Dream of died, licked, father, boyfriend, girlfriend

I dreamed that it was snowing and cold, and that I was supposed to go to this place that I lived for a while earlier this year (an emergency shelter for youth) but instead of going I decided to go to my ex- boyfriend 's house. We had still been dating while I had been living there in real life, and he lived very close by. I used to look out my window and wish I was with him. Anyway, I walked up to his front door, and he opened it before I even knocked or rang a bell. He was standing there with a girl - his new girlfriend , and she was nice and pretty. I was very polite and just said I had no where else to go (I knew I was lying), and he said I could come inside and go read some Vonnegut (I have a Vonnegut book that he gave me, but I had also been talking about those books earlier that day) at his kitchen table. Anyway, I thought his dog had died but he said the dog was still alive. I sat down in the doorway and the dog hopped onto my lap and licked me and I petted the dog. I could tell my ex was smiling at me, happy to see me smiling. I went inside and sat at the table and started reading the books. I could tell his father was in the living room watching TV but I couldn't see him and I didn't go and say hello. The books were very strange. I started reading them all but then I settled on one, and in it it was like a video game. People were in these tunnels and to get out you had to find which people were telling the truth so that you could find the surface. I finally did and came to the top.