The dream:

Kandy's mom stood over a table looking at her salad. She looked at her watch again and jumped at the sound of the door closing.

"Why did you leave? Didn't you know what tonight was?"

"Don't mess with me woman it has been a long day."

"Oh, and since when has it been too long of a day to celebrate our anniversary? Huh? Since when?"

Kandy's mom could smell the alcohol in her husband's breath. She knew she had gone too far this time.

"Shut-up! Now I have been putting up with this for too long you have really pissed me off this time and this is the last time!"

A loud shot rang through the air and Kandy's mom flew through the air and hit the ground. Another shot pierced the silent air and Kandy's dad dropped dead a few yards from his wife. A younger Kandy came running down the stairs and started to cry as soon as her eyes took in the scene.

" Kelly, I love you more than anything that in the world. You are an amazing person and I will always be with you."

Kandy's mom's eyes closed and her body went limp. Kandy saw her younger self begin to sob.

"Get up call an ambulance! Hurry! Can't you see she is dieing? Get up!

The older Kandy started to scream at her younger self, but it was no use she couldn't hear her. Kandy saw her mother relax completely and slump farther into her daughter's arms. Then she saw another less material mother get up from the dead body and walk over to the older Kandy. She stopped and looked at her daughter.

"You have gotten so beautiful."

"Mommy I am so sorry! I should have called someone or done something! This is all my fault!"

"It is not your fault; it was my time to go."

"Mommy I miss you so much! Things are so much harder without you!"

"I miss you too, but I promised I would always be with you, and I am going to keep my promise! You should not be sorry; I am the one who should be sorry. I have missed a lot of things in your life. When you were young I told you I would always be there to make you feel better…but I guess that was one promise I couldn't keep. You need to move on. This-"

Kandy's mom motioned to the scene of the young Kandy crying over her dead mother's body.

"This is holding you back from being happy. I will always be there for you and I am asking you to move on so you can be happy. You are ready to start a new life."

"Mommy, are you mad?"

"No, I could never be mad at you. You made my life worth living. Even though it was not as long as I would have hoped you made it worth while! You were my miracle, and this boy is yours. Don't let me get in the way of your life together. Everything will be ok."

"I love you mommy!"

"I love you too Kelly, good-bye Pumpkin."

"Mommy don't leave me!"

Tears were streaming down her face.

"I will never leave you."

Kandy's mom lifted a hand and went to gently wipe the tears from her daughter's face but as soon as her hand touched her flesh it disappeared, but when she left Kandy was filled with a warmth that no one could explain.

Kandy woke with a start and sat up straight almost hitting Squid square in the face. He had been kneeling over her and trying to get her to wake-up. Squid looked worried.

"Are you ok?"

Kandy looked around. She was sitting on the floor next to the bed. She could see the puppy lying in the corner looking scared.

"I'm ok…so id everything."

"Huh?"

Kandy looked into Squid's eyes and truly smiled for the first time in months.

"Everything is going to be ok Squid!"

Squid didn't know what she was walking about, but for some reason he understood. He lifted Kandy up onto the bed and kissed her gently. He wiped away the tears on her face, but as soon as he touched her flesh he was filled with the warmth. He looked around; even though normally he would have been freaked out he was calm and was not scared at all. He continued to wipe her ears until Kandy's face was dry.

"You really scared me there for a while! You just kinda passed out and fell onto the floor and started twitching. I thought you were having a seizure or something! But then you just started screaming Mommy and yelling in Spanish! I tried to hold your arms and legs down so you wouldn't hurt yourself…"

Kandy had not been listening to a word he was saying, she was too deep in her thoughts.

Did that just really happen? I was just having a panic attack is all, but it seemed so real. It was real I know it was!

"…I mean your arms and legs were flying all over the place here and there…"

She is right I need to put it behind me and I need to stop beating myself up about it.

"… You were yelling so loud you scared the puppy and he ran into the corner…"

"I know a good name for the puppy."

Kandy snapped back to reality. It had just hit her.

"Oh…ok well what is it?"

"Pumpkin."

"Pumpkin?"

"Pumpkin."

Squid looked around and made her look him in the eye. He searched her for any sign of injury, but when he was satisfied that she was fine he agreed.

"Pumpkin it is!"

Kandy hugged Squid and looked up into his eyes.

"I love you. I don't know where I would be without you."

"I love you too."

Squid gently brushed Kandy's hair out of her face and caressed her head in his hands.

"So what happened to you? You were upset, but then you just like passed out!"

"I needed advice…so I got some."

Squid looked at her like she was crazy, but he didn't say anything because he was happy she was ok.

"Well, how about next time you need advice you just ask someone instead of going crazy ok?"

"Ok."

Kandy got up off the bed and walked across the room and picked up Pumpkin.

"It's ok Pumpkin."

She gently petted his soft head and kissed him. She set him on the bed in between her and Squid and then got under neither the covers. She kissed Squid good night and went to bed.

That might have been a little confusing so incase it was this is what happened to Kandy:

She started to have a panic attack because she was so upset, but then she blacked out and she had a dream/ vision and she saw her mother and father's death. Then her mother's spirit got out of the body and gave her advice and just let Kandy know that everything was going to be ok and to go through with the wedding.

Please review! Don't worry the next chapter or the one after it will be the wedding (finally I know.) I think I am going to make one more story and then I will be finished with the Kandy stories. Thanks everyone who reviewed!