A/N: To everyone who read this madness, thank you. HG and I greatly thank you. We love you all and hope you enjoy the end. :)
Waking up with a start Casey tried to recall the dream that had left her heart racing and her throat dry, all she saw was flashed of red and Alex bleeding and telling her she loved her…oh God Alex. Reaching out a hand she felt relief flood her body at the warmth of the blondes skin and the steady rise and fall of her chest, spreading her hand flat against Alex's chest she took comfort from the beating of Alex's heart under her hand. She couldn't remember all of her dream, just flashes and a sadness that told her own heart would cease to beat if she was to lose Alex.
"What's got you thinking so hard?" Asked Alex as she caught Casey's hand and brought it to her lips, pressing a sift kiss to each fingertip.
"Marry me?" Blurted Casey.
Giving a small laugh Alex asked, "What?"
"Marry me." Replied Casey, "I know we're young and we're about to go away to different colleges and this seems sudden, but it's not, I've known I wanted to marry you from the moment you first smiled at me. I want…no, I need you in my life Alexandra, I want to spend forever with you. I want to be the person you first visit Paris with, the person who holds you when you cry, makes you laugh until your stomach aches, the person you have children with and grandchildren, I want a house and a dog and a boat. I want you, all of you and I want to give you all of me. So, Alexandra, will you marry me? Because, I never want to spend a moment without you."
Wrapping her arms around Casey, Alex pulled her close and claimed her lips in a soft kiss, one that said, 'I love you' louder than any words she could muster at that moment, when the kiss ended she pulled back enough that she could look into the green eyes she loved so much, "Yes, yes I'll marry you."
Grinning, Casey flipped them over so she was above her fiancée and claimed her lips in a soft kiss, one that soon became heated as Alex's hands moved beneath her shirt, her nails scraping down her spine causing her to arch into the blonde with a gasp. Moving her mouth to Alex's neck she relished the sound of the blonde's ragged breathing as she marked the delicate skin. Sitting up she quickly removed her shirt, a groan of appreciation falling from her lips as she watched Alex do the same, their pajama pants following suit, leaving them naked.
Lightly brushing her fingertips across Alex's erect nipples, Casey whispered, "You're so beautiful."
"So are you." Smiled Alex as she once more pulled Casey on top of her, wrapping her long legs around Casey Alex pulled her tighter against her body, a familiar jolt of electricity traveling through her body as Casey's warm skin met her own. "Make love to me."
"Willingly." Smiled Casey as she once more captured Alex's lips in a warm kiss, unable to hold back her moan as she felt Alex's nails digging into her scalp, deepening their kiss. Breaking the kiss, she moved her mouth to the blondes jaw and up to her ear, whispering, "I love you." Before lightly dragging her teeth over the lobe and moving to press kisses down Alex's throat.
Arching her back as she felt Casey's warm mouth close over her aching nipple, Alex bit her lip to stifle her moan, knowing they were separated by just fabric from their friends, a battle she lost as Casey dragged her teeth over the sensitive bud, "Fuck." Dragging her nails up Casey's back, Alex tangled her hands in Casey's hair, she tugged until confused green eyes, met blue. Alex rushed to quash her lover's confusion. "I want…I need to see you." Whispered Alex the nightmare that had plagued her sleep clinging to her mind even as her body danced along the edge of bliss.
Nodding her understanding Casey moved so she was straddling Alex's thigh, her focus slipping as she felt Alex's talented fingers circle her throbbing clit, "Please. Together." Was all she could manage, feeling Alex pause her movements she ran her own fingers up the inside of the blondes thigh, her breath catching as her fingers encountered the slickness between Alex's legs.
"Please." Breathed Alex as Casey traced torturously slow circles over her clit, driving all thoughts from her mind.
Slowly Casey pressed two fingers into Alex, moving them slowly she groaned in pleasure as Alex mimicked her actions. With their gazes locked they slowly rocked against each other, their breathing becoming ragged as they their movements became faster. With every thrust of Alex's fingers, Casey found herself moaning louder, her whole body felt as if it was on fire in the most delicious way, she knew she wasn't going to last long and curled her finger, hitting the spot she knew drove the blonde wild.
Rolling her hips, Alex panted, "Oh God. Yes, Casey, yes." No longer caring that she could be heard as a familiar heat filled her stomach and her orgasm tore through her, Casey just moments behind.
Slumping down, Casey rested her head on Alex's chest, the blondes racing heartbeat, the greatest sound in the world.
"So, we're getting married." Smiled Alex once she had regained the ability to speak, "What prompted it?"
"It's been on my mind for a while and then, last night, I had the most horrid dream." Replied Casey, shivering as she remembered the feeling of Alex becoming limp and lifeless in her arms. "I dreamt you died in my arms, that I watched you die and my heart it felt as if it was being shredded..." Seeing Alex's eyes widen Casey pulled her close, "It's okay…"
"No, you don't understand. I had the same dream." Replied Alex in a small voice.
"NO! ABBIE! PLEASE!" Screamed Kim, bolting upright in her sleeping bag, the smell of damp air and blood so thick she was sure she could taste it. Her whole body shaking with fear, she jumped when she felt a warm hand on her arm.
Abbie had been dreaming of strange figures lurking in the mist, when Kim's screams woke her. "I'm here." Whispered Abbie pulling Kim into her arms and holding her as tightly as she could.
"I dreamt you died." Whispered Kim, her eyes wide with fear.
"I'm alive." Whispered Abbie, pressing a soft kiss to the side of Kim's head.
Moving so she was straddling Abbie's lap, Kim cupped Abbie's face, "I love you, Abigale Carmichael. I love you, I love your smile, your laugh, the way you crinkle your nose when you're working out a puzzle, the way you chew on the arm of your glasses when you're thinking, that you willingly give up watching football to take me to the book store and I know, I should have told you this a long time ago, but you're my other-half, my soul mate and my happily ever after. You are not allowed to leave me until we are old and grey and have had a long and happy life, understand?"
"Promise." Whispered Abbie, "I love you, Kimberley and I promise to make sure you never doubt that love."
Leaning forwards, Kim pressed a soft kiss to Abbie's lips, "I had the craziest dream. There was someone hunting us and you died to save me and I couldn't save you." Whispered Kim, burying her face in Abbie's neck.
"Must be something in the water." Mumbled Abbie as she rubbed soothing circles on Kim's back, "Sounds a lot like the dream I had."
Rolling over and feeling a warm body lying next to her, Teddy took a deep breath. She didn't want to open her eyes to see the horror anymore. She could feel the light from the morning sun beginning to warm the air and she could feel Amanda's even breathing next to her. Taking a deep inhale to steady her heart rate and find her composure in order to face whatever was left of her world, Teddy noticed something she didn't expect. She noticed the scent of Addison's body lotion, sweet Addy's lavender scented lotion.
"It worked," she breathed opening her eyes to see her beautiful redheaded girlfriend lying next to her. "Addison Montgomery, please open your eyes for me right now," Teddy asked in a shaky voice as she ran a hand down her lovers face.
"Why? I managed to sleep through Alex and Casey having sex and the worst dream ever, can I please sleep in today?" Addison grumbled pulling her sleeping bag up over her eyes.
"Oh my god you have hands!" Teddy exclaimed, silently thanking God for the wonderful gift of her beautiful sweet girlfriend.
"Okay, Theodora Altman," Addison said pulling down her sleeping bag with a start and sitting up, "You have woken me up in some weird ways, but this, my love, is by far the weirdest. Spill it now."
"Well, it was horrible." Teddy started only to pause, thinking the absurdity of it all through now, "I guess it was a bad dream." Now, the blonde began to laugh, because she had actually believed it all happened. Pulling Addison into her arms dramatically, she kissed her redhead, "Anyway, on another note, I know what I want to choose for my focus now in surgery."
"Oh you do, do you, and please tell, because I think I know mine now as well."
Holding Addison in a cradling fashion, Teddy put her hand over her girlfriend's heart enjoying the steady rhythm, "I am going to focus on cardiothoracic surgery. My nightmare was unbelievable, and it helped me to see just how much I fell in love with the workings of the heart in medical school and our internship. It's where I am meant to be babe. What's yours?"
"Fetal Medicine, I want to be a Fetal Surgeon." Addison said with a big smile. Kissing Teddy once more, she sat up, and looked into Teddy's gray blue eyes, "Oddly enough, you said your nightmare helped you decide, so did mine. I kept reciting Fetal Medicine over and over in my head to block out my fear from all the killing we were dealing with…"
"Hang on, Addy! What did you dream?" Teddy asked as pieces started to fall into place.
Serena slowly opened her eyes, the glow of sunlight illuminating the pink tent. She'd had the most unusual nightmare. Rolling towards Liv, she was instantly met by her girlfriends tear filled eyes, and she knew somehow it wasn't a dream after all, Olivia's face spoke anthologies. As Liv's tears broke free from her eyes and began to roll down her cheeks, Serena reached out a hand to quickly wipe them away. "It's okay, Liv. We are all okay now. We are okay Olivia. You deserve to be happy; you don't have to feel guilty."
"I am so sorry Serena, you deserved better than that." Olivia cried as Serena pulled her tight into her arms.
Taking a breath to calm her still shaken nerves, Serena soothed, "Olivia, just because you don't want to be together doesn't mean that I don't want to be your friend any longer. You are my best friend till the end. Honestly, I have felt the same way. I am happy even if it was through a crazy nightmare that I figured it all out and we can be honest about it now." Laughing to herself a bit, she continued, "From the first moment you introduced me to Amanda I thought you too should be together. I just didn't know how to broach the subject. You should go to her."
"You said you had a nightmare?" Liv questioned.
"Yeah, I got attacked and died in your arms, then I had to watch everyone get killed, but the worst part was watching you suffer your guilt over my death and your love for Amanda." Serena said softly squeezing the brunette's hand.
"I had the same dream." Liv whispered.
Thinking everything over, Serena finally grabbed her fleece and Chaco's, "We should go talk to everyone, and you need to talk to Amanda."
Climbing out of the tent, the two women were greeted by all of their friends joining them at the same time. Olivia instantly locked eyes with Amanda's teary blue ones, and wasted no time crossing the small space between them as if no one else existed. Pulling Amanda into her arms, she quickly kissed her, only breaking the kiss to whisper into her ear, "I am so sorry. Please forgive me for being an idiot. I love you, Amanda. I am in love with you."
"I love you too," Amanda breathed before kissing Olivia again.
Addison looked over at Serena, "I am going to take a wild guess that you two talked and you are okay with this declaration?"
"Absolutely." Serena said with a bold smile.
"Oh thank god, the suspense was killing me!" Abbie exclaimed loudly, earning a good hearted laugh from Kim, Casey, Teddy, and Amanda.
Olivia shook her head and looking from Addison, Serena, and Abbie, "Did we miss something?"
"I think we should make some coffee and have a talk," Casey said sitting next to their fire pit. "So who all had a horrible sketchy nightmare last night?"
Everyone raised their hands as they all sat down and recounted the night of killing. "Wow, so The Suspense really did kill me…" Abbie said with a raised eyebrow at Serena, before laughing lightly and asking, "So was it real or a dream?"
"Most educated one," Serena said to Kim as she pulled back her hair, "What's your guess?"
"Did you get a tattoo?" Addison exclaimed to Serena.
"No, what makes you say that?"
"Because, you have a red cross about the size of a dime next to your ear!"
"Hey! Wait let me see!" Casey exclaimed, climbing practically over anyone between her and Serena. Seeing the cross, Casey breathed, "Oh shit," before pulling up her shirt sleeve and looking at her forearm, to where her cross was on her own arm. Looking towards Alex, the redhead weakly said, "It was real."
This immediately prompted, Kim, Amanda, and Teddy to look at their own marks and see they all contained their own brands. Before long all the others had found that they were all marked in some way, but their marks were the places they were first stabbed. With the exception of Amanda, who also had a gold fleck now in each eye, and Serena, who not only had the cross, but her initial stab wound. The group forever held the markers from that night of evil.
Quietly sitting back at the still fireless pit, Teddy asked, "Um, Casey, not to sound rude, but why on earth did your uncle try to kill us all with a haunted book?"
"He always gives me ghost stories he finds in his shipments. That book came from an estate sale. He probably didn't even know anything about it. As a matter of a fact, he was acting odd that day in the shop. It may as well as possessed him in some way too." Casey said holding Alex tightly in her arms relief still washing over her. "On a brighter note, Alex and I have some good news."
"Yeah?" Teddy questioned.
"Spill it!" Abbie exclaimed, earning a quick elbow to the ribs by Kim. "Hey, baby, that hurt."
"If you want to keep being my girlfriend you've got to tame it down a tad." Kim said with a laugh before kissing Abbie.
"Well, I know there news." Alex laughed kissing Casey quickly, "Okay, Casey proposed and I said yes!"
"Oh my god, you two! Congratulations!" Addison exclaimed quickly followed by the rest of the group.
As things settled back down, Teddy smiled, "Okay, wow, so Serena's night of horrors, provided us all with wonderful breakthroughs in our lives. Casey and Alex are getting married, Kim and Abbie are finally official, Olivia and Amanda are together, Serena isn't possessed zombie anymore, and Teddy and I officially declared our fields this morning. I am going into Fetal Surgery and Teddy is going to be a Cardiothoracic surgeon!"
"Yeah, I am not feeling the love really." Serena said as Addison pulled her tight into a hug.
"You know, I have a great idea. Why don't we ditch the campsite and head to the Four Seasons!" Addison suggested.
"Deal!" everyone exclaimed.
Two hours later the nine women stood at the counter of the Four Seasons checking into five rooms, with full spa access. They were going to turn the blood bath vacation into a trip to remember. Their moods had all greatly improved and were filled with laughter, as they headed towards the elevators to their rooms.
As the doors of the lift opened, Addison and Teddy came face to face with one of their fellow surgical residents. "Callie, hey," Teddy said with her usual bright smile.
"Hey, guys. I thought you all were going camping?" Callie Torres stated, looking over the group of women. The tan skinned, black haired, brown eyed doctor looked very surprised at the slightly raggedy group but seemed to focus on one blonde in particular.
"We were, but it got rained out." Teddy quickly offered.
"Really? I didn't see any rain last night?" Callie replied slightly confused.
Amanda quickly whispered, into the black haired doctor's ear, "They saw some spiders and got scared, rain is the excuse."
"Oh, okay." Callie replied with a laugh catching Serena's eye with a smile.
"Hey Callie," Addison said seeing this exchange, "This is my friend Serena, last night she was a killing machine, today, she's single and ready to mingle."
"Um?" Frowned Callie her gaze still on the now blushing blonde.
"It's a long story." Sighed Teddy, "One best told over several Mimosa's."
"Then lead the way." Smiled Callie.
Once they were settled with their beverage of choice, Casey took Alex's hand in her own and began, "So, it all started with this book…"
A/N: Yet, again, thank you for your reviews and support. Love, HG and Elle