| Jade |

Sometimes the worst kind of nightmares that you have, don't happen in your dreams. Sometimes your nightmare burst into your life and you're forced to fight to wake up. For some it's as easy as getting away from the situation, but for others, their true nightmare is that it will always be with them and always haunt them. Memories are your reminder of the harsh reality that you can't escape it. You're trapped in your nightmare...all you can do is wish and pray you awake soon.

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Through the crack of the closet doors, I saw a small boy walked in the room.

"Who the heck is that kid?" I whispered to Vega who's right beside me in the closet. She's trying hard to hold her breath so that she won't make any sound. Sadly, I was the one who made a sound. Oops.

Tori glared at me as harshly whispered, "Shut up, West!"

Then to my surprise, the closet doors opened to reveal the small boy. I screamed out of surprise (yes, not fear! Jade West isn't afraid of anything.) Tori shrieked beside me.

"MOMMY! MOMMA!" The boy cried making us both snap. "You two yell so louuuuuud. Why are you inside the closet?" This one is a whiner.

"What? ... We – I," Tori began to stumble in her words as I fight the urge to smack her to make her talk normally.

"Maui is in the kitchen and she's eating the cookies in the cookie jar," the boy exaggeratedly explained. You know, if I'm not in a bizarre situation, I'll think he's adorable. (And that's too much for me, seriously. I don't go hiding in a closet and calling a strange child cute. That's so not my style.) But I think this kid deserve a compliment from me. I mean seriously, the boy has an apple cut brown hair that is doing a good job framing his beautifully structured face. His pale skin is more gorgeous than mine, I admit, but he's only a child so no competition there. I think he'll win by default anyway. He has mesmerizing green eyes, too. I tried to look closer and realize that his eyes have brown specks. What a weird combination, huh? But it is beautiful nonetheless.

But what made me in total awe, is his prominent cheekbones. I only saw those perfect cheekbones once, and it's from an enemy of mine. And I never thought prominent cheekbones could be this endearing in a child.

"Maui?" Tori started to calm down but we remain inside the closet. I looked at her and saw her face flushed. Hopefully, I'm not the only one thinking that this situation is so fucking unreal. "I – I believe that I don't know you. Who – who are you?"

The boy gave her a funny look. "Very funny, mommy. I'm hungry and Maui's eating the cookies! We didn't have breakfast yet. It'll ruin her appetite. I can't let that happen. It's too dangerous if her appetite's ruined, right? You have to go down now before it's too late! Mommy! Momma!" he said with genuine concern for this Maui.

"Maui?" I repeated Vega's question. Maui is the name of the character Tori's playing in my play. If my hunch about this situation is right, why would Vega name her daughter Maui? "And who the hell are you calling mommy and momma?" I asked just to be sure.

The boy looked at me like I did some serious sin. "You spoke a bad word, momma!"

"Jade! Don't swear in front of the child!" Vega scolded me in which I just rolled my eyes.

Okay, my first hunch was wrong. Tori is not the only one who has claim with this kid and 'Maui'.

I ignored her and asked the boy, "Why are you calling me momma?"

The boy rolled his eyes and said, "You're my momma, duh!" like it's the most obvious thing in the world.

I felt myself paled; yeah my second hunch was right. But Tori tried to play-along.

"Hey buddy," she kneeled in front of the young boy. "Why don't you go downstairs? I need to talk to Jade."

"Who's Jade?" the boy asked clueless before it clicks, "Oh! Momma!"

"Yeah…" Tori rubbed the back of her neck, cautiously looking up at me but quickly averted her gaze back to the little one. "Momma."

At first, I thought that mommy and momma was the same person. I thought it was just Tori. Oh no.

"Okay, then," the young boy said without too much argument as he made his way out of the room.

I stepped out of the closet as Vega did too. I crossed my arms and faced her.

"Vega," I started, anger growing inside of me. "If this is a fucking prank – "

"Jade, I don't think I could pull a prank like this," her tone is a little anxious. "I mean, do you think I can hire a kid to lie like that? And I don't even know this place," she said, looking around the room once again. "And… and I can never photoshop a – a family picture of us in one night."

"This is so fucking unbelievable," I sat down on our bed when I saw Tori do the same. Her nighty hitching up a little bit and I can't help but give it a look or two. Tori Vega has nice legs; I can't miss a chance to look at it. And psh, we're married right?

Fuck. We are married!

As if reading my mind, Tori asked in a whisper that I was almost unable to hear, "So… we're married and have children?"

"No shit, Vega," I stood back up and looked at her. "Apparently."

"But this can't be real! How – how is this even possible?"

I nodded in agreement as I spotted a calendar on the dresser. I picked it up and read the date. We were ten years in the future. "Oh my God..."

Tori looked at me questionably. She looked over the calendar I was holding and said, "Oh my God…" She was totally repeating me.

"H-how did this happen? This is unbelievable!"

"Maybe, maybe we're dreaming!" She suggested and I pinched her. "Aww! What the hell is that for, West?"

I smirked; I can't help but smile whenever she's in pain. "Sorry. I can't help it. But clearly, you are not dreaming, Vega."

She huffed and puffing air in her cheek, thinking. "Jade, what happened before you woke-up? Do you remember?"

I scrunched my eyebrows, trying to remember what happened last night. "Well… I ate dinner and I got ready for bed. Then, I thought how much I hate you and planned things on how I'm going to kill you." I smiled evilly at her. I know, I know. The last one was not real.

She glared at me. "Fuck you."

I smiled seductively. "Why Mrs. West, we're already here in our bed room. Should I take my clothes off now?" I asked in mock politeness. Then a pillow flew and hit me square on the face. I laughed. Tori was blushing so hard, it's a sexy sight. Wait, sexy sight? What the fuck? More like a ridiculous sight.

"Whatever Jade," she crossed her arms and pouts. She can't look me in the eyes.

I stopped laughing and became serious again. "What about you, Vega? What happened last night? Or ah… 10 years ago-last night?"

She gave me a weird look at that and I just shrugged my shoulders. "Well," she began. "After the rehearsals, after we fight and after we wished – "

"The wish!" we both exclaimed at once.

"Shit, shit," Tori stood up and began walking back and forth the room. It was making me dizzy but I didn't stop her. We're just trying to figure out what was happening! "I – I wished to skip ten years so I wouldn't see you face again."

"Yeah, then you wake-up ten years later with me on the same bed," I said sarcastically.

"This is no time for jokes, Jade," she gave me a stern look. "And – and you wished –"

"To skip ten years ahead to see you live your life as a failure," I finished for her. Then, I looked around the room again. It was amazingly furnished with expensive looking things and it was so modernized. "Yeah, but I don't think you're a failure at whatever, though. This room practically indicates that we are rich."

Tori scanned the room again and sighed dreamily, "Yeah. It looks like the most expensive honeymoon suite in the most expensive hotel."

I chuckled at the thought. Then, I walked toward the big window and moved the curtain aside to see the view.

And the view took my breath away. If I look down, yes down, I would see the most amazing and most beautiful view. This can't be.

Tori, curiously, walked and stood beside me. She gasped. "Oh my…"

This can't be my dream house. This can't be the mansion on top of a small hill in LA that overlooks the beauty of the city and beach. This can't be the house I always dream about. This can't be the house I always promised myself that I will buy for my future family.

"I can't believe it," Tori whispered. "I'm standing in the most outstanding and most expensive house in LA."

I can't believe it either.

I chuckled and smiled at her. Her eyes which were filled with fear and anxiousness earlier are now filled with excitement. I'm pretty sure my eyes reflected the same thing.

"Does," she swallowed. "this all mean that I'm your friend now?"

"No," I said nonchalantly and I watched her frown. "This means that you are my wife now."

"That's a scary thought."

It is.

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A/N: You don't know how thankful I am with all your feedbacks. This is the very first story that got more than 20 reviews for the first chapter. And you can't imagine how much happy I am! Thank you, thank you so much. I'm really glad that you liked the plot line and you think this has potential.

Don't worry. I will try to make this story one of my best! Thank you again.

In the next chapter, be prepared to meet Maui.