Part 18: Attack of the night
Lily looked around; things had suddenly become dark. She seemed to have entered a sort of trance like a daydream. It made sense. She'd been really tired recently probably because of the effort at not grieving over Jesse.
"LILY!" She heard someone shout again. "it's been an hour!"
She tried desperately to open her eyes, but they weren't responding. She tried to speak, but no sound came out. She just waited a few moments, thoughts running a relay race in her head. Cautiously her body gave back partial control, and she mumbled an distinguishable noise that sounded like a gurgle and a grunt.
"Good." She heard someone say, at least she could hear things.
And then an eye opened and allowed her a small peak at the world around her. She opened the other eye and stared intently at her surroundings.
"No!" She thought.
"What?" Her mom asked.
"Hey Lily!" A white gown entered the room.
"Dr. Berneard?" Lily asked.
"Welcome back to the living." A soft voice said.
"Jesse!" She called out!
"You'll wake everyone within a five mile radius with that tone!" Jessica joked.
"So it was all a dream?" Lily asked.
"Sometimes that's how the mind reacts when it's been put to sleep." Dr. Berneard explained.
"So what did you dream about?" Jessica asked when Dr. Berneard and Mrs. Randall had left.
"You don't want to know." Lily sounded relieved.
"Did I die?" Jessica asked knowingly.
"Yeah, Jesse, you did." Lily replied.
"Jesse? Interesting nickname." Jessica smiled.
"What?" Lily asked still slightly dazed.
"What you called me, Jesse." Jessica replied. "Must have been part of your dream too."
"I just hope my dream doesn't come true." Lily sighed.
"Naah." Jessica giggled, "And no matter what I'll keep fighting...thanks to you Lily R."
"You said that to me too!" Lily screamed sounding frightened.
"Wow you really can predict the future." Jessica said, and looked at her sister's horrified face. "I'm kidding!"
Lily heaved a sigh of relief. It had all been a dream. It had all been a dream. It would always be a dream. But the fact still remained that she was going home in three days. It didn't matter how happy she was or how much she'd miss Jesse she was going home. She glanced out the window that was conveniently placed right above an empty bed ahead of her.
"Lily?" Jessica asked.
"Wha?" Lily asked sleepily.
"Do you want to go home?" Jessica sounded almost scared.
"No." Lily replied, and turned over to sleep.
"I don't want you too." Jessica said. "I'll do whatever it takes to stay with you..."
And without questions or comments they both looked out the window and entered a peaceful sleep, together.
Lily looked around; things had suddenly become dark. She seemed to have entered a sort of trance like a daydream. It made sense. She'd been really tired recently probably because of the effort at not grieving over Jesse.
"LILY!" She heard someone shout again. "it's been an hour!"
She tried desperately to open her eyes, but they weren't responding. She tried to speak, but no sound came out. She just waited a few moments, thoughts running a relay race in her head. Cautiously her body gave back partial control, and she mumbled an distinguishable noise that sounded like a gurgle and a grunt.
"Good." She heard someone say, at least she could hear things.
And then an eye opened and allowed her a small peak at the world around her. She opened the other eye and stared intently at her surroundings.
"No!" She thought.
"What?" Her mom asked.
"Hey Lily!" A white gown entered the room.
"Dr. Berneard?" Lily asked.
"Welcome back to the living." A soft voice said.
"Jesse!" She called out!
"You'll wake everyone within a five mile radius with that tone!" Jessica joked.
"So it was all a dream?" Lily asked.
"Sometimes that's how the mind reacts when it's been put to sleep." Dr. Berneard explained.
"So what did you dream about?" Jessica asked when Dr. Berneard and Mrs. Randall had left.
"You don't want to know." Lily sounded relieved.
"Did I die?" Jessica asked knowingly.
"Yeah, Jesse, you did." Lily replied.
"Jesse? Interesting nickname." Jessica smiled.
"What?" Lily asked still slightly dazed.
"What you called me, Jesse." Jessica replied. "Must have been part of your dream too."
"I just hope my dream doesn't come true." Lily sighed.
"Naah." Jessica giggled, "And no matter what I'll keep fighting...thanks to you Lily R."
"You said that to me too!" Lily screamed sounding frightened.
"Wow you really can predict the future." Jessica said, and looked at her sister's horrified face. "I'm kidding!"
Lily heaved a sigh of relief. It had all been a dream. It had all been a dream. It would always be a dream. But the fact still remained that she was going home in three days. It didn't matter how happy she was or how much she'd miss Jesse she was going home. She glanced out the window that was conveniently placed right above an empty bed ahead of her.
"Lily?" Jessica asked.
"Wha?" Lily asked sleepily.
"Do you want to go home?" Jessica sounded almost scared.
"No." Lily replied, and turned over to sleep.
"I don't want you too." Jessica said. "I'll do whatever it takes to stay with you..."
And without questions or comments they both looked out the window and entered a peaceful sleep, together.