Sweet Dreams

Ch.9. Confusing

Victoria Parry

December 15th 1867

Dear diary, I haven't had much time to write lately. Things have normaled out mildly but they have in a lot of ways gotten worse. You see these dreams come more and more often now. They aren't as violent but more mysterious. Father won't listen when I try to tell him something is wrong, and mother just sweeps it under the rug. Samuel just ignores me and does his work he's arranged to marry Katharine Ably after Easter of next year. She's quiet lovely but is also a prude, she knows the family secret because of Samuel now and I think maybe she's the reasons for my dreams sometimes. The strangest thing to have happened recently had to have been the Garwins new servant. When I first met her she was nice. I was left alone in the room with her and she grabbed my hands and started telling me to pray to whatever god it is that I believe because it was coming. I have know idea what she was talking about but she quit just the other day and left me with a strange necklace. It is silver very pretty but it's strange. It appears to be a cross but yet again it isn't. The note she left told me it was for protection and not to take it off. Mother told me to burn it but I didn't, I wear it tucked in my cleavage to hide it. I most go now and get ready for the long day ahead of me.

I finished the second entry and took a deep breath. I looked up from the book and found five pairs of eyes on me.

"What are you reading that is so interesting?" Reid asked while snatching the book out of my hands.

"Stop!" I yelled at him, "Give it back."

"Victoria Parry? I've heard that before," he said while looking like he was thinking before Carson took the book from him and started looking at Victoria's diary.

"She was our Great-Grandmother," Pouge told them and Reid nodded.

"I've heard her name-" Reid spoke before stopping mid sentence. "She's the one who died after having all those strange dreams," he said and I tensed up how did she die? That's all I wanted to know how?

"How did she die?" Caleb asked and Reid shrugged.

"They say she went crazy but who knows. But she died in her sleep from a bad dream. I think someone was coming after her in her dreams. She was a psychic she could read peoples minds and all this shit." he said before looking at us. "What?" he asked while shrugging, "I like our families' history, plus from the pictures she looked hot."

"I think she looked like Allyson," Pouge joked before cracking a smile and hitting Reid playfully.

"You okay?" Tyler asked while pinching my sides to make me crack a smile.

"Yes, it's just-" and I was cut off by the bell ringing.

"I'll take your tray. You want to hangout tonight?" he asked while grabbing my tray of food and standing up.

"Yeah," I said while also getting up and grabbing my satchel and throwing it over my shoulder.

"I'll text you tonight," he told me before giving me a quick peck on the lips. I stood there for a couple more seconds before turning and seeing pouges eyes on me. It was the first time I'd ever kissed Tyler in front of him and I didn't know how he was going to react.

"What kind of powers do you think I will get?" Carson asked while linking arms with me. We started walking to Art which we both have.

"You could be an aura reader maybe?" I said and she huffed.

"That's not fun," she told me while being a little too happy. "You okay," she asked while calming down mildly. "You know, ever since what happened at Nikki's you seem I don't know?"

"We need to talk," I told her while dragging her into the nearest girls bathroom.

"Class is about to start!" Carson whined as I checked under the stales. I pushed a freshman out and locked the door. "What is so important?" she asked and I huffed while looking at her.

"I'm having bad dreams like Victoria," I said and she looked worried.

"Are you sure?" she asked and I nodded.

"It's been happening a lot lately. Actually last night it didn't but normally ever night." I explained and Carson looked really worried.

"Nothing is going to happen to you like it did Victoria." She told me while sounding really sure. "Nothing I promise," she said before running her hand through her hair. "Who all knows?" she asked and I took a deep breath as the bell rang before I answered.

"Pouge, Caleb, and you," I told her and she nodded.

"You haven't told Ty?' she asked and I shook my head no. I didn't want to worry him at all but I knew I was going to have to tell him sometime.

"I think we need to have a summit," I told her and she nodded yes.

"I agree, so what have these dreams been about?" she asked and I slid down the cold stone wall and pushed my knees to my chest. I had sure I wasn't flashing Carson my ass and tucked my skirt tight under my butt.

"Mostly screams and this chant-" and she cut me off.

"What kind of chant?" she asked like I wasn't going to tell her.

"Blood, sweat, and tears," I finished before wiping a stray tear away from my face. Carson sat down next to me and leaned on my shoulder.

"Are you scared?" she asked me and I nodded and let a few more tears fall silently from my eyes. We stayed there for a few more minutes in silence before heading to art.