~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Strange dreams. Phht! More like visions!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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LUKE'S POV
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As soon as she fell asleep, I grabbed the shirt she borrowed from me and slipped it back onto her sleeping form.
I, then, carried her back to the cabin and lay her down on the bed.
I wasn't expecting for her to wake up any time soon and before I knew it, I was asleep, too.
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MY POV
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Everything was dark. I was never fond of the dark, growing up I was always afraid of what hid in it and I sure didn't want to find out.
I didn't know what to expect but I sure didn't expect this.
Everything was suddenly bright. Apparently two girls were giving birth at the same time. They both look familiar. That's when it struck me.
It was Jazzy and I. Kage was the one who was helping me give birth and Lea was helping Jazzy.
I knew the father of Jazzy's baby would be Kage; that was pretty obvious. But who was the father of my baby.
"One more push, Jess!" Kage yelled.
With a scream of agony, the baby was out. Kage smiled at it for a moment before handing it to a man I couldn't make out.
Was that the father? Was that a friend? Who was he?
After helping Jazzy, both of the umbilical cords were cut off. Kage identified my baby a girl and Jazz's baby a boy.
Kage then handed my baby back to the man after I had fallen asleep from exhaustion. Jazzy fell asleep, too. But on her part of birth, there wasn't much screaming.
"Congratulations,-" Kage started, but he was cut off before I could hear anymore.
"'Congratulations' who?!" I yelled. But it seemed like they couldn't hear my voice. Wait. I can't hear my voice either.
They were moving their lips but no sounds were coming out. It was as if they were on mute.
I tried making a sound, but nothing came out. What was happening?!
Then, everything was dark again.
But then, another vision started again.
I was cuddled up to a guy. My head was resting on his chest, while my breathing was shallow and deep. I was asleep and I had my baby in my hands. The guy kissed my head and I stirred slightly before falling back into my deep sleep.
The guy smiled but I still couldn't see his face. It was just a blur and as his face was getting a little clearer, the vision disappeared and all I saw was the hurt in Aidan's eyes.
Then the picture changed again. I saw his face. The same face that scared me. His piercing, cold eyes and his menacing face. The sharp teeth and the low growl that was produced deep in his throat when he yelled at me.
The face that would always haunt my mind. The face I could never get out of my mind and the face that - no matter what - I would always love.
Then my dream ended and I woke up with a start. I was sitting up and panting. Sweat was dripping off my forehead and a shiver ran down my spine.
Would all that really happen? Would my mystery man be revealed? Would Aidan ever come back?
A lot of questions were swimming in my mind but most of them revolved around Aidan. I wanted him back. I needed him back.
As cliche as it sounds; it was as if a piece was missing and until Aidan came back, I would never get it back. No matter how much I searched, no matter how much I wished for it to come back, I wouldn't truly be whole until Aidan was here with me.
But, as I stared down at Luke's sleeping form, I could feel a small portion of that missing piece slowly weld itself together again.
What would this mean? I can't have both. I'll eventually have to make a choice.
I'd have to try. And I would. Right now. Just to make sure it's what I really wanted.
I placed my hand gently against his warm cheek and leaned in.
My lips connected with his warm ones and it felt like the first time I had kissed him. If not better.
Pretty soon my lips were involuntarily moving against his.
I guess somehow he woke up because next thing I know, is there was a hand placed on my neck, pulling me closer.
Not that I was complaining, of course.
