud and clear since the whole restaurant had been stunned into silence.
"No, Drewy, please don't do this to me!" a stunning blond said as she scurried behind a tall, smartly dressed man that I had encountered only hours ago. The tall blonde grabbed onto the blazer jacket of the green haired guy and tried to stop him from leaving. The guy shook his arm once, roughly and the girl's grip had slipped off just like that.
I was suddenly glad that my order was not ready yet. This was better than the trashy dramas and reality shows that they air on TV these days!
"We are through." The guy said then heads towards my direction.
I immediately start to panic since I realised that the direction of the entrance was not behind me. I had sat there long enough that there was nothing but a silky purple wall behind me.
Just then the waitress that took my order over a half hour ago handed me my paper bag with the past and side orders. I had barely managed to get my hands on the bag before the green haired stranger grabbed my wrist forcefully and pulled me towards him, brushing my lips with his.
"Just back off. I have a new girlfriend now." He shot at the blonde girl who was now on the floor in floods of tears. "Come on." He said to me and drags me outside.
Two kisses in one day. I was too stunned to do anything.
Once we're outside, the guy let go of my hand which had turned red slightly from his tight grip but I was still too stunned to touch it or do anything to sooth it.
The guy shoved something into my hand and leans in to whisper in my ear.
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May's POV
"The restaurant was really busy and there seem to some sort of commotion going on in the back of the restaurant. I wanted to slip in to see but it looked physically impossible to do so. The crowd that had gathered was so thick that it was difficult to see anything." I explained as I shoved another forkful of the deliciously creamy pasta into my mouth. What I said wasn't strictly true. I experienced more than my share of the commotion.
"Leaf?" I waved a hand in front of her face when she didn't reply to my story. It was unlike her.
"Yeah?" she said to me as she picked up a slice of garlic bread and bit into it.
"You okay?" I asked her.
"I met our neighbour." She said.
I'm sure under normal circumstances with normal people, the right response would be to ask "are they nice?" or even "Is he hot?", assuming our neighbour is a guy but with Leaf that's not the case.
"When you say 'met' do you mean casually bumped into or do you actually mean casually picked his lock and he or she happened to be in?" Was what I asked her instead.
Leaf gives me a look. "Don't be silly!" She said loudly. "Of course it's the first option! What do you take me for?"
I laugh. "What's our neighbour like, staring with the basic details such a gender."
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Leaf's POV
Waking up the next day was weird. For one, the bed was orientated differently from the one back home and May wasn't in the room. I got out of bed before my alarm had even gone and snuck into May's room. The girl was sound asleep.
I was up most of last night, tossing and turning as I relived the moment I met Gary over and over again. They say that's what happens when you're in love. And when you have separation anxiety…
I picked up May's plushie and put it next to May's head and tried to make its arms move.
"Wakey wakey." I said in a pitchy voice, pretending to be the yellow bird plushie talking. "It's time to wake up."
May stirred. She pulled the duvet over her head and tried to hide her face. "Five more minutes." She said in a typical lazy teen fashion.
I threw the bird at where I thought her face would be. "Wake up!" I yelled at her. "I want breakfast!"
May sits up and wrapped her duvet round herself. "Go buy some. Get me some pancakes while you're at it." She ordered with her eyes shut.
I left May's room and went to the bathroom. Maybe I'll just get enough food for me only.
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May's POV
I unlocked the bathroom door and entered our little living area. My eyes felt blurry from the lack of sleep last night. I didn't fall asleep until the early hours and Leaf woke me up after only three hours of sleep. Clearly, I'm thinking about that green haired boy too much. Or more precisely, what he said to me after he slipped the fifty dollar bill in my hands.
I cleared my mind then sat on the couch next to Leaf. "Where are my pancakes?"
"In the shop." Leaf replied.
"You didn't buy me any?" I looked at her, shocked.
Leaf looked back at me with a teethy grin then pulls out a packet of sweetened pancakes just for me. "Thanks." I say as I tear open the packet and start on my first pancake. "So, what's the plan for today? Just staying in and unpacking?" I asked.
Leaf pulled a face. "It's our last day before we have to start studying so I was thinking we go down to the Fuschia Harbour to sightsee, eat some fresh seafood and just do some fun stuff like that."
I panicked when she said that. "Will we be back by seven?" I asked bfore I realise dthat I shouldn't have said that.
"Sure." Leaf replied. "But what's going on at seven?"
"Nothing." I replied way too quickly there.
Leaf narrowed her eyes at me. "Are you keeping something from me?"
I had to think fast. "Mum wants to video chat at eight so I was thinking an hour should be enough to quickly unpack before I give her a virtual room tour?" I said, unsure as to the quick fire excuse that I had just given.
"Why was I unaware of this?" Leaf asked. "If I had known I would've spent my sleepless hours last night unpacking instead of looking up train times from here to Fuschia City. Turns out it only takes just over an hour to get there."
I blink at Leaf. "That's fast."
"Exactly and its barely eight now so if we go now, we'll be there before well before ten and then we can go eat lunch at a local café or something then go on the boat tours round the place, shop a little, go to the safari and buy stuff to eat on the train and be back here by sixish."
"If you've planned it out so thoroughly then I can't say no." I replied and to be honest, I could see where she was coming from. Maybe a trip to Fuschia was what I needed to take my mind off of him.
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Yay, that's chapter 3 done in just one day. I hope my readers are forgiving people since it's been about 2 going on 3 years since I updated this! In those 2/3 years, I've not changed, btw. I still love reviews! Hint, hint…
