Nick Vaughn and Caroline Woods were high school sweethearts and had been dating since the 9th grade. Two weeks after their high school graduation, Nick enlisted in the Army and was sent off to war in Afghanistan.
After being gone for a year, he was...
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For the next few days, I decided to get out of the house. I went to visit Heather and even done a little shopping. Logan thought I was acting weird and has been watching me extra close ever since I came back from the bridge. I didn't tell him about the experience, actually I didn't tell him anything. "Are you feeling okay?" He asks as I begin to fix our lunch.
"Yeah, why?" I ask and smile.
"I don't know... It just seems like you've been really happy and calm for the past few days. Like you don't have a care in the world."
"I have no idea what you're talking about," I add and set his sandwich down in front of him. He looks at it and then back to me. "Okay, have I been here long enough for you to trust me?" I look at him, partially shocked.
"Of course, I trust you. I don't let just anybody hang around my house all day."
"Then I expect you to be honest with me. Why did you run off into the woods and what did you see?" Dang, he was good...
"I already told you. I wanted some alone time and I didn't see anything."
He continued to stare me down, which meant, he didn't buy it. "What I don't understand is that you just randomly decide to get up one morning at five AM and run off into the woods. That was dangerous and you wouldn't even tell me where you were!"
I didn't understand why he was so angry with me... He found me, it's not like I was directly in harm's way..."Fine. I'll tell you just so you can make fun of me and tell the General how mentally unstable I am and all that junk! When I went to bed that night, I had a nightmare. I kept waking up in a panic and every time I tried to go back to sleep, I would see the same thing."
"Why didn't you call me?" He asks.
"Just let me finish." I add. "Nick was in a burning building with a child. I was there and he kept trying to tell me something but all I could understand was 'the bridge'. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't forget about it and I had this really weird feeling that I needed to go to the bridge. So, when the sun started to come up, I took off. I had only been there once, when Nick proposed, and I couldn't really remember where I was going. But I kept talking to myself and I was guided all the way there. Now, go ahead and tell me how stupid I am."
To my surprise, he didn't laugh. "You're not stupid. Honestly, I would have done the same thing if it happened to me. But why didn't you call me? I would have went with you and I wouldn't have judged."
I shrug. "I don't know... I just wanted to go alone."
"This is my last question, then we can just drop it, okay?" I nod. "What happened when you got to the bridge?" He asks.
I was afraid that would come up.
"I felt calm. I wasn't sad or anything... I was just..."
