Yet another warm afternoon in the once deserted town of Shepherds Glen. Since the fog had cleared many years ago, the town had returned to its lively state. Once again you could hear the pleasant sound of children playing on the playground as engines of cars sprung to life in the parking lots. Not many of the towns people had witnessed the tragedy that had took place not but 10 years ago. Elle Holloway and Alex Shepherd are the only survivors. After they saved the town, both had helped to rebuild the city and found themselves married to different people. Both felt sadness as they sat together on the parks bench.
Elle's little girl and Alex's son chased each other throughout the area; laughing and teasing. It reminded both parents of how they used to be when they were young. Alex was the first to break the awkward silence. He lifted his head and looked at her. She was hiding her head in her palms when he said,
"Elle, how are you? I haven't seen you in forever. I missed you." He said with a twinge of pain; from remembering their lost time. Elle sat up and looked at him with weary eyes. She let out a half hearted laugh and spoke bitterly,
"Have you now? I'm sure your…wife might not like to hear you say that. How is she anyways? I heard that you two threw Andy's birthday party last week. My daughter was heartbroken when she didn't receive an invite. Our children shouldn't pay for our feud, Alex, it's not right. Do you regret it, no, us?" Tension filled the air as Alex resisted the childlike urge to stick his tongue out at her.
"Oh don't start! This is your own damn fault! What was I supposed to do? You rejected me every time I would show my love to you, should I have stuck by you until you finally said yes? Excuse me for not wanting to put up with that every day of my life. Don't think that I didn't love you Elle, but you made your decision. I don't need you anymore, the only thing I regret is that I was so stupid to worship you the way I did." He pulled from his seat and laughed as Elle began to cry. "You're pathetic, I hate you." He walked out of sight and time seemed to stop.
Thick fog surrounded her and everyone around her stopped dead in their tracks. Their bodies altered into ash and the remains fell to the ground. She got up from her seat with tears still trailing down her face and neck. The very ground she stood on turned to metal grating and the sound of metal scraping metal filled her ears. She dropped to her knees and shook her head violently. "No!" she screamed. The last thing she felt was a sharp object being thrust upon her head as Alex roared with laughter in the background. \
"She gets what she deserves." He said as he disappeared into the mist.
I snapped out of my dream and felt immense pain. I looked for Alex and was so relieved to find him sleeping beside my bed. Despite the fact that my arm hurt like hell, I reached over and touched his face to make sure I wasn't dreaming. Thank god I wasn't. I smiled down at him and thought of how horrible it felt to be hated by him. I won't make the mistake foretold in my dream. Realization dawned on me as I whispered "I love you." Shortly after I got used to the three words, rehearsing them over and over until my mouth was numb, I fell asleep once more. As I lulled off, I could've sworn that I heard Alex whisper, "I love you, too."