A Whisper

Chapter 12

I wake up in my bed, and it seems unrealistically less homey. I sit up slowly and see my library. The books I have longed for are beckoning me. I run to the room walled with the stories in which keep me optimistic. To my surprise, there my Prince is in the corner reading. "Hey sweetheart, don't worry I just came in. I went home last night after I carried you here and I wanted to check on you. Oh! Princess I have a surprise for you." A hand reached out and grabbed me. As I screamed I turned around and couldn't believe my eyes. It was Sabrina whom was my best friend since we were young, and before this disease. We squealed like little girls and hugged. "Sabrina! What are you doing here?" She had moved and ever since then the distance drew us apart. "Your parents called my parents and told me that you needed a friend." After she said that she leaned closer and whispered, "looks like you have one already, and he's hot." We laughed. "Sabrina, this is Mason." He smiled. Sabrina replied, "We have met. When I got here he was sitting downstairs chatting with your parents, and I showed him up here and we waited for you to wake up." I am so ecstatic. I have been quite lonely before I met Mason, and that was only three days ago, which is hard to believe because it seems like a lifetime. "Well I'm going to let you two catch up. I have to help Ed with some work. See you later sweetheart." He smiled and kissed my forehead on the way out. The moment he left the room we squealed. "How long have you known the Prince?!" Sabrina asked. "Three days believe it or not." I laughed, "it seems silly, because he seems like a childhood friend." Sabrina blushes, "that's because you are. Serenity, remember when we played in the woods and the boy from across the forest played with us?" I am beyond amazed. Flashbacks of the woods in the past run through my head. That boy, he would play tag with us. "What happened?" I asked. What happened to make us stop playing in the woods one day? "Your brother." She replied. That's all I needed to hear. My brother died at age five, when I was eight. After I lost him the forest became too much for me to handle, because of the memories. I sobbed. We sobbed together, and I miss having Sabrina to comfort me. "How do you even remember and I don't?" I asked. She smiled, "I never forget a face, especially one as hot as his." It begins to make sense. He has been there since the beginning. Before this disease and before my brother died. I didn't want to get lost, I longed for the little boy who loved and played with me before my life started falling apart. My mind didn't make him up, it only projected him during an attack, because of the nostalgia I had for the time when I was just an innocent child. This wasn't a love I developed after three magical days. It was a love that started when we were just children, innocent and whole. "I asked if he remembered the two little girls in the woods and he barely remembered. He remembers you Serenity, and he still loves that little girl who was care free and creative." I hug my best friend. "I missed you more than ever. Life has gotten so hard." She smiled as she released me from her embrace. "Serenity, tell me." I look down, "He was gone and I started getting sick, just as he did and I'm scared. They weren't sure what killed him, but it hurt me to think that some disease took him from me. I have Acute Porphyria. It attacks me, and I often become unconscious. Sabrina, the weird thing is before I met Mason again, that I saw a man in my hallucinations during unconsciousness; he kept me breathing and my heart pumping. I think he was made up by my subconscious to keep me alive. I don't know how, but Mason was there even though I forgot he was the little boy in the woods. He became the man in my dreams and no one believed me, but I know it's him and it has always been him." She gasped in disbelief. I knew she wouldn't believe it. "That is so cute!" She screams. "Wait you believe me?" I ask. She smiles, "of course I do." I am so glad that someone for once in my life believes me. "Well this disease is kind of well, killing me. So that's fun. Yet he makes it a lot better." We giggle. "So do you two love birds want to go to dinner?" She asks. "Well, I'd have to ask Mason, but sounds like fun." She smiles "I asked him already and he is bringing Ed with him." I giggle, "Ed is cute too. I think you two will get along nicely. Oh, Sabrina I can't be out in the sun because that triggers attacks so let's make it a late dinner." She smiles, "The boys will pick us up at seven." I'm so excited. "And my parents are okay with this?" I ask. She pulls me into my bedroom, "They are thrilled that I am getting you out of the house to have a wonderful time with friends. Let's get ready!" It's noon and we eat lunch, then we proceed to do each other's makeup, and pick out outfits. I look in my closet; mom must have heard about our dinner date and went shopping. She knows me so well. I lay out the black dress on my bed. It is beautiful, lace and small pearls line the illusion neckline. The dress is tight fitted on my torso and loose and flowy on the bottom. I will certainly feel like a princess tonight. She hands me a black laced mask, "You are going to need this."