Melissa was finally asleep. She had been crying for hours, unsure what to do. Faye hadn't wanted to leave her, but Melissa had assured her that she would be ok, and that they both should be getting home.
As she slept Melissa dreamt about Nick. They were walking along a beach, she didn't know where, he wrapped his arm around her and pulled her close. She looked up at him, taking in everything about him; his beautiful eyes, his easy smile, the way the breeze was ruffling his hair slightly. She put both of her arms around him, she could smell him now, a smell she would never forget. If only she could just stay like this forever.
Melissa opened her eyes.
"Nick?" Then she realised her arms were around his hoodie, the one she had stolen from him a few days before. She could still smell him. Tears began to roll down her face again. She thought back to the dream she had been having. That could have been a reality for them one day, now it was just a dream.
As Melissa became fully awake, everything came back to her. She sat up in bed and hugged her knees tight to her chest, crying. She was aware of the sun rising through her window, a new day. But it was day that she would be without Nick, the first of so many.
Melissa lay back down in bed, buried herself under her duvet, and fell asleep once again, her arms wrapped tightly around Nick's hoodie.
