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pills. He took them
in hand and just looked at them before placing them back into the
bottle. He sighed and headed for the door and began to jog as soon
as he hit the street. He was up to running six miles a day and did
not feel a need for his pills, but felt an urge to leave this
town.

    As John entered into the building that
hosted his support group he paused and made up his mind, that today
was the last day he would be in town. He walked up to Tom since he
was a half hour early and said” Tom, we need to talk.” “Well than,
speak.” Today, is my last day in town, I have decided to leave town
and clear my head.” Tom looked shocked and surprised with this
sudden out coming. “What about group? Do you feel like you can
afford to back slide and not see any more growth?” Tom questioned.”
I feel the group is not helping me as much as me moving on. Do you
think it is healthy for us to just sit here day after day and not
experience any new chapters in life?” Tom looked angry it perplexed
him how people just leave group and think they can get better
without a professional. ”Oh, I am sorry I thought I was the one
with the training and education in helping people through their
problems and not you.” “Come on Tom; don’t put your ego into this.
I need a change of scenery for a while. Anyways, I am leaving
tonight on the first plane.” “Great just run away from all your
problems and see how things go.” John snickered and shook his head
before leaving. Clearly, Tom needed some couch time himself to get
over his overly inflated head.

    John stopped off at his ex-girlfriend’s
parent’s house leaving a note since no one was answering the door
explaining to them that he had decided to leave for a while and
would stop by when he was back in town. He did not want Sandra
causing a fuss or being worried about him. He understood that he
was the last connection that she had with her daughter after their
last talk. With note firmly in place he headed to the airport to
get whatever ticket he could out of the country to the Baltic Sea.
He had no idea why but he was being drawn there in his dreams and
in his heart. He had already packed is book bag with an extra set
of cloths and had the little money he had managed to save in such a
short period of time. He had no idea where he was going to stay or
if he would be able to communicate with people there.

    His flight was an all-night flight and he
was lucky enough to get the window seat. He was completely
exhausted for some strange reason and he drifted off to sleep and
was quickly in a dream seeing different things in what seemed like
the Baltic Sea. It was as if he was seeing through someone else’s
eyes. It was as if it was a female driving a car down some old
streets and turning into a back alley. It was a strange dream from
the very get go. The woman walked into a bar and was talking to
some man behind the bar collecting some information before heading
into the lady’s bathroom. She was checking her makeup and it was
the very girl he had been dreaming of all the other times; the
woman that had saved his life. When she looked at herself in the
eyes she paused and at that moment it felt as if she knew that he
was looking through her eyes.

    “Everyone please settle down and buckle up
we have just hit a rough spot and will be out of it momentarily,
“sounded the Captain from the onboard system.

    The plane was shaking about and everyone was
scrambling to get fastened in to their belts.

    ” Looks like they might be scrapping
us of a building,” Said the strange man sitting next to John” I am
just funning with you boy, calm down.”

    “ Do I look worried?” snapped back
John.

    It was a nervous moment for all, but soon it
all settled down. John gave a look to his next door neighbor that
let him know that any other commentary was unneeded or wanted. John
took this moment to reflect and wonder could this be real or are
his dreams just becoming more and more strange.