The Bound Fedora

Chapter 3: Shapt Shifting

Sidney opened her eyes to find herself sitting on the bench in the park her and Gregory dreamed up together several years ago. Gregory was sitting next to her smiling nervously. They sat staring at each other for a moment and Sidney stared at his hand and slowly entwined her fingers with his.

"I'm so excited and nervous." Gregory admitted and pulled her hand to his lips placing a light kiss on her wrist.

"Me too." Sidney blushed as they both scooted closer and stared into each other's eyes hesitantly. They both knew what they wanted to do they had been thinking about it non-stop since they were last in the dream world. Gregory moved first and put his free hand around the back of Sidney's neck and slowly pulled her in for a kiss.

Once their lips met they wrapped their arms around each other and closed their eyes getting lost in each other. They never wanted it to end. Their lips slowly parted and their tongues danced together. Finally coming up for air they opened their eyes and looked at each other smiling happily. They were so dazed from their kiss that it took them a few moments to realize that they were no longer in the park but in an old bed inside what looked to be the decrepit house they saw the demonic man come out of before. Gregory slowly released her and they both sat up in the dusty bed.

"This can't be good." Gregory said looking at Sidney hoping that the demon they called Freddy wasn't there.

"Do you think he's here?" She asked.

"Yes." He frowned upset that they were interrupted once again. They both looked around the room to any sign of him seeing nothing. The walls were littered with cobwebs and the pictures on the walls were scratched out.

"Hey ass hole if you're here just fucking show yourself already!" Sidney screamed making Gregory jump a bit at her sudden increase of volume.

"Sid, don't antagonize him." Gregory warned and put a hand over her mouth and she turned to face him. She slowly removed his hand from her.

"I'm sorry... I just can't stand if he's going to mess with us. I just want..."

"Want what?" He asked curiously as she stopped in mid sentence.

"You..." She admitted looking at him shyly making him blush. "I know you've liked me this whole time, and I feel the same way. Now we can be together in here. I don't care what they say about Freddy. If he comes after us he comes after us. It's not like he can kill you anyways you're already dead."

"That's true. I can protect you." He said wrapping his arms around her and pulling her back down onto the bed beside him.

The rest of the dream they sat there holding each other and kissing and touching each other's faces enjoying being able to feel one another. They reluctantly woke up a few hours later. Freddy never showed himself.

After Sidney had a bowl of cereal Gregory begged her to watch Phantom of the Opera until she gave in even though she knew it was based off of the play. They knit picked at the movie as they watched it. Niki came and joined them halfway through the movie.

"They really need to make a movie based on the book." Sidney complained again making Niki laugh as she made them some cheese crisps to snack on.

"You know I've never read the book." Niki admitted.

"Really? You should. It's one of me and Gregory's favorites. I can't even count how many times he's made me read it." She laughed taking a bite of her food.

"So how was dreaming for you last night. Did you see him?" Niki asked.

"Nothing... I mean we ended up inside the house but never saw any sign of him." She explained holding back a smile remembering what she was doing when the dream shifted them into the dusty old bed.