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I see her sitting in the usual spot, smiling and chatting, just like always. I sit down next to her; she smiles and puts her long black hair back into its usual neat pony tail. We spend the rest of lunch chatting about something pointless. The bell rings, everyone starts to move towards the doors. As I’m leaving I turn back to say goodbye but she’s gone. As I’m looking for her a roar echoes down the hallways and into the lunchroom, I turn to see what happened but there’s nothing.
I see her sitting in her usual spot; instead of a smile she has a rather dazed expression. I sit down next to her and ask what’s wrong.
“Nothing” she replies
“That’s a lie, pretty obvious something’s wrong so-”
“Nothing is wrong okay just leave me alone!” she yells.
I’m speechless but before I could think of what to do she said:
“I’m sorry I snapped at you, it’s just… why is this bothering me so much?”
 “What’s bothering you?” I ask
“A really strange dream I had last night” she replies.
“So what? Dreams have never bothered you before; anyway aren’t they just some kind of subconscious problem sorting thingy?”
“No, no this one was different it was so, so (Her voice begins to falter) real.”
Now I’m curious. I’ve known her for years and nothing really bothers her but this dream; I’ve never seen her like this over something so pointless.
“Maybe if you tell me about it you’ll feel better” I reply.
“Okay.  In my dream I got up and went to school like normal everything was fine until the end of lunch then, then there was a loud noise and screaming then nothing just blackness.”
“We all have dreams like that sometimes; it’s nothing to worry about.”
“You didn’t let me finish. When I woke up I was like ‘huh, weird’ then I went on with my normal routine. On the bus I saw a guy drop his lunch, but the strange thing is I knew it would happen… I knew because I saw it in my dream.”
“That is a little strange but it could have been coincidence” I replied, trying to be helpful. 
 “You still didn’t let me finish. When I went to math class, we took a test but I knew all the answers because I had taken the same test in my dream. I knew all of the questions before the test even started.  And after math class I came here. How is any of his possible?”
“I honestly don’t know what to say, but if it makes you feel better I don’t think you’re crazy.  Dreams are never set in stone, as we try to remember them our mind fills in the details with whatever information’s available”
“I guess that makes sense but, it’s just so weird”
“Wait, did this conversation happen in your dream?” I ask
“No, of course not” she says.
“Then you didn’t see the future otherwise you would have seen this conversation. A lot of people drop stuff on the bus, and it only felt like you knew the test because you studied so hard.”
She thought about that for a minute then nodded. We sat in silence for the rest of the hour. When the bell rang I said goodbye and got up to leave. The sound rolled across the lunchroom like a wave, someone screamed, then nothing but blackness.
She isn’t in our usual spot, I look all over the room for her but she isn’t there, must be sick. Oh well, I’ll bring her the homework later and maybe a card or something. I eat the rest of my lunch in peace, not talking to anyone just sitting and thinking. The bell rings, I get up and walk to the door, suddenly a noise comes down the hall, fire quickly follows, I try to get out of the way, but there’s nothing, just blackness.

This story reminds me of one of my favorite episodes of Star Trek:TNG.  You can watch it on YouTube here.

Reminds me of a Rick Astley song. Proof all over Youtube.

That is one of the best episodes of any Star Treks ever.

It made my top 12 ST:TNG

The following are probably my favorite dozen episodes of ST:TNG.

The Outrageous Okona - What would happen if Han Solo ever visited ST:TNG?
Déjà Q - How can you not love it when the all-powerful Q loses his powers?
Yesterday's Enterprise - If all of history has changed, but only 1 person knows, do you try to change it back?
The Best of Both Worlds - What happens when your greatest ally becomes your greatest enemy?
Remember Me - What happens when all the people you love slowly disappear, and no one remembers them?
Future Imperfect - How can you tell what is really real?
Devil's Due - Personal Note: this episode was the straw that broke the camel's back of my faith as a teenager.
The Game - Personal Note: this episode is eerily similar to a dream that I had around the same time it aired.
Cause and Effect - How can the Enterprise blow up?  Four times? In one episode?
The Inner Light - What better way to communicate your life than to let someone else live it?
Chain of Command - "There are 4 lights!"
Tapestry - How much of who we are is dependent on our past choices?