A girl of about 7 played with a bright red ball. She laughed and
smiled and tossed her shiny blonde hair. She cried out, as if in slow
motion, "Daddy! Come play with me!" She stretched out her arms as if to
embrace him...
Snapping awake, Logan sat up in his bed, covered in a sheen film of sweat. As his eyes adjusted to the darkness of the room, he slowly lay back down on his bed. He muttered to himself, "Fourth time this week..." Moaning, he crawled out of bed and made his way down the stairs.
Rubbing his eyes with his fists, he wandered into the kitchen. To his surprise, he found Kitty Pryde sitting at the table, reading a book. She glanced up at his arrival and smiled. "Couldn't sleep, Mr. Logan?" He shook his head, muttering, and headed to the fridge. "What are you doing awake, half-pint? Its..." he squinted at his watch, "...2 o'clock in the morning."
"Oh, I couldn't sleep at all. I tried, but I kept tossing and turning and couldn't get comfortable. So I decided what the heck, and came down here to read."
Logan murmured in assent and sat down, popping off the cap to the beer. Kitty looked at him questioningly.
"So.....what are you doing down here?" she asked.
Logan gave her a look as if he was unsure whether or not to tell her, then sighed. "Well, I've been having this dream lately.............I see this little girl and a bright red ball.........she's not very old...................more like, 7 or 8 years old. She is laughing and playing with it, and when she looks up, she looks directly at me and................" He broke off.
Kitty looked at him imploringly. "And....?"
Logan took a breath. "And she.......she says, "Daddy, come play with me!" and holds her arms out to me. Then I wake up."
Kitty sat thunderstruck. "Well....uuhh....wow.....do you know this girl?" Logan shook his head no. "I don't wanna talk about it, okay half-pint?" he said gruffly. Kitty looked skeptical. "Ok, Mr. Logan. Whatever you say."
~*Later that morning*~
"Bye, Mr. Logan!" Kitty called out as she ran toward Scott Summers' car.
Logan lifted his hand for a wave and kept reading the newspaper. Seems that some girl made a big success in the acting world.....a Ms. Alexandra Silver. She starred in a new movie and made millions.......on her way to the Oscars...... Logan flipped the page to read more on the article and found a picture of a beautiful long blonde-haired woman staring at him. His heart did a double flip. His mind raced back to his dream of the little girl.....he saw the girl and then the woman......."No, it couldn't be....naw...."
Snapping awake, Logan sat up in his bed, covered in a sheen film of sweat. As his eyes adjusted to the darkness of the room, he slowly lay back down on his bed. He muttered to himself, "Fourth time this week..." Moaning, he crawled out of bed and made his way down the stairs.
Rubbing his eyes with his fists, he wandered into the kitchen. To his surprise, he found Kitty Pryde sitting at the table, reading a book. She glanced up at his arrival and smiled. "Couldn't sleep, Mr. Logan?" He shook his head, muttering, and headed to the fridge. "What are you doing awake, half-pint? Its..." he squinted at his watch, "...2 o'clock in the morning."
"Oh, I couldn't sleep at all. I tried, but I kept tossing and turning and couldn't get comfortable. So I decided what the heck, and came down here to read."
Logan murmured in assent and sat down, popping off the cap to the beer. Kitty looked at him questioningly.
"So.....what are you doing down here?" she asked.
Logan gave her a look as if he was unsure whether or not to tell her, then sighed. "Well, I've been having this dream lately.............I see this little girl and a bright red ball.........she's not very old...................more like, 7 or 8 years old. She is laughing and playing with it, and when she looks up, she looks directly at me and................" He broke off.
Kitty looked at him imploringly. "And....?"
Logan took a breath. "And she.......she says, "Daddy, come play with me!" and holds her arms out to me. Then I wake up."
Kitty sat thunderstruck. "Well....uuhh....wow.....do you know this girl?" Logan shook his head no. "I don't wanna talk about it, okay half-pint?" he said gruffly. Kitty looked skeptical. "Ok, Mr. Logan. Whatever you say."
~*Later that morning*~
"Bye, Mr. Logan!" Kitty called out as she ran toward Scott Summers' car.
Logan lifted his hand for a wave and kept reading the newspaper. Seems that some girl made a big success in the acting world.....a Ms. Alexandra Silver. She starred in a new movie and made millions.......on her way to the Oscars...... Logan flipped the page to read more on the article and found a picture of a beautiful long blonde-haired woman staring at him. His heart did a double flip. His mind raced back to his dream of the little girl.....he saw the girl and then the woman......."No, it couldn't be....naw...."