Dream: The Cat Store

November 1, 2010

The first thing I remember in my dream is driving with Khalil. I had asked him to take me home but stop at the cat store on the way cuz I was gonna get a cat. We were driving down my dream street. We turned in by where the fast food place and food stands usually are. There was a big thing that looked like a carpet rack out in front. Before I got out of the car, I wondered, why am I getting a cat? Will my parents allow it? Can I afford to feed it? But I decided to get one anyways, mainly because I was already there. Khalil waited in the car as I went in. When I went in, I remembered that I wanted to get some kind of rope or something, I can't remember exactly what I wanted or why I wanted it. I saw some stuff like what I wanted. I decided to look at the cats first though. I couldn't find them. I went everywhere in the store and saw no cats. When I first walked in, I saw cat food behind the register on the wall, but after I fruitlessly searched for the cats, the wall was bare. The store no longer had anything to do with cats. I saw a bunch of tassels though. Eventually I also saw graduation gowns. Actually, during my search for the cats, I went into a big room that had a whole bunch of feminine stuff and I felt like I wasn't supposed to be in the room. When I walked out, I saw a picture of a girl, like the one on girl's bathrooms, and a sign saying changing room. Anyways, there were a lot of glass cases that weren't there when I first walked in. They all had things like tassels and graduation caps and gowns. I decided to look for a substitute for whatever type of rope I had wanted. I was looking at their cords. It had been a long time so I was worried about keeping Khalil for too long. Then some "Thugs" walked in the store. I can't remember what happened while they were there. The next thing I remember is going to buy some cord. It was behind the glass so I took the board with the colors on it to order from the register. The guy said that because it was adventist it was old and they don't use it anymore but he'll work something out. I didn't know what he meant by that but he gave me some cords that was so small and wrapped up like guitar strings in a circular package that made it look like a condom. When I was walking up to the register, I was convinced that it cost $4.99 because that's what I read on the board but he charged me $8.99. When I looked at the board again, it said 8.99 which surprised me. I reached into my back right pocket and pulled out all my papers with the dollar bills caught inside and fished for the money. In reality, there are only ones in that bunch but I was surprised to find a twenty, a ten and three fives. I was wondering where all that money came from because I knew that that was more than what I had gotten paid for tutoring but I just dismissed it and paid for the cords. Actually, before I went to buy the cords, I remember going by the window to see what Khalil was doing. It was evening pink outside with the yellow halo off to my right as I looked to the left for the car. I heard Khalil talking to Shevon, however, to my right, out of sight, in front of the door. I heard him say "I soon come". I didn't know if he was talking to me so I just hurried to go buy the cords and was going to hurry back.

When I bought it, though, I went to the room that was the girl's changing room only this time it was MY room. It was much cleaner though. The dresser on the right wasn’t there and there was a small white plastic table at the foot of my bed. The lights were off but it was still pretty bright. When I walked to my bed I noticed that Nat was in there having sex with some girl. He didn’t notice me cuz he was too into it. Nat was in the spot where I sleep and the girl was in the spot where Nat used to sleep and there was none of our stuff on the bed except for a few things at the foot of the bed. I didn’t see the face of the girl. She was in all her clothes still, I could see her black shirt out of the sheets and black pant-legs poking out the bottom of the bed. Nat had a shirt on but everything else was under the sheet, fortunately for me. I was a little weirded out that Nat was having sex where I slept but I dismissed it. I got some things off the foot of the bed and off the table and left. The store had become my house so I walked out into the hallway. I remembered that I left something in the room so I went back. When I got there, both of them were asleep already, which shocked me seeing as I had only been gone for like thirty seconds. I then noticed that the girl was Yanna. It surprised me a little but not too much. She moved and the covers came off her a little so I tried to pull it back over her but Nat was holding it so I gave up. I sat at the foot of the bed to gather my things and when I got up, I covered her feet with the cover and put a pillow under her feet. I have no idea why I put a pillow under her feet but whatever. Then while I was about to leave, Yanna said something to the extent of teasing me because I cared so much for her. I can’t remember what I said in response. She then compared me to some incestuous pedophile who raped his granddaughter. I can’t remember the name she used but when she said the name, I saw his face. He was white and wore a cream mask that covered his eyes up to just above his eyebrows and went slimly down to just below his mouth. She also called me ugly cuz that guy looked like an animal. I joked back saying she was definitely my daughter than cuz she looked like an animal. I don’t know why I said daughter as opposed to granddaughter but anyways. She agreed that she was ugly as usual and I customarily made a disappointed face.

Then Dad walked in the room. He was very fat in the dream; it looked like his belly had a belly. And he was taller than me. He looked very disappointed. He said he had heard noises outside. I went with him to check it out. When we got to the screening area, it was bare and the “thugs” were there throwing a ball against the wall. Dad told me to tell them to stop cuz they were trying to sleep. I told one of them and he asked if Dad said that and I was like I don’t know, cuz that was a pretty stupid question. When I was walking inside, Dad was walking out so they saw him. The “thug” yelled, “Hey, the dude in the orange pants!?” Dad was wearing orange shorts. I was like sure, I guess, still being sarcastic. I thought to myself maybe I should tell him to ask Dad but decided that was too much. But then he came up to my face and said, “Why don’t you go and ask him. I was like, “Nigga why don’t you ask him? What’s wrong witchu? Gonna ask dumb questions and then tell me ta ask him. Man, ask him yourself. The hell wrong with you.” He came up to my face and then walked away. I bust out laughing and told Dad that he was hilarious. He smiled. Then the guy came back and threw a punch which I dodged and then I punched him in his gut. Then I woke up.