Chapter 7 - They Don't Know
Leah POV
I layed on a couch, reading a book but not absorbing anything. I was in Blood's room, and Blood and Elliot were having a meeting at Blood's desk. I couldn't overhear anything, but I knew for sure they weren't talking about work. They were talking about me. Ever since the tea party they did everything they could to keep my mind away from home.
Not that they were succeeding, but I decided to play along with them as they were still my friends. But I had to get out of here, to the real world, I can't stay here forever... I glanced at Blood and Elliot. Blood sat in his chair with paperwork, pretending he was doing work. Elliot leaned above him, one hand on Blood's chair and the other on the desk. His wavy ginger hair fell into his face, nearly covering his purple eyes.
I glanced at the book in my lap. Ironically- only not really- enough, it was Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. I was looking through it to see if I could find a way out, like Rikki had said she found, as our situations were similar to this book. Silly, I know, but who knows? Though I haven't found anything yet...
I stole a peek at the men again, and sighed. This is a dream, they aren't reall, I'll go home soon. I bit the inside of my cheek, how coincidental could it be that Audrey, Rikki, and I were sharing the same dream? Unless, this was just my dream and Audrey and Rikki were also figments of my imagination? That made a bit more sense than sharing a dream. I squeeze my eyes shut, willing myself home, but something kept me here...
It wasn't the vial, as that was destroyed and useless. I fretted over and over about what it could be. The inside of my mouth bled, so I bit my lip nervously as I thought things over. I could easily ask one of the inhabitants, but would they help me? Blood and Elliot wouldn't. Nor would the twins or Pierce if it meant Audrey and Rikki would also leave.
A few months with my friends, that's all I wanted. Why did we end up here? How long have we been here? Time was so screwy here, that I still don't know if it was just yesterday I arrived here or a year ago. My heart thumped wildly at the thought, in a dream for a year? Is that possible? Of course not! It's an exaggeration! A few weeks- at most! But that's also lengthy for a dream...
Time is so funny in dreams. It could be a month in a dream and a minute in reality! Obviously! That's why time seemed so long here, since in reality it's so much shorter! My head spun at the thought, but what else could it be? Dream time was longer than reality time, until you woke back up in reality did you realize that time was so much shorter.
I had to leave this place, no matter what anyone else says. I have to get Rikki to tell me how to get back home, even if she doesn't want to. I'd make her. I hate decieving my friends, Blood and Elliot especially, but they aren't real. I shouldn't worry about it.
But if that's so, why does my heart ache when I look at the two? Why do I keep going along with their plans when that'll just make the goodbyes even harder? Even if this is just a dream?
