Dreams

Chapter 1: Dreams

He looked in the mirror inside the car and saw that she was sleeping. He knew he had to wake her up soon but dreaded the moment. She looked so peacefull, no stress, not busy trying to do 10 things at the same time. He sighed.

“Yuna. Wake up, we’re almost there” From the back of the car he heared moans and groans. She was waking up.
“Are we already there? It seems like a fell asleep only 5 minutes ago” From the front seat came laughter.
“What’s so funny Martin?” she asked him a little annoyed.
“You slept for 3 hours, purring like a little kitty!” came the answer.
Yuna’s cheeks turned a few shaded redder. “3 hours? Really? I must have been really tired. How much longer ‘till we’re there?”
“about 10 to 15 minutes I guess, it depends on the traffic in Main Street”

Her mind wandered of to the meeting she was going to have. Her boss had asked her to stop by and she had dreaded the meeting all week. Not so much the meeting itself but more her boss, Greg. Even though he was very good at his job, he was the most slimy person she had ever met. Everything Greg did, he did by sucking up to others. Whether it was smooth talking, sucking up, buying his way in or even sleeping with customers to get what he wanted, he did it al and was never ashamed of it.

Her own aproach to her job (which was very much like Greg’s) was totally different. She used a friendly approach and drove a hard bargain to get what she wanted. Sucking up was something she hardly ever did and when she had to do it, she hated every moment of it.

She let go of her thoughts when she noticed the car driving into the parking garage. She sighed again and started to get her things together. She put her jacket back on, stuffed her papers back in her briefcase and grabbed her coat. Martin opened the door for her and she got out. She had an look in her eyes that clearly showed she wasn’t looking forward for the meeting.
“Cheer up” Martin said “it wil soon be over. You know how he is, he doens’t have the time to talk to you for hours, you’ll probably be out of the in 15 minutes or less”
She gave him a littmilemile. “Thanks, I’m going off to meet my doom now” she said with a dramatic voice and look on her face. Martin burst out in laughter.
“Get going you silly, you don’t want to be late. I’ll be here when your done”

She walked towards the elevator and pushed the button. All of a sudden she had a vision of a man in arabic clothing. Yuna stood there a little shocked. The vision had been so real that is seemed as if the man was standing right in front of her. “Where did that vision come from?” she asked herself. Did it come from a dream she had while sleeping in the car? At that moment the elevator arrived and she remembered where she was en what she was about to do. She stepped in the elevator and thought about the vision a little more. She couldn’t figure out if she had really dreamed it or not. She diceded to deal with it later. Now she needed al her attention for Greg. She didn’t know what he was up to, but it usually didn’t meant no good if he wanted to see her.

When the elevator stopped he the third floor she got out and walked down the hall towards Greg’s office. She left her coat with his secretary and went on to Greg’s office.
Since he had no door in his office she could see him walking around while talking on the phone. He hadn’t seen her yet which gave her a little time to brace herself for what was to come. Greg was a real pretty boy. Shiny white teeth, a head full of hair to always seemed to fit just right. His skin was tanned (for holidays and the tanning salon) and he wore custom made suits. His shoulders where broad and his wastline was small (not too small, just right) To a girl who had never met him before he would ne considered totally hot, and she had to agree, without his attitude he looked really good, it was just his character and attitude that ruined the whole thing. She sighed and knocked on the wood next to where the door should have been.
Greg turned around and his face seemed to light up.
“Yuna, darling! Come in, come in!! You look absolutely stunning today, even more beautifull then ever!.
She looked at him with disbelieve. Why on earth did act like this? He knew she hated that behavour. She decided that is had be a really big thing that he wanted from her.
“Cut the crap Greg, what do you want from me this time?
Greg fell silent for a moment, amazed that saw saw through him so fast. He grinned and had a look on his face that showed taht he knew he was busted.
“I didn’t expect you to be so direct, but maybe it’s for the better. Sit down we’ve got a lot to discuss”
She sat down and felt a bit confused about his sudden turnaround.
“I’ll get right to the point” he said but fell silent after that.
Yuna looked at him with growing surprise. What was going on?
“Yun, I’ve had a complaint from one of our customers”
Yuna’s mouth dropped open, a complaint?!
“What...what do you mean?”
“One of the customers notified us that he found you do be distracted, tired and not providing the service you’d give before. And I think it’s time you take a vacation.”
He looked at he with a little fright in his eyes. He knew how angry she could get and he was now waiting for her to blow.
Yuna looked at him with astonishment. A holiday? The last time she had time of was when she went to her sisters wedding 3 years ago, and even then she had only gotten 3 days.
“How long are we talking about” she asked him “and who will be taking care of my work when I’m not around?”
A little surprised that she hadn’t blow up he said: “At least 2 weeks, maybe even longer, it is about time you take a holiday. The rest of the team will be taking up your current work and with this workload I’ve already hired a new employee to lift the burden of the rest a little. I want you to rest and get back to you olghtighting self again.”
“Fine” she said ”Starting now I’m taking time off” She stood up. “I asume you handle the rest of my business around here” She walked towards the door and turned only to say: “See you in a few weeks”
Greg looked at her while she walked down the hall and was a little shocked but very relieved. He hadn’t blow up and she’d done what he wanted.

Yuna picked p her coat and went down with the elevator to Martin. She sat down in the car. “I’ve been sent on holiday” she said to Martin. She spoke with him about the converstation and how happy she was finally getting time of.
Martin drove her home and they agreed to call each other later.

Yuna couldn’t believe her luck, she finally had time of her work. She’d been asking Greg about it for about a year now, but he always responed that it was to busy to take time of. And now that he’s gotten a complaint from a customer he had suddenly changed his mind. She was definately going to take a least 2 weeks of and after that she’d try to get more tim. Sh. She didn’t feel guilty at all, she had waited 3 years, now she’d take al the time she wanted.

She dropped her briefcase on the table and went to her bedroom to take of her clothes and change into something more comfortable. She found an old pair of jeans and a shirt that was actually to big for her, but she didn’t care. She wasn’t going anywehere tonight.
She made herself some dinner and sat in from of the tv while eating it. After dinner she felt how tired she really was and diceded to go to bed.

She undressed again and put her pajama’s on. She got in bed and curled up under the sheets. She fell asleep almost imidiately but it wouldn’t be a very good dream that she was about to have.

In her dream she found herself in the desert. She looked around and apart from a little oasis further away, she saw nothing but sand. Then she heared a sound behind her and turned around to see a man in arabic clothes galloping towards her on a black horse. She kept watching the man and the horse coming closer and wondered what kind of weird dream this was. As the man came closer she could see him focing his horse to go as fast as possible. She didn’t know why but she got a feeling that told her to get the hell out of there. She turned around and started running towards the oasis. Looking over her shoulder every now and then she could see them getting closer. When the horse was about 100 meters away from her she could see the man leaning down and stretching out his arm.

Not untill he was about 25 meters away did she realised that he had his arm out like that to lift her up the ground and pull her up on the horse. She didn’t like that idea at all and try to run faster but the sand made it hard for her to move. Yuna looked back again and saw that they where only about 10 meters away. In a matter of seconds he would reach her and sh didn’t know what she’d do then. She looked again and saw the man leaning over further to pick her up. What was she going to do?

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Okay, this is the first chapter of a story that has been in my head for a long time. Please let me know what you think of it (did you like it, do you find it boring, just let me know) I’m curious to know if there’s anyone out there who actually likes this ;p