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 Everything is lovely. The sky is cloudless leaving it perfectly blue. Wild flowers blooms as far as my eyes can see and they dance as the wind kissed them. You can smell their delicious nectar as they sway like tiny ballerinas leaving you the feeling of purehappiness and contentment. I’m walking… floating…. well actually walking though it  feels like I’m floating in the air. My eyes are admiring everything that I’m seeing. It  seems like I’m in a paradise. This must be heaven…Suddenly, I realized I’m holding somebody’s hand. To my surprise, I was not scared at all. I felt so safe and comfortable. I turned and look at my companion and he smiled at me. It’s the most brilliant smile I have ever seen in my life. The next thing I knew we aredancing and twirling. My Aunt Sissy often teases me before that I’m dancing like abamboo and it usually makes me cry. But now, who cares? All I can think about is medancing with this amazing “somebody”. Our laughter’s filled the air. I’m so happy. I canbe like this. I can always be like this….Thud! Thud! Thud!What was that? Where is it coming from? Without thinking, I quickly turned around without remembering my balance problem. And so there it goes, me falling flat on the ground…..
 
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“Ouch!” I screamed. What
the hell was that? Who the hell was that ruining that kind of moment? My moment?
I stand up quickly to apologize to my companion only to realizethat I was alone in my room. I actually fell from my bed and now my forehead has thisred spot across it.
Oh! Great!
It was just a dream then and if it weren’t for that somebodyfixing my neighbors pipes or whatsoever, I probably wouldn’t be awake now. It’s only sixin the morning, too early. I look in the mirror and examined the red spot on my forehead.“This is so great,” I said to myself. I went to the kitchen weakly to have something for myself. A hot coco will do it. I sat on the couch in the living room and started thinkingabout my dream.
Who was it?
I sipped my hot coco while trying to remember everydetails of my dream.
 
Then something caught my eye on my table
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Last month issue of The Sweet Life and on its cover, printed boldly was the word “soul mate”. “Come on,Elle. It’s just a dream and it meant nothing,” I told myself. I felt like I was lunatic talkingto myself.I look at the clock hanging on the wall only to realize that an hour and a half already passed. I’m so going to be late! I quickly took a shower and dressed up for work. I’malmost running when I went out of my apartment. I quickly searched for a cab and to mysurprise I saw one parked just a few feet away from me. I’m preparing myself to run for itwhen I noticed that someone was also coming forward it and he really looks like he’s in ahurry. Well so am I! I sprinted as fast as I could ignoring my new bought Manels stilettosthat I’m wearing. As soon as I reached the cab, I threw myself in it quickly.
 Ha! Beat that!
“To Madison Avenue please.” I laid out a heavy sigh as I sat inside the cab.My name is Elleighn Johns. I’m twenty six years old, 5 feet 3 inches tall, with long curlychocolate colored hair, creamed flawless skin, with vital statistics of 34-24-36 and I look like Carmen Electra… okay the last two was just wishful thinking. I work as anaccounting supervisor of Blue Grove Real Estate for three years now. The company had been stalking me right after I graduate with honors in a State University of Atlantaoffering me a job. After three months of persuasion too from my ever loving Aunt Sissy, Igave in. After a year of being an accounting assistant, I was promoted to my current position. Quite successful as you think. But underneath all of it, I’m single. Welltechnically, single for 5 years now. It’s not that long, right? I think I really haven’t gottenover my “most recent” relationship. We grew up together, actually we’re best of friends.We went to the same schools. We got too attached to each other. We were at our senior years in high school when we started to date. It was the best days of my life until hedecided the fate of our relationship. That was two days after my graduation day. I canstill remember it clearly. We were at the front gate of the State University. Well he toldme that he will be back. He just need time and space to figure out what he really wants inlife and he’s just not yet ready to settle down. He left and took a job in California. After two months of long-distance relationship with a minimal means of communication, Ihaven’t heard anything from him again. I still keep our picture together displayed on my
 
desk. Probably because I am still hoping that one day he’ll call me again and ask me to be with him forever.“Good morning Elle!” greeted Sandy, my always cheerful colleague.“Good morning, “I looked at the clock, 9:07 am.
Seven minutes late, that won’t hurt.
 My immediate superior is nowhere in sight so it means that I’m safe. I went to my desk immediately only to find it full of folders for checking, vouchers for auditing andcontracts for signing.“Elle I’ve been calling you!” Ms Gale shouted as soon as she enters the officeI quickly searched for my phone in my bag but it was nowhere to be found.“Oh Ms. Gale! Sorry! I left it at my apartment. I was in hurry this morning and I forgot it,I don’t want to be late, “I explained to her.“But your still seven minutes late,” she fired back at me
Oopps!
“That’s ok I’m three minutes late. Anyway, Ms Lane is having a meeting about somefinancial matters at the Royalville Tower and she needs this folder right away. They need printouts there. Our dear messenger is God knows where he is and as you can see our dear Sandy here is so preggy. So would you be a sweetheart and deliver it to her,” shesaid that while smilingI look at the contents of the folder “Ms Gale this is the report I made last week”.“I know! She’s discussing it with some prospective investors for our baby project. Ellethis is it! And who knows you might get promoted as its Division Head,” she said.Me… Division Head in California. I can now buy a car and move to a much nicer cozy place. I won’t need to fight over a cab like a wild cheetah running in a meadow. And whoknows, Jake might still be there and------“Elle!” Ms Gale shouted pulling me back to reality.“What are you waiting for? You have 53 minutes to deliver this to her! Fifth floor! Room5E!” she shouted at me.
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