dreamer

"so Amelia how was class today?" her father asks as he shoves another piece of chicken into his mouth. She looks up at him in shock as she usually sits at the dinner table in complete silence and eats her food as quickly as possible in order to get away from her family.

"um it was good" she mumbles

"anything interesting happen?" he asks, she looks up at him with a small smile on her face just this small question was enough to fill her heart with a bit of joy, maybe he did care

"well my professor was talking about the quadratic formula and this kid just got up and left the class out of nowhere"

"wow he did? what did the professor say?" he asks seeming genuinely interested

"she was like-"

"Brooklyn how did your test go?" her mother interrupts, not bothering to spare her a glance

"it was good I think I got a B"

"ok well you'll have to go in and retake that and get it up to an A tomorrow" she says with a frown, Amelia sets her fork down on the table and looks at her mother angrily

"one B isn't gonna kill your GPA Brooke, it matters in high school but getting a B in middle school is fine" she says looking at her sister who turns and stares at her in shock

"well one B will turn into another one and then eventually you'll be a B student and going to a community college rather than a university because you didn't work hard enough" her mother says, this causes something inside of Amelia to snap and she stands up from the table causing everyone to look at her in shock

"sit down Amelia"

"I'm done" she says before walking out of the room and taking a seat on the steps to hear what her mother would say next, because there was always something else

"mom that was really mean" she hears Brooke say

"well Bradley I hope you locked up your pills like I asked you too"

"thats it I'm done too" Brooke says standing up and walking out of the room, as her sister walks up the stairs she gives her a small nod in appreciation. After a few minutes she leaves her spot on the steps and walks up the steps, she passes Brooke's room and stops deciding that she should probably say something. She knocks on the door gently before opening it revealing Brooke sitting at her desk working on homework like always

"hey"

"what?" she asks annoyed

"I just wanted to say thank you for what you said to mom" she says sitting on her bed and looking around her room which is filled with academic awards

"well she was being a bitch"

"yeah but are you surprised?" she asks and Brooke laughs

"defiantly not"

"hey Brooke?"

"hmm"

"have you ever had a dream that felt real? like so real that you couldn't tell it was a dream until you woke up?" she asks

"yeah everybody has those"

"yeah you're right" she says shaking her head

"why?" Brooke asks looking at her curiously

"oh um I've just been having these really crazy dreams ever since... its kinda scary"

"what are they about?"

"my life but almost like its the future? I don't know" she says

"weird maybe you're going crazy" she says making Amelia laugh

"probably, well anyways thats all goodnight" she says, Brooke just smiles

She sends her sister a small smile back and closes the door gently before walking into her own room next door. She sighs and changes into her pajamas before sitting on her bed and reading over the two dreams she'd had so far, maybe she was losing her mind, or maybe everyone has dreams like this. She huffs angrily and looks down at the picture of Ashton which she had drawn that morning and runs her finger over it. Maybe if she went to sleep right now she'd see him again, no that's crazy. Sure it happened twice but theres no way this is a thing now, it just wasn't possible right?

-

"wake up!"

"what?" Amelia says shooting up and opening her eyes, she looks around and realizes she's in a car parked in front of a school with her sister staring at her with a worried look on her face. No fucking way was this happening again

"Jesus you scared me" Brooke says reaching forward and pressing a hand to her head

"sorry I must have just fallen asleep"

"well you don't have a fever should I call Kaden? can you drive? I can if you need me too I've been practicing a lot and I'm pretty good" she says

"Brooke I'm fine, and let me just say that you will never drive my car"

"why you don't trust me?"

"no not at all" she says before pulling onto the street

"so are you excited about tonight?" Brooke asks looking at her happily

"whats tonight?"

"did you not take your meds again?" she asks

"no I did I just have a lot going on right now its hard to keep track of things"

"its your second date with your hot doctor" she says

"oh shit thats tonight?"

"yep you're going for ice cream and you know what I'm willing to bet anything that he's gonna kiss you tonight"

"what no he's not" she says picturing his lips, man it would be amazing though he seemed like he'd be a really good kisser, not that she'd know due to the fact that no member of the opposite sex had ever spared her a glance.

"he's into you!

"no I think he just doesn't want me to-"

"don't even finish that sentence, you always do this you convince yourself that for some reason a guy isn't into you and then you write him off. Stop It ok you're worth it so stop bitching and lets get you ready because he's coming at 4"

-

"are you sure you're gonna be ok alone?" Amelia asks sending her sister 'help me' eyes, she was way too nervous to go out on this date, she still didn't understand exactly what was happening and she didn't want to get invested if this was just some weird three time thing.

"I'm completely fine, I already ordered uber eats with your card it'll be here in an hour so go have fun kids you deserve it" Brooke says pushing her sister out of the door gently

"call if you need anything" Amelia says glaring at her sister before walking out of the door and following Ashton who yells a quick goodbye to the younger girl.

"Ms. Sanderson are you ready to taste the best ice cream you've ever had in your entire life?" Ashton asks as he opens his car door for her. She smiles and thanks him and watches as he runs to the drivers side and gets in and starts the car, which happened to be a black Tesla which was the exact car she had always wanted. With a sudden burst of confidence she smirks

"thats a bold statement doctor" she says and he looks at her with a smile, she didn't know where that came from but she figured that if this was gonna be something that happened every time she slept then she mine as well have fun

"well as I am a doctor I am qualified to make an official statement saying that this place has the best ice cream in all of Seattle"

"as long as they have caramel butter pecan I'll be happy" she says watching as he turns down a road that she'd never seen before

"ew what? I might have to turn around because that's gross"

"what do you mean its the best" she laughs

"wow ok that one really shook me to my core I have a lot of work to do, but don't worry I'll convert you"

"convert me to what?" she asks rolling her eyes

"vanilla with sprinkles baby"

"what are you kidding me? thats so boring!" she says laughing, trying to ignore the feeling she got in her chest when he said 'baby'

"thats because you haven't had the right type, don't worry I'm here to provide the best"

"ok I trust you" she says making him smile

-

"ok so what do you think?" he asks as she takes a bite of his vanilla with sprinkles and leaning forward covering his mouth looking at her expectedly

"you know its really good for a the most basic type of ice cream there is"

"ohh come on" he says laughing

"ok in all seriousness this is the best vanilla ice cream with sprinkles I've ever had"

"see I told you!"

"but I still can't say that mine doesn't blow it out of the park I mean the caramel and the pecans its a masterpiece!" she says doing a chefs kiss sigh making him laugh as they finish their ice creams and walk to his car, he opens the door for her again and then they drive back to her place

"well lets just agree to disagree then"

"ok" she says giggling

"I'm sorry that we couldn't have gone out to dinner but my next shift starts tomorrow morning and I'm on call right now"

"thats alright, I had a lot of fun and I found my new favorite ice cream shop" she says with a smile as he parks in front of her apartment

"let me walk you up" he says hopping out and opening her door for her again, he grabs her hand and helps her out of the car and as they walk up to her apartment neither of them feels the need to let go. It felt so natural holding his hand, like she was meant to. As they make it to her door she fumbles with her keys not really wanting him to leave just yet when his phone rings loudly

"oh sorry I have to answer this one second" he says stepping away and turning his back, as she waits her sister opens the door just a bit

"what are you doing get back in there" Amelia whispers

"kiss him" she whispers back before closing the door,

"hey I'm so sorry that was the hospital I have to go" he says with a sad look on his face

"thats alright, go save lives goodnight" she says before walking into her apartment and closing the door gently. She sighs and kicks her heels off and looks at Brooke who is peached up on the coach looking at her

"you should of just said screw it and kissed him before he left!" Brooke says

"well the hospital called I didn't wanna make him late they clearly need him"

"ok and one of you needs to grow a pair" Brooke says rolling her eyes

"funny" she says flipping her sister off, they sit in silence until a loud knock echos through the apartment. They both jump and look at each other

"coming" she says walking over to the door, she opens it revealing Ashton who seems a bit out of breath

"hey-" he cuts her off by kissing her gently, she gasps in shock but kisses back and places her hand on his cheek as his find their way to her waist.

She had never felt anything like this before, as he held she felt like she matters for the first time. In this moment she knew that if this was a dream she never wanted it to end, because for the very first time since she was born her life was perfect. All of her anxiety and her dark thoughts seemed to leave every time he was near, like it was his super power. After a few moments he pulls away and looks into her eyes "ok now I really have to go"

"ok" she says softly

"goodnight Amelia"

"goodnight Ashton" she says before backing up into her apartment and closing the door, she leans against it and touches her lips with a smile

"I told you" Brooke says excitedly