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Back From the Dead-2
What Dreams May Come
Look on the first chapter for notes.
Carter woke up the next morning feeling quite refreshed. He wasn't tired at all, although his dream was a bit pecular. He dreamt that Lucy was alive, but he was just fooling himself. As he stretched, his eye caught the snow falling outside. He could've been wrong, but it wasn't snowing last night. Oh well, he thought, getting up and looking at the time—6:45. He was late. He turned the radio on and hurried around to get dressed, but couldn't find the pants he wore last night. Great, he's had them for only a month and he already lost them. However, he did find a shirt—which he gave away two years ago.
"And that's Lo Fidelity All Stars, with their new hit, "Battleflag…" the radio blared. Carter's head quickly turned to the direction to the radio.
What the hell, he thought. For one, that song came out two years ago. And number two, the shirt he was holding…
"Oh god," he screamed. It was the shirt he was stabbed in, but…how could that be? His hands wandered to his back to find his momento of that horendous night, but he felt nothing. "No scars, that's weird."
He went over to his calender, and had to actually cover his mouth to hold in the escaping gasps. At the top, in bold letters was "February, 2000." And the crazier thing was that all the days were marked off except the 14th.
Holy shit, he thought. He couldn't have gone back in time—could've he?
No. He was just going over the deep end, and it was about time. He chuckled to himself as he checked his messages, since he couldn't last night.
"John, it's your mother…" he fast-forward that one. That's the last person he needed to hear from. "John, it's Kerry…" fast-forward. "Dr. Carter? It's Lucy. I know I shouldn't be calling you, but…" he stopped the tape and sat down. Then, he started laughing. Oh my gawd, he thought. He really went back. He could finally change the future. He made a silent oath to himself that he wouldn't let anything get in the way of him being nice to her today. He would save her, if it were the last thing he'd do.