Dream Me by Kathryn Berla

Author:Kathryn Berla
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Dreams, Romance, Young Adult, Contemporary, Future, Time Travel, Florida, Beach, Golf, Tennis, LGBTQ, Country Clubs, Teen Alcoholism, Sexual Harassment
ISBN: 9781944995287
Publisher: Amberjack Publishing
Published: 2017-07-11T04:00:00+00:00

BABE’S BLOG

Zat’s there for me every night. I no longer have to find him; he always finds me. We sit together on the beach and watch the sunset light up the sky in a riot of pink and red swirls. We visit the giant redwood forests of California; icy cold Lake Tahoe with its crystal blue water, nestled in the Sierra Nevada mountain range; even the craggy red cliffs of the Grand Canyon that suck the breath from your lungs and make your heart pound. We watch the Fourth of July fireworks I once saw at the National Mall in Washington DC.

Whatever it is, wherever we go, Zat can’t get enough. He wants to go somewhere new every night but when I ask him why we can’t go someplace I’ve never been before, he doesn’t answer.

The morning after our first kiss, I wake up in such horrific pain I’m sure I’ll see a lump on my forehead when I look in the mirror. The pain is so awful I barely remember the kiss which preceded it—only that there was one. It occurs to me right then I might have a brain tumor. Maybe that explains the dreams, the crippling headaches. I burst into tears, sure that I’m dying when my mom walks in my room to wake me up for work.

“Baby!” she runs to my bed where I’m sobbing. “What’s wrong?”

“I have an awful headache,” I blubber. “I’ve been having them every day but this is the worst.”

“Why didn’t you say something before?”

“I don’t know. They usually go away after a while.”

“I’m going to call the doctor right now. See if they can get you in today.”

I’m so convinced I’m dying, I agree to see the doctor. I’m also scared to death that somehow whatever the doctor does is going to be the end of me and Zat.

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The doctor’s a nice older guy who immediately puts me at ease. He asks a lot of questions about my family history. Does anyone in my family have migraines? Yes, my father did but he grew out of them. When did he start getting them? Around my age. When did he grow out of them? About five years ago although he still suffers from an occasional attack. The doctor does some neurological tests, making me follow his finger with my eyes and stand on one foot and some other stuff, before he pronounces that I’m most likely going to inherit Dad’s migraines. He gives me medication so the headaches won’t ruin my life, and I leave with a prescription to be filled if needed.

I’ll bet nobody before has ever been so happy to get the diagnosis of a lifetime of migraines. I’m not going to die and I get to keep Zat in my life!

That night I tell Zat about the headaches.

“Why didn’t you tell me before, Babe?” Which is the same question Mom asked.

“The only thing that gets me through the day is looking forward to being with you at night. I didn’t want to ruin things between us.

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