In Her Sleep

Insane

"So how was the trip?" Caleb asks as he tries to focus on the road while stealing glances at her. 

"Life changing." Layla replies before letting out a sigh of contentment. 
She dreamily stares out of the car's window and enjoys seeing the trees breeze past them or them breeze past the trees. Either way it reminds her of how the last couple of days have breezed by so quickly in her life bringing with them a dramatic change. She didn't think she would be dating again so soon. It was somehow unexpected but she has decided to live a little. After all he makes her happy and he's worth risking it all. She is not thinking about building castles in the air. With him she just wants to be right here on earth. Enjoying the simple things in life. 

"Is that a good thing?" Caleb lets out a chuckle.

"It's definitely a good thing." She slides in her seat while the beautiful memories of the past few days cross her mind. Her stomach does a few flip flops when certain heated memories cross her mind too. She bites her lips trying to contain the frenzy going down in her belly. 

"That makes me happy. You make me happy."
Her heart skips a beat when she feels Caleb's hand squeeze hers.

"I'm sorry that we had to cut the trip short." Caleb says regrettably. 

"Will you stop apologising? An emergency at the hospital is more important than taking dips in the lake." She looks at him amused. Even though she can tell he is still not happy about being called back in.

"Tell that to Janice." 

She laughs when she remembers Janice's reaction. The poor woman came out like it was her life coming to an end. She kept on shooting daggers at both men for bringing her home too quickly. 
Layla didn't miss Darren's smile though. He seemed happy to be back unlike his wife. The girls on the other hand seemed to have had their fill of the camping trip and didn't complain, not even once.
"I can't blame her though. She seems to have a lot on her plate and sometime away must do her a lot of good." Layla finally says. 

"Yeah and I hate to do this to her. Maybe we can invite them for dinner?" 

Layla blushes when Caleb refers to them as 'we'. While she is struggling to adjust to their new status, Caleb seems to just be slipping right into their relationship. Even his vocabulary has already changed.
"Yeah we should."

"I might be gone a few days you know." He says, still sounding like it's the worst thing.

"Hey, I'm not going anywhere. Just do what you need to do. I would never keep you from saving someone's life." She squeezes his hand in assurance.

"You are beautiful, you know that?" He suddenly says after a moment of silence and a wave of heat sweeps across her face. She is sure she is blushing terribly. His unexpected compliments seem to get her to do that a lot. And now that they are a couple he seems to be making them more often.

"This may sound wrong and I apologise in advance if it does but I'm glad you were in that accident." He says as his eyes remain on the road.

"Surprisingly I'm glad too." She says with a chuckle. Clearly it's true. Her accident brought them together and she couldn't be happier. Something about him feels right.

"There is someone I would like you to meet too." He says smiling.

"Oh? And who might that be?" 

"Someone very special to me." He replies and Layla can tell just how special that someone is just by the sound of his voice. She is sure if she were looking at him she would be able to see that usual sparkle in his eyes too.
"Okay." She croaks out not sure if she likes what he is saying. Her heart tightens a little too. Surprisingly knowing that there is someone else special in his life leaves a bitter taste in her mouth. She just assumed she was the special one.