Kevin felt himself falling, and he cried out.When he opened his eyes,he
was lying flat on his back on the floor of his bedroom. He sat up quickly,
and glanced around.His room was empty.She was gone.Had he been dreaming
this whole time? About the accidents....the storm...the hospital?
He grabbed the phone from the dresser by the bed and dialed Brian and
AJ's apartment. It rang twelve times and he didn't get an answer. He
tried Howie's parent's home next. Still no answer.Nick's number was the
last one he dialed. When he didn't get an answer, he grabbed his shirt
and started for his car. He felt his pockets for his keys...and came up
with nothing.
He didn't remembering where he put them...or when he had them last. Closing
his eyes,he walked out into the bright sun. He slid the shirt over his head,
and then sighed and walked back into the house.
"Looking for me?," he shouted as he turned to find her standing next to
the window in the livingroom.
"I thought I was dreaming.How did I get home?," he asked.She smiled,and
shrugged,"Kevin,if home is the first place you think of when you go to
sleep,then home is where you'll be."
"But I don't get it...all those horrible accidents....the storm...the
hospital....did any of it happen?," he asked, as she tucked a strand of
hair behind her ear.She nodded,and glanced through the curtains up to the
sky outside.Then she turned back to him,"It all happened.You didn't
imagine it...is that what you thought?That you were having a horrific
nightmare that you finally woke up from?"
He shrugged,and scratched his forehead,"Why can't I find my keys?And the
guys aren't home....why do I feel so strange?"
She laughed, and walked over to him.She put her hand on his arm,and he
felt some sort of relaxation take place within his mind,"Kevin,you'll
know the answers to your questions soon enough. But for now...close your
eyes.Where do you want to be now?"
His eyes snapped open and he gasped.He was standing in the middle of the
hospital lobby. She turned to him,a worried expression on her face,"Kevin,
this isn't the time.We shouldn't have come here yet..."
"But why? I was here yesterday...or this morning...I remember being here,"
he said, walking away from her. She grabbed his arm,looking panicked.
"No,Kevin...this isn't safe," she said, pulling him towards the exit. He
pulled away from her,confused,"I don't know who you are...how do you know
who I am?," she stepped back from him and a sad look overshadowed her
beautiful gray eyes.
"I know who you are...he sent me for you," she whispered,"And my name
is Celeste."
"Someone sent you for me?Who?," he asked. She sighed,and looked somewhat
nervously around her,"Kevin,I can't answer all of your questions yet.That
is why I'm here.I will guide you to the answers that you seek....but we
can't be here right now."
As she started to protest, he turned and ran away. He heard he calling
out to him again,and then he froze. There sat his family...and Brian...
Nick,Howie and AJ...as his face broke into a smile,he ran towards them.
But the looks on their faces were so sad...as if some one had died.He
stood next to his mother, who was bent over in tears. He put a hand
on her shoulder,and leaned down towards her.
"Mom?," she didn't answer,and she didn't look up. He called out to her
again....and nothing happened. Then,his heart gave a nervous skip. He
walked over to Brian,and looked down at his cousin. Brian didn't move
as Kevin said his name once..twice..even a third time brought no change.
He heard Celeste call out to him again,as he walked towards the hospital
door. When he saw himself lying on the hospital bed,the machine flatlining
in the background,he screamed for what he thought was an eternity.
When he opened his eyes,he was clutching blades of freshly cut grass.
He looked up at the sky,as tears fell from his eyes."No....no...NO!,"he
cried out, flinging his arms and collapsing in tears.
"Kevin...," she whispered. Her arms wrapped around his trembling shoulders
and he sobbed as he leaned on her for support.When he opened his red and
swollen eyes, they landed on the gray slab of cement that stood in front
of him. He read his father's name across the tombstone,and he felt his
breath drain out of him.
What happens now? Find out in Chapter Two.
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