"Thanks for driving me home, Lucy. And thanks again for coming to class with me. So, I guess I'll see you next week for the next class?"
"Absolutely. I'll pick you up...Do you want me to come in for a little while?"
Alison was exhausted after that class, not just because of all the breathing exercises, but dealing with Lucy was enough to knock her out for the night.
"Oh...no, that's ok, Lucy...thanks for asking, but I'm just really tired, so I think I'm just going to go and get in bed."
"Oh...are you feeling ok?"
"No...I mean, yeah...I'm fine...just tired."
"Ok, then...I guess I'll see you later...Ta!"
Alison closed the car door and waved goodbye as Lucy drove off, relieved that she could just go back in the house and go to bed.
Alison changed from her maternity outfit she had worn to class into a nice, comfy, HUGE long t-shirt. She looked in the mirror sideways at herself after she changed and thought to herself, "Ya know, I think you Kovich's must have big babies or something, because I look absolutely enormous."
She laid herself down in bed. She always liked to sleep on her stomach, but at this point in the pregnancy that wasn't an option. So she curled herself up with a pillow and closed her eyes. It had been a long day, so it didn't take too long for her to fall fast asleep and go to the only place she knew she could be with Rafe...her dreams.
It was a wonderful dream. Alison relived all of her favorite moments with Rafe-the lightshow, snowangels in the park, their first kiss, the first time they made love, their vows. But in her dreams, always in her dreams, they never had to say goodbye. In Alison's dreams, Rafe was able to stay with her...forever. He was there when she found out they were going to have a baby. He was with her the first time she felt their baby kick. And Rafe would be there with her and their child for a lifetime. She wished she could stay in the dream and relive these moments forever, but eventually she always woke up, and all of those dreams faded, and she had to face reality.
Alison was in the middle of one of these wonderful dreams, when suddenly... "Ouch!"
She was jolted back to the real world by the endless kicking of the baby.
"Whoa! I think I have a soccer player inside of me!" She looked down at her stomach and began to talk to it, "What? What's the matter? You're never this lively in the morning! Can't you let your mother get a little rest?"
"Ugh, what time is it?" Alison said grudgingly has she rolled over to her other side to look at the alarm clock. But as Alison turned, she saw that she was not alone in the king-sized bed! On the other side of her was a sleeping body of which she knew and loved every inch and curve, with that gorgeous golden hair. This had to be a dream. Either she was still dreaming, or she was losing her mind!
"RAFE?!"