Hope recovered, of course, and we set off to Fuchsia City. When Vera
suggested we take Faith, I didn't see what would be wrong with agreeing
with her. As much as I hated riding that scaly lizard. It should've been
illegal; those things are dangerous. That and I get airsick. But, then
again, if I didn't agree to ride that thing, she would probably just go on
to Fuchsia without me. Come to think of it, she also realised it was my
birthday soon, but she said she hadn't gotten me anything. I didn't really
mind; if she'd just spend the day with me, it'd be the best present I could
hope for.
When we landed, I was ready to throw up. I didn't want to do anything more than just have a nice, long sleep, so I went straight to bed - it was pretty dark, anyway. Vera stayed up, though. I think she was making a phone call or something, on one of the payphones. When I fell asleep, I had the nightmare again. I don't really like remembering it, so I'll just skip to the part where Vera woke me up. At first, I was still half-in the nightmare, so to speak. A second later, I realised that I'd been woken up. Finally.
"What happened?" She asked. I didn't want to talk about it.
"Uh, just a nightmare." "I gathered that. You were screaming like anything." She didn't seem to think I was a chicken. In fact, the statement seemed to be more of a joke.
"It's no joking matter. It was scary." "What happened?"
Ugh. The last thing I wanted to do was to explain my dream, even if it was to Vera. Thinking about it, even now, is scary. Darn trauma-filled childhood. "Uh. nothing."
"Nothing's that scary, is it?"
As much as I loved the way she seemed to make serious situations more comfortable, it wasn't very appropriate then. I was still shaking and sweating all over. "No, you wouldn't understand. Thanks for waking me up. I'm going back to sleep."
Sure, she probably would have understood, but, as I said, I wasn't in any mood to explain. "It didn't have anything to do with Team Rocket, did it?"
Great. I must've said something about them in my nightmare. I talk in my sleep quite a lot. The mention of the Team made me remember the nightmare. I shuddered, still hearing the screams that haunted me so much in my sleep. "No, nothing like that at all." I lied. Better than having her asking more questions about it. "Now, please, go to sleep." It took me forever to get to sleep. I was afraid of the nightmare reappearing.
When we landed, I was ready to throw up. I didn't want to do anything more than just have a nice, long sleep, so I went straight to bed - it was pretty dark, anyway. Vera stayed up, though. I think she was making a phone call or something, on one of the payphones. When I fell asleep, I had the nightmare again. I don't really like remembering it, so I'll just skip to the part where Vera woke me up. At first, I was still half-in the nightmare, so to speak. A second later, I realised that I'd been woken up. Finally.
"What happened?" She asked. I didn't want to talk about it.
"Uh, just a nightmare." "I gathered that. You were screaming like anything." She didn't seem to think I was a chicken. In fact, the statement seemed to be more of a joke.
"It's no joking matter. It was scary." "What happened?"
Ugh. The last thing I wanted to do was to explain my dream, even if it was to Vera. Thinking about it, even now, is scary. Darn trauma-filled childhood. "Uh. nothing."
"Nothing's that scary, is it?"
As much as I loved the way she seemed to make serious situations more comfortable, it wasn't very appropriate then. I was still shaking and sweating all over. "No, you wouldn't understand. Thanks for waking me up. I'm going back to sleep."
Sure, she probably would have understood, but, as I said, I wasn't in any mood to explain. "It didn't have anything to do with Team Rocket, did it?"
Great. I must've said something about them in my nightmare. I talk in my sleep quite a lot. The mention of the Team made me remember the nightmare. I shuddered, still hearing the screams that haunted me so much in my sleep. "No, nothing like that at all." I lied. Better than having her asking more questions about it. "Now, please, go to sleep." It took me forever to get to sleep. I was afraid of the nightmare reappearing.