“Chad!” I hugged him. He still smelled good.
“Mel, how’ve you been over the past year.” He asked. He acted so casual.
“Fine, how are you here?” I asked. “Aren’t you up in Heaven with my Dad?”
“I’m in The Between. My life wasn’t finished so I get to roam around with you.” He said smiling.
“Is my Dad in The Between?” I asked.
“Nope, he’s up in Heaven with your Mom. Mel, you never said how she looked so much like you.” Chad smiled.
“Oh, Chad.” I hugged him tightly.
“Hey, you’re wearing the engagement ring! I see you’re dating the amazing Harry Styles. Lucky you!” he said nudging my chin.
I couldn’t help but hug him again. He was talking to me after a year.
“You shouldn’t have died!” I cried. “You had the perfect future!”
“It was in God’s plan for this to happen. I’ve seen your plan and it makes everything perfect. All the pieces fit perfectly. Oh, how dare you take crayons from me in Kindergarten?” Chad laughed.
“I had a crush on you and your crayons were awesome! 90 different colors come on!” I laughed.
We started walking around and the scene behind us changed to us being on our first date. I looked around and smiled. I saw us sharing our first kiss. The nerd gets the quarterback. I laughed and Chad nudged me. We kept walking around and the dream shifted to the first game as a couple. I remembered this is the game where we first kissed in public after Chad made the winning touchdown.
“GO CHAD GO!” Freshmen me yelled.
Freshmen Chad was sprinting down the field with people on his tail. We made the winning touchdown and he ran over to me and kissed freshmen me.
The dream shifted to the night of the accident.
“No, Chad!” I hugged Chad looking away.
“You’re controlling the dream.” Chad said hugging me.
“I don’t want to relive this again!” I begged.
The dream changed back to Chad and I sitting in the hotel room. We walked around talking and just chatting about life. We walked into Louis’ room. Louis was cuddling with my stuffed pig still. He loved that thing.
“Louis, don’t worry he doesn’t love you or anything. He just feels lonely so he wants to spend more time with you.” Chad said. I had to remember to hang out with Louis sometime.
“He’s really nice.” I said. I stroked his hair back and he smiled.
We walked into Liam’s room next and Liam was spread out all over the bed. I sat on the bed next to him and Chad smiled.
“You’re like a sister to him.” Chad said.
“He’s like my brother.” I said. I kissed him on the forehead and walked to Niall’s room.
“Niall, God you love food.” Chad said.
“He does. He loves shopping too.” I said.
“He loves spending time with you. You guys are a good tag team.” He said.
I stroked his cheek and a smile appeared on his face. Chad and I walked to Zayn’s room to find him cuddling with his mirror.
“Zayn is awesome; he has his own style and doesn’t care for attention.” Chad said.
“He’s a really close friend.” I said.
We left the room and appeared into my room where I see Harry asleep. I walked over to him and stroked his cheek and he smiled. Chad stepped over close to me.
“He loves you, Mel, he really does. He may not have said it yet but he does. He thought we went through a bad break up. He was close.” Chad said.
“Chad, please don’t ever let me wake up! I want to be here with you forever!” I cried hugging him.
“I’m not supposed to interfere with God’s design.” He said. I felt myself waking up. No, just a little longer with him!
“Chad, were you watching me the moment you died? Did you cry?” I asked.
“I didn’t see you until after the crash, I was walking around the hospital looking for you, and I had the worst headache and knew you would take the pain away. I got to your room and found you crying. I tried talking to you, but you weren’t responding, but I held your hand, but you went right through me.” He cried.
“Chad, I’m so sorry.” I whispered.
“For what? I stopped the car, I was the reason we crashed.” Chad said avoiding my eyes.
“Your future was all set out, I was supposed to go to Imperial, but you died and I just couldn’t”
We hugged and started crying. We were away from each other for a whole year and now we get this dream together. My dream morphed back to our school. I held Chad’s hand and walked over to the scholarship wall and found our photos on the wall, I smiled at Chad and he squeezed my hand. We walked by the memory wall and I saw Chad’s photo, it had a description under his name saying how he died-Car Crash. I felt Chad shake.
“It’s time for you to wake up now, I’m sorry, but this dream is over.” He said.
“I love you!” I yelled before waking up alone in bed.
