Dream 01-15-07

People who are involved:
Me (referred to as D)
Ben (my best friend since college, referred to as B)
Grace (my little sister and daughter in Christ, referred to as G)
Guy A (never seen this guy in my life, appeared to be someone who is after Grace and also involved with church in Taiwan. Referred to as M).

Settings: Taiwan, near a bus stop.

D & B are waiting for G at a bus stop to get to a meeting. G arrived with M, who appeared to have taken a romantic interest in G (ok, Grace, don't get too excited now. It's only a dream). We are all waiting for the bus. And M is the only person that is familiar with the bus routes of Taiwan.

Dialogue:
G: "Hi, D & B. This is M, he's going to take us to where the meeting is."
D: "Hi, this is D and this is B. So you're the guy that G was talking about."
M: "yes. I am from () church" (appears to be looking for validation, it seemed that M perceived D as a possible competitor for G's romantic interest).
D, sensing the hostility, responded: "I've observed that the churches here in Taipei are very different than the churches I've grown up with in the US."
M, posing up a defensive face: "Oh? How so?"
D, getting a bit irritated with the apparent hostility: "There are a lot of people at church who seemed to have passion, but they are distant from each other..."
M, showing no emotion: "is that so..."

G, sensing something was amiss, pulled M away from D & B and walked closer to the bus stop. Now the bus stop is a stop for several buses. Only M knows which bus is the one to take en route to the destination.

D & B felt the apparent alienation from M, so they walked a bit away from the group of people who were waiting for the bus to get some room. There are a lot of people who are waiting for the same bus.

D turned and saw a bus came, and also saw M and G got on the bus. G turned to look at D while M was hurrying G to get on the bus quickly. D & B ran toward the bus but it was a bit late. The bus took off leaving D & B at the stop.

D took out the cell phone and called G: "Hey, why did you guys left without telling us?"
G: "M just told me to be hurry and get in. There are a lot of people who wanted to get on this bus and it's a full bus." She assumed that M had told D about the bus route.
D:"I see" disappointedly, "alright then."
G: "... are you sure?"
D: "Well, I can see that M is after you. So if you'd like, let him go after you." paused a bit, "tell me how it goes after you're back."
G: "ok."
D and G both hung up the phone. B is still speechless, but D can feel the support that B is giving him.

End of the weird dream