The Deep Dark Stone Path

Chapter 18 - *Dalilah*

I wake up and look at my clock. 4:52 am. I have been waking up from nightmares for the past five hours. It is the same one over and over again. The other car, the sounds, the smells. My clock falls to the floor and I gasp. I flip on my lamp and there stands Chris. I sigh and sit up. He sits at the end of the bed and looks at my leg. "What happened to your leg?!" He whisper shouts. I shhh him and reply "I went on a hike with my ... boyfriend and I fell down a steep, rocky, hill." I can tell he didn't believe me. He sighs and stares at the floor. "Where have you been the last two days?" "What's it to you?" He snaps at me. I cringe and he smirks. "And how come you don't have a boyfriend until I kiss you? You know you liked it and I know you want it again." He gets right next to my ear and whispers, "You know you like me." He was partially right, but I couldn't tell him that. Well I don't like him. I like James and James alone. Chris gets close to my face kisses my lips gently. "I love you, Dalilah and I want you to be with me." I shake my head and blink several times, waking up to reality. "No, Chris, I like you as a friend and nothing more. We can't be together. I am sorry. Please go." He looks heart broken as he climbs out the veranda windows and disappears.