Golden Roses ★

Part Forty Nine: Don't Worry, My Love

December, 18, 1987.

(The same day, a few hours later after the fire.)

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                Heathers Nightmare:

At once I'm in a house without a door. David and Archie and Elin are with me. It was an ordinary day. Nothing special happens.

Suddenly, a big bang came from the house and it starts to burn. David jumped off the couch and began to panic.  As the fire quickly came our way, I grabbed the twins in my arms as fast as I could. David and I, and the kids are trying to run away from home. "There's a Fire! Help!" I shout loudly, but David and I couldn't find the door, we couldn't open a window. We couldn't get out.

Everything turned pitch black from the smoke created by the fire. I watched as David softly became unwell and fell down. Suddenly the twins began to cry in unison, which soon stopped. I dropped them into the fire. Everything was destroyed. I was alone in a spot in the middle of the living room. I felt helpless.  David lay on the floor with the twins next to him, I've always said, if you go, I'll go after it. So what did I do, I jumped into the fire and got burned alive.

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"Honey, is everything okay? Why are you yelling?" David sat next to me on the bed and held my wrist. I woke up with a loud moan, it felt like I was choking. David was concerned, "It's okay my darling, I'm with you." David said softly when he looked at me.

I saw David's gaze on me. Sweat dripped from my forehead. "I think I had a nightmare." I said as I wiped the sweat from my forehead with the palm of my hand.

"A nightmare? Poor sweetie, you moaned all over and started screaming all over. This must have been awfully scary." David said as he put my hand on his. I was still out of breath, "It was like I was in hell or something."

David felt sorry for me, he took a deep breath and rubbed my wild hair from my face with his finger. "It must have been because of the fire last night, it was a big shock." David thought back to when the hotel was on fire.

I nodded, "Dreams seem so real. It really seemed David, everything was under fire in our house. I couldn't save you and the twins anymore. I felt hopeless." I broke out in an emotional mood, I buried my head in the palm of my hand. Why I suddenly started crying was a mystery to me, it must be because we had little sleep.

David gave me a hug, "It's okay honey, it's all over now." David said in a whispery voice. I rested my head on David's shoulder. David started softly when the two of us were in a cuddle position on the bed, he started moving back and forth and singing softly.

The tone of David's voice calmed me, soon the tears stopped dripping. "Now I'm stupid, aren't I, because I'm sulking about a nightmare." I sighed. "Not at all darling, I can completely understand that you are very frightened by a nightmare." David said as he ran his hands up and down my back.

"I can still feel your heartbeat beating fast, I'll get you some water." David said as he let go of my body and got out of bed and went to the bathroom to get a glass of water.

I felt a little better after David gave me the most wonderful hug ever. With a yawn I slid back under the covers to lie down. I saw on the clock that it was almost 8 in the morning.