I was running, and he was chasing me. Calling my name. I glanced back and Yin had gotten closer to me. For an old guy he was really fast. I ran down an alley way stopping in my tracks when I saw Juliet turn towards me.
"Shawn!" she yelled.
"Jules! Juliet!" I yelled back as she fell through a trap door in the ground. "Jules!" I screamed running to the door but it had disappeared. Another door had appeared and I went through it, I was on a beach. The waves were crashing onto the sand. I stepped into the water only to find it not water… but blood.
"Help! Someone help!" a voice shrieked. I turned and saw a pier. I ran towards it and saw a girl tied underneath. I recognized Abby as the girl.
"Hold on Abby!" I shouted as I dove into the blood and swam towards her. I almost had her untied when my head was yanked underneath the surface. My eyes closed and when I reopened them I was standing in a plaza. There was a large clock tower that was about to strike 12. I heard screaming from the top of the tower. I ran to the tower and up the many flights of stairs. When I came to the top Juliet was sitting on a chair tied to the face of the clock.
"Nooo!" I screamed as the clock hit 12 and rope holding Juliet to the tower was cut and she fell.
I jumped up and looked around the dark room. It was just another nightmare… nothing more. Juliet was fine, Abigail was safe, and I was in my room. I sat up straighter and pressed my back against the wall. She's safe. Lassie got to her in time and she's just at home… asleep. Like I should be.
I sighed and reached for my phone I dialed the all too familiar number and wanted for Juliet's voice to come through. It went straight to voicemail.
"Don't panic. She's just asleep." I whispered. I tried her home phone but all I got was a message saying the phone had been disconnected. With my heart pounding I raced out of the bed, put on basketball shorts and flip-flops before I ran outside to my motorcycle. I zoomed to Juliet's placed and parked in front on the curb. I ran up the stairs and I knocked on her door.
She didn't answer. I looked and saw her car was there, I mean it was 3 in the morning. I knocked louder but still got no answer. My heart started to quicken as I pounded on the door.
"Juliet!" I called, I yelled her name again before I saw a light flicker on inside. The door opened and Juliet was standing there looking mad as hell.
"Shawn what the hell are you doing pounding my door at 3 in the morning?" she snapped.
"Uh… nothing." My heart had slowed down when I saw that she was safe. I turned around and began to walk down the stairs.
"Heck. No Shawn get your ass in my house." I heard her demanded. I turned around and she pointed at her living room. I walked over to her and inside. She shut the door and locked it. "Explain." She looked at me her arms crossed on her chest.
"I just had a nightmare. I tried calling and you didn't answer your home or cell. I wasn't thinking so I rushed over here and you didn't answer at first. I'm sorry Jules." I apologized. It felt strangely cold in her house. I looked down and noticed that I had forgotten to put a shirt on before I dashed out. Juliet's features softened and she shifted in her robe.
"You came all the way out here because of a nightmare?"
"Yeah." I answered in a whisper.
"Sit down Shawn. Make yourself comfortable." She turned into the kitchen and started to do something in there. I sat on her couch and looked around her living room. The walls were a warm blue color with brown furniture. She had pictures on her wall. They ranged from family, to friends to partys and just random photos. But one of those photos caught my eye. I stood up, walked over to it and studied it. I was standing on the board walk with Juliet on a sunny afternoon.
We had just finished a case on decided to go for a walk on the boardwalk (a recurring event for us). We had been standing on the edge of the pier looking out onto the ocean. Gus must have snapped that picture without telling me. All you could see was the back of my hair, but you could see the side of Juliet's face. She was smiling at me and laughing at something I had said. Juliet cleared her throat and walked over to me.
"I look good in that picture," she said and I nodded in agreement. "What was your nightmare about?" she asked.
"Nothing. I just… a different outcome with the whole Yin thing." I whispered and Juliet's eyes widened. I continued to look at the picture and didn't look at her.
"Must have been some ending."
"Yeah. It was." I felt her lean against me. Her head going onto my shoulder and I smiled at the feeling.
