A/N: SURPISSSEEEEEEEE MY AMAZING READERS! You haven't seen the last of this story just yet. :) I give you chapter 30. I'll admit that I hadn't planned on this AT ALL but the thought came to me and you were all so upset and I realized I just couldn't give you a shit ending. And so, chapter 30 is here. :D Be sure to read the A/N at the end for very important information.
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I jolt awake, flinching. My heart is beating fast and my head is pounding. I slowly sit up, and for a second I forget where I am. The dream was so vivid that I honestly thought it was real. My sheets are tangled around my legs and my pillow is covered in dried tears. I run a hand through my sweaty hair, wondering what in the world just happened.
I look around my dorm room. Morning sunlight is filtering in through the window. It's clean, organized, and has a perfect view of New York City. New York is where I had longed to be for as long as I can remember, and I've loved it here at MUNY in the past week since college started, but now it feels strangely foreign and lonely, especially since Trish isn't here and I live in a dorm by myself... Who even is Trish? Who was anyone from my dream? I can't believe none of that actually happened, it all seemed so real.
I find my mind wandering to Austin, the blonde who stole my heart. It feels odd now, knowing that I can't love him because he's a figment of my imagination... And he's dead. I shake my head, almost wishing he were real... I'm happy though, I have Elliot, my boyfriend of over three years. I remember that, in my dream, Elliot wasn't my boyfriend... We had broken up a long time ago, and when I ran into him on the beach, I didn't even like him anymore. I'm kind of feeling the same thing right now, but I think it's because the dream is still fresh on my mind.
I need to get it out of my head, but I don't really want to. Everything seems so real, like the world I'm living in is my dream and I'll wake up any second to the reality of my dead boyfriend Austin Moon, Dallas and Darron in jail, Trish my roomate, and Dez roomate-less...
Dez.
I nearly fall trying to grab my laptop and pull it onto the bed with me. There was definitely one way to settle my thoughts, and that was to prove to myself that none of these people even existed.
I type faster than I ever have trying to get to YouTube and type in the name of Dez's Channel that it seems I know by heart. The Internet seems to be going torturingly slow, and I close my eyes. If this Channel shows up, and Dez exists, it means that some of this is real, and that will honestly blow me away. I take a deep breath and open my eyes.
I think my heart may have stopped.
On my screen is the Channel. It's definitely Dez's... Dez definitely exsists. With shaking hands I click on the "videos" tag, and I think my heart just might have stopped a second time.
I see the video.
The Roomate Tag video.
Staring back at me, on the thumbnail, is Dez and none other than Austin Moon. The video was posted yesterday. I watch the video over and over, listening to their voices and smiling like an idiot. This is real. How can this be real? Am I going crazy? I had this extraordinary dream that I went to the University of Miami and this crazy bad boy hit on me and was pretty persistent, and then we fell in love and it was amazing, and then he got shot by a crazy asshole. And now he's talking to me through a video on YouTube that I'd already watched before, months ago, but it wasn't actually months ago because it was in my dream and I've only been asleep since last night. And if this video was only posted yesterday...
The chances that Austin Moon is alive is beyond my favor.
I click open a new tab and type every the words that had been on the headline in my dream. "University of Miami student shot and killed."
No results.
I grin. Austin Moon is alive. No one has killed him. Chances are he's still a crazy party boy living his life in Miami... Which is also my home. The urge to go back to Miami right now, right this minute is greater than it has been ever since I stepped off the plane in New York... I want to meet Austin Moon and Dez and Trish if she exists, too, which I'm sure she does. I find myself packing up my suitcase, and I call my dad, putting it on speakerphone so that I can pack with both hands.
"Hello?" He says.
"Hey, Dad, I'm coming home." I say as coolly as possible.
"What?" He says, "It's the middle of the week. Do you know how expensive air fair is?"
"Dad," I groan, "I'm homesick. I can miss two days of class, it's not a big deal, honestly."
"If you're homesick you should have gone to college closer to home like I had wanted you to in the first place." He snaps, then sighs. "Okay, I'll see you when you get here."
"Thanks, Dad." I say with a huge smile. He hangs up the phone as I'm zipping up my suitcase. I wonder if I'm making rash decisions by flying to Florida on a Wednesday... I probably am, but I really don't care at this point. I want to meet Austin Moon... No, I need to. I wonder how I'm going to do it and how Elliot is going to feel about it and all kind of things are running through my mind as I do a double check through the dorm before locking it behind me and going to catch the shuttle from the campus to the airport.
I take a deep breath. This is going to be a crazy adventure for sure, but I'm ready for it. After that insane dream, though, I think I'm up for anything.
A/N: TADAAAAA. I actually like this much better than the other ending. I hope you guys do. :) Okay, so...
Here's the important information. READ THIS! Obviously, this is all leading up to... Yep, that's right. A sequel. HOORAH! Anyways, what I need to know from you guys is whether you think a long one-shot or a short multi-chapter would be a better form of a sequel. I do really need to know. There is no longer going to be an epilogue, I'm gonna go straight into the sequel.
Okay, so, with that said, I hope you guys are happier. I definitely am. :) Please review! I haven't counted but I'm pretty sure I got close to 30 reviews on the last chapter, so I'm going to ask for 35 reviews! Be sure to include whether you want the sequel to be a long one-short or short multi-chapter! Thanks for being awesome. x
