What could this mean? teeth falling out?!
My back right molar suddenly fell out. I looked to my hand and didn’t understand how one of my teeth could be in the palm of my hand and not in my mouth. Even more puzzling, it didn’t even hurt! There was just the hole back there. I tried to fit my molar back like a puzzle piece, but what’s the use now?
[New scene]
I lived in a mobile camper by myself, really ever since I was young. I don’t remember my parents very well. Since one day they were there and the next it was just me. I learned how to fend for myself essentially. By the time I was 8 years old, the state discovered my situation and an aunt and uncle from opposite sides of the family appeared.
I knew they had never been parents before because they let me do my own thing and just checked up on me. After all, they had their own lives, I don’t blame them for not wanting to change their lives completely. They did teach me valuable skills, though. My aunt taught me to sew and garden, while my uncle taught me how to really survive in the woods. They may not have been the most nurturing sort, but they showed affection in their own way. They both pitched in to get me groceries and other essentials for a 10-year-old girl.
I didn’t want to be found out by other people, so for years, I had stayed right in the vicinity of the camper, while letting my aunt and uncle help me. Until one day, when I was taking my daily walks, I heard something unusual. I heard the sound of laughter filter through the trees. Since I am alone almost all the time, I got curious about who could be just outside of the parameter of the trails I usually walk. I stayed quiet and got into my stealthy mode as I sneaked up over a hill to see two boys playing in a stream.
They were splashing water on each other. They seemed filled with joy and had such carefree spirits. I wanted that. I wished —- just for a second — to be noticed. As I tried to get closer, I seemed entranced by them because I didn’t realize it till it was too late. I stepped on a thin branch and then—
SNAP
I suck in a breath, swiftly hiding behind a tree. Stupid stupid stupid! You’re always so careful! I pray that I won’t be found out.
Suddenly it’s quiet.
The laughter that entranced me is gone now.
What do I do? If I move they might find me? What if they tell on me? But would it be so bad if they discovered me?
Before I could come to a decision, one boy pops his head around the tree and bellowed, “AHA!” and then the other boy who had a large grin on his face jumped out from the other side, yelled, “I found the spy!”
Again I had been caught off guard! I couldn’t help the squeak that came out of me. Right away I covered my mouth. I couldn’t believe it?! I pride myself on how aware I am of my surroundings!
Both boys looked about my age, just a little taller. The first boy looked at his friend quickly and said, “WAIT A MINUTE! I pointed the way in the first place, so I found her first!” His friend blinked slowly and looked at him like he was stupid. “Noooo, my tracking skills led me to this tree!” The first boy looked at his friend as if he was offended and then walked right past me in a huff to get in his friend’s face. “Now wait a second here!”
I started to tune them out. Whew… It seemed like they were more occupied deciding who would get the credit here. So, they weren’t very concerned about me. If I could just sneak away now… I slowly got into a crouching position and inched to the right some. The first boy had his back to me, so I thought I could get lucky, but then the second boy, yelled, “Will! The spy is trying to escape!”
Will spins around and grabs me by the arm before I could spring into motion.
DANG. Caught again!
Will exclaims, “Sam, good eye, my man!” They get on both sides of me. each taking one arm. I instantly take back my previous thoughts, Nope, not enchanted. This doesn’t seem fun anymore. I’m so done here!
Sam gets in a weird pose, by putting a fist under his chin like he was thinking while squinting his grey eyes at me. I glare at both of them and stay silent biding my time.
Will says suspiciously, “Why were you hiding behind a tree? You must be a spy! Who do you work for?” I say nothing and shake my head side to side quickly. Although I do think, the first question is valid and got me there, but a weird accusation too.
Sam leans down and whispers loudly to me, “Hey, it’s silly but just go along with it.”
Will looked at Sam in aghast, “I am totally serious. How can we trust her? You know last week old Mrs. Sultizer was asking questions to my mom about whether I’ve been in her garden.” Will looked peeved that someone else would question him.
I look to the side and sigh, these two are idiots.
Sam whispers to Will this time, “I think we might be freaking her out. Come on, she’s probably nice.” While they were both distracted, I put down my head towards Will’s wrist and bit him there. He howled in surprise and instantly let go, as did Sam.
I jumped up and yelled, “Leave me out of your games, you weirdos!”
Before they could do anything I took off down the hill and ran at full speed darting between trees and going through brush, so they couldn’t follow.
[THEM]
“Will, we went too far! Even if she is a spy, she’s still a girl and we don’t treat girls like that!”
Will looked at me and then he looked down the hill the girl was retreating. I could see the conflict. We didn’t have time for this!
I took off running after her. I yell up, “You can sulk or whatever, but I’m going to say I’m sorry!” I hear behind me, a moan and then footsteps behind me. I smile. Will has a good heart in the end, he just gets carried away with our games and too into the roles we play.
Up ahead, I see the girl’s wild brown hair swinging behind her as she darted around. She sure could run!
I yell out, “Wait! I’m sorry about all that!” She didn’t slow at all but continued into the thick of the trees as if she didn’t hear me.
I finally stopped out of breath. I couldn’t see where she went from here. I put my hands on my knees and breathe in deeply. But then I didn’t realize Will was still running full blast down the hill so he skidded right into me, which made us tumble to the ground.
“OUCH!” “GAH”
I landed face-first into the dirt while Will landed nearly on top of me.
“CAn’T BreAthE!” I smack the ground a couple of times. Will rolled off me and laid still on his back moaning, this time in pain.
[HER]
I didn’t hear any more footsteps. But why wasn’t I relieved? I stopped just on the outskirts of where my home was. I heard yells erupt suddenly. What happened? I suddenly got worried, these idiots don’t know the woods as I do, they might be hurt!
I looked longingly at my home and then back where I came from. I made a decision one that I might regret… I found my first aid kit and then sprinted back to where I could hear their voices.
Thinking back to the moment I decided to go back and find them did change everything for me. I did go back, to only find them minorly hurt, but they wouldn’t let me forget about it. They looked at me with amazement that I would come back for them after all they did to me.
I mean granted what they did wasn’t that bad, but I think if I didn’t confront them again it would feel like I was running away from the incident. I didn’t want to feel afraid of outsiders. Really… I did want friends. But I would never admit that to Sam and Will.
After that, I did wander closer to where they lived, which turned out wasn’t all that far away. We were practically neighbors. Well, once you get out of the woods, you would find a small neighborhood where there were all nice houses and clean-cut gardens in the front yards. I couldn’t help, but feel a little envious of their lives.
I must have seemed like a deer, being curious about humans and drawing a little closer each day.
They tried to follow me home to where I lived, but I was cautious for a long time, keeping them at a distance.
But one day I noticed them following me in the woods (it became like a game to them) and I decided to let them know where my home was without making it obvious.
I thought if they quelched their curiosity and realized I was poor they would get bored with me and leave. Quite the opposite happened. Instead, they would CONSTANTLY come over! Sometimes bringing snacks, but mostly knocking on my door for me to come out and play.
Today when opening my door, they were wearing these tan vests that had a ton of colorful pins on them. Will saw me staring at the pins and excitedly said, “YOU HAVE TO JOIN OUR CLUB!” Sam explained, “This vest is part of our uniform, we brought one for you too.”
Each day I let them distract me from my home life and being my comfort when I became lonely. They didn’t know it but they saved me in some ways.
One day Will said, “Hey! Our dads should come to our meetings once a week and join us for our activities.”
I looked at the ground awkwardly because my dad wasn’t around. But then I quickly looked up and said, “well, my uncle could be available!”
The next day, my uncle Harry agreed to come and thought it was a good idea for me to get out more. I decided that he was happy that I made friends. Even if they were just taking pity on me, I think I could call them friends.
My uncle was a weird looking man.. or at least I thought so. I mean he kind of looked like a preppy hick (if those two can even be combined). He wore khaki shorts with sandals and a t-shirt with the arm sleeves cut off. So, you could see all the way down his side. I think he liked displaying his tattoos.
Both Will and Sam dad’s looked similar. They were casual yet looked like they were dressed to go camping and possibly fight a bear.
Uncle Harry showed off the tattoo on his arm. He thought it was funny to see people’s reactions.
He had the outline of Arkansas and in the right bottom corner, he had the name Adam Sandler stenciled in. But the name looked like it was in the butt of AR so he always got a laugh looking at it. He had the name already there but forgot about it when he had the state lined out there.
The end.
Writing this story turned out to be pretty different from my dream since I added a lot in, but it was fun to write. The tattoo is really the last thing I remember about the dream. How would you continue this story? It would be interesting to see where you guys think this story should go next. Leave a comment about a weird dream you’ve had. What do you think this dream means!