Skewed Reality in Dreams

The mall was a circle, in the middle of delaware, filled with leather shops and silk fabrics. I was out of my league and I knew it, but for some reason my dad wanted to take me here. After a few minutes I found out why. There was mom, with my brother, who I hadn't seen since her surprise get away 2 months ago thats lasted until now.

I was living on my own, so my mothers abscence was no different than her living at home to me. Whenever I called home only one of my parents were ever home at a time so there was hardly a passing of the phone. The only reminder was the delaware area code versus the new jersey, but with cell phones replacing names for numbers I barely noticed.

It seems my dad did. He beleives he was blindsided. One day he came home and her car was gone and a note was left on the counter, gone to delaware, be back soon. Soon became next week, and then she got a job down there, teaching music to 5 yr olds at the brand new school down there.

As we walk through the mall my dad seems over joyous, over happy to be here. His smile is larger than ever seeing my mother, whose smile was not so large. My brother was down there visiting schools (the guise under which my mom left in the first place) and was coming home with us (the guise under which my dad arrived). Before this fateful trip my dad convinced me I wanted to see my mother and that I should go, although I felt more like he wanted someone by his side when he met the eyes of a woman who left him with an entire house to fill by himself.

I agreed for 3 reasons. 1, I felt for my dad and 2, my boyfriend was coming with me, 3rd I wanted to buy shoes. My mother tore me away to stalk the aisles of every expensive store for just that reason, to only find shoes way over budget and in every style that I didn't want. The last pair of shoes were at the bargain price of 75 dollars. Not worth it.

And then I woke up.