The In-Between

Dream

Episode 17

Just then, May phone started ringing and Jacob had to halt as she received the call.

"Hello?

"I know, Neymar. I'm still working on it..."

Pim breath. "Oh! This is the hand of God at work"

Pim quickly tried getting Jacob's attention.

She waved her hands and since he was facing her direction, it was easy for Jacob to see her.

Then, Pim signalled him not to call her name and he muttered "why?" And Pim impatiently signalled him to just do as she say Jacob become confused.

Pim had no idea Bright was staring at them the whole time. when Pim got to know, she just scoffed and looked away.

"Don't worry, Neymar. I'll try my best to be through with it by next week.

"Yes. Bye" May said and dropped the call.

"Neymar's still on your neck for the duet, right?" Dezy asked almost immediately.

"Yeah. I've been so busy and don't even have time to work on it. I'm so choked up." She replied and touched her forehead with two fingers.

"By the way, Jacob" May continued, now staring at Jacob's.

"What were you saying about the coffee?"

Jacob shot Pim a stare and Pim shook her head.

"Uhm...actually, M-M, I was trying to say it was made by me. I Uhm. ..I just learnt a new way of making it" he replied.

Pim heaved a big sigh of relief. "Thank goodness!"

"Well," May said.

"I think I like the new taste. So, from now on, I want my coffee prepared this way."

Pim eyes beamed immediately. Did she seriously like her coffee that much?

Oh my!

May stood up with Tidy still lying quietly in her hands

"I'll be in my room" she said and took the stairs.

Jacob stared at Pim again and also headed for the kitchen and after a short while, Pim excused herself from Zoey and also went for the kitchen.

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"Why did you make me lie to May?" Jacob asked immediately Pim got in.

"I'm sorry, Jacob. But if May had gotten to know I made that coffee, I'd have been a corpse by now" Pim replied and he flinched.

"And what do you mean by that?" She asked.

"Well, May has warned me never to touch what's hers"

"What?"

"Yes. You know she dislikes females to be close to her and she asked me to leave. And when i refused, she warned me to stay far from her."

"Woah. Are you serious?" Jacob asked surprised.

"Yeah" Pim replied.

"So what do we do now? He said she wants her coffee prepared this way and she takes coffee every evening" Jacob said with a grouch.

"Well...maybe I can teach you how to prepare it" Pim replied.

"I don't think so, Pim. You see, the thing is, May knows my cooking skills and if it tastes different from the actual one, she's definitely going to spot it and get suspicious.

"Uhm...how about you keep making the coffee while I present it to her like I did?" He asked and Pim gasped.

"What? What if we get caught?"

"Of course we won't. It's not like she's going to come into the kitchen to see how I prepare the coffee" Jacob said and Pim rolled her eyes and sighed.

"Fine. Just make sure I don't get caught, okay?" she said and Jacob nodded and Pim went ahead to make Zoey a glass of milk.

Pim returned to the dining with the glass of milk, she couldn't find anyone there. Jacob the they aren't here.

Pim took the staircase and went for Zoey's room and there she found her lying on her big bed. And with the look in her eyes, it was obvious she was dizzy.

"Hey, baby. Are you through with your homework? " Pim asked as she sat next to her on the bed and Zoey nodded.

"Okay then. Get up so you can take your milk" Pim told her as she helped her sit up and Zoey collected the milk from her and gulped it down.

"do you want me to sing you a song?" Pim asked.

"Yes" Zoey replied lightly as she laid back on the bed and Pim smiled and started singing a song.

she smiled as she sang along, before Pim was done, Zoey slept off.

Pim smiled and covered her with the duvet and turned off the lights.

Then, she left the room.

Pim stared at May's room for a short time by the time she got outside and thought of knocking and running away.

She giggled and left the passage before she could get herself into trouble.

Pim went into her room and laid happily on the bed, facing the ceiling.

She felt happy, reflecting on May's liking her coffee. If only she liked her as well.

Pim took her diary and wrote all about her experience for the day.

She wrote about her first day in the studio. She really wish she'd get to pass the training and become one of the popstar. But the other trainees had also seemed hot and talented. Will she be able to beat them?

Pim wrote about her encounter with her role model - Ken - and how she had snubbed her.

She felt so hurt remembering it and she wished she'd get to change.

Finally, she wrote about May.

First, she recalled his hurtful words to her in the morning, but she tried to cover it up with the fact she liked her coffee - even if she has no idea it was made by her.

"Don't worry, May,

Even if you're mean to me,

I'll still continue to crush on you."

Pim wrote happily in her diary and closed it.

Pim fell back on the bed and closed her eyes and as she did, a smile stayed on her lips.

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Pim opened her eyes and found herself in a strange place.

The entire place was white and snowballs filled the whole floors.

"Where am I?

And how the hell did I get here?"

The surroundings were deserted and just dried up trees stood at some point.

Pim saw two figures ahead and she strained her eyes to have a look at them, but couldn't recognise them.

She decided to take a step forward and as she did, the two figures became clear.

It was May and Crystal!

"What?

Am I dreaming?"

They were facing each other and didn't seem to be aware of her presence there.

"What is happening?

Why am I seeing May and Crystal?"

"You betrayed me, May! We were meant to be-" Crystal said angrily and pushed May's by the chest, but she didn't fall.

"I'm sorry, Crystal. But they wanted her. I had no other option" May replied in a pained voice.

She sounded bittered and remorseful.

Crystal weakly fell on her knees and buried her face in her palms, bursting into tears.

Pim was stunned.

"I can't do without her" she cried.

"Please, get her back to me. I can't bear staying away from her. I won't survive it".

Tears were running down her cheeks as she cried like a baby.

There was so much bitterness in her voice; so much pains.

Pim looked at May she noticed May was also weeping.

Oh, God!

"What's going on? Why're they so hurt?

What happened to them?"

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Pim opened her eyes and discovered it was all a dream.

She coughed a little and sat up, puzzling over it.

"What kind of a dream was that?

I...I can't comprehend it."

She sat quietly, trying to recall everything that had happened.

"I really did see Crystal and May in my dream and they were both crying."

"you betrayed me, May!"

"they wanted her. I had no other option"

Their words replayed in Pim's head and it left her gobsmacked.

"Why did I have such a dream?

Why does it have to do with Crystal and May?

Could it be possible it was because I was thinking too much about the conflict between them? Could that be the reason?."

Somehow, Pim still felt restless.

It could really be possible it's just a mere dream.

But, what if it's not?

What if it really has a meaning?