I walk into a diner/coffee shop with a big u-shaped bar. This is not the first time I've been here; i've stopped here on long drives through the mountains previously. even hit on girls here, once i met a girl named shannon and shared a drink; but had to continue on my journey long ago. I'm not alone, i'm with deanna who is my current girlfriend in the dream, back together after a long separation. we walk past the bar back into the booth areas. she walks ahead of me and grabs a booth.

a man w/ short blond hair pulls me aside as i walk back there. he tells me that 3 things are going to happen to me very soon; and that I have a choice in how to respond to them that will be critical to my desitny. i laugh in his face, and tell him that he's probably had one too many, esp. being early in the afternoon.

the 3 things:

1. you are going to be betrayed by a loved one
2. you will save a family from horrible tragedy
3. I'm going to meet someone bent on ending their life

I go back to the booth. during the conversation, deanna starts telling me all sorts of things i didn't know about her since our reconciliation. one was that she used an alias while we were not dating and met a guy she did not like-- an alias that would keep the guy off her trail. something like Naratova Polanski. anyway, I thought that was really weird, because one of the things that always attracted me to her was the honesty she showed. I pushed her on the issue, thinking back to a phone message i heard at her apartment the back when we were first dating: a guy calling for a Naratova. She had dismissed it back then as a wrong number. I realized that she had been cheating on me long ago; and she realized that her innocous story had revealed a secret she had kept for a long time and became silent. My normal reaction would have been to storm out and leave here there alone, feeling sorry for myself and destroying that which we had rebuilt. but I forgave her. mostly becuase my heart had been prepared for the news and was able to understand that our love entitled a level of forgiveness. she was happy that I had understood and not harbored anger towards her. I was happy, because I knew that the man was a guardian angel; and he had given me two more pieces of insight into what was to come this day. I excused myself for a bathroom break and walk away from the table at this point.

As I walk out of the diner seeking fresh air, outside I notice that there is a high ladder set up where there is somebody doing work up in the ceiling with some kind of power saw tool. anyway, thinking back to what the man said; my instincts trigger. There is a guy and a girl walking towards me on the sidewalk, nearing the ladder. I run forward and knock them both to the concrete. They both look surprised and dazed, and begin to ask me what the fuck the problem was. however, the questions are interrupted from the man on the ladder losing his balance and kicking over his ladder. this caused a chain reaction leading to his power saw snapping to the ground, feet from where I lay on top of the unsuspecting couple. Their angry questions turn into questions of amazement and confusion, and I am uanble to answer them. They tell me that they were on their way back from a funeral in which one of their close family members had passed away; and maybe I had just prevented further tradgedy from happening. I feel pride that I was able to understand the 2nd prediction in time to have something good happen.

I leave the hallway and sit down at the u-shaped bar. I sit next to a girl there and order a coffee flavored liquor. I comment on having 'one crazy afternoon' thus far, and I find myself very attracted to this stranger. I ask her name, and she replies Sara. as we are briefly chatting, I look behind her and notice the girl I had met in this diner some time ago; with her eyes teared up and an empty glass in front of her. Immediately, I left sara at the bar and walked over to the table and sat down next to her. I tell her that her name is shannon and i met her awhile back here and offer to get her a drink and take a seat next to her. she says no, looking back at sara at the bar; thinking we were together presumably. I say that i will not take no for an answer, and order another coffee liquor. I tell Sara to join us at the table, which she thought was odd but went along with. so the 3 of us set down, and I say something along the lines of 'life is amazing, at any moment there is a set of inifite possibilities'. Shannon starts to cry. Sara begins to console her, and I get up and leave the table; but i let my hand sit on shannon's shoulder for a second before leaving. I know in my heart that Sara and Shannon will be come close close friends and be able to help shannon through this depression or breakup or whatever happened to be the cause of her sorrows.

<star guitar is playing in the backgroud at this point for some reason>

I thank god for sending a prophet to me, to help me understand and deal with this three situations. I say a quick prayer, and i head back to my booth.