Future Dreams

 by Brooklyn

It was a bright, Sunny day in the gold fields 

in California, where James Carter was 

working by the creek panning for gold. He

had been there for a few hours already, but 

his mind wasn’t on finding gold, he couldn’t 

seem to keep his mind on anything the last 

few days, because he often found his mind 

drifting to the future. In a few days, he 

would ask the woman of his dreams to 

marry him. He had never met a woman like 

Elizabeth before. She was kind, she was 

generous, she was unlike any person he had 

ever met. Someone talking beside him 

brought James back to the present. Elijah 

Hunt was beside him saying, Jimmy, you’ve 

been swirling that dirt around in that pan for 

5 minutes. James smiled, I can’t help it, I 

just can’t wait until we head to San 

Francisco to surprise Beth. Elijah groaned, 

that’s all you’ve been talking about all week. 

James looked at the sun, it’s about 

lunchtime, and I haven’t panned any gold, 

so let’s go have lunch, and after, I think I’ll 

go to San Francisco a few days early. Elijah 

laughed, you can’t wait just a few more 

days can you? James smiled, I guess I just 

can’t wait to see the look on Beth’s face 

when I ask her. And with that, they headed 

toward the house. After a satisfying, but 

quick lunch, they packed their bags and 

headed toward the biggest changes of their 

life’s.

The End.