Chapter Six: Paradise in City

“Where are we going, Mister?” She asked him when she noticed their way to nowhere.

“So you decided to call me Mister, huh?” He ignored her question and just reacted like he remembered the last time she said to him about giving him a nickname.

“Nope! Answer my question first, “Where are we going?” She again repeated her question while ignoring his statement.

“I’m calling you Mister because you are so mysterious to even have a nickname. So, why bother?” But she still explained her undefined reason for the sake of his hypnotizing charm even though she feel unsatisfied with him.

“We’re here.” He just smiled sweetly and ignored her annoyed expression. They stopped walking suddenly. She looked around the place and was amazed by nature's beauty.

This place is just a paradise. She didn’t notice it at first because her eyes were staring at the man who had been holding her hand.

“Where are we?” she asked again, but to herself only with a curious reaction.

She explored herself in the place.

However, when she was looking for a clue from her dream. She suddenly woke up.

What she found out in that place is that there is a secret garden in the middle of the city.

“Wait, city? Secret garden? It was a city because she saw skyscrapers surrounding the place. There was a secret garden inside those skyscrapers." 

She was there, along with that mysterious man she met in her dreams. She took her notepad and wrote the clues in her mind. The place is familiar, but she can’t picture the exact location.

“Yes Jean, do you know where is that kind of place?” She phoned Jean after a moment of reflecting on her strange dream.

“I don’t think so, I will look into it.” However, Jean has no idea. Maybe she must look for it on her own. She will surely find it through search engines.

She hung up her phone and then typed the keywords that were connected to the clues. 

“Gotcha! I found it! There is a place like this in reality.” The place is near her location. She doesn't even know that there is a place like that near her. Oh, that’s why it was familiar. She frequently passed by this place whenever she went to university.

She went to the place where the location of her dream was. She doesn’t even think she had memories in here. This is the first time she went here.

She looked around and maybe she could meet the mysterious guy in her dream. However, many people are walking around the place.

This place is just a tourist spot in the middle of the city. She catches some couples having a great time in this typically romantic place. She also notices some groups of teenagers and some families enjoying the ambiance of the garden.

When she remembered her dream, the situation is very far from reality. In her dream, the only human being she had caught was him. No one was there except her and that mysterious man.

Or maybe because it was just a dream, and this is the reality. "Of course, she knows right." What the heck is she anticipating? Dreams and reality differ from one another.

However, the natural surroundings are all replicas of each other. The only difference is the noise and the people having fun around the place.

In her dream, it’s like a movie that only the guy and she is the main characters. There were no extras. And the serenity was there.

She went back home, still contemplating her dreams. But she needs to go back to her senses and get back into reality as a university student.

She prepared herself for today’s classes. She went into her car and moved fast because she will be late for her first period. She arrived at school on time and still has ten minutes. She still has time to go into her locker to get her things first before going to her today’s class.

When she opened her locker, she noticed a white envelope on top of her belongings. She assumes this is just another love letter from a random guy who wants to pick on her. However, she noticed the handwriting with her name written on it.

It was some kind of familiar. She took the letter and put it inside her bag. She will read it later because her ten minutes were up. The bell rang suddenly and all the students in the corridors who were scattering earlier are disappearing one by one.

She went into her class and sat on the empty chair. But the only vacant chair is at the back end of the classroom. She noticed a couple beside her left flirting with each other.

And on her right side is a loner guy wearing a cap that shielded his face and ripped jeans that completed his weird character. Hence, she concludes that she belongs to this class.

Well, she precisely thinks she’s also a weird one.

The class has started. And the professor was kind of boring, as she felt kind of lethargic. The loner guy on her right side offered his cap for her to shield her face and to have a nap as she presumes he noticed her because her eyes were sleepy.

However, she did not accept his kind gesture and just ignored him. When he removed his cap, she had a glance at his face. His face was familiar, but she did not catch the whole details as he wore his cap again.

The class ended as the bell rang. She was about to talk with the loner guy after the class, but he disappeared fast. Well, she may see him again tomorrow.

She went home early to rest on her sleepy head. Because she had a long day. She lay down on her bed yet she suddenly remembers the letter in her locker. She got up quickly and took her bag to read the letter.

Dear Cara,

Hello there! How are you? I will see you today in your class. Hope to meet you again soon.

Lovingly Yours,

Mr. Smith

Is she being stalked? She felt agitated and nervous about the letters she received from Mr. Smith. Who is this person? She asked herself again curiously.

She tried remembering her classes today, but she never noticed that someone was following her the whole day. What a fishy day ahead of her when she feels so.