My mind goes wild!

… Tic Tok Tic Tok Tic Tok Tic Tok …

Now that’s the wall clock in my room, that sounds like its saying, “Wake up or I’ll kick your bum!” You listen closely; you hear the exact same words. You listen even closely; you’ll hear a lot more things that would make you wanna throw the wall clock out of the big open window besides it.

It was ten minutes to seven in the evening. I was sitting on my bed, resting my back on my bulky pillow, most of my body was hidden under the cozy comforter; under one hand, I had a cushion and on the other hand, I had a mug that was filled with fruit juice, from which I would take a sip now and then.

…. Tic Tok Tik Tok Tic Tok ….

I was simply sitting – still not completely recovered from my sleepy mood – staring at the wall clock and the insect that sat on it.

First, let me tell you what was in my mind when I was staring at the wall clock. Time runs so fast. I went to sleep at around half past four and had set the alarm in my phone to wake me up at half past five. When I woke up from my sleep it felt like I have hardly slept for 5 minutes, but to my dismay, the clock showed that it was 6:35 pm. It happens always. I can’t help wonder why.

Now about the insect, a garden fly has come out of nowhere into the room, because when I woke up and looked at the clock to check the time, it read 6:#5; only thing was that the ‘3’ next to the ‘5’was covered by the insect.

I took a sip from the mug. To be honest, it freaks me out to find an insect in my room, especially an insect that ‘came from nowhere’. I kept staring at the insect and the clock for another five minutes (or fifteen?). Something about the ‘tic tock tic tock’ was hypnotizing or it made it impossible for me to take my gaze away from the clock. I took another sip.

Now this is where I use my wild imaginations. I LOVE imagining wild, impossible stuffs. It has always been my hobby since I was a kid. So this is how it goes –

The insect suddenly moves. It positions itself in such a way that it looks like it is directly looking at me. Very creepy. And then it gives me a start – and some of the juice spills out – as it starts circling around the room. And then slowly it lands on the ground, thankfully not on the bed. I can’t see what exactly happens, but the place where the insect has landed, there came a sudden glowing blue light and a spark. The next thing I know is that ‘out of nowhere’, a cute looking guy – who looks somewhat like Anna Paquin (Rogue)’s boyfriend in X-Men, the dude who can produce ice – appears panting, trying to stand on his feet. I hadn’t recovered from the shock yet and had hardly forced out the words, “Who or what the heck are you?” when –

“Hi! I’m Jimmy Verne” He said. I said nothing but simply stared at him with a completely freaked out expression.

“What’s going on? Who are you?” I asked after what seemed like an hour.

“I am an Animagus. We have powers to transform into animals, or insects in my case. I have come here to tell you that you are also like one of us.” He said.

I say, “Tell me I’m still dreaming!”

………………….

And my wild imagination ends there. It could have been a bit longer but I was woken up from my reverie by the alarm in my mobile going again. This must be the hundredth time that it rang, after being snoozed another hundred times. I also could hear the wall clock going, “Wake up or I’ll kick your bum” and this time it had more versions like, “Get out of bed or you’ll be dead” “Bye! Bye! Time is running … woohhooo! You’ll be crying”

So I drag myself out of bed to wash my face. I look at myself in the mirror and for one second I thought I saw a cat staring back at me. I wash my face and then look again, just to see my shocked expression of my face changing back to relief.

I get back to my room to see the bed is not made (mom would kill me when she comes back), my Arabic text book has not been opened since, when? (Oops! Tomorrow is my Arabic exam, totally forgot about it) and oh! I still haven’t finished drinking my juice. And when I looked around, the insect was nowhere to be found!