The Girl From My Dreams

3.

She took a pause as her throat choked with emotions and swallowed tears.

Then she continued, "My father was an honourable man, he had to marry the Sorcerer's widow. A week later, they were married".

"Just a week?", Eric exclaims.

"Yes. A week. My mother was not even cold in her grave yet", she shook her head mournfully.

"That's where my stepbrother comes in. I think you know now that indeed normal circumstances, if the sorcerer had not died, I'd have been married to him".

"True, true", Eric echoed. Gears began to turn in his head, "So.......he resented and hated you because of that, right?"

"Right. And I was only 6 then. He made childhood a living hell for me. He'd play cruel and sadistic pranks on me. He'd purposely go against the rules and turn around to pin the blame on me. His mother, my stepmother supported him, so I was punished a lot by my father who had no choice. It was my word against theirs".

Eric held her hand in his, "I'm really sorry about that sweetheart".

She waved flippantly, "I'm over it now anyways. Then my father died, and he became the King of the Faeries. He knew I had wanderlust just like my father, so he trapped me with a spell in this realm. The only way to undo the spell, according to him, is to create a magic potion, using his blood".

Eric shuddered, "Gory".
She nodded in agreement.

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____At the hospital____

Eric was still in a coma, and his mother was with him. Suddenly, she saw a finger twitch.

She barged into the doctor's office, eyes alight with hope, "Doctor! Eric's finger just twitched", she said, albeit breathlessly.

"Oh", the doctor gasped, "That's good news".
He dialed a number on the intercom, "Yes, Radiology department?.....yes, please take the patient in Private Ward 2 for an MRI scan.....yes, urgently...His chart is there.....yes....yes....thank you".

He dropped the phone and faced Eric's mother, "The MRI scan will help us detect any activity in his brain, and where in the brain the activity is taking place".

"That is wonderful", Eric's mother intoned.

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The sky had darkened, and the sun had almost set in Faerie Realm, painting the sky with lovely hues of rich reds and golds, oranges, yellows and violets.

They lay abreast on the grass in the garden behind their cottage, their hands folded behind their heads.

Then Eric broke the silence, "I realized I don't know your name. Wha -"
She interrupted him, "Violet", she said and smiled.

She turned until she was laying on her side and nudged Eric until he did the same and they faced each other.

"Violet suits you just fine", he smiled and kissed her lightly on the lips. He reached over his head, and plucked a flower from one of the many flowerbeds.

He tucked it behind her ear and tousled her inky blue-black hair around it, "A violet for Violet", he mused.

Violet burst into delighted laughter. Eric looked slightly amused too.
Suddenly she moved closer to him and kissed him fully on the lips.
His eyes widened in surprise until they fluttered close and he relaxed into the kiss. His hand unconsciously reached over to pull Violet's head closer and deepen the kiss but she broke the kiss all too soon.

Eric looked crestfallen, "You don't get to tease me like that", he pouted.

Violet laughed again and shrugged  unapologetically.

"What's our next course of action?", Eric asked.

"Weeeellll", she drawled......

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