Stories

Story 95: Some Things Weren't Meant To Be

Water splashed all over Joey's feet as he stared out into the ocean. The warm sand under his feet made him tingle. A beautiful woman stood beside him with a big smile on her face. Joey looks at this woman. He wasn't expecting her here. Was he dreaming?

"Mai?" Joey asked.

Mai turned her head to look at Joey, a small smile appearing across her face. She looked so peaceful and beautiful. Joey's eyes were burning.

"Joey, let's go," Mai said.

"Go where?" Joey asks in confusion.

Mai slowly raised her hand and pointed with her index finger towards the ocean. "We can be together if we go out there…"

Joey's eyes shot open. "Ahhhhh!" he yells. He stops yelling when he realizes he was in his own bedroom. Joey sighed frustratingly. He kept having these dreams about Mai. It made him so frustrated. Why am I dreaming of her? He thought. Then he hears a knock on his door. Joey rubs his eyes before climbing out of bed. He walked over to his door and opens it. Mai was standing there. Joey quickly shut his door in her face. He was too nervous to see her right now. Then he frowned. That was rude of him. He opens the door again to see Mai walking away. "Uh…Mai?"

Mai stopped walking and turned around. "Why'd you shut the door in my face?"

"I…uh…" he paused and thought for words.

"Never mind. Were you sleeping?" Mai asked.

Joey shook his head. "Nope. I was awake,"

"Good…I just thought you'd want to talk," Mai said. She walks past him and into his room.

Joey blushed as he shut the door. Mai sat down on Joey's bed.

"So what did you want to talk about?" Joey asked as he sat down on the floor.

"I wanted to talk about us. Are we friends?" Mai asks blissfully.

Joey nods. "Of course we are,"

"Tea told me that you were having dreams about me," Mai said.

Joey nods slowly. "Well…yeah,"

Mai folds her arms across her chest. "What about?"

Joey looked up. "Um…you walk around…I stand on beach and we talk in stuff…and you say some certain things…I say certain things…"

Mai smiled. "I have dreams about you too…"

"Really?"

Mai nodded. "Do you like me? I mean not as a friend?"

Joey nodded slowly. He looks down in embarrassment.

"I like you too. But…you're only sixteen…and I'm twenty four…it'll never work out," Mai whispers.

Joey stared at Mai in complete sadness.

Some things weren't meant to be…

THE END