Chapter 28 - What Dreams May Come
"It can't be..." William said to himself. There was no way in hell this was real. And yet now, as Meredith stood at the top of the staircase facing him, as she began to walk towards him.
There was no way in hell this was real.
William closed his eyes and blinked, trying to wake up from whatever dream he was living in. He discretely pinched himself trying to wake himself up. But every single time he opened his eyes there was Meredith, a little closer then before.
"It's okay William." She said, taking another step down the stairs. "It's just me."
"The living you." He said. Meredith smiled.
"You uh, heard about my recent death did you?"
"Heard about it? Meredith I was there when you were shot!"
"Look WIlliam I know how strange this is. Don't you think I feel weird walking around in an opera house full of people who have directed me on stage?"
"Yeah, I was kind of wondering how nobody recognized you."
"It's hard to explain." She said. "Very hard."
"As hard to explain as how they found your corpse and several hundred people saw you get shot and die?"
"Probably, yeah."
William sighed. He looked up at Meredith, his crystal blue eyes telling a story of a person who had lost everything she knew and held dear. She smiled faintly at him.
"Truth is William, this is the hardest moment of my life. 1 week ago everything was perfect for and the suddenly, more suddenly then ever, everything was taken away from me. Do you have any idea how that feels?"
"Meredith stop thinking I don't know how that feels!" William shouted at her for possibly the first time in his life. "When I got back from wherever I was taken I had nothing! WHy is everything about you! You! You! You!"
Meredith opened her mouth wide at William.
"So now you're calling me selfish?" She ripped off her gloves, enough of being a lady. "I was right to leave you William Scully. I don't even know why I came here."
"Leave me! WHat are you talking about now Meredith?"
"William I..." Meredith couldn't finish her sentence. How was she going to explain this to him? "I kind of promised I'd never see you or my family again."
William looked at her through she was under suspician of murder instead of his best friend. Meredith continued.
"He swore to me that you were going to be killed if I didn't stay with him."
"Who?" He asked her. "That guy you were with?"
"Yeah. He sword me to secrecy but I had to tell you." She said. "I knew you'd be here because its your parents aniversary."
"It's kind of hard to trust someone when they tell away a secret they were supposed to keep."
Meredith turned quickly and William looked over her head.
"Wouldn't you say so Miss Doggett?" Jason was coming down the stairs.
"It can't be..." William said to himself. There was no way in hell this was real. And yet now, as Meredith stood at the top of the staircase facing him, as she began to walk towards him.
There was no way in hell this was real.
William closed his eyes and blinked, trying to wake up from whatever dream he was living in. He discretely pinched himself trying to wake himself up. But every single time he opened his eyes there was Meredith, a little closer then before.
"It's okay William." She said, taking another step down the stairs. "It's just me."
"The living you." He said. Meredith smiled.
"You uh, heard about my recent death did you?"
"Heard about it? Meredith I was there when you were shot!"
"Look WIlliam I know how strange this is. Don't you think I feel weird walking around in an opera house full of people who have directed me on stage?"
"Yeah, I was kind of wondering how nobody recognized you."
"It's hard to explain." She said. "Very hard."
"As hard to explain as how they found your corpse and several hundred people saw you get shot and die?"
"Probably, yeah."
William sighed. He looked up at Meredith, his crystal blue eyes telling a story of a person who had lost everything she knew and held dear. She smiled faintly at him.
"Truth is William, this is the hardest moment of my life. 1 week ago everything was perfect for and the suddenly, more suddenly then ever, everything was taken away from me. Do you have any idea how that feels?"
"Meredith stop thinking I don't know how that feels!" William shouted at her for possibly the first time in his life. "When I got back from wherever I was taken I had nothing! WHy is everything about you! You! You! You!"
Meredith opened her mouth wide at William.
"So now you're calling me selfish?" She ripped off her gloves, enough of being a lady. "I was right to leave you William Scully. I don't even know why I came here."
"Leave me! WHat are you talking about now Meredith?"
"William I..." Meredith couldn't finish her sentence. How was she going to explain this to him? "I kind of promised I'd never see you or my family again."
William looked at her through she was under suspician of murder instead of his best friend. Meredith continued.
"He swore to me that you were going to be killed if I didn't stay with him."
"Who?" He asked her. "That guy you were with?"
"Yeah. He sword me to secrecy but I had to tell you." She said. "I knew you'd be here because its your parents aniversary."
"It's kind of hard to trust someone when they tell away a secret they were supposed to keep."
Meredith turned quickly and William looked over her head.
"Wouldn't you say so Miss Doggett?" Jason was coming down the stairs.