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Chapter 19: Dating, or not

Watch was nothing to talk about that night. I simply recorded my dream, and stared out at the black ocean. When our watch had finished, Lizzy went back to bed, but I couldn't sleep. I went to the cafeteria, grabbed a cup of coffee, and waited for Eric to come stumbling in.

"You're up early." Jerry said as he sat down next to me.

"No offense, but I smell sausage burning." I said as I took a sip.

"Shit!" He exclaimed as he jumped up to douse the fire.

"What are you doing up?" a half asleep Eric asked.

"I couldn't fall back asleep so I came in here to grab a cup." I replied as Jerry came back with Alex.

"You've got a little…" I said as I motioned to his face. He had two charcoal smudges underneath both eyes.

"What?" He asked.

"Daddy, why are you crying?" Little Alex asked. Jerry immediately reached for a napkin and wiped underneath his eyes right over the charcoal smudges.

"It was just the smoke, I'm fine." Jerry said.

"Go wake up your mom." Jerry instructed Alex. She slipped off his lap and left.

"I should probably go back in the kitchen before something else catches fire." Jerry groaned as he stood up. The rest of the morning was much like any other, Eric slept and Lizzy talked my ear off. Again, the work out was more of the same. I don't know why, but I expected something drastically different. The only thing that was different was the fact that a few couples made out during the movie. Why did I expect something radically different? 'Remember, the Impossible Choice must soon be chosen.' What does that mean? And what does it have to do with me? Anyway, Eric had watch during the movie so nothing changed then either.

There's some hint I'm missing. I thought to myself during the movie. But what is it? I know that I had heard it somewhere, but where? My dreams? I might as well check… Before dinner I went to my room and grabbed the journal.

"What's that?" Eric asked at dinner.

"Her dream journal, and what are you doing with it Elen?" Lizzy asked.

"Remember my fortune form the fortune cookie?" I responded with a question.

"Vaguely." Eric answered.

"Well, I think I said something like that in one of my dreams, and I'm looking for it." I said not looking up from the worn book. And there it was the dream from the day that I originally go the fortune cookie.

"Oh yeah, you had a dream where you mentioned it about six months ago. That's a little creepy." Lizzy said. I had almost choked on a bit of chicken when she said that.

"What?!" Eric asked.

"I second that!" I agreed.

"What do you mean I had that dream six months ago?! I had it four days ago!" I said in shock.

"What's going on?!" Eric asked

"No you had that one June!" Lizzy attempted to calmly answer. I flipped the journal around and showed her the date.

"Okay so you had the same dream twice. Big deal. Now back to my question…" Eric began.

"No ,Eric, I have never had the same dream twice. It's always different." I replied.

"Actually, no it's not. Elen you've been having repeats since, well… since you got on this boat." Lizzy said as she flipped through the pages.

"Can I ask my question?" Eric asked still tense.

"Sure."

"Why the hell does she know your dreams?"

"I let her read them. It's no big deal, you can read them if you want to." I answered.

"No they're yours. I couldn't pry." He said shaking off my question.

"Seriously, I have nothing to hide. Go ahead, read some tonight." I said shoving the book into his open hands.

"They're actually very interesting." Lizzy chimed in.

"Fine." And that was the end of that. I should have left him out of it. He might have kept something he was very attached to.

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