Hey everyone, I'm new here. I don't know all the terms yet, so bear with me.

The other night I was dreaming and I was talking to my friend. She asked me a question, and I was about to answer her when I heard a noise in my room, and I woke up (but only part of the way, which was weird. I was kind of half asleep). I really wanted to answer her question, so I closed my eyes, relaxed my body, and started thinking about the dream and what my answer to her was going to be. I actually ended up forcing myself back into the dream where I left off, and then telling her what I had to say. I was sort of partly lucid after I forced myself back into the dream.

What was this? Have you ever experienced this? And would this be considered a lucid experience?