Snippet #1692011

The dreams of the previous night still swirled around in Hannah's mind. They danced around with their glorious colors, keeping Hannah's mind from truly coming back to consciousness. She liked this place; this place between asleep and awake, where the world around her was dulled, and she was lost in a place where her troubles couldn't reach her. But unfortunately, the not-so-glorious sound of the alarm clock going off rang through her mind and shook away the bright colors. A small moan escaped her lips as she rolled across her bed to reach for the button that would stop the terrible ringing.

Hannah laid in her bed for a moment, letting sleep slowly wear off of her mind. It was then that she realized what the colors of her dreams had created. It was her and Aspen. Her and the old friend she'd just reunited with. Though she often found herself fearing that he'd abandon her again, she had missed him. It had been showing in her dreams lately; dreams that were so vivid! She could swear they were real.
But once again, her dreams were shattered as she remembered what the first night back with Aspen had brought her. Better yet? It was Monday. "School... I'm not ready for this," she told herself, finally bringing herself out of bed.

She rushed through her usual routine to ready herself for school. Teeth, hairbrush, clothes... She chose to pin her hair in a high ponytail today, not wanting to work with it. She had other things she had to work with. Hannah's hand rested on her stomach and tapped lightly. "You're a hard one to forget..." She told her belly. Two nights ago, she'd learned that she'd be eating for two. That entire night was spent in shock. Two days later, she was terrified. She blinked away the starting of a tear in each of her eyes. "How am I going to do this?" She mumbled, slipping on her glasses and grabbing her book bag.

When Hannah had first reached the school, she saw no sight of Aspen. This may or may not have been a good thing, seeing as she wanted to puke up the contents of her breakfast. But finally, she found him in his usual group of friends. Hannah's few "outcast" friends were no where to be seen, so to avoid being alone Hannah walked up to the crowd. As she approached, she whispered to herself, "Act normal for now. No one knows."

She put on a fake smile, "Hi, guys." Hannah reached her arms around Aspen to give him a friendly hug, and then pulled away to acknowledge the others in the clique. She felt out of place with Aspen's friend, but she wanted to be near him.