Glimpses of the Future

Glimpses of the Future

Prologue

“What are you talking about? I can’t possibly be seeing things that are supposed to happen in the future,” I said in disbelief.

“Unfortunately, you are, and there is nothing you can do about it,” she said apologetically.

At first I didn’t want to believe her, but as the events of the past few days swung by my mind, everything was coming together. Maybe this wasn’t a joke after all.

Chapter 1

Beeeep, beeeep!!! My alarm shook me awake and rattled my dream, which now I couldn’t possibly remember anymore. I looked at the time, 5 A.M. Everyone else was still sleeping and the house was pitch dark. I sighed a breath of relief, thanking God that no one heard the annoying alarm.

Slowly I crept to my midnight blue Dell laptop and booted it up. In a few seconds, only I could hear the resonant hum of the hard drive as it started. Quickly, I opened up a new browser and check my horoscope for today. I was a May 14 born Taurus. I completely fit that that description. Sometimes it is easier to persuade a bull than me. I don’t really know if that was something I should be proud of, but it certainly did make me unique.

After I read the prediction of my day, I was happy to see that it was neutral, neither bad nor good, but I couldn’t really tell what it meant just yet. Suddenly, I blanked out and my mind recalled to my dream which I suddenly could remember now. My dream was how my day was going to go and how that fit my horoscope. Surprised, I jerked my head forward, lost my balance, and hit the floor hard; it certainly would have woken anybody up.

“Sara, Sara! Are you okay?” my mother asked with concern, running into my room.

“Yeah, sure… I’m fine. I guess,” I replied blankly.

“What happened? Why were you awake so early and on the computer?”

“Oh… Well, I woke up remembering I still had one assignment left, so I got up to finish it. I think I tripped on something while I was getting up,” I lied.

I knew it was lame, but I didn’t want her to know about the horoscope-dream.

“Oh. You should be more careful and responsible. You do know that, right?” my mom answered in a monotone voice, which she usually falls into when I did something wrong.

“Yeah, I will. My head hurts. I think I’ll sleep for a little bit. Could you please write me a note for that assignment?” I asked, even though that assignment didn’t exist. I needed to back up my lie. But I wasn’t completely lying that time. My head did hurt, and I did need the sleep. Getting up in the morning wasn’t my smartest move.

“Yeah; sure, sweetie. Relax. If you aren’t feeling well, you can go to school late too.”

“Okay.”

I got up and brushed off my knees lightly with my hand, and went back under my covers. My mom left the room and turned off the light on her way out, but I couldn’t sleep for a long time, though I was dead tired. I just lay there under the warm blankets not getting what just happened out of my mind.

It’s okay. Besides, it’s early in the morning and I was probably just dazing off. I was probably just making up things. How can one horoscope be so accurate? Those thoughts ran through my head. Even though they weren’t reassuring, it was better to know the truth than to be shielded from danger. I closed my eyes, dreamed the same thing as before, and my mind slowly drifted away from the horoscope into a deep, deep slumber.