A Life To Waste by Andrew Lennon Page B

for the missing local girl so he knew that
Dave wasn’t making the story up. He gave Dave a lecture as to how
these sleeping pills are addictive and usually not recommended. In
the end he decided to give Dave a prescription for the pills. He
explained that he would only issue one weeks worth of pills due to
the risk of addiction.
     
    Doctor Spring said “So let’s see
how you do with them, any problems then come back and see me.”
     
    “I, I will do.” Dave said,
genuinely thankful “thanks, thank you!”
    Dave grabbed his prescription
from the chemist inside the doctors office then went straight home.
He washed two pills down with a glass of water and went to lie on
his bed.
     
    “oh god I hope these work” he
thought “I hope they don’t make these dreams worse though, oh
actually I don’t even care about them anymore, I just hope they
make me sleep.”
    After half an hour of these
repeated thoughts, Dave fell asleep.
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

Chapter 10
     
    “Go on Dave you can do it!” Phil
shouted.
    Dave looked over to see his
coach cheering him on, he looked at the runners either side of him.
They looked nervous.
    “On your marks”
     
    Dave walked to his starting
point, he had a quick glance at the crowd, he saw his mum and dad.
He couldn’t hear what they were saying, he tried reading their
lips, he still couldn’t make it out, he just assumed it was “good
luck”. He didn’t need luck, he had this in the bag, he had been
training harder for this race than any other. This was the big one,
this is the one that Phil said would set him up for life, this one
had all the big scouts watching, he just needed to win this race
and he would be set. He recognised a couple of the guys he was
racing, he had raced them earlier in the year and destroyed them.
He knew they didn’t stand a chance, especially with all the
additional training that he had been doing.
    “Get set”
     
    He crouched down waiting for his
moment, waiting for that all important “bang”, that one moment that
would set him free. He was ready, he knew the second he heard it
that he would be sprinting down that track faster than he ever had
before, he was going to be running like The Flash , he was
going to run so fast that people would get whip lash turning their
head to see him flying past them. This was the moment he had been
waiting for, for so long. This was his time, this would be
the point that all the training would pay off. This was his
defining moment.
    BANG!
     
    He was off, he was sprinting
down the track like a cheetah chasing its prey. He was running
faster than he had ever run in his life. He knew there was no
chance anyone was catching him.
    “This is it!” he thought “I’m
winning! I’m going to win, I’m going to the Olympics!”
     
    As he was hurtling down the
track Dave looked at the crowd, Coach Phil was standing next to his
mum and dad, they looked like they were moving in slow motion, all
three of them looked the happiest they had ever been. Phil’s face
was shining, he had a smile from ear to ear. Dave’s parents were
hugging each other jumping up and down for joy, he could hear them
now.
     
    “Go on Son! You’re winning!
You’re doing it!”
    Dave looked straight ahead to
the fast approaching finish line. Claire was standing at the finish
line calling his name.
    “Come on Dave! Nearly there!
You’re going to win! Go Dave go!”
    He started to run even faster,
he could feel the wind blowing against his face, his cheeks
flapping like an astronaut feeling the G-Force from a rocket
launch. He was the fastest man alive, he was going to be famous. He
crossed the finish line and ran straight into Claire’s arms, he
picked her up and cheered for joy.
    “I did it! I won!”
     
    He rubbed his nose against hers,
he tilted his head to the side to kiss her. He woke up.
    “Uh what?” Dave sat up confused.
“it was a dream” he sighed.
     
    He looked around the room,