ACROSS THE STREET AND TWO DOORS DOWN by Spanky de Bautumn

“Uh-ha.”

“Can I come over?”

“Okay.”

Matt took Jamie’s hand and said, “Outstanding, I will see you tomorrow,” hopped out of the car, clicked his heels, yelled, “Oh, yeah,” and bounded across the street.

Jamie laughed as he watched Matt’s antics, he was starting to have real feelings for him.

***

At dinner, his mom noticed that Jamie wasn’t himself, normally after a day like he had, at the theme park, he would be telling her funny narratives about the day's activities. Tonight he was letting his sister take the floor. Then as soon as he finished eating, he excused himself and went to his room. His mom looked at Patty and she shrugged her shoulders.

Jamie definitely had Matt and the day on his mind. This was all a new experience and he had no idea how this game was supposed to be played. He decided to try and not think or worry about it too much and see what happens. This works okay when you are aware and have some control over your thoughts, but not so good on your unconscious thoughts, as Jamie found out later that night.

He was awakened in the middle of the night by a dream. In the dream. Matt, Jamie and the two girls were back at the theme park. Jamie and Matt were riding in the boat through the haunted tunnel just like it happened. But when they got out of the boat, Jamie noticed that Matt was wearing a tuxedo and looking sharp. Then the scene switched to the House of Mirrors and Matt was posing in front of the mirror with his shirt off. For a second, his thoughts were on how good of shape Matt was in. When Jamie turned, he saw his own reflection and it shocked him because he was wearing a wedding dress.

The shock woke him up, what the hell was that all about, he thought, not trying to put too much meaning into a dream. He tossed and turned for a while before falling back into slumber land.

He couldn’t get that dream out of his mind, sometimes it humored him and sometimes it worried him. When he came down for breakfast his mom asked if everything was okay, he seemed to be out of sorts last night. He told her not to worry, he had a few things on his mind that he was trying to figure out. She asked if she could help and Jamie shuddered at the thought of telling his mom what was going on in his head.