The Saltwater Room

''I opened my eyes last night And saw you in the low light

Ferb Fletcher's eyes popped open in the middle of the night. He rolled over and looked at the clock across the room. 1:04, the red letters blared, as Ferb sighed and rolled onto his other side. He had been having a dream about his friend he left back in Britain, Emily. He missed her like crazy, wrote to her every day, but letters took a long time in snail mail.

''Walking down by the bay, on the shore Staring up at the stars that aren't there anymore

He desperately tried to remember his dream. It was a very vivid one. He closed his eyes and tried to recall it, but the thoughts were dripping from his head like water in cupped hands... He had still photos of his dream, falling from his brain, and the little him inside his mind scrambled around, trying to grab them all. He had seen Emily, sitting on the beach with her arms wrapped around her. Why the blanket was blue, Ferb didn't know. She was looking up at the sky with a faraway look on her face. Ferb strained his mind, trying to think...

''I was feeling the night grow old And you were looking so cold

The dream was starting to come back... Ferb remembered the dream Ferb taking off the blanket he had around him and wrapping it around the dream Emily, and then shivering like mad.

''So like an introvert ''I drew my overshirt around my arms and began to shiver violently before ''You happened to look and see The tunnels all around me