Rose woke up drenched in sweat, she had been having the same dream for months, about her mystery man. She checked the clock on the dresser, and just like she expected it was 1 am. She headed to the kitchen, hoping the sound of her bedroom door would not wake up her mum. "One of the disadvantages of being a 23-year-old woman still living with your parents is the lack of privacy, but at least I get free meals once in a while and I don't have to pay for rent", she thought. She proceeded to make herself a cup of coffee and plunged into deep thought.
She didn't know how to describe her dreams, it was not a nightmare, but she knew she was always scared for some reason. He was always in the shadows draped in white, and he always came to her when she needed help. She did not know what to make of it, why she would be scared of her presumed savior, but all she knew was she was scared, probably because she never saw his face.
Her mother's voice woke her up, she had dozed off, so much for the coffee. She had to freshen up as quickly as she could and head to school where she worked as a teacher. It was a part-time job, she planned on going to law school and she needed all the money she could get, her parents could barely afford to sponsor her through college. She loved her job and sometimes considered taking it up as a full-time profession, but she knew she would not be contented with being a teacher.
After an uneventful day, well as uneventful as teaching 3rd-grade students could be, she headed home. She was lost in thought, trying to calculate how much she had saved and how many more months she needed to work when she saw him. He was what she could describe as beautiful, not movie-star beautiful, but beautiful enough to make you sigh. She ogled his body and started imagining things she could do to his body, she had to remind herself how she would feel uncomfortable if a random passerby had sexual thoughts towards her. She felt like she knew him intimately, it was weird because that was her first time meeting him.
Fortunately for her, he did not notice her, she stored a mental picture of him in her head and went home. On getting home, the first thing she noticed was that her mother was around, this was a big surprise because she was always in the office at this time of the day. Her mother's name was Janet, Janet hugged her and asked her to sit while offering her a sandwich. This was why their relationship was more like sisters instead of a mother-daughter relationship. Her mum was always so soft-spoken, gentle, and kind, she was also empathetic to know when something was wrong with her daughter. Janet proceeded to explain that the reason she came home early was that she heard her screaming at night, and that wasn't the first time, she needed to know the details of the dream.
Rose was perplexed, however, she told her. Janet informed her that in their family, it has always been a tradition of dreaming about your spouse before you meet them, it made the whole love at first sight extra special but the only reason she was confused was that the dream was always romantic, but Rose's dream had violence in it. Rose remembered the man she had met earlier and how she felt she knew him, she then informed her mother that she believe she had met her future lover already. She just had to find him.
Mysteriously, she slept peacefully that night, she woke up feeling refreshed and happy, and for the first time in a while, she felt like she had a new purpose. She even put on makeup today, contrary to how people believe people use makeup to make themselves more attractive, Rose only used makeup when she felt happy. Rose was of average height, with a very attractive face, she had wide eyes and a heart-shaped mouth, she had a beautiful set of teeth, and had been told several times that she had a wonderful smile. Rose was blessed with natural curves, she had beautiful brown skin that glittered in the sunlight.
On her way to school she noticed a few more stares than usual, she was not surprised. Happiness radiated through her all the day, and whatever shenaniagans her students tried to pull went unnoticed by her, she was in dream land with her beautiful man and nothing could spoil that for her. On her way home she literally glided to the spot she met him yesterday, hoping to see him or ask about him,on getting there, she met a woman and after introduction and a series of questions, she discovered that the man she thought she saw had been dead for 5 years, the day before was his 5 year rememberance service and he died at the spot she saw him, hit by a drunk driver.
Note: This is a series, Episode 2, is here https://read.cash/@Body_rolls/love-in-the-dark-balance-between-two-worlds-e64fc1b7
