I NEVER DID LIKE PANCAKES

A Story by Emily Gould, Copyright 1989, 1999 Scroll Down To Read This Page Will Load in 3-4 min at 28.8

RICH THOUGHTS OF
A DISTANT LAND - FAR AWAY WITH ORANGE
FIELDS AND PINK SKYS-DREAM.

- ANOTHER (I) WITH EYE OPEN LOOKING INTO THE NIGHT - HONES - TRYING HARD NOT TO FALL OFF THESHARP

EDGE OF REALITY. AND THE RADIATOR
HUMMMMMMS, TALKING WITH
THE CRACKING WALL

I'D SPENT SEVERAL HOURS THE PREVIOUS DAY PRETENDING NOT TO HEAR YOUR HONESTY- COUNTING THE BRICKS IN THE CRACKS OF YOUR WALLS.

AND I LAY THERE WATCHING CARPETS OF SUNLIGHT
FLY INTO YOUR ROOM YOUR SOFT
ZZZZZZZZZZZZZs
KEPT ME FROM REACHING THE END OF
THE TUNNEL AND
FINALLY AT:
I REALIZED THAT I WOULDN'T REACH
THE END OF THAT TUNNEL - NOT TONIGHT
ANYWAYS...

(THE WALLS REAPPEARED) (THE DARK)

AND AS I WATCHED THE WALLS REAPPEAR I FELT LIKE I HAD A PLACE TO BE. AGAIN BUT IT WASN'T DARK ANYMORE.

AND ALL I HEARD WAS:
"YESTERDAY I TOOK YOU TO YOUR
FAVORITE PANCAKE HOUSE AND YOU
WOULDN'T EVEN EAT."

AND NOTHING SEEMED TO MAKE SENSE-
I DON'T LIKE PANCAKES AND I NEVER
HAD NOR WILL I EVER

AND THAT'S WHEN IT HIT ME AS
I LAY THERE

JAKE HAD MISTAKEN ME FOR:

Sylvia Wright " Sylvie " Glee Club Drama Club " When it rains, it pours. "

AND THEN I REALIZE THAT
THIS WASN'T THE FIRST TIME...
OR THE SECOND TIME...
OR THE THIRD TIME...

AND THAT'S WHEN I REALIZED
THIS WAS THE LAST TIME

AND THAT'S WHEN I REALIZED - I
WASN'T SLEEPING WITH JAKE - I'D
NEVER EVEN HEARD THAT NAME
BEFORE IN MY LIFE - I DIDN'T EVEN
KNOW A JAKE
NOR THE GUY DREAMING
NEXT TO ME.......

AND I LOOKED AT HIM

BUT HIS EYES WERE CLOSED

SO I KNEW HE COULDN'T SEE ME

AND AT THAT MOMENT IT DIDN'T
EVEN MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO
ME ANYWAYS...........WHAT
WOULD I SAY TO A TOTAL STRANGER
LYING NEXT TO ME IN BED?
I GUESS!?!

OR - REALITY - MAYBE HE WASN'T
A STRANGER BUT I JUST WISHED HE
WAS?!?

WHATEVER THE POINT WAS I
REALIZED MY SANITY WAS
IN LIMBO - LOOKING OUT THE WINDOW -
LOOKING FOR A REALITY I KNEW

BELIEVE ME, BEING TIRED WAS SOMETHING
TOO FAR AWAY FOR ME TO EVEN THINK ABOUT.

I DIDN'T HAVE TO PUT ON MY CLOTHES
BECAUSE THEY WERE ON AND I WAS
GLAD BECAUSE THAN I WOULD HAVE
HAD JUST ONE MORE THING TO THINK
ABOUT WHICH AT THAT MOMENT
I NEED!

I FOUND MYSELF STARING
REAL HARD AT YOU -

MAYBE I WOKE YOU UP - CAUSE YOU SAID:

- LIKE YOU KNEW ME
AND TO TELL YOU THE TRUTH
THAT KIND OF
REALLYBOTHERED ME!

AND I FELT LIKE IT WAS
NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS
ANYWAYS...SO, I DIDN'T ANSWER
AND I WAS GONE.

OUTSIDE SEEMED STRANGE - IT
STARTED TO DRIZZLE...

...AND THEN IT STARTED TO POUR

AND I STOOD THERE AND I COULDN'T
THINK OF ANYTHING EXCEPT:

" When it rain, it pours. "

AND THAT's WHEN THE REAL REALITY
HIT: I FELT A KISS ON MY LEFT CHEEK.

DIGITAL CLOCK READ:

I COULD SMELL PANCAKES... ON NO PLEASE DON'T SAY IT!
HE FINISHED HIS SENTENCE

AND NOTHING SEEMED TO MAKE
SENSE - I DON'T LIKE PANCAKES
AND I NEVER HAD NOR WILL
I EVER -

THAT WORD:

SEEMED TO HAUNT ME IT WAS SO VISUAL FOR ME I COULD TOTALLY SEE THEM

AND UNFORTUNATELY SMELL THEM TOO!

JAKE HAD MISTAKEN ME FOR:

Sylvia Wright " Sylvie " Glee Club Drama Club " When it rains, it pours. "

AND THEN I REALIZE THAT
THIS WASN'T THE FIRST TIME...
OR THE SECOND TIME...
OR THE THIRD TIME...

AND THAT'S WHEN I REALIZED
THIS WAS THE LAST TIME

AND THAT WAS THE REAL REALITY!