Date-Night Continued:


"You are such a dork!" I called after Alex as he left for the bathroom. I grabbed a clean napkin and licked it to wipe my face with. He'd gotten hot chocolate everywhere while I was trying to get my whipped-cream moustache off.

I heard him laugh as the door closed behind him. I rolled my eyes and leaned on the wall. I was feeling unusually tired, but happy that I could spend some time with Alex. Besides our walks to his house, we didn't get to spend much time together, one-on-one.

When he came back from the bathroom, he was still laughing.

"I think you got it in my hair," he joked as he sat on the other side of the booth.

I couldn't hear him; I was remembering my dreams again. I looked at the dark pink wallpaper and ran a finger over it, the texture feeling odd under my fingertip.

"You okay?" Alex asked. "You look…" He trailed off.

"I'm… no. I… I've just been having trouble sleeping." I yawned, accentuating my point.

I caught the look on his face. He seemed to be more worried than anything else. "Is that all?" he asked.

I bit my lip and told him. "I've… been having dreams. Nightmares, actually." I closed my eyes for a second. "They're almost all the same." Tears came, half from the exhaustion, half from remembering the dreams.

Alex came over to my side of the booth. "Did you tell Elizabeth and Nathanael?" He took my hand in his.

"Yeah. Elizabeth said it's normal. Dalne likes to attack Endows in their dreams. She found his mark and made it go away."

He gave my hand a squeeze. "Do you think there may have been more than one?" he asked.

"More than one mark?" I shifted and leaned on his shoulder. "I don't know. Maybe."

"I think we should get you back home. Elizabeth and I can take care of any marks she might have missed."

I nodded in agreement. I was too tired to jump us, though, so we ended up walking home.


Yeah... I stay up so late to write b/c I can't write during the day. So tired... =.=

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