Up in the Clouds

She gasped with excitement and shouted over the noise of the propeller: "The islands in the clouds are real!!!" She then opened her arms as if she were a hawk gliding over its prey and looked at John in amazement.  John with his mouth open and eyes wide simply says, "I can't believe it."  The blimp they are riding in starts to make a rumbling noise.  It then makes a grinding noise and instantly they take a nose dive heading straight for the pacific ocean they are over.  John and Amy start to scream.  The entire blimp is moving at a rapid speed towards the surface they have only a few moments left of life.  The blimp crashes and John and Amy drown.  Amy wakes up in her bed panting and hyperventilating.  She realizes it was only a dream and calms down.  She then rolls over towards the other side of her bed looking at her phone and sees that today is her prom.  Amy is 18 and dateless, just like thousands of girls across the country and she feels the same pain everyone else does.  Amy is not dateless because she is strange or isn't popular.  Amy is a cancer survivor and is now 30 pounds skinnier and bald.  She is a cheerleader and one of the best in her school.  Amy used to date John a stud football player who had a great high school career and was going to have a nice college career as well.  John died in a car crash two weeks ago and now Amy is feeling things more than ever.  Amy felt as if she was in paradise floating and about to embark on something perfect but everything came tumbling down as if she was being punished for nothing at all.  Amy gets herself ready and her family is excited but Amy shows no sign of joy.  She is just living life in a nose dive, waiting to fall, and praying to be saved.