Dreaming

I am in Alan and Sam’s house outside in an alley; it is daytime. Sam has come outside to look at something. We go back inside, as I am going to be at their house when Sam goes out.

I am sitting on a chair using my laptop. It is nighttime; it is dark. I feel a little nervous. I hear a noise and look over to the door on my right. It opens, and a man is standing there. I try to shout at him to get out, but no real sound comes out. I get up, try to turn on the lights, but they don’t come on, so I make my way over to the door and lock it. I sit back in the chair. My laptop is really hot; it is overheating and shutting itself down. I realise it’s because I’ve kept the lid closed. Karen comes back (changed from Sam); it is still dark. I tell her about the man trying to get in. We go over to the door; it’s unlocked. I hadn’t actually managed to lock it. I try again, but I can’t do it. Karen turns it a different way, and it starts to lock. We both work together to make sure it’s fully locked. Karen says I would have been okay, as Colin was upstairs. I tell her he wouldn’t have heard me as I couldn’t make a sound.

We are driving somewhere, along a street. We talk about what he would have done if he’d got in. I realise that, as it’s summer, it’s more the season to do this kind of thing; I suggest he would have stolen money and anything little but valuable he saw. I realise he probably would have taken my laptop. I say to Karen that he was an opportunist, and that I probably scared him off.

I go out of a back door into a school playground (It looks a little like Northbridge First School but feels a bit like Penmarlow School). I walk to the far end of the playground and through a metal gate. I then return; as I walk back, it strikes me that it is dark and I wonder why I didn’t put the lights on. I can hear a noise and feel scared. I just want to get back into the safety of the building and lock the doors. I head towards the door but see another one further right and am confused about which door I came out of. I go to the door on the right; as I do, I hear a noise. There is a gate even further right; it is opening. I am struggling to get in the door quickly. I want to get in and lock the door, but there is a man in front of me. I am really scared. He has on a black hat, and he shouts at me, “Get out.” I shout out, “No”. I am petrified.