Destiny

Chapter 4

Cam

She knows me! But, if she's dating Gavin why would she care? This makes no sense. She is the girl from my dreams, but she's taken, right? Even if she wasn't I couldn't expect her to just fall into my arms, no matter how much I wanted her to. This stuff just doesn't happen in real life. Does it?

After lunch that day Lexi and Jade had went to class. I pulled Gavin aside and he looked at me. "How does she know you?" "i'm not sure... the only explanation I can come up with... is the dreams... if she has the same ones I do, then that's how." He steps back "you're the one? the one she's always sketching and dreaming of?" I look at him "she does dream of me?" Gavin shrugs, "i'm not sure, i'll talk to her and find out"

We walk to the next class, somehow we have it with the girls again, Jade kind of avoids me. I hate it, I wanna tell her it's ok, but if she has the dreams, she has the same fears of the dreams.

Jade

"Jade?" Lexi looks at me as I hide my face and look in my sketchbook "what?" "is it really him?" I hold up the picture to tell her yes and she smiles "so why don't you go for him? you know you like him" "like who?" Gavin sits down "no one" I hide my sketchpad and keep my head down. Gavin's not my boyfriend, but he still gets all, protective of me like a big brother. He wouldn't understand even if I tried to explain it. "Jade... you know you can tell me anything" I nod "it's nothing Gavin, don't worry about it."

After class, when the hallways nearly empty, Cam walks to my locker. "Jade... can we talk... please, I feel like you hate me" I look at him, a sudden urge to jump in his arms but I take a step back. "talk... i'll listen" he smiles softly and my heart melts, "ok... first things first, I need to know... do you have the dreams too? with the tree, lightning, and... you dying?" I nod and he sighs in relief "ok... now everything makes sense, why you know me, and... why you're avoiding me." I half smile "that's not why i'm avoiding you Cam," he frowns. "it's because of your boyfriend isn't it?"

I open my eyes wide. "boyfriend?... Cam, I don't have a boyfriend, I don't know where you're getting that idea from." He looks up. "but, aren't you dating Gavin?" I nearly choke on nothing "no! he's my best friend, he's practically like my brother, why would you think he's my boyfriend?" "I don't know, the way he acts towards you, the way you can easily fall asleep on him and he's always worrying about you" I sigh. "yeah no, he's been that way since my mom died, after her accident, I started to get bullied. People said I was the reason she died, Gavin had just moved here, I was kind to him, and he's been my best friend ever since." He nods.

"well... at least that's cleared up, wait... so if it's not because of him, why do you avoid me?" I look up about to cry "because i'm scared to get close to you at all." I quickly turn away and run to my car, not turning back when he calls my name. I drive home and stay inside all night.

Cam

Scared? scared of getting close to me? why? was it because of the dream? or does she just know she'll get hurt because of me? That night my dreams turn to nightmares, and I actually cry out her name. Dad runs in my room, groggy with sleep. "Cameron, what's wrong?" I shake and look at him "nothing dad, just a bad dream, go back to bed i'm fine" He sighs, knowing i'll never trust him, and he goes back to bed. I wake up again when I hear the doorbell ring, I walk downstairs, forgetting i'm only wearing shorts, no shirt.

When I open the door i'm surprised to see Jade, in a black nightgown and robe. She has tears in her eyes. "Jade? What's wrong?" She sniffles and looks down. "i'm sorry, I... the dreams... they've gotten worse, you're the only one who understands what it's like" I nod and bring her inside. "come on, i'll make you hot cocoa or something" she rubs her arms, its raining out and I know she's cold, I grab her a blanket and wrap it around her.

I take her into the kitchen and make her hot cocoa. "thank you Cam." She whispers. I smile softly and flip my hair out of my eyes, she takes a sip and smiles. "I haven't had cocoa in years," I sit by her and I rub her back. "well, you can come to me if you want any time," she smiles and my heart leaps softly. "so.. what happened in your dream?" she sets the empty cup down, and sighs. "everything like normal, but it was painful, I could feel it all... and you cried out my name" I look at her "me too... but, I really called it out this time," she nods and scoots closer to me and I can't help it, I put an arm around her and pet her hair.

It was strange, how many times I had drawn her, and now she's real. She sniffles and buries herself into my bare chest a little. "i'm really scared cam... can... can you stay with me tonight?" I blush and look at her "we can stay here, if you'd like, your cold and you don't need to go back outside into the cold" she nods. "are you sure it's ok if I stay here?" I smile, "yeah, my dad won't care, I promise"

We go up to my room and I blush. "um... I've never had a girl over before," she smiles "it's ok, I... I trust you" I nod and crawl into my bed, to my surprise she crawls in right next to me and when I lay down, she sinks into my arms, the way I could have only imagined. She fits perfectly in my arms like the puzzle piece I hadn't known I'd lost.

She looks up at my ceiling and giggles. "you too huh?" I look up and blush "what? drawing you? Yeah... wait you draw me too?" she giggles softly and nods. "yeah, a lot actually, Lexi says i'm obsessed, but it helped with the dreams." I nod and make sure she's warm "well... maybe we can actually get a good nights sleep together." She nods and I can tell she's nervous so I close my eyes and let sleep take me.