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by: Christa

I'm at the pool. I could smell the chlorine and the mustiness of suntan lotion. The deafening screams of children playing games. Suddenly I'm standing on the diving board. The noise grows to an eerie silence and everyone slowly filters out of the pool. I hate this. I look down; the height doesn't bother me but what waits for me at the bottom. Water; why water? My fear of water is unknown to me.

I then feel that someone is beind me. I glance back; it's a little boy with dead greenish gray eyes. Staring at me wanting me to jump already, impatiently.

A little freaked out with a shaky voice "Hey Kid! Let me use the ladder, yeah?"

He just stared at me just the same. He took a step towards me.

Oh God! don't you take another step! I thought.

Not knowing the possibilties of mind reading he smiled and took another.

"Damn Kid, is this your pleasure of a sick joke?!? Let me through!" I take a step towards him. He bares his pearly whites.

Suddenly as though the boy blinked, I was falling with my back turned towards the piss-contaminated water. I let out an ear splitting scream. I could feel it wrapping around my body. Holding my breath, closing my eyes, time seemed to have slowed down. I try to get to the surface, but something is keeping me at the bottom. I look around and under me. I see nothing. The need for air in my body became unbearable. I scream letting all the remaining air in my aching lungs out. Bad idea...

I wake up to myself screaming, drenched in sweat, and breathing terribly hard. "Holy Shit!" I gasp while trying to regulate my air intake. "it's just a dream. Damnit! I gotta grow up."

I shake trying to get rid of the lingering jitters in my spine. I lie back down on y pillow and look at the red glow of my clock. It tells me it's three in the morning.

This is a ground-breaking record for me. it's the 15th nightmare in a row. What does this all mean? I think to myself.

What did this mean?