"Jake.. I think she's awake!"
"Her eyes are still closed, Finn."
Two voices ring inside my head, and it hurts a bit. I can feel myself scowl at the slight discomfort, and realize that I'm actually waking up.
My eyes open slowly then blink a few times. The first thing I see is gold looming over my face. My hand reaches out to grab it, and something stops me. I looked at my hand.. It wasn't mine. Well it was behind the hand that wasn't mine. That scared me and I looked up into the eyes above me.
Now I realized this was another person and I could feel fear grow in my chest. My whole body was stiff, and my head pounded.
"Hey."
My fuzzy world came to clarity when that word entered my mind. I realized i was someone somewhere in the world and he was another living, breathing thing. My body and voice was suddenly freed, and I sat up.
The atmosphere was warm and soft; like a sunny winter morning. It was slightly more cold than it was anything, but sitting in the sun pouring from the windows with a blanket made it nice.
The boy's hand was holding mine, and we stared into each other's eyes for a while I think, but to me it felt quickly. I wanted to last longer, but I stopped it myself.
"Who are you?"
I asked, snapping out of my trance. I looked around the room and realized I was in someone's home.. Probably the boy's. my eyes wandered and stopped at the yellow dog next to him; didn't notice that before.
"I'm Finn, the human,"
He started, and my eyes turned back to his. "and this is Jake the dog." His warm smile gestured over to the smiling dog next to him.
"We found you in one of the rooms upstairs unconscious.."
The dog spoke, his voice sounded like a man's mixed with a dog's, the husky undertone mixed with the deep and silky voice of a human's complimented each other nicely. It felt normal.
"It looked like you crashed in, too. You were bleeding from the head."
Finn smiled sheepishly.
My free hand instinctively moved the side of my head, and I felt linen bandages. I traced the wraps with my fingers. My other hand was unconsciously squeezing Finn's hand tighter as my fingers on my other hand made it to the spot that hurt the most. I winced from the pain, and my head throbbed again.
I looked back at Finn then to Jake. "Thanks for the aid," I smiled, wishing the throbbing would stop. "I'm Rose by the way. Rose Abendroth. "
I heard their voices, seeming far away. "Excuse me?" I asked, and I could feel color run from my face. I got lightheaded, and the rest I remember is Finn laying me back down.
My eyes slowly lift open again, I remember. It wasn't cool and sunny like the last time. It was dark and warmly lit by candles perched on various places in the room. I noticed it was raining when I looked at the window, and black shadows sway behind it.
I sat up and realized that some blonde person's head was right next to my stomach. Who was...
"Oh, it's Finn!"
I remembered, quietly whispering it to myself. His breathing was almost inaudible. He had a gentle and smooth face and his eyes looked calm when he was sleeping.
Thunder crashed, and my heart jumped. I suppressed my scream of terror as best i could while tears pooled at my eyes and I grabbed the blanket tightly. My eyes slammed shut.
I guess that woke Finn up because the next thing I knew he was looking straight at me when I peeked my eyes open. I was shivering, and he knew I was scared. The next thing I felt was his warm arms embracing me as I shivered out of fear. I drifted back to sleep, and I could feel the tears stop and dry up on my cheeks.
