• Cant close my eyes. Don’t even dare to blink. Afraid that if I they shut I will see Them. Scared that I will never resurface, that They will finally trap me there in that horrifyingly beautiful world. I will be pulled in and never resurface. They are cruel and vicious and I know that They will not stop at anything to catch me.
    “Geez, Lu get a grip on yourself!” I glanced up to see my partner Brianna glaring at me, obviously unhappy to be paired with someone as unpopular as me. “Yeah Mr. Roberts said to study the frog but you are allowed to blink!” It amazed me how she could go an entire sentence without losing the I’m-better-than-you-which-means-you-should-do-everything-I-say tone.
    I gritted my teeth trying to focus on the brat before me, but even with my eyes wide open the world shimmered, and for a moment a transparent scene appeared before me, fizzling like a T.V with bad reception. The most beautiful landscape you could ever imagine and even then thousands of times more lovely. It flickered softly and pulled me, closer, closer, brought me to that place that painfully wonderful place. It began to solidify, slowly covering Brianna blocking out her annoyed face and glaring eyes. And an eerie singing filled my ears and my heart flooding out Brianna superior tone, her criticizing comments, and pulled me deeper into that world of cleverly disguised nightmares.