Secondhand Memories::

part 20: white christmas

Chapter 316


I awoke with a start.

A yellowish haze washed over me;
floating orbs of light wavering in the air.
I tried to sit upright but my head swam;
my limbs as if they were asleep.

In a daze, I made out the forms of slumbering teens in the room.
I could scarcely remember how the party drifted off into a sleepover.

Something had waken me but I could be sure of what it was.

Did I have a dream?

In silence I stood and stumbled to the door.