Alone In My Memories by Dallacey E Green

Alone In My Memories Chapter 1

                                                                          Chapter one

                                                                              Awoken

Where were the voices coming from? Katherine could hear someone speaking in the room. It was a strange voice, the voice of a woman and then a man spoke. The rich manly tone of his voice soothed her. Then moments later, she heard the door close. She felt oddly stranger than she ever felt before. Her head throbbed violently, her body ached. What had happened to her? Where was Caleb, was he alright?

The car that had hit them came out of nowhere. He yelled out, she screamed and then all went silent. Katherine shivered from the cold as the darkness encompassed her. She was frightened. It was far too silent. She felt all alone as the seconds, minutes trailed by and then a hand touched her hand, lightly, gently, warmly clasping her hand in his. Her name was longingly whispered, deeply whispered. She slowly found the will to open her eyes because he was there with her…Caleb was at her side! He was alright! They had made it. All would be well!

Slowly, dimly at first the light pooled into her eyes and the brightness of the day swept around her as she gripped his hand for strength, as if he was her life force. They had been together for quite a long time. They were dating since their sophomore year of College. No. It was not the old cliché, the captain of the football team, dating the head cheerleader. They were different. Their relationship was real; it was special. Caleb was everything she had ever dreamt of and when they were together she was so happy. He made her very happy.

Katherine managed to smile, despite the pain. Caleb had always said he would never leave her and here he was, at her side, bowed down in loving reverence. No he was nothing at all like her father, who had made her so many promises, more unkept promises than she could count. Katherine’s father was a fair-weather dad as well as a fair-weather husband to her mother. He left her mother when she was ten years old.

“Don’t cry sweetheart,” he said, “Daddy won’t be gone for long.” Yet he sent her mother the divorce papers in a matter of weeks and was now remarried to another woman who had given him two sons.

Sons…he didn't really have a use for a daughter and now her father had his complete wish, two strong, healthy boys who seemed to worship the ground he walked on. But they were young. They would see someday what she had not seen until she was older, and then, maybe then, he would lose the love of all of his children. She shivered again from the thought.

But Caleb helped heal that ache. He was her knight in shining armor. When Katherine looked into his eyes she saw hope, hope that all could go well, that love could last. Hadn’t he said it himself? It was a thrilling thought, them together forever. How much she loved him, how much he loved her. What she felt for him, she could never imagine feeling for another.

“You are here with me,” Katherine whispered the words as though she was in awe of them, of him, warmed by his nearness.

“Katherine,” he said her name and kissed the hand he was reverently clasping.

It was a light feathery kiss which eased her. She smiled because he was here, now, beside her. They were both safe away from harm, all would be right. This she felt in the depths of her heart because Caleb was here and this was all that mattered.

“Katherine?” his voice sounded choked as he said her name again.

She could feel him tremble and knew he was in awe of her as she was of him. The lonely ache Katherine had always experienced fled away when ever Caleb was at her side.