Past, Present and the not-so-distant-Future

Waves of Emotion

Lindsay smiled as she walked into the kitchen, running her fingers through her hair, which was still damp from her shower. "Good morning," she sang out cheerfully as she grabbed a bowl out of the cabinet.

Lysandra looked up from her newspaper and grinned as Lindsay sat down at the table. "Looks like someone feels better."

Lindsay nodded happily as she poured milk onto her cereal. "Much better." She closed her eyes as she took a bite. "Oh it is so nice to be able to eat this," she murmured, very aware of the fact that the only thing she'd kept down in the last twenty four hours was a bowl of soup.

Lysandra folded the newspaper and pushed it aside. "Ok, I was thinking we should start looking for a place. Do you want an apartment right in the city, or in a city close-by?"

Lindsay almost choked on her cereal. "Huh? What? What's wrong with this place?" she asked, looking around.

Lysandra looked at her, confused. "Well, I know you love it, but we can't take this place with us, Lin." She shook her head. "Don't worry, we'll find some place just as nice." She reached out and squeezed Lindsay's hand. "I'm so glad you said you'd move with me, you're gonna love it in New York."

This time, Lindsay did choke on her cereal. She hurriedly took a sip of juice and tried to catch her breath. "New York?" She looked at Lysandra in disbelief. "Ok, I think I missed something here."

Lysandra stared at her for a minute then shook her head. "Last night, I asked you if you wanted to move to New York with me."

Lindsay shook her head. "I don't remember that, Lysandra. Are you sure I wasn't sleeping? Did I answer you?"

Lysandra nodded. "Yeah, you said 'Of course I will'." She was starting to feel a little uneasy and suddenly the story Crystal told her yesterday hit her. "She kept asking me if I fed the horses...I was starting to get aggravated, but then I realized she was sleeping."

Lysandra's eyes widened. Lindsay could carry conversations in her sleep. She quickly looked at Lindsay, trying to calm her racing heart. "Don't you remember, Lindsay?"

Lindsay racked her brain, trying to remember. Suddenly, her dream about Crystal asking her to move to Paris surfaced. Oh my god, I incorporated what Lysandra was asking me into my dream. She tried to hide the panic stricken look on her face, but Lysandra noticed.

"You are coming with me, right?" she asked slowly.

Lindsay sat there in total shock. "What?" she asked faintly, her head starting to spin. "Will you move to New York with me?" Lysandra repeated herself a little louder, looking at her nervously.

Lindsay wanted nothing more than the floor to open up right there so she could fall through it. She couldn't believe this was happening. "Move to New York?" she asked quietly, closing her eyes. She tried to clear her head to form an answer. You love her, she thought to herself. Say yes. Why was she even thinking about it? Say yes. You were thinking about moving to new york yourself. Say yes.