3 May 2024
Dream
i was coming back from vacation with my aunt and her kids, we went over to mawmaw and papas old house. we kept slowing down in front of every place in the neighborhood that was apart of our childhood, seemed kind weird but okay. like the rock and lamppost, the big rock we used to write our names on them, but the rock had names scratched off of them for some reason. we pulled up to mawmaw and papas house in the driveway, and the garage door was open, but the door to the house wasn’t for some reason which is unusual. everyone got out of the car, and went to go inside, and i opened the trunk to unload everyone’s stuff. there was only one small suitcase, it was lavender colored. i pulled it out, and mawmaw and papa were greeting the kids. i stayed in the trunk kinda like i was crawling in there for a minute, and listened to their conversation.
mawmaw: hey guys! i missed you!!
the kids: we missed you too! we got you guys something!
mawmaw: is that so?
the kids: yes!
papa: you guys must be hungry!
my aunt: yes we are! i was just about to ask if you guys could make us something?
papa: don’t you have money?
my aunt: yes, but we are kinda broke now from vacation lol
papa: well, how about a pizza and some chicken nuggets?
my aunt: that sounds good!
papa: well here instead, here’s $11 for each of you. go to the store and get you guys whatever you want.
my aunt: okay!
we then got back into the car and went to this weird looking corner store. the front looked a little sketchy, the sidewalk was all cracked and had huge holes, but the whole sidewalk and porch was covered by the roof. i fell trying to walk up the sidewalk at least twice. anyways inside was a very small space, but there was creaky wooden floors, with shelves at the front on both sides of the store, selling what looked like mini mirrors for doing makeup, then a bunch of deli freezers on both sides to the back. at the back of the store was a bar, but there was a gaming session going on. behind the bar, you could see into the ‘kitchen’, it looked like a house built onto the side of this place, so you could see the living room and everything of the other house, but it’s got white lighting. i kept creeping around the bar trying to look at the menu, but i didn’t wanna be too obvious about it because i didn’t wanna play the minecraft game they were playing. so i kept circling around the store, trying to find other things to eat that was less than $11. the kids and my aunt had already found what they wanted, most of what the store had was turkey sandwiches, chips and pop, but they were satisfied. i wanted a chicken bacon ranch sub or sandwich, i was determined to find one. i circled back to the bar, and was trying to look like i was doing something as i was reading the menu, there was 5 t.v screens above the bar, supposedly being their menu, but each one only had a few words on it. i couldn’t read what they said. i saw both men on both sides holding them mirrors that i saw up front, it had mouses attached to them so they can look around in game. i saw the guy behind the bar say “yeah that’s what i’m talking about! high five!” and they both high fived. the guy sitting on the stools them got up and left since he finished the game. the guy behind the bar noticed me and said “hey prettt girl, wanna play?” i said “no thanks..! i’m just trying to fi-“. he interrupts me mid sentence and pulls me to the stool. he said “i think you’d like this game. here! these are the controls and here’s your mouse. it’s parkour, but teamed parkour.”. i said “…. okay..”. i was very uncomfortable because i didn’t like the way this man kept looking at me, and i didn’t like how he kept hitting on me either, because 1. i’m a lesbian and 2. this man was old enough to be my dad. i tried to play the minecraft game with him, but i kept falling. my youngest cousin came up to me and was asking something that i dont remember, but i said “what time are we leaving?” and he said “11.”. i said “okay, ill be there soon”. i continued the game for a few more minutes and just put the game down, and said “okay i think im done for now, i should really go.”. the man said “okay. just come on by when you’re ready for more!” and he gave me the creepiest face to me after, it was so uncomfortable. it was like a face men make when they wanna take advantage of you, if you know what i mean. i quickly left to the front of the store, where my cousins and aunt were waiting. i checked one last time to see if there was anything i wanted to eat, because i was starving. my aunt said “you guys read to go?”. all the kids said “yeah!”. as we started hearing out the door, i grabbed a random sandwich and left the money there as payment. i remember walking down the stairs, and when i got to the bottom, i fell again, bounced a few times and slid a couple feet down the sidewalk on my stomach. my cousins were laughing but then checking up to make sure i was okay, and i got back up and kept going like nothing happened.
