Dream A Little Dream
Chapter 2
A/N: Here's the second chapter…I hope it is just as good as the first…sry that it's so short…but I was writing the beginning of it in math class – Trig is really boring! Anyway…read and review! The most important parts of the story aren't ready to be presented yet – but they will be eventually! J
Julia turned on the light in her bedroom and looked around, her eyes finally stopping on the article she had read the night before. Her gaze fell upon the name she had heard before, among the cries on that cold night. "Caledon Hockley" it read. "Cal" she whispered to herself. The word slipped easily off her tongue, as she looked out the window at the raven. "Good morning Callie," she said. Only this time, the name Callie seemed odd. "Julia! It's 7:15 – are you awake yet?" Crap! Julia thought to herself. I'm gonna be late! I guess I'll ask Mom about this article later. Julia grabbed the article off of her nightstand and walked out of her room. Julia walked downstairs, pulling her beautiful red curly locks into a ponytail. With all of her friends with short straight hair around, Julia still kept her flowing red hair long and curly.
"Julia, hurry up. Jackie's going to be here soon." Said her mother. Jackie was Julia's best friend. They had met in seventh grade during art class. Jackie had short blond hair and blue eyes – your typical Scandinavian girl. Jackie was sort of an artsy tomboy, but she and Julia got along great. Julia had confided in Jackie a lot, and couldn't wait to tell her that the dreams had returned. And it wasn't really happy anxiety, she just needed to tell someone – and fast. Jackie was the only one who knew about the dreams – the only one Julia trusted with the dreams.
The beeping of a car horn brought Julia out of her daydreams. "Jackie's here! See ya later Mom!" called Julia. "Bye! Have a nice day!" replied her mother.
Julia got in the car, and immediately started telling Jackie about her restless night. "They're back, Jackie." She said solemnly. "The dreams?" Jackie asked slowly. "Yeah," replied Julia. "And not just back, but they're more vivid and stuff. I mean, I could really feel the water this time – it was so cold. And the man I was with – it really felt like I loved him. It was really weird. And something else was incredibly shocking." With that, she pulled the article out of her backpack to show Jackie. "The Heart of the Ocean Resurfaces," read Jackie quietly. "Keep reading," insisted Julia. Jackie's eyes flew over the page, stopping at a name she had sort of heard before. "Caledon Hockley…" she whispered to herself. "Isn't he…" "The one in my dreams?" asked Julia. Jackie nodded. "Yes," responded Julia. "Weird…" said Jackie. "I know," Julia replied.
They both sat in silence for the rest of the ride to school. Jackie parked the car in the lot and the two girls walked into school, the awkwardness of the situation leaving both at a loss for words. They two separated as the walked to their respective classes. Julia just couldn't get the thoughts and feelings from the dream out of her head. All day, she felt cold. In gym, she had swimming, and before she went out there, she started to freak out. She couldn't go in the water! It was so cold… "it hits you like a thousand knives stabbing you all over your body"…the words came out of nowhere…but they seemed so familiar. The voice seemed so familiar. It was so close, and yet so far. "Julia! What's taking you so long?" called her gym teacher. "N-nothing," she stammered. "I'll be right out, Mrs. Jones," said Julia.