When Spot broke the kiss Storm slowly opened her eyes.
"Hey." Spot smiled at her. Storm closed her eyes once again before opened them fully.
"What happened?"
"Don't you remember?"
"Well, I remember till I fell in the river…
Then I just remember voices and…"
"What?"
"No, that's silly."
"Storm come on. Tell me." Storm looked down on Flash who sat there and looked up at her.
"Storm?"
"I remember that my mom was there."
"You dreamed from your mom. So what's the matter?"
"No I didn't dream. It was so real. It was her. Her voice. Her perfume. She stood there and looked at me reaching out her hand for me. I walked up to her and she hold me in her arms. She sang this song which she always sang for me and my brothers and my sister before we had to go to bed. She was there the whole time. Till I woke up now. But I heard everything that the others said. Knife, Ocean, Sharie, Blue Daisy and you. I heard everything. But it was as if I couldn't talk to you. When you kissed me, my mom smiled at me and told me to go back. That I would belong here. I begged her not to leave, but she said she would always be there and never leave." She hold the cross from her necklace in her hand while she talked. Spot looked confused at her.
"Is your mom…" Storm nodded slowly.
"She died ten years ago. I was the only one of my family who saw it. She told me that I should be strong and always follow my dreams. Then she gave me her cross. It's the only thing I have from her besides a small photo. Since that day my dad beat me up." Storm pulled her back in his arms to comfort her.
"Do you have her picture with you?" Storm nodded.
"It's in my jacket." She got up and showed it to Spot.
"She was twenty when it was taken." Spot looked at the young women. Even if the picture was just in black and white he knew what color her hair and eyes had to be.
"You look like her."
"I know, that's why my dad blamed my. I always remembered him on her death. My younger sister became his favorite while my brothers and me had a hard life staying with him. We four were a lot like my mom in our character. And one of my brothers has also the red hair and brown eyes. My sister is a lot like my father. I think she is glad that I'm away." Storm shrugged.
"But I'm too." She said looking at Spot as if she searched something.
"What?"
"I knew you would love him. I just didn't expect it to be so fast!" Spot didn't understand until Flash rubbed his head on Spot's hand. Storm smiled up at Spot and kissed him gently.