Be Mine Tonight - Michael Clifford

Chapter 37 - Not a Dream

A/N: Wow writers block ok ok
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After all of the tests that seemed to take forever I was finally taken back to my room. I hoped to see Michael there but it was only my mom. "Where's Michael, Mom?"

She sighed "he's here but there's something you should know first"

She didn't have to tell me. Somehow Michael managed to get my dad to come. My mom was acting really on edge, I could feel it. "Dad is here" I said

"How do you-?"

I cut her off. There was no use in trying to explain, I needed to see Michael. "I'll explain later, but please mom can I see Mikey now?"

"Riley-"

"Mom please" I begged

"Alright" she said, "I'll send him in"

For some reason I was nervous. I fumbled around with my hair trying to look presentable, even though Michael had seen me at my worst. I wasn't even sure about what I planned on saying to him. 'Oh hi I talked to your dead best friend, he's sassy and just like you'. All I wanted was for Michael to believe me. Maybe it was just a crazy dream, but I needed to know for sure.

After five long minutes there was a knock at my door. "come in"

Michael slowly walked in. He was wearing the same clothes he was when I saw him at my Dad's. His hair was messy and he looked exhausted. "Riley" he said in a big exhale.

I smirked "The one and only"

It took him three large strides to make it to me and wrap his arms around my little body. "I thought I was going to lose you again. For good this time"

"You can't get rid of me that easily, Clifford. Plus I had a little help"

"Well yeah, your doctors are amazing" he said as he pulled a chair to my bedside.

"Not the doctors, Mikey. Jack, I saw him"

His face dropped. Any light I just saw in his eyes vanished. "You were probably just dreaming"

"How could I dream about someone I've never seen?" I said "he was very upset to find out I had never seen a picture by the way"

"Riley stop" he said softly

"You two are exactly alike" I went on "although, he is a little more sassy than-"

"Please stop" there was a tear rolling down his face. "it was a dream"

"No it wasn't, Mikey. Jack was here with me in this room. He took me to my dad's house, where you were, standing on the porch asking him to see me. How would I know that?"

"Your mom probably told you"

I sighed "He said you wouldn't believe me"

"You were in a deep coma, Ri. It was a dream, a vivid dream."

"It was not a dream!" I raised my voice. He needed to know everything Jack wanted him to know. "He told me if you didn't believe me to tell you Pluto would've been so much cooler than the moon"

Michael's head shot up "what?"

"He said Pluto would've been so much-"

He held his hand up to me "How do you know he wanted to go to Pluto instead? I never told you that. Unless-you really did talk to him"

I nodded slowly. "He told me to tell you he's not mad about you not being there. If you had come along that night you wouldn't have lived and that wouldn't have done any good." I grabbed his hand "Jack said the world needs you and your heart. He also told me to make sure you know you picked someone special." I felt myself blushing.

My free hand wiped a tear from michaels cheek. Nether of us spoke for a few minutes. I let him take his time. That was a shit load of information I dumped on him. For some reason I felt like I needed to say something. Not only to comfort him but to make sure he knew. "I think-no. I know, I love you, Michael. Letting you go was so unbelievably stupid of me. But you need to know I did it to protect you. Adam could, and can still expose your past."

He squeezed my hand "I don't care about that. Let him. You have no idea what losing you did to me. Then almost losing you a second time and it being for good. I know it sounds stupid and cliché but I can't imagine living in a world that doesn't have you in it. Even if we aren't together, I want you alive and okay. I love you too, Riley. You're passionate and you make stupid decisions without thinking, but I love you. With every fiber of my being. If he exposes my past then he exposes it. I'll take it one step at a time."

"We" I corrected him "We'll take it one step at a time."

He brought my hand up to his lips and softly kissed my nuckles. "We will take it one step at a time."
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A/N: First update in like 6 million years sorry lol