California Dream

Chapter 24

*Erin's PV*

"Kian I don't feel like spending the night tonight, do you mind doing it?" I plead.

"Yeah that's fine," he replies.

"Ok well we better get going Ashley," I say.

"Yeah we better get going too," Connor says to Jc and Ricky.

"Ok I'll see you guys tomorrow morning," Kian tells us.

"Bye," we all say to each other.

*Kian's PV*

Everyone leaves the room so I decide to lay down in the recliner facing Annie.

She looks so sweet and adorable laying there. I just wish she actually knew how close I've grown to her.

I eventually drift to sleep. I wake up to a strange noise so I get up and look around the room. I realize it's Annie coughing. She isn't exactly awake but it's actually movement and noises that she's making. I do as the nurses had told us to do if she starts to do anything.

I run out of the room to the nursing station. "Hannah," I say to the nurse at the desk. "Annie's moving!"

She quickly stands and runs to Annie's room with me. I look at Annie as I walk in the room, she's still coughing.

The nurse removes the breathing tube from Annie's nose. Then stands waiting to see if anything happens. Nothing. Her coughing stops and she just lays still.

"It was just a sign that her breathing is stabilizing," Hannah tells me.

"That's it?" I ask disappointedly.

"Sorry if it got you excited. That's all it was, usually when that happens though they're fairly close to coming back."

"Like how close?" I ask.

"It depends. Longest I've ever seen myself is another week."

"An entire week?"

"Yes sir," she says. "You're just going to have to hold tight sweetie," She tells me giving me a soft smile. She sets the breathing machine to the side. "If she does anything else though let me know."

"I will," I reassure her. I lay back down in the recliner. I fall into an unsteady sleep. I find myself in a nightmare where I'm looking at exactly what I see in reality. An indefinitely sleeping Annie.

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"Wake up sleepy head," I hear a voice say. I recognize it but I can't place the face of the owner. "Kian wake up," the voice says again.

My eyes open. I see a figure standing over me. It's to dark to make out any features though.

"Who are you?" I ask.

"How could you not know who I am Kian? Come on you know who I am."

"Who are you? What's going on?" I ask again.

"Follow me," the person says. I climb out of the recliner and follow them. All I know is that the person is a girl with long hair. She takes me out of the room, before I leave though I glance at the bed. My heart skips a beat when I notice Annie is no longer there.

I chase after the girl. No matter how fast I run though I can't catch her and I can't see her face. I stop running though when I hear my name being called in the distance. The voice that yells my name gets closer and closer.

"Hold on!" I yell back. "I have to catch Annie!"

"Kian wake up!" I hear the voice yell again, but almost in my ear.

My eyes shoot open when I hear my name one last time. I realize I'm laying on the cold hard ground of the hospital floor.

"What's going on?" I ask when I see Hannah hovering over me.

"You were sleep walking and you started yelling that you had to catch Annie," she explains.

The memory of what had happened floods back and I realize it was just a dream. I get up from the floor.

"Sorry just a bad dream," I say.

"Are you sure you're ok?" She questions.

"Yeah I'll be fine." I walk back to Annie's room and sit down on the bed next to Annie.

I whisper to her as if she could hear me, "Please wake up. I need you." A tear slips out of my eye and down my cheek. "I know you can hear me. Just please try for me," I whisper. I lean down and kiss her as another tear falls down my cheek and onto hers. I wipe it away then lay back down on the recliner.

I stay wide awake for the rest of the night afraid I'll slide into another nightmare involving Annie.

N/R I'm really impressed with how well I wrote the dream. I thought I'd suck at doing that but I think I got it pretty good(: please VOTE then COMMENT your thoughts for me(: thanks for reading!