Worlds Apart

Chapter 7

"You can open your eyes now" Nixon says. I find him starring at me smiling. I get off Rose and look around. "Wow" I say. The trees are different shades of purple and green, a small like and waterfall and it seems to never end. "I thought you'd like it...hey Kate...theirs something I need to ask you..." I look at him. "Yes?" He looks down then back up, he starts his question but starts acting different rubbing his forehead, and the smile fading from his face. "Kate...will..."he begins. "Yes Nixon, are you alright?" I ask. "Yeah, i'm fine, anyway..." Next thing I know hes on his hands and knees as he cry's out in pain, I rush over to him "Nixon?, Nixon! are you alright?, Nixon!" He's like this for two minutes straight, then he rolls over on his back I'm right next to him. "Nixon? can you here me?"I ask. "Yeah." He reply's rubbing his temples. "Do you want to sit up?" I ask. "Yeah." He says. "Ok nice and slow so you don't get dizzy ok" I say. I help him sit up slowly because I don't plan on giving him CPR or mouth-to-mouth anytime soon unless if I have to. He just looks depressed as he stares at the ground. "What happened? Are you ok?" I ask. "I'm fine..." He says. I sit on my knees in front of him."Nixon come on, no your not." I say. He looks up at me tears threaten to escape his eyes. "what did you see?" I ask. " Well, I heard the voice again...don't do it,leave home,come with me to the willow tree deep in the meadow, far in the woods." He says. He has his arms around his knees and continues to stare at the ground. " Don't do what?" I ask as i go to sit to his left. He looks to the right. "It's ok you don't have to tell me if you don't want to" I say. "No, no you need to know" He says. "what?" I ask. I put my arm around him. "Whats wrong?" I ask, I can tell he's not acting right.It's like he's fighting something inside him. Tears start to stream down his cheeks. "I saw something else..." He says. "What was it?" I ask. He looks directly at me. "You...we...I..." He looks down clearly frustrated, then he takes a deep breath, lets it out and begins again. "Ok,so this is gonna sound weird but here it goes,we were walking home,to your house after we took care of the horses, because it was getting dark, we slept on two separate beds in your room, it was midnight and you shot straight up in bed and screamed, I got up to comfort you, then I went back to bed, and after we got up and ate in the morning, we went to feed the horses and have our morning ride, but when we got back you collapsed on the ground right in front of me you would move....or breath..." Tears stream down his face as he looks down again. I take my hand and lift his chin up as I take the corner of my sleeve to gently wipe away his tears. He looks me directly in the eyes, "Promise me that wont happen, you know... not getting back up" I pull him into a hug as we stand. "I promise." I say. he buries his face into my shoulder and hair as comfort him in a hug. we release and i walk over to get Rose and Jackson "Come on lets go home its getting late" I say as I hand Jackson's reins to Nixon and hop on Rose. We take it nice an slow going home, but we get back just three hours before nightfall, after we clean and feed the horses,we go inside and help Luna and Midnight set the table I look over at Nixon who's got a piece of hay in his hair from feeding the horses. "Here, let me fix that" I say as i grab the piece of hay from his hair and through it way. "Thank you ma lady" He says with a sweet smile. After we eat. Nixon and I go back to my house. We chill on the couch, and watch The Matrix, and after that goes off we deiced to go to bed. on our way up stairs with Midnight and Luna behind us, Nixon asks, "Hey Kate,what time it it?" I look at my watch. "10:00, why?, ya got a hot date somewhere?" I say with a smile. He looks back at me with a smile. "Oh please" He says dramatically while trowing his right hand on his head. We all laugh the rest of the way up the stairs. Midnight and Luna tuck us both in. Midnight climes on top of my bed and sleeps at my feet. Luna climes on top of Nixon's bed and sleeps at his feet. We both turn over to face each other,  our beds are only about a yard apart due to my small bed room."Good night Midnight,Luna and Nixon" I say. "Goodnight Luna,Midnight and Kate" Says Nixon. "Goodnight everyone" Says Midnight. "Can we all just go to bed?" Asks Luna. Nixon and I giggle then his puts his finger to his lips and turns over.