dream journal #11

9th February 2014

I dreamt this dream on the way back to Newcastle upon Tyne from Liverpool in the bus. Petra and I were sitting next to each other and I slept throughout the journey because if I don't, I might get motion sickness which was triggered during the journey to Liverpool because one of my friend's perfume was too strong for me to handle. Anyways, as I fell asleep in reality, in my dream I woke up in the same seat of the bus. I remember the bus going in a strangely fast pace than usual and right that second, we crashed through a road block and plunged into a lake. Right before hitting the water, everything was slow motion. I saw people covering their faces before impact, I saw things slowly falling from the compartment above, I saw Petra looking forward in shock. I was holding onto my bag and jacket but I manage to grab hold of Petra's hand to brace for the impact.

As soon as we hit the water, the slow motion turned back to normal speed. I unbuckled myself from the seatbelt and stand up to look around. There was a crack in the windscreen in front and water was entering really quickly. I grabbed the glass hammer at the side of the window and told everybody to wait because we had to wait for the bus to be filled with water before breaking the windows. I remember reading from the internet that if we were to break the glass when there is still space for air, the water will push its way in making us impossible to push our way out. There were four emergency glass hammers in the bus and I was holding to one of them. Not long after, the water level was already reaching the top level. Everybody took a big breathe and the ones with the hammer broke the side windows for everyone to escape. I had the hammer on one hand and held Petra's hand on the other before smashing the window into pieces. I lost grip of Petra's hand when swimming out of the bus to get to the surface for air.

It was freezing cold but I gathered all my energy to shout Petra's name and find her. I panicked like a little kid losing their parent in a carnival or supermarket because I couldn't see her anywhere from my view. Few minutes passed which felt like hours in the freezing cold water, I heard my name being called not far from where I was. Petra swam towards me and we both hugged each other feeling relieved and swam to shore. At the end, I remember getting out of the water and just lying on the ground slowly closing my eyes, that was when I woke up from my dream.