With a start, Jade woke up. She could feel the tiredness beneath her eyes, but Jade was one of those people who could not stay in bed once they were awake. Thus, reluctantly, Jade slid out of the covers and got out of bed.
After slipping into a bathrobe and some slippers, she shuffled into the kitchen to make some toast.
'Bergh… so tired.' Jade rubbed the sleep from her eyes and switched the kettle on to brew some coffee and wake herself up. 'Hehe. It's amusing that I spend all day making fancy coffee, but I'm happy with this cheap instant stuff.
'Honestly, I don't understand why they pay so much for those fancy drinks. I don't even think they're that much nicer.'
Click!
The kettle finished boiling, so she was soon sipping on her coffee.
Pop!
Shortly after, the toast popped up, and she was soon nibbling at her toast.
'What time is it… What! 6 AM? Why so early?' She felt tears welling up in her eyes. 'This means I didn't even get five hours' sleep tonight…'
As Jade continued to grumble to herself, she moved out of the small kitchen and into the equally small living room, plonked herself on the sofa, and flicked on the TV. It was a habit of hers to watch the morning news with breakfast.
'Ah, I'm too early. The news doesn't start until 7 AM. Hmm, I wonder what's on until then.'
She sat on the sofa with her knees up against her chest as she munched on the toast and flicked through the channels.
Many of the channels were not even broadcasting at that time, and most of those that were simply showed reruns. Only a few had actual content on, all of which were breakfast shows. Jade flicked between those few channels, looking to see if any had an interesting segment on.
After a minute or so of clicking the remote, a segment did catch her attention. The hosts of the show, a man and a woman, had just finished talking about their horoscopes and were talking about other methods of 'reading the future'.
"I went to a fortune teller once," the male host said. "However, I must say, Holly, I thought it was a loud of garbage. Honestly, who believes this stuff? Horoscopes are fun, and they allow people to reflect on themselves due to the open-endedness. However, fortune telling is simply scamming people of their money."
"I wouldn't be so fast to dismiss the mystic arts, if I were you, Desmond," Holly, the female host, countered. "Recently, I've been researching about reading dreams, and some of the stuff is pretty compelling.
"For instance, one common dream type is a chase dream. If you're being chased, it can mean that a problem that you have tried to put off for some time will soon become a bigger issue. If you're chasing someone or something, then it means that your motivation is high and you're pursuing you ambitions."
"That's quite interesting," Desmond said. "Have you got any more?"
Holly smiled. "Of course. Water dreams are fascinating. They're incredibly broad. For example, boiling water means that you are acting or will act on your emotions too much. Whereas waterfalls stand for new beginnings or a fresh start.
"There are so many interpretations, and there are a lot of dreams that are commonly surprising, for example, dreams related to teeth."
Just as Jade's interest in the segment was waning, the host said something that renewed her attention. When Jade heard the female host mention that dreams about teeth were common, she suddenly shook as she remembered her dreams from the night before.
'That's weird. I just had a dream about that last night!' As she thought back on the dream, trying to remember the full series of events, the hosts continued their discussion.
On the TV, Desmond did not seem to believe Holly. "Teeth dreams are common? Personally, I don't remember my dreams, but teeth dreams seems a very niche category."
"No, you'd be surprised," Holly countered, "most people have had teeth dreams before. They're a part of the body that people are most self-conscious about. If you have an issue with skin, hair, or fat, it can repair itself naturally, but teeth are different; once you lose all your baby teeth, that's all you get."
"Hmm… I suppose so." Desmond seemed to have been slightly convinced by Holly. "My incredulity aside, what do teeth dreams mean?"
"Teeth dreams are one of the most direct ways for our subconscious to communicate with us. There aren't as many variations as with water or flying dreams, but I'll give you a few examples.
"If someone chips a tooth, they likely have repressed insecurities, or perhaps they feel stressed by something. Rotting teeth are similar to chipped teeth, but the emotions are much stronger, typically extreme anxiety or fear.
"A weird one that I'm fond of is someone pulling out your teeth. That's your subconscious trying to warn you that the person taking your tooth wants something precious to you…"
Jade thought back to the dream and remembered that Frank had yanked out her tooth. 'Ha! So, Frank wants something precious from me? I live in a rundown apartment building; the only thing of value I own, partly, is the cafe, and it's not like he can just walk away with that!'
Quickly dismissing the host's interpretation of her dream, Jade returned her attention to the TV, looking to see what other bizarre nonsense Holly would come out with.
On the breakfast show, Holly had finished talk about teeth dreams and was looking to Desmond. It seemed they had time for a little more, because Desmond said, "Holly, you mentioned flying dreams earlier. I'm sure I've probably dreamt about that before, so what are the meanings behind those?"
"Well, Desmond, flying dreams are a lot of fun. For the most part, they mean good things: upcoming success, freedom, joy. However, they can also mean bad things. If you learn to fly in your dream, it means that you are ambitious. A successful takeoff means that your ambitions will come true, but if you struggle to take off, you will meet much adversity.
"Similarly, if you fly freely, it means that you will experience the freedom and joy that you've always desired. However, if an accident befalls you mid-flight, it means something will prevent that freedom or joy. You should be particularly cautious if it's a person who stops your flight…'
With a disinterested look on her face, Jade looked down at the crumbs on her plate and then back up at the TV. 'Mr Frisch is going to prevent my freedom and joy? Hehe… I'd like to see him try.'
With a sigh, Jade realized that she had been watching TV for almost twenty minutes. 'What a waste of time… There's no way I'd believe in a load of baloney like that.'
My goodness readers, thank you! When I logged on today, I was so surprised to see that I had received so many power stones already this week! Thank you darlings <3
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