Chapter 45
He woke up disconcertedly on the couch in complete darkness, his arm knocking over the side table. A heavy depression settled in him again when he thought that it was just a dream. He tried to close his eyes again and tried to go back to the dream, she had seemed so near by, he had felt her in his arms again.
"God, is my life going to be like this forever? Comparing every single accomplishment to the dizzy tumult caused by one of her smiles?" He thought to himself...and then he heard her...
"Matt? Are you okay?" She said her feet barely touching the floor as she ran down the stairs. She had heard him call out in the night...
"Corinne? Oh god. It is really you! It wasn't a dream." He said happily. He rose quickly from the couch to try to go to her but fell back down again.
"Matt, don't try to stand. Look, let me just get you some food and I'll...ah!" She yelled when as she got to the couch, Matt used the last of his strength to stand up and pick her up.
"Matt you idiot! Put me down! You're tired." She yelled at him.
He didn't respond and kept walking, up the stairs and into her bedroom. Gently he placed her on the bed.
"No food Corinne. Right now all I need is you and sleep." He said before pulling her to him and falling immediately asleep.
He woke up disconcertedly on the couch in complete darkness, his arm knocking over the side table. A heavy depression settled in him again when he thought that it was just a dream. He tried to close his eyes again and tried to go back to the dream, she had seemed so near by, he had felt her in his arms again.
"God, is my life going to be like this forever? Comparing every single accomplishment to the dizzy tumult caused by one of her smiles?" He thought to himself...and then he heard her...
"Matt? Are you okay?" She said her feet barely touching the floor as she ran down the stairs. She had heard him call out in the night...
"Corinne? Oh god. It is really you! It wasn't a dream." He said happily. He rose quickly from the couch to try to go to her but fell back down again.
"Matt, don't try to stand. Look, let me just get you some food and I'll...ah!" She yelled when as she got to the couch, Matt used the last of his strength to stand up and pick her up.
"Matt you idiot! Put me down! You're tired." She yelled at him.
He didn't respond and kept walking, up the stairs and into her bedroom. Gently he placed her on the bed.
"No food Corinne. Right now all I need is you and sleep." He said before pulling her to him and falling immediately asleep.