�Who?�
�The old woman.�
Isaac looked up in surprise.
�The old woman at the church? The crazy one?�
Taylor hesitated, but shook his head.
�I don�t know. She sounded crazy, but what she said makes sense now.�
He looked across at his brother as someone walked past. Isaac sat back.
�So, you�ve been cursed by the �Dream Doctor� huh?�
Taylor couldn�t help but laugh.
�It sounds stupid I know, but� oh man.�
The two of them were sitting on a park bench at a park not far from their home. Taylor had been shaking all day, and of course everyone had noticed, so Isaac had made a point of asking him about it that afternoon.
Opting for a more private place to talk, they�d come out to the park. There were minimal people around, mainly young roller bladers, some joggers, and an old couple feeding some ducks.
�I think I�m going mental,� he chuckled, a grin appearing on his face.
Isaac raised his eyebrows, and looked out across the lake in front of them.
�Tay� I know you�re not making this up. I know that you�re too freaked to even consider it,� he began, scratching his head, �but� this sleep paralysis� I know he apparently said it wasn�t, but I just wanna know, more, about it. I mean��
Taylor looked up at the water for a moment.
�All I did was look it up on the net. So many people have had it, apparently it�s not a very rare thing,� he said finally.
�How rare?�
�I�m not sure. Somewhere said one in six, but I think it�s more like one in a thousand� that get it often. Some people will only have it a couple of times in their whole life.�
�So there�s a chance I could get it?� Isaac chuckled.
�Every,� Taylor shrugged, �it�s completely random. It�s brought on by stress or lack of sleep or something. Which is a good point��
He sat back and rubbed his chin.
�If you get it because of lack of sleep, then you�re too scared to sleep because you think it�ll happen again� then you�re just gonna get it from lack of sleep again.�
He raised his arm a little and frowned.
�And what the heck is the point of that?�
Isaac raised his own eyebrows and leant forward.
�But sleep paralysis isn�t what you say you have, so can we get back to the topic?�
�Sorry.�
�So what do you think you have?�
Taylor shook his head.
�I�ve been cursed by the Dream Doctor. What else?�
�You�re going by the old lady�s statement?�
�What else is there to go by?�
�How do you know it�s not sleep paralysis anyway?�
Taylor sighed.
�Hallucinations don�t socialize with you, ok? They don�t tell you what you can feel, they don�t threaten you, and they certainly don�t plan what they�re going to do with you,� he began, �this was more than just a hallucination. Ike, I could see you in the room. I was still in the bedroom. Everything was normal except for the fact that he was there, and I couldn�t move or speak.�
He hesitated for a moment.
�And I guess he�s expecting me back at 10.�
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