CHAPTER 25
You
"I think it might have been the longest flight of my life." Dylan looked at her. He had slept the entire time like he didn't have a single worry in the world. "We still have a boat to take." "How far between Athens and Mykonos?" "About an hour." "Well then, what are we waiting for?" She was excited and happy. "The way you're feeling right now is contagious Teresa."
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There's always something in the way,
There's always something getting through,
But it's not me, it's you,
It's you,
Sometimes ignorance rings true,
But hope is not what I know,
It's not in me, it's in you,
It's in you,
It's all I know,
It's all I know,
It's all I know,
Fox was laying down on his bed. His big and empty bed. In a big and empty home, that never really felt like home because never had been there. Time and time again, he opened the front door expecting to see her approaching. He was living in a piece of Heaven, but he was missing his angel. Nothing compared to the beauty of the Greek Islands and when he chose that spot to built their home, he thought of her and of what she loved most. The sea and the sky and they didn't connect anywhere as perfectly as they did in the Greek Isles. Only, she would never get the chance to see it.
Time and time again, he picked up the phone to call her just like he did after the plane had gone down. His first thought was to let her know that he was alright and that nothing had changed but then, Alistair had another idea in mind.
"Damn you to hell for ruining my life."
I find peace when I'm confused,
I find hope when I'm let down,
But not in me, in you,
It's in you,
I hope I lose myself for good,
I hope I find it in the end,
Not in me, in you,
In you,
It's all I know,
It's all I know,
It's all I know,
In you, in you,
It's you, it's you,
He heard a noise downstairs and looked at the time.
"Dylan must be back from Switzerland."
He made his way down and through the kitchen. He saw the balcony door open and Dylan standing there facing the Mediterranean Sea.
"Dylan...."
"Fox, I thought you might be taking some air outside."
"No I was just upstairs listening to some music."
"Is it that depressing song you've been listening to for God knows how many years?"
"Go to Hell Dylan."
They both went inside.
"I got something for you."
"Should I be worried?"
"I guess we'll see."
"Kayla! Kayla!"
Fox looked at his friend with surprise.
"What's the matter with you, Silver? You brought me a woman?"
"It's not any woman."
Teresa was standing behind both Fox and Dylan.
"what part of I don't want any woman don't you get, Dylan?"
"Not even me, Nicholas?"
The voice, the name she called him. Like a blast from the past.
There's always something in the way,
There's always something getting through,
It's not me, it's you,
It's you, it's you,
It's all I know, it's you,
It's all I know, it's you.
He was looking at her, unable to move to speak. She was standing there before him, just like he dreamed so many days and nights.
She was standing, not daring to move. She was scared he would evaporate in thin air. She was worried that she would wake up and this wonderful dream would be over. He looked so different, tired. There were dark circles under his eyes. She felt her legs moving, involuntarily. She was walking to him and he was still standing there.
"Nicholas!"
She moved her hand across his face, making sure that he wasn't going to disappear.
"You're really alive! Nicholas."
She ran her arm down on his chest, then back to his face again. he backed away from her.
"Why did you bring her here. Dylan?"
"Because you needed to have her."
Fox looked back at Teresa who was now crying.
"Don't push me away, Nicholas."
It was like all the pain that she had been repressing for 5 years was pouring out.
"Do you have any idea what you've put me through? All I want is to be with you. That's all I ever wanted."
"No, go back to Harmony. It's safer there."
"I don't care."
"You're married now Teresa."
She lifted her hand and showed it to him. He recognized the ring he had given her so long ago.
"The only person I ever wanted to be with is you. You have my heart, my soul. I couldn't even let him kiss me or touch me. Every night, I cried myself to sleep over what I had lost. Please, don't shut me out, don't push me away. I will die if you do."
He was looking at her and understanding exactly what she had was talking about. Many nights, he laid awake in his bed and thought of her, wondered what she was doing, of she was happy or sad.
"Nicholas, please. Don't do this to me. Don't do this to us."
He walked up to her and took her in his arms. She wrapped her own around his neck and cried.
He led her inside the living room where they both sat down.
"So, a small phone call to let me know that you were alive was too much to ask for?"
He looked down feeling guilty.
"I understand why you didn't do it though."
"Teresa, I think it was a bad idea for you to come here."
"Call me Kayla. And there is no place I'd rather be than here, with you. I don't care that our lives may be in danger as long as your face is the last thing I see when I fall asleep and the first thing I see when I wake up."
"I never thought I would see you again, Resa. Especially when I read that you were getting married."
"I never thought I would see you again. But you were in my dreams every night and I felt so close to you. I knew you were out there somewhere I just didn't know where or how to look for you."
He was taken aback by what she said.
"How did you know that I might still be alive?"
"I felt it in my heart. It broke when I was told that you had died, but somehow I always had this hope that you had escaped. I started giving up a little bit every day because you weren't coming back."
"I went back to Harmony almost a year after that plane went down. I took snuck in throught the passageway. I went to the cottage and got inside your room. I sat on your chair and watched you sleep for a few hours. I kissed you on your hair and left."
"I thought it was a dream."
"No, it was real."
"Why didn't you take me with you?"
"Because I couldn't. you do understand what kind of danger you in now?"
"I'm not scared as long as you and I are together."
"There's something I've been dying to do since I left."
He leaned in and kissed her passionately, putting all his might in it. They broke off and she leaned her head on his chest and he put his arm around her.
Just like old times they were both thinking.
(Credit for the lyrics: You, Switchfoot)
"I think it might have been the longest flight of my life." Dylan looked at her. He had slept the entire time like he didn't have a single worry in the world. "We still have a boat to take." "How far between Athens and Mykonos?" "About an hour." "Well then, what are we waiting for?" She was excited and happy. "The way you're feeling right now is contagious Teresa."
*************************
There's always something in the way,
There's always something getting through,
But it's not me, it's you,
It's you,
Sometimes ignorance rings true,
But hope is not what I know,
It's not in me, it's in you,
It's in you,
It's all I know,
It's all I know,
It's all I know,
Fox was laying down on his bed. His big and empty bed. In a big and empty home, that never really felt like home because never had been there. Time and time again, he opened the front door expecting to see her approaching. He was living in a piece of Heaven, but he was missing his angel. Nothing compared to the beauty of the Greek Islands and when he chose that spot to built their home, he thought of her and of what she loved most. The sea and the sky and they didn't connect anywhere as perfectly as they did in the Greek Isles. Only, she would never get the chance to see it.
Time and time again, he picked up the phone to call her just like he did after the plane had gone down. His first thought was to let her know that he was alright and that nothing had changed but then, Alistair had another idea in mind.
"Damn you to hell for ruining my life."
I find peace when I'm confused,
I find hope when I'm let down,
But not in me, in you,
It's in you,
I hope I lose myself for good,
I hope I find it in the end,
Not in me, in you,
In you,
It's all I know,
It's all I know,
It's all I know,
In you, in you,
It's you, it's you,
He heard a noise downstairs and looked at the time.
"Dylan must be back from Switzerland."
He made his way down and through the kitchen. He saw the balcony door open and Dylan standing there facing the Mediterranean Sea.
"Dylan...."
"Fox, I thought you might be taking some air outside."
"No I was just upstairs listening to some music."
"Is it that depressing song you've been listening to for God knows how many years?"
"Go to Hell Dylan."
They both went inside.
"I got something for you."
"Should I be worried?"
"I guess we'll see."
"Kayla! Kayla!"
Fox looked at his friend with surprise.
"What's the matter with you, Silver? You brought me a woman?"
"It's not any woman."
Teresa was standing behind both Fox and Dylan.
"what part of I don't want any woman don't you get, Dylan?"
"Not even me, Nicholas?"
The voice, the name she called him. Like a blast from the past.
There's always something in the way,
There's always something getting through,
It's not me, it's you,
It's you, it's you,
It's all I know, it's you,
It's all I know, it's you.
He was looking at her, unable to move to speak. She was standing there before him, just like he dreamed so many days and nights.
She was standing, not daring to move. She was scared he would evaporate in thin air. She was worried that she would wake up and this wonderful dream would be over. He looked so different, tired. There were dark circles under his eyes. She felt her legs moving, involuntarily. She was walking to him and he was still standing there.
"Nicholas!"
She moved her hand across his face, making sure that he wasn't going to disappear.
"You're really alive! Nicholas."
She ran her arm down on his chest, then back to his face again. he backed away from her.
"Why did you bring her here. Dylan?"
"Because you needed to have her."
Fox looked back at Teresa who was now crying.
"Don't push me away, Nicholas."
It was like all the pain that she had been repressing for 5 years was pouring out.
"Do you have any idea what you've put me through? All I want is to be with you. That's all I ever wanted."
"No, go back to Harmony. It's safer there."
"I don't care."
"You're married now Teresa."
She lifted her hand and showed it to him. He recognized the ring he had given her so long ago.
"The only person I ever wanted to be with is you. You have my heart, my soul. I couldn't even let him kiss me or touch me. Every night, I cried myself to sleep over what I had lost. Please, don't shut me out, don't push me away. I will die if you do."
He was looking at her and understanding exactly what she had was talking about. Many nights, he laid awake in his bed and thought of her, wondered what she was doing, of she was happy or sad.
"Nicholas, please. Don't do this to me. Don't do this to us."
He walked up to her and took her in his arms. She wrapped her own around his neck and cried.
He led her inside the living room where they both sat down.
"So, a small phone call to let me know that you were alive was too much to ask for?"
He looked down feeling guilty.
"I understand why you didn't do it though."
"Teresa, I think it was a bad idea for you to come here."
"Call me Kayla. And there is no place I'd rather be than here, with you. I don't care that our lives may be in danger as long as your face is the last thing I see when I fall asleep and the first thing I see when I wake up."
"I never thought I would see you again, Resa. Especially when I read that you were getting married."
"I never thought I would see you again. But you were in my dreams every night and I felt so close to you. I knew you were out there somewhere I just didn't know where or how to look for you."
He was taken aback by what she said.
"How did you know that I might still be alive?"
"I felt it in my heart. It broke when I was told that you had died, but somehow I always had this hope that you had escaped. I started giving up a little bit every day because you weren't coming back."
"I went back to Harmony almost a year after that plane went down. I took snuck in throught the passageway. I went to the cottage and got inside your room. I sat on your chair and watched you sleep for a few hours. I kissed you on your hair and left."
"I thought it was a dream."
"No, it was real."
"Why didn't you take me with you?"
"Because I couldn't. you do understand what kind of danger you in now?"
"I'm not scared as long as you and I are together."
"There's something I've been dying to do since I left."
He leaned in and kissed her passionately, putting all his might in it. They broke off and she leaned her head on his chest and he put his arm around her.
Just like old times they were both thinking.
(Credit for the lyrics: You, Switchfoot)