Gabriel (Book 1)

I Thought You Loved Me...

March 10th, 2011

I wake up to find myself under the covers of a giant bed. Wait, this isn't the house in Kerry! And this isn't the bed that was in my room.

I sit up and push my hair out of my eyes. I bring my hand from my face and feel something interesting. I feel heat. Coming from my own body. I place my hand in the center of my chest and I feel something pounding against it! I rush from the bed and over to a mirror on the wall.

When-? When did fashion change? I'm wearing a long white shirt with ruffles at the wrist and pants from the 1300's.

I pull up my shirt and touch my chest again, I don't have any claw marks from-from-from Her. The beating continues.

Thump-thump. Thump-thump.

This, can't be. I look in the mirror. My nose is more crooked then it was 4 days ago and my eyes are bloodshot. This really can't be.

I go to a small table and pick up a letter opener. I slice my wrist open and stare at it waiting for the wound to heal. But it doesn't.

The lace at my wrist slowly turns red. I run to the giant window and yank open the drapes.

"'О мой Бог. Невозможный!'" (Oh my God. Impossible!)

I find myself staring at my own backyard from 1390. The green trees and wide fields.

I climb back into the bed and try to wake up from this dream.

How is it that I can be human? I look at my still bleeding wrist.

How is it that I can be back in the 1300's?

There is a knock on my door, "'Enter.'"

The door opens but instead of my brother or a servant, I see her. Catia. My beautiful girl.

"'Catia! How can you be alive?!?'" I rush over to her and pick her up.

"'Отец, почему Вы говорите как этот?'" (Father, why are you speaking like that?)

I clear my throat, "'Catia! Вы не мертвый! Как? '" (Catia! You aren't dead! How?)

"'Отец, Вы пугаете меня. Может быть я должен пойти, получают кого - то? '" (Father, you're scaring me. Maybe I should go get someone?)

She tries to get out of the giant bed but I grab her hand.

"' Номер не уезжает, Hunny. Папа прекрасен. '" (No. Don't leave, Hunny. Daddy is fine.)

She is still standing on the bed but now she comes closer to me, "'Я тоскую без Вас. Мать тоскует без Вас. Почему не Вы никогда вокруг? '" (I miss you. Mother misses you. Why are you never around?) Tears start spilling down my cheeks as she pauses.

"' Я думал, что Вы любили меня? '" (I thought you loved me?) I'm full out sobbing now.

"' Я делаю, Catia. Я делаю! Папа любит Вас очень! '" (I do, Catia. I do! Daddy loves you very much!)

She falls over my shoulder and I cradle her.

"'Catia, пожалуйста простите мне! Мне дали вторую возможность, и я собираюсь делать все правом. Я клянусь это! Я получу работу с дядей Николэем, и я буду любить вашу мать, и я буду здесь для Вас, я обещаю! '" (Catia, please forgive me! I've been given a second chance and I'm going to make everything right. I swear it! I'll get a job with uncle Nikolai and I'll love your mother and I'll be here for you, I promise!)