Chapter 2: Wild dreams are usually the ones that come true.
Later that night, Bradin had a dream.
dream sequence
"I now pronounce you man and wife." A preacher said, and Bradin kissed the beautiful woman that stood beside him. When they pulled away, she smiled at him, and he could only look at her in awe. Had Emily always been this beautiful?
As they walked away from the beach-set wedding, Bradin intertwined his fingers with his blushing bride, and stroked the upside of her hand with his thumb. She looked at him and smiled, with love in her eyes. As they departed the beach in a limo, cheers could be heard by many, but nothing could disturb the comfortable silence that settled over the couple, who were now kissing in the back seat.
end dream sequence
Bradin shot up in his bed and rubbed the sweat off of his forehead.
"Whew… It was just a dream…" he said, and fell back onto his pillow. The moistness of the bed was a bit sickening, but he was too busy thinking of what the dream might've meant.
'I'm not supposed to think this stuff about my best friend! I just can't! Best friends aren't supposed to dream of marrying their best friend! It's not right!' he thought to himself.
Apparently, the voice in his head thought differently.
'Bradin, be calm about this. You know you like the girl. You always have. You just can't admit it to yourself after what happened with your parents. It'll be okay, though. Nothing will happen.'
No matter what, Bradin just couldn't believe the voice in his head.
'Everyone I love dies! They leave me, and they never come back! I don't want that to happen with Emily! I don't want to lose her like I did mom and dad! I can't handle that again!' he told the voice, tears stinging at the tips of his eyes.
"I just can't let it happen again." He said, and with that, drifted back into slumber.
"Emily! Come on dear, you have to board the plane in a half an hour!" Emily heard her mom call from downstairs.
"I'll be down in a second!" Emily said, and zipped up her bag. She was going to Playa Linda, California to spend spring break with her Aunt Matilda. She rushed downstairs, kissed her mother on the cheek, and was out the door. As soon as she had loaded her things into her car, she put the key in and headed out to the airport.
Kansas wasn't famous for very many things, with the exclusion of it's vast, open plains. She had to admit that she would miss them, if anything. Soon, Emily arrived at one of Kansas's only airports and parked her car. She unloaded her things and walked in. Walking through the terminal reminded her much of when her best friend Bradin Westerly left. She was with him when he boarded the plane, and that was the last time she had seen him since about a year ago. They talked to each other every week, but they seemed to be drifting.
The truth was, she missed Bradin.
She missed everything about him. From his worn out shoes, to his blonde hair, even the cute look he gave her when he was about to do something mean. She missed him, and didn't want them to drift apart.
"Flight 1483 to Playa Linda, now boarding." She heard the attendant call, and walked up to the gate. She handed them her ticket, and was soon off to Playa Linda.
