Dreams
by A. Price

"To sleep, perchance to dream" Shakespeare

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters
of BTVS. I just play with their lives occasionally.
They belong to Joss Whedon and Co.

The warm sand is beneath my barefeet. I close my eyes
and breathe in deeply, the smell of the ocean breeze
soothes me. Then I feel arms around me, strong hands
clasp around my waist. I know without looking that
it is him, its my Angel.

"How did you find me here?" I ask. He answers "If I were
blind I could see you" I put my hand on his cheek, "Stay
with me?" I ask. I want to beg. He understands "Forever"
he responds, he pauses and then "isn't that the whole
point?" he asks me. He leans down "I'll never leave you"
then whispers in my ear "Even if you kill me."

I wake up, I am in my lonely little room, I am alone.
Days pass, I can't seem to stay away from trouble,
but in helping Lily, I find the strength to face my
demons and go home.

My mother is so accepting, shes just happy to see me.
My friends though reserved in an odd way are happy I"m
home. Giles, well Giles, is Giles, no anger just his
acceptance and a hot cup of tea.

My first night home, it is so good to be in my bed,
in my home. I fall asleep. This time I am in the
school and the school yard. I am searching for my
friends, where are they? He is behind me, I tell him
I thought they would be here. "They are" he says
"They're waiting for you."

I want to know if I'm dreaming, he says hes not the
one to ask. He tells me I should go. I look at him
I tell him I am afraid. He tells me softly that I
should be. I leave, I can feel him watching me.

The alarm goes off. Its morning, I'm awake. I have
to think, dreams are such a blessing and a curse at
the same time. A blessing because its the only time
I will ever see him again. A curse for the same
reason, it hurts to see him again. I can't figure
out why its always daylight in my dreams. Is that
a strange irony, that when he was here I couldn't
be with him in daylight. But now that hes gone,we finally
can be together like normal people. This still hurts too
much.

I get dressed still lost in thought. I miss him,
but I'm sure that tonight my sleep will again be
interrupted by his prescence. Damn Dreams.

The end
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