Chapter 3: Back In Time
-Chapter 2…-
"Luce, Luce…Lucy, behind you."
Lucy turned around and screamed. For what she was now facing shocked her.
It couldn't be…
-This Chapter…-
"Roxanne…Chandler," Lucy said slowly, trying to control the shaking of her hands and face.
Before Lucy were her late friends, but in spirit form. You could see through them and they looked the age they had before they died. Age hadn't caught up with them at all.
They stood side by side, holding hands. They were looking at Lucy with dreamy, glowing eyes of ghosts.
And that's what they were. Ghosts.
The ghosts of Chandler Hampton and Roxanne Richardson were in her home, in her room, standing before her. What was going on?
Ghosts weren't real. This was a dream…
"Wake me up. Just wake me up," Lucy said with a shaky voice.
Roxanne shook her head, "you aren't dreaming, Luce."
"But you-you aren't…real," Lucy replied, her eyes wide.
"We're very much real, Lucy. Our bodies may have died, but our spirits lived on," Chandler said.
Lucy was in shock. There were ghosts, actual ghosts, in her bedroom. Lucy had never believed in ghosts, but she believed in the afterlife, that once your body died, your soul lived on in a spirit world. It was all part of the supernatural world.
"What do you want?" Lucy asked.
"You know what we want, Luce. It's been sixteen years since the accident. Since we died, Luce," Roxanne said.
"And now we want you to tell our daughter about us," Chandler continued.
"I will tell her. I won't back out. I've kept this a secret for sixteen years, and now it's time for her to know," Lucy said.
Roxanne and Chandler smiled and faded away. But Lucy had a feeling she see her friends again.
Lucy remembered one night shortly after Rain was born. Although Rain was born in November it was very warm. Roxanne and Chandler took Rain on a picnic one night. Roxanne had told Lucy about it in detail at pizza night…
Flashback
Roxanne and Chandler sat closely together with Rain cradled in Roxanne's lap. She had fallen asleep wrapped in a blanket.
Chandler smiled at the sleeping infant and than at Roxanne, "she's beautiful."
"Yeah. It's amazing what our love for each other brought into the world," Roxanne agreed.
Roxanne picked up her daughter and placed her in her carrier. She then cradled into her husband's arms. She kissed him passionately. She laid back on the blanket with Chandler and his arms were around her. He brought his lips back to hers.
"I love you," he told her and caressed her back.
"I love you too," she replied.
They sat gazing at the stars together. They brightly filled the sky.
"I'll remember this night forever," Roxanne said.
"So will I," Chandler replied, pulling her body to his…
End Of Flashback
Lucy knew that night so well she could've been there herself.
This really was supernatural.
It wasn't raining yet
But it was definitely a little misty on
That warm November night
And my heart was pounding
My inner voice resounding
Begging me to turn away
But I just had to see your face
To feel alive
And then you casually walked in the room
And I was twisted in the web
Of my desire for you
(And I was twisted)
My apprehension blew away
I only wanted you
To taste my sadness
As you kissed me in the dark
Every time I feel the need
I envision you caressing me
And go back in time
To relieve the splendor of you and I
On the rooftop that rainy night
And so we finished the Moet and
Started feeling liberated
And I surrendered as you took me
In your arms
I was so caught up in the moment
I couldn't bear to let you go yet
So I threw caution to the wind
And started listening to my longing heart
And then you softly pressed your lips to mine
And feelings surfaced I'd suppressed
For such a long time
(And I was lifted)
And for a while I forgot
The sorrow and the pain
And melted with you as we stood
There in the rain
Every time I feel the need
I envision you caressing me
And go back in time
To relieve the splendor of you and I
On the rooftop that rainy night
Every time I feel the need
I envision you caressing me
And go back in time
To relieve the splendor of you and I
On the rooftop that rainy night
Last night I dreamed that I
Whispered the words I love you
And touched you so very
Subtly as we were kissing goodbye
(Pretty baby, how I'm missing you)
Every time I feel the need
I envision you caressing me
(Envision you caressing me)
And go back in time
(I go back)
To relieve the splendor of you and I
On the rooftop that rainy night
(On the roof that rainy night)
Every time I feel the need
(When I feel the need)
I envision you caressing me
(I envision you over and over and over again)
And go back in time
(I go back)
To relieve the splendor of you and I
(It was oh so sweet you and I)
On the rooftop that rainy night
(On that rainy night)
Every time I feel the need
(Last night I had the strangest dream)
I envision you caressing me
(I was actually quite symbolic)
And go back in time
(As I whispered that I loved you)
To relieve the splendor of you and I
(Very subtly)
Every time I feel the need
I envision you caressing me
And go back in time
To relieve the splendor of you and I
On the rooftop that rainy night
A/N: Hope you enjoyed this chapter. The song included is "The Roof (Back In Time)" by Mariah Carey and I know it doesn't fit the chapter, but it fits the flashback.
Slo Motion