Alec was sitting looking out of his bedroom window it was pouring with rain and windy. He was thinking about the past couple of days it had been really warm and sunny and now he thought it’s as if someone had suddenly found the switch and flicked the setting from summer to autumn it looked awful outside. He himself wasn’t feeling all that good himself a cold had descended on him full force from nowhere he had an aching head, his throat hurt and could hardly breathe he was so bunged up. It was Saturday and he was supposed to meeting up with some of his friends in about an hour’s time, that’s not going to happen he thought I would be as welcome as a nuclear war. It looks like a day at home for me as he reached for the phone to send texts to let his friends know not to wait for him.
His phone rang minutes later, it was Claire, Hey, Alec what’s up? you sound terrible, where on earth did you get that cold from? Hi Claire well it wasn’t a request believe me it just came from nowhere Alec croaked. I thought something must be up you’re always the first to arrive, I’ll come around later and see how you are, thanks Claire but I don’t want you to catch this from me though I’ll wear a mask she giggled, see you later. That was nice we’ve only been dating for a couple of days and she really cares thought Alec but if she’s going to come around I’d better have a tidy up.
He didn’t tidy up that much, he was tired so he decided he’d try and catch a few Z’s so he lay on his bed and fell asleep almost immediately. It was only alight sleep and he started dreaming. His dream was that he was laying in his bed only to be shaken roughly to wake him up, what the heck!! and there standing next to his bed was a young girl how did you get here? I’m sure all the doors were locked he said. I need your help the girl replied she was in tears Alec rubbed the sleep from his eyes and looked at the girl. She must be about 10-12 years old Alec thought she was wearing a very pretty pink floral summer dress, sandals and had long blond hair but what really struck Alec were her eyes which were very light blue and so bright they were almost lighting the room. What’s your name? he asked it’s Sue she replied. There was a loud banging at the door which woke Alec up. He struggled down the stairs rubbing his eyes opened the door yawning it was Claire, what took you so long? or don’t I need ask seeing Alec yawning. I’ve just had the strangest dream, he was interrupted by Claire who was that young girl who came out your house? Alec looked shocked, you’re not two timing me are you? she said with a serious look on her face. Alec had gone very pale in colour, come in Claire, I’d never do that, not to you, but come in and sit down.
You don’t look good Alec are you okay? It’s that dream, and that girl you saw Claire, was she wearing a pink floral dress and have long blonde hair he asked. Yes she was but you said that she came out of your.... Alec went as white as a sheet, that, that girl was in the dream I had he stammered, Claire frowned, you’re lying, I’m not lying! he answered, you are lying!! Claire was now getting angry with Alec you must have been running around tidying up when I was knocking on the......, she suddenly stopped, but the door was locked I tried it, not only was it locked Claire, I had it bolted on the inside you heard me slide the bolts out before I opened the door. Well she can’t have been a ghost I saw her close the door as she left and she can’t have bolted the door on the inside can she? said Claire. Alec slumped down on the sofa and sat next to her and put his arm around her, am I forgiven? Claire half smiled but I don’t understand how this can have happened I was literally six feet away from her when she closed the door and I would have seen you bolting the door and I can’t have imagined this. Beats the hell out of me how that could have happened she was only a figure in a dream.
What was she doing is this dream then? It’s a strange one I was having a bit of a tidy before you came but I was so tired so I lay on the bed to catch a few only to be shaken from my sleep by this girl Alec stopped, well go on continue, well he carried on, she was crying and said “I need your help” I was still half asleep and asked her for her name and how did you get in? as I knew the doors were locked. What was her name then? Sue, Alec replied, then what happened? You woke me up knocking on the door. That was it then? you didn’t find out how she got in or what she wanted? No I didn’t and I’m still trying to take all this in and you getting upset with me isn’t helping, I’m sorry Alec I just had this horrible thought of you dating someone else as well as me. Don’t you think she looked a little too young for me? I must at least 10 years older than she is I’m already being called a cradle snatcher for dating you. I’m not that young!! replied Claire I’m fifteen, yeah but I’m 20 and there’s a lot of comments being thrown around about us, I don’t care they can say what they want you could be 30 for all I care and it wouldn’t make any difference to me I love you for who you are not how old you are. You are such a sweet thing and I love you too, but that girl puzzles me and her eyes my god those eyes. What was special about them I thought you said I had the most beautiful eyes you had ever seen, you have, but hers were so different, how? They were haunting, hey you’re supposed to be dating me as she hit Alec playfully with a cushion not some young floozy from kindergarten. A play fight then ensued with cushions been thrown at each other.
