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I was watching myself sitting in a coffee shop decorated for Valentine's Day and I talking to Polly about the upcoming spring break.
She had just ordered a hot chocolate, and I had just ordered a decaf latte.
Oddly, I was pregnant, which meant that this must be a dream.
"Nate and I were talking last week at the PTA, about taking a cruise during spring break," Polly said.
"I thought you and Nate were just friends? Did you finally decide to give dating a chance?" I asked, but my voice sounded an awful lot like Dale's.
"Oh gosh no! Let me clarify, Nate and I are taking that Love Cruise Maggie works on with John as his unofficial assistant."
Laughing in that low voice of Dale's that always made me weak, pregnant me said, "What made you guys decide to do THAT?"
"Well, Tom and Sarah are taking the kids to Disney over spring break, so we figured it would be kind of cool to do something just for ourselves. We're going to book as soon our tax returns come in and try to get cabins right next to each other. I think Nate's only going because he tends to want to protect me like my brother Seth. But I'm not complaining. At least this way, we can keep an eye out for each other."
"Considering Trish's behavior on Friday, maybe this will be a way for him to stop pining for her."
"Oh, I think I took care of that earlier today. Nate's one of the hospital's attorneys and was chosen to take my statement for the settlement offer. It was like that episode of How I Met Your Mother when they talk about the glass bubble shattering."
"Nate was always too good for her anyway."
"Do you think Kelly would want to go shopping with me so that I can pick out a cruise wardrobe? I'm terrible at fashion and live in scrubs, so I'll need all of the help I can get," Polly said.
“Joanie, she should call Joanie!” I wanted to say, only every time I went to tell her, my mouth moved, and nothing came out.
To get their attention, I began waving my arms dramatically, but they couldn't see me.
Finally, I took a huge breath and scream, "YOU NEED TO CALL MY FRIEND JOANIE!"
And then the dream disappeared, and everything was black again.