Free Writes

Sweet Dreams

"Good night babe." Michael kisses me gently.

"Good night."

He rolls over and brings the comforter up to his shoulders. I do the same and start to drift off to sleep.

I opened my eyes and saw a tiger staring at me and blinking slowly. It took me a few seconds to register what was in front of me and when I did, the tiger licked my nose. It tickled slightly causing me to giggle. I sit up from where I was lying down. I took in my surroundings and that wasn't hard to do; I was in the middle of a vast grassland with an adorable tiger to my left.

I thought to myself, "Where the hell am I? Where's Michael?"

"Right here."

I gasped loudly at that voice. I searched the field for the source but there was only the tiger and I.

"Hello? Who said that?"

"Beside you."

I turned to the tiger that was smiling widely at my amazement. I blinked at the tiger rapidly.

I stuttered, "Y-you? Can talk?"

The tiger smiled even wider and said, "Only for you, sweet pea."

"O-kay then. I'm creeped out. You're Michael?"

"Yes Jessie. Now give me a kiss cutie," the tiger Michael puckered his lips together and leaned upwards towards Jessie's face. The tiger was inches from her lips—

BUZZ! BUZZ! BUZZ! BUZZ!