~I never dreamed that I'd meet somebody like you, and I never dreamed that I'd lose somebody like you~
Life's been hard on Dione Davies, driving her to the verge of death, from which she's been saved almost by a miracle. Leaving her past behind to...
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~And your heart's against my chest Your lips pressed to my neck I'm falling for your eyes But they don't know me yet~
It felt like a true dream.
I was viewing the exact same horse from that little hard-covered book in the foster home. The one I told chipmunk I'd take for a ride with me one day. And she had the exact same name I dreamt of giving her.
Lightning.
She was staring back at me with her big dark eyes, blinking unbothered and unaware of the depth the current situation held, of the huge meaning all these had for me. It was right there, before my eyes, one of my childhood dreams, maybe the biggest, and Harry had just lavishly gifted it to me.
Tears were threatening to spill out of my water lines as I gaped at the shiny black Friesian horse, with the curly mane and the proud posture. He remembered. After all these years, after everything he's been through, he remembered my wish, the one I confided to him almost a lifetime ago. He fucking remembered.
Feeling his firm chest on my back and his breath grazing the side of my face, I saw his right arm extending from my side and stroking Lightning's face that was now right in front of us, while Eric was holding her from the reins.
"Goddess, meet Lightning", his words were still echoing inside my head, filling the silence around me, while my ears cancelled any noise outside my mind.
A single tear escaped my lashes, washing down my cheek, creating a little stream of emotion. Losing control of my body out of pure shock and astonishment, I felt everything tremble under my skin, and suddenly I was leaning back to his chest in desperate need of support.
"Calm down, love", his heavenly gravelly voice brought me back, as I seemingly drifted away in my thoughts.
I couldn't manage to speak, all I was able to do was shake my head and pour hot tears down my face.
"Baby girl, settle down. You'll scare her away and then we won't be able to take her out for a ride". His words made me suck a deep breath that stuck midway into my throat, and I swifted around in a blink of an eye.
"W-We're t-taking her for a r-ride?", I stuttered between sobs, sniffling.
A cool puff of air hitted my damp face as he chuckled and brought his palms up to cup my face, nestling it perfectly in his hands. His thumbs swiped my under-eyes slowly, in an attempt to dry my tears that kept falling from my eyes.
His emerald irises were bright and sparkling despite being indoors. They were soft, full of emotion, one that I could only translate one way but I couldn't bring myself to believe it just yet. Because I was scared. The way he looked at me was scaring me, terrifying me, because of all the emotions he was awakening inside me. Emotions I've never felt, and thought I'd never feel. Emotions I thought I wasn't worthy of.
