Dream-O-Meter: Todd Manning

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On the roof.

We got to the house first (after a wedding) and I admired the read bricks and the flowers. Inside there was a tunnel with a ladder up through the ceiling to get to the roof (like at JKid's apartment). When we went up there, we thought no one else would arrive for a while. I loved the house and he said I could have it. There was a little girl up there. I don't remember her name. But guests showed up immediately and he disappeared in the crowd.

Later, I was looking for him. Someone told me people were pissed off at him and I wanted to tell him that I wasn't mad. I went down through the tunnel to look for him in the backyard. It was the backyard of the house where I grew up (on Long Island). I tried to go back up to the roof carrying a six-pack of Guinness, but I couldn't make it up the ladder with the Guinness. My mom was at the bottom of the ladder and yelled at me not to carry them up because I would fall.

When I got back up to the top, I still couldn't find Todd. I saw B on the roof talking with a group of people and laughing. He was wearing his navy blue fleece shirt.

Finally, I found Todd. It was hard to get him alone because a lot of people wanted his attention and I felt nervous. I managed to get him aside for a moment. He promised to stay at the house after everyone else left and talk to me then.

Suddenly, the dream changes...

I was on 42nd Street in front of the Public Library waiting for a bus to go to a High School reunion. Katie, Corrine, Christina and BigSis were there. Everyone seemed older and more "sure of themselves"-- grounded and changed. I didn't want to go to the reunion though. I felt like I had to go find Todd and felt pressured to get on the bus with them.