DREAM OR REALITY?? advice??

Date: 10/6/2016

Ok so, for the past few days, I've been texting this friend of mine who's a boy, not boyfriend, just a friend, but I haven't told my mom about it yet. He's a nice person but 3 years older than me, and I've been feeling kinda worried and nervous about telling her, even tho she and my dad and sisters have met him before. I don't know what I should do, and have been trying to figure out how to tell her, which is probably what inspired this dream... I was sitting in bed with my iPod close by, and my mom came in and turned on my iPod to look at the time, but then she saw a text from him (which just said "hey" ) and asked me who he was. I decided to take this chance as a time to tell her, but I did it casually, like it wasn't all that important. I just said that the boy she's met earlier had asked for my email and I'd given it to him, and he's been texting me for a couple days and that I was sure I had mentioned it. She just said oh ok, and teased me about having a "boyfriend" to which I laughed and said uh no, certainly not. Then the dream ended. This morning I'm not sure whether it was a dream or real, I wish it was real because then I wouldnt have to worry about how to tell her. I guess this dream was one of my brains ways of trying to calm me down by making me feel like I'd already told her. Anybody have advice for how I should mention it to her??