Reborn

Velvet parasol

Sometimes, I wish my dreams were real. Sometimes I wish I could just stay in a dreaming state forever.

I have been having dreams about what I believe is to be my past life. Dreams that feel so real, kind of like I lived them before. I know they are just dreams, because every time I get to the most interesting part of my dream, I wake up. I wake up to a world filled with nothing but boring routines.

"All my style
All my grace
All I tried to save my face
All my guts, try to spill
All my holes, try to fillAll my money been a long time -"

And then, my phone rings

"Hello?" I said as I answered the phone in my scratch morning voice.

"Iris, where are you? Its been 3 days, you have not been answering your phone up until now. Your apartment has been empathy and classes are starting up again tomorrow. " The worried voice of my bestfriend made it seem like I just went missing.

I let out a cough before responding, "Oh yeah, my mom kicked me out a few nights ago because she found out about the baby kitten I have been nursing. I packed all my stuff into my car and rented a motel room. At least until i find a new place or something."

Unplugging my phone from the charger I could already hear her voice say well why didn't you call and tell me? Well Joan, I did not tell you because I like my sleep and you make it hard to sleep with all your snoring and kicking. plus your apartment is tiny.

"Well, why didn't you tell me? I would have had an apartment ready for you. Not sure if you even remember, but I do own an apartment complex." and that's when it hit me.

The one I have been calling my best friend has been thriving at life. She pretty much won the lotto when she married that C.E.O. of some large gaming software company. After he had passed away, he left her as the beneficiary to all his assists as well as the company its self. Either we were growing apart, or I was just disassociating more and more each year.

"I didn't want to burden you." I said as I got out of bed and walked over to the box of wet cat food.

"Iris, you are never a burden. Anyways. Send me the address to the motel you are staying at, I am gonna come pick you up and put all your stuff in a U-Haul and set you up in one of the apartments." She ended the call and right before I could open my phone, i got a request to share my location with her. I sighed as I accepted the request. I knew if I didn't, she would find out where I am at anyways.

After feeding the now 8 week old kitten, I took a quick shower and worked on my hygiene. I was about 2 hours away from Joan ,So that gave me a little more time to get refreshed and ready for the day. I turned on the T.V. which only had one channel, which was the local news station.

" 22 Year old female dead after police found her lifeless body at ... park... Investigators say she may have... " Well there goes the tv service.

I laid back in bed. My eyes feeling heavy again, as much as I wanted to go back to sleep, any minuet I could be getting a call from Joan. I needed to be ready even though all i really had were boxes of cosplays and journals containing records of dreams I could remember, all my furniture that i was able to fit into a U-Haul and all of the cat toys I bought for the kitten Because I really didn't want them scratching up my furniture.

With in seconds of just laying in bed, i heard a knock. "Iris, I'm here, lets go." she said as she kept knocking.

I opened the door to Joan and two other men. They looked around early to mid 20's. They also looked exactly alike. Almost like twins. " Okay boys all the stuff in boxes go to the U-Haul, the rest Iris and I will take care of. I quickly grabbed the kitten before she ran out the motel door.