I died a sudden explosive death today. Freeing myself of my blankets this morning, at my best friend's house where I spent the night, I suddenly lost my body. It just disappeared in a loud bit of light and nothingness. A dark-haired girl was there, waiting for me. I asked if she had time for me to tell her a story, since she is there for everyone everywhere when it is their time to meet her. She smiled and nodded. I told her a wonderful story about a girl with an invisible pet dinosaur, how the dinosaur ended up saving her all the time from nightmares and monsters that no one else believed in, but that one day the dinosaur stopped believing in her and went off on his own. He faced lots of monsters and nightmares and beat them all, but there was something missing in his life. He came to realize that his life only had meaning when he was protecting that girl from her nightmares and monsters, so he tried to go back. But by then, she couldn't see him anymore either. So he turned into a boy and they fell in love, and now he can protect her all the time, even though even she doesn't know it. It was very cute and made her laugh. She leaned over and whispered to me, "You're not dead, you know. You're only dreaming." Then I woke up, and my brother and friend were playing video games. It was a cool dream. It would have been, anyway. It didn't happen. It's just nice to pretend sometimes.