They were standing over me. Just looking at me and smiling. I had this dream before. Again and again. I tried to find something different about it. I yelled "who are you?" at the top of my lungs, hoping someone would come. Then I heard it. "You should have listened."
They had spoken. I stared. They had finally spoken. And it was in a familiar voice. I began "who…" but they cut me off with the pulling of the trigger…
…And I woke up. I didn't scream, but I let out an angry grunt as I threw a cup at my wall. Why? Why had I been having that dream over and over? I had been having that dream since September. It was now December. Why was this happening? I shivered. It was 6:00 am. I shouldn't have to wake up this early on a Saturday. Plus, I had to look good for the party tonight. Bart had an announcement to make. Him and Samantha had been going serious for a while now, making millhouse turn to the bottle. Millhouse had been pretty lonely since then. He had asked Lisa out one more time, but she said she was going out with someone already. I wonder who the unlucky guy is. Jessica hadn't been too good either, but I didn't really care about her.
I started to get dressed and looked around for something to do. I was going to be bored for a while, so I went online first. Joan was coming to the party later. I tried to Im her, but she was busy. I turned on the TV, but the only thing on was krusty the clown reruns. I was so bored I looked around for something to do. Finally, I found a book mom had written a while ago. I started to read it. The rest of the day was a blur.
By the time I finished, it was 6:00 pm, and a knock at the door. It was Joan and her friend vennesa. I looked at them and said, in a sarcastic voice, "lousy hobos, I don't have food!" Joan laughed and the two-walked in. next was Lisa and Mac, who were smiling. Lisa was in a purple jacket and earmuffs. Mac was in his normal clothes, except the tee shirt was switched with a long sleeve shirt. Mac had been born in North Dakota, so he didn't get cold easy. Mac asked where Bart was, but speak of the devil, the blue sportscar with el barto painted on the roof drove into the driveway. Bart helped Samantha out, gingerly making sure she didn't bump her head. Millhouse was the next to show up, with a beer in hand, followed by Jessica, who had bags under her eyes. More and more people showed up, like Ned Flanders, his wife Rachel Jordan, and their baby daughter Mary. There was barney, who had just gotten out of the hospital. Slowly, the room was full of town's people.
Millhouse looked eagerly at Lisa and was about to say something before Bart and Mac said together, "She's with someone." They started laughing and were soon joined in by the other guys. There was something about the way Mac and Lisa looked at each other, but my attention was turned to trying to find Joan. I looked around, and I found nothing. I walked upstairs until I got to my room. The door was closed, and there was a small noise coming from it. I tried to open door but it was locked. Finally, I got bored with the old trying-to-force-it-open, so I used credit card and slipped it through the door and walked in, and gasped. Joan and vennesa were sitting on the bed MAKING OUT. I stared at the two, until Joan noticed me, and gasped. I stared at the two. She got up and looked at her feet as she said "Maggie, I…" I cut her off "you two were…" I just stared at the two. Joan looked at me seriously. "Maggie, please don't tell ANYONE. My mom will kick me out if she finds out. Please mag? I'm still Joan. Please?" I looked at her. I sighed. "Alright. You have to come out eventually, but I won't tell. Were still friends." She smiled. "Thanks Maggie." We went downstairs to see Bart and Samantha begin saying something.
"…I'm happy you guys are all here. We got something to say." Him and Samantha smiled at each other, and then Bart started up again. "Samantha's pregnant."
It was the loudest silence I had ever heard. The first person to speak was Mac, who threw his arm around Bart and yelled "Name him after me!" soon everyone was congratulating the two. Mom was trying not to cry from happiness about having a grandkid, Homer was singing and dancing, Lisa was hugging Samantha, Mac and Bart were laughing, and Joan was smiling a huge smile. I was to busy dancing with dad to notice millhouse leave.
I began to lay down, still happy about Bart's announcement. I was surprised at how fast I fell asleep into dream.
I was running again. I didn't stop running, knowing this path by heart now. it played out the same again, up until I fell and stared at the gunner. I stared at her. Then, I pounced. The pain in my ankle blinded me for a moment, until I rolled into the light from a window, and gasped. The gunner was mom. She threw me from her chest and stood up. She wiped blood from her nose and stared at me. "you." I said in a small voice. She smiled as she raised the gun. "You should have listened." And she fired…
…And I woke up with a yelp. I looked around scared. It was mom. What did the dream mean? I looked around and saw the clock say 3:00 am. I didn't fall back to sleep. I just sat up, asking the same question. What did it mean?