I never want to lose you Paul." I mutter into his chest as he continues to rub my back.
"You never will honey." he says and I nod into his chest believing him.
I lay there in his arms as he rubs my back trying to comfort me as I have my face buried into his warm chest while I listen to his calming heartbeat and steady breathing, which both succesfully calm me down after a few minutes and a few deep breaths.
"I'm not going anywhere, Jackie." he says seriously as he runs his fingers through my hair and rubs his thumb along my forehead.
I inhale his familiar scent of cigarettes and his musky cologne and it calms me down knowing he's right here with me and that everything is okay, it was just a horribly livid dream.
We lay there for a little while, him rubbing my back and I buried into his chest listening to his calming heartbeat and the phone rings and Paul slowly picks it up without stirring or moving me.
"Ello?" he says.
"Oh hi." he says and he sounds still, i don't know worried about me.
"Um yeah, maybe later. Is that alright with you?" he says.
"Okay talk to you then, bye." he says and puts the phone down and lays back down with me.
"Are you alright honey?" he asks me while going back to rubbing my back.
"Yeah i'm fine, who was on the phone?" I say back.
"Thats good honey and it was me dad, he really wants to meet you." he says and kisses the crown of my head.
"I really want to meet him." I say and look up at him as a small smile comes across his face.
"Good, because he's dying to meet you and he was wondering what time we would be able to go over to his house today." he says as I close my eyes and he softly strokes his fingers all along my cheek.
"Do you want to today, honey?" he asks.
"Yeah, I'd love to." i say while opening my eyes and he leans down and softly kisses my forehead.
"When do you want to go? Do you want to try and get some more sleep?" he asks while we look into each others eyes.
"I don't think I can go back to sleep." I admit and he nods.
"Would you like to go now, darling?" he asks and I nod excitedly.
