The last vision

A few months later...

I'm lying in bed in my dorm at Stanford. The new semester doesn't begin for another month but I've been back for a while. I just couldn't stay in Jackson for the summer, so I came back here. Jeffrey turned himself in, but Tucker dropped all of the charges. His last gift to me in a way. So Jeff's living with Billy about to finish his senior year (after crazy long summer school hours to make up for his missed year. Good thing being smart runs in his blood) Angela and Web stayed back as well. "you can't have a baby on campus! My roommates would kill me! Or him!" Billy offered to let her stay at the house and Angela gladly accepted. With her mom gone…well, maybe Billy could help fill the spot until she heals inside. Billy's been through a lot of loss in her life being 112 years old and all. Plus Angela had no idea how to raise a baby on her own. Billy was more than happy to oblige.

My roommates don't move in for a few more weeks and it's quiet. I lay on my bed looking out the window at the full moon shining over campus just thinking. I should be thinking about my summer with Christian. It was amazing. Once I decided to let him into my life for real I realized just how right for each other we were. It was a summer to rival my first one with Tucker. And maybe that is why I am thinking of Tucker instead of Christian. I still get a pang in my heart when I think of him. I don't regret my choice, but I worry about him. Worry if he's happy or not. Worry that he'll never be the same Tucker I fell in love with again. "Please God." I whisper out loud. I don't pray often, but sometimes I find myself with no other option. "Please let him be happy." And that's when it happens. I'm suddenly in an office of some sorts. It's night time, the full moon filtering through the open mini blinds on the window. A clock ticks quietly on the wall but sounds more like a hammer in the complete silence. I glance at it "10:35" it says. A computer hums on the desk and future me rushes to it, looking around to make sure nobody is there to catch me. I type something on the keyboard "XQLNY163". Weird. A screen pops up. "UC Santa Clara Freshman women's Dormitory schedule" My heart leaps. This is where Tucker was going to go! But there's no way he's coming now. That was just to follow me. Plus he's not a woman, thankfully! I scroll down until I find a name. "Francis, Lorene" I click on the name and in the box that says "Campsis Hall. Dorm #308" I click on the dorm number and quickly change it to #215, hit save and close all the windows. I quickly glance at the time on the bottom right of the screen and notice the date. It's today's date!

I'm suddenly whooshed back to my own dorm room. A sense of vertigo hits me as per usual with coming out of a vision. I shake my head, clearing it and instantly grab my cell phone. The time lights up, 10:15PM. I find the number I want and hit send. I wait impatiently as it rings then someone answers.

"Hey pretty lady" I hear.

"Christian!" I say breathlessly. I didn't realize I was holding my breath until then.

"Is everything ok?" He asks, concerned.

"I don't know." I say. "Can we talk?"

"Yeah, sure, ofcourse." He says "Do you want me to come over?"

"No, I'll be there in a sec." and I hang up.

I quickly cross to some bushes in front of his building. I'm there just as he's coming out of the front glass doors to meet me. He finds me, this being our usual meeting spot when I meet him this way, and gives me a hug. I'll never get used to the hum of our bodies when he hugs me. I feel better just being by him.

"What's up?" He asks as we start walking across the deserted campus. He grabs my hand and our fingers entangle.

I tell him all about the vision I just had. Every detail I can remember.

"I don't know what it means." I say.

"And it's tonight? You're sure?" he asks.

"Yeah, unless the date on the computer was wrong." I take out my phone "and in, like, five minutes! What should I do?"

"Well," Says Christian, "I think we know what happens when you ignore your visions." He wiggles his eyebrows at me. "And compared to other visions, this one seem pretty chill. No fires, no cemetaries, no evil angels. No risk situation."

"You're right." I say. I check the time again. "Well, I guess I have to go now. If I'm not back in twenty minutes come find me. I'll be the pretty one in jail for breaking and entering."

"Will do" He gives me a lop sided smile his eyes glinting. "My girlfriend the felon." He leans down brushes my nose with his and kisses me quickly on the mouth before I leave. I lean into him harder and time slows for a moment and I get lost in his lips. He pulls away, brushing my cheek lightly. You'd better go. Then playfully, We'll finish this later.

I smile then nod and concentrate on the little office at UC Santa Clara and suddenly I'm there. In my vision, but it's real. I see the clock. 10:35 on the dot. I find the computer, type in the code (which is the password), change the dorm number and cross back to where I left Christian.

He's sitting on a bench, the soft moonlight drenching his perfect features. He looks up when he hears me return. "Well that was fast!" he says.

"I am nothing if not efficient" I say smiling. "What do you think that was all for?" I say sitting by him.

"I don't know. But it must have been important."

I sigh. "Hopefully someday we'll figure out what all these visions and purpose things are!" I exclaim, not annoyed though. More curious.

"Yeah. Someday…" Says Christian. Then he gets a mischievous look in his eyes "But until then…" and he leans in to pick up where we left off…