Luna had been having this dream for the past three weeks. Every night
she would be awoken by her mom at about the same time soaked in
wet in the old bathtub in the basement. This was really starting to
become a problem. The last time this happened she had been at her
best friend's house where she woke up in their garden all covered in
dirt. That was so embarrassing. Hailey, her best friend chalked it up to
be somnambulism and that was a hard pill to swallow.
âLuna! Luna! Luna, wake up! Honey you are soaked in wet you need to
shower and change.â Her mother shouted. âHmmmm, Awwwg" yawned
Luna extending her slender hand to get a glass of water from her
bedside table only to realize that she was not in her room. As she
opened her sleepy eyes a petit dark-haired woman with piercing green
eyes came into focus. âHurry Luna unless u wanna be late for school
again. This thing is getting worse.â
âWhat the...â she muttered as she got out of the tub wondering how
she managed to get this wet sleeping in a tub without water. âI'm ok
mom. No need to get all worked up about this; I couldn't sleep so I just
came down here to do a bit of exercising got tired and I must've dozed
off. What time is it anyway?" she asked. âDozed off u say. It's 6:15AM so
you better get a move on if you don't want to be late for school missy.â
Luna ran upstairs took the wet clothes off and got into the shower. The
cold water felt so soothing on her body. Lately Luna had not been able
to tolerate hot showers as she was always heated. âWhat the hell is
wrong with me? Why is this happening to me. This needs to stopâ she
muttered as she breathed heavily in the shower with tears streaming
down her flushed cheeks. âOh God what have I done to deserve this?"
Luna remained under the running shower for about ten minutes getting
herself cleaned while trying to make sense of what had been happening
to her. If only someone could help her make sense of it all. It all started
on the night of her 17th birthday. She had this dream for the first time
and that is the first time that she had his episode.
Her parents were peeved and had reprimanded her after she was
brought home by a female police officer covered in a blanket stark
naked beneath it and covered in dirt. They had attributed it to her lack
of self-esteem causing her to fall victim to peer pressure. She could
never forget how embarrassing it was for her when the police officer
dropped her off with all the neighbors looking and chattering. She
remembered thinking what a laughing stock she would become if her
so called friends from school found out about it.
âHmmmâ, she sighed while getting out of the shower. There's no point
in telling them what really happened to her that night. What would be
the point? They would think that she was even more crazy and sign her
up for more sessions with the shrink. If they signed her up for therapy
when they thought that she got drunk on the night of her 17th birthday
she didn't even want to think of what they'd do if she told them that
she blacked out and woke up in the middle of nowhere with blood on
her hands and face after her first somnambulism episode two months
ago. Thank God this time wasn't that bad, and she awoke in the
basement instead.
She walked to her dresser to grab a pair of high waist jeans and
underwear while drying her long black hair with a towel. She pulled the
jeans up her legs and buttoned them at her waist. âPerfectâ she
muttered quietly to herself while admiring herself in the full-length wall
mirror in her bedroom. She put on a spaghetti strap pink top and put
on matching jeans jacket.
âLuna what the heck are you doing up there, are you purposely trying
to be late?â âComing mom!â she shouted as she quickly grabbed her
backpack and phone while taking one last look at herself in the mirror
before leaving. âwhat's for breakfast? I smell sausages, bacon and eggs,
toast and pancakes. What's the occasion? Why the variety this morning
mom?"
âWow, you look great!â her mother exclaimed âit's almost as if you're
excited to be back at school.â She ignored her mother's comment and
proceeded to grab a plate which she stacked with toast bacon,
sausages and some eggs. She then poured herself a glass of orange
juice and asked, "Hey where's Michael anyway.â Michael was her
stepfather, practically her father as he had been raising her since her
father was brutally killed eight years ago in a robbery. Michael had
been the detective assigned to her father's case and had taken a liking
to her mother. âOH, he left early this morning, you know how it is.â
âWell later thenâ, she said as she started walking out the door with her
backpack. âLuna! Arent you forgetting something?â her mother smiled.
She ran back inside and gave her mother a kiss on the cheek. âSee you
later mom!â she shouted as she rushed out the door. âWell deep breath
Luna, it's just college.â
She secretly hoped that it would be nothing like high school where
everything that could possibly go wrong to a young girl happened to
her. She had been frail and as a consequence was not very popular. She
managed to survive high school with the help of her friend Haily who
was there for her whenever she needed saving from getting out of GYM
class. Luna was more of a nerd, and this is why the other kids found her
strange and why she didn't really have many friends. She continued
walking down the block where she took the bus to Attica Community
college.