When I was a lot younger, maybe like 6 years old, I used to have this reoccurring dream where me and this girl who looked to be the same age as me were sitting on a bench in a playground. She had long, black hair, a brown sweater, and a red beanie. She was dressed warm because there was snow all around us, and we could see our breath
The playground was small, and definitely part of an elementary school. There were a bunch of other kids playing, but they didnt seem to pay any mind to us. Also for some reason, there was a golden star-shaped badge nailed to the bench
In the dream, we didn’t really do much. We just sat next to each other on the weathered red bench in silence, watching the kids play and the snow fall. I’d occasionally glance over to her, wanting so badly to say something, but I was much too scared.
Anyways I stopped having the dream after a bit, and hadn’t seen the girl since
Well, a few weeks ago, I ended up having the SAME DREAM
But now, time had definitely passed
The yellow monkey bars were peeling and rusting, and the golden badge had fallen off the bench. And right next to me was the same girl from all that time ago, only much older. She was the age I am now, and it showed. She was much taller, and her outfit was different (I can’t recall it for the life of me)
The playground was empty, and I felt this overwhelming, almost paralyzing sense of nostalgia wash over me, for a place I had never actually been too
But even now that we were older, we still didn’t say a word to each other
We just sat and watched the snow fall.