Frequency Bliss

BEEP, BEEP, BEEP! (ALARM SOUNDS)

Banita's eyes opened wide and all she could feel were the sweaty sheets that stuck to her body as she raised herself out of bed. Night sweats again, she thought as she reached over to shut off her 4:00AM alarm, for some strange reason only seemed to wake her up at 4:44AM lately. She dreaded the day ahead of her. She had to report for work at the diner by 6:00AM followed by a hospital visit for her mother in need of an essential' kidney replacement. Mom was on the waiting list for the past year! Her frequent, sickly episodes caused the hospital to insist on inpatient care for monitoring. She would end her days at her 2nd job as an Uber driver. She figured if she acquired a 2nd job she would be able to save enough money to help her mom pay for the surgery and handle all the bills. So much pressure, she thought, but she was determined to gift her mom with the opportunity to live. So she mustered up the strength to face another day and start the hustle!

As she slowly walked into the bathroom she stopped and looked at herself in the mirror. For some reason this mirror glance was different. She looked at herself and thought "I seem different" but she couldn't quite put her finger on it. As she peered into her eyes, a vision came rushing into her mind, then she remembered! She remembered that last night she again had the same dream that she had been having for the past 8 months. "It was him again" she said softly to herself. Banita had been having the same recurring dream about a man that never spoke but had so much to tell her. Each night she would dream of a man with smooth brown skin, eyes that reflected a blazzing fire, and a bodily stature that only Posiden could command. They would both stare deeply into each others eyes and exchange information that could only be shared in the silence. She somehow knew that there was something important that she must remember about the dream last night. Suddenly, it came to her! "He gave me a bag" she whispered "a bag with a little black book." She didn't know what all of it meant but somehow she innately felt that it was important. Initially fear of the unknown crept into her veins but then it was met with a calm feeling of his presence. Somehow the memory of him put her at ease. Bzzzzzzz,the buzzing sound of her cell phone alarm snapped her back into reality where she was once again looking in the mirror and noticed the clock said 6:39AM. "Ahhh" she yelled, "I'm late!" "Where did the time go!"

Banita called the diner to speak to her loud and obnoxious boss named Randy, who was always looking for any reason to yell at her. The phone rang three times and she heard, "Thanks for calling Parallel Diner. This is Randy." "Randy!" She said frantically "I'm going to be late." To her surprise Randy replied "Oh that's alright sweetie." Banita took her phone away from her ear and looked at it. This could not be Randy, because he's never this nice, she thought. Confused, she said "Hello, can I speak to Randy?" Randy started to chuckle and said "This is he." "Banita why don't you take the day off? We aren't that busy here and I'm sure you would like to spend time with your mom. So take a personal day. I'll pay you for it." Banita dropped to her knees and hit the floor in disbelief. She had no memory of Randy ever being nice to her, let alone speaking to her. Now, he was offering her a day off with pay! With much hesitation, Banita said "thank you" and quickly hung up the phone from the shock of someone being so nice to her, especially Randy. As she sat there in bewilderment. She thought, ok I might as well drive Uber then I'll go visit my mom. This sounded like the most logical point of action since nothing else she was experiencing that day seemed explainable. So after getting dressed, she got into her 2011 Hyndai Sonata. She then hit the streets on her ridesharing adventures.

Her first passenger, James, was a businessman wearing a blacksuit. He jumped in the back seat as he talked on his cellphone. "Hello" Banita said. James smiled and waved so that he wouldn't interrupt his phone conversation. It was a short six minute ride which made Banita happy because she was working on an Uber ride bonus. The bonus was for $400.00 dollars for completing 100 rides. So she was always grateful for the small rides just as much. As she arrived at James' destination, she bid him farewell, and told him to have an amazing day. Just as James got out of the car another ride notice popped up in her notifications. Surprisingly, her next passengers name was William James. Mmm, she thought I'm picking up another person whose name is James? What a coincidence! As she arrived to pick him up, William got into the car, also wearing a blacksuit. He had a huge smile on his face and Banita could tell that he was in great energy. As she went to select pickup on the app she was notified that her last passenger James tipped her $20.00. Banita was ecstatic and in disbelief of how well the day was going.

As William James got into the back seat, he started talking about his new promotion he recently received from his job. He was telling her how he raised something called his vibration and he talked alot about frequency and gratitude. Banita was confused because up until now she had never heard anyone use those terms. But she smiled and listened on there 15 minute ride. All she knew was his postive energy was contagious. They arrived at his location and as he was getting out of the car he said, "Thanks for dropping me off!" "I have to go inside to get my little black book" as he shut the door. Those words sent a shiver down Banita's spine because somehow she knew this was a message for her. She took a deep breath and as she got lost in her imagination, her Uber notification went off and she saw that she was picking up someone named Niwt who lived on 1144 James Way.

The time was 11:11 AM. She didn't know why that was important but somehow she felt that it was trying to tell her something. She thought to herself, here goes the name James again, referring to the street name. What is going on she wondered. As she arrived, Niwt walked out of the door and she felt herself stop breathing. Time stopped. There was no future, no past, there was only right now! Everything seemed so clear! As Niwt walked to the car she recognized him immediately. "Its Him" she whispered, "the guy from my dream."

He Sat in the back seat and said "Hello." The very sound of his voice unarmed any defenses that she had internally built. She was speechless. She didn't know what to say and all she could do was drive. They had an 11 minute ride in the silence which seemed like a lifetime. Niwt seemed to be staring at Banita through the rear view mirror but Banita tried not to look back as she tried to pay attention to the road. There eyes would sporadically meet in the mirror from time to time and each glance would ignite a treble within her heart beat. They arrived at his destination on Home Street and as he was getting out of the car he said "I think someone left this," and handed her a little black book. She nervously turned around and said, "thank you," while placing the book on the passenger seat. Niwt stepped out of the car and Banita hesitantly said goodby. She heard Niwt say softly "Goodnight." Banita thought, I need to go home and lay down, so she pulled off because all she wanted to do was think and make sense of the day. As she drove a mile up the road, she looked at the little black book that she placed on the seat, and suddendly had this urge to pull over. She grabbed the little black book and opened it. The first page read, open the bag, it's a gift for you, sincerely 11 11. What bag she thought? She started to go through all of the pages and saw that they all had 11 11 written on them. She was so confused but what really boggled her mind was 'What Bag' and then she saw it.

Her eyes shifted to the mirror only to see that Niwt left a black bag on the back seat. Stunned, Banita grabbed the bag! Again was that initial fear of uncertainty, but it was met with a calming rush of intensity. As she slowly opened the bag her heart began to thump so fast that she got dizzy by what she was seeing. To her astonishing surprise she saw 100's on top of 100's on top of 100 dollar bills. She was looking at so much money. It was money in her hand and in her grasp. This was money she had never seen before. Is this a gift for me she asked herself? The pressure that she once felt seemed to dissipate. Thoughts of getting her mom's surgery rushed to her head. She felt peace, unexplainable peace. Then as she looked around to see exactly where she had pulled over and exactly where she was. She looked out of her window and noticed that she was in front of a restaurant that said, Heaven On Earth, Home of the Best Bliss Frequency sandwiches you'll ever eat! Then, she exhaled.