Grayson's Revenge (a Chandler and Grayson Riggs fanfic)

Chapter 21: Is the Plan Actually Working?

4 months later...
Grayson's POV (CONT'D)
"Hey Grayson, how's it going?"
"Pretty good. I'm still wondering if my plan worked, obviously it hasn't because if it did Daniel would be here right now. And it's been four months so let's face it, my plan was a bust."
"You just have to be patient. I'm sure that Daniel will give us a sign when he does wake up."
"It's possible."
"Is there anything else bothering you Grayson?"
I sat down in Daniel's old chair and looked at my brother.
"Do you think that I should forget about Daniel and move on?"
"Daniel's your one true love, he proposed to you and you did say yes. It's obvious that you both make each other happy, and love each other a lot. So no, you shouldn't forget about Daniel or move on. Daniel will wake up. And when he does I'm sure that you'll be the first person he calls. I know that it's been four months, but you may have to wait just a little while longer. I promise that he will wake up."
"I'm going to hold you to that promise."
"In the meantime, just continue to be yourself."
"Ok. I-I'll try to be patient, but there's another thing on my mind."
"I'm listening."
"I've been having these dreams about Daniel, and in my dreams my plan does work, but not long after Daniel dies again, each time it's a different death, and he always dies on the same day he woke up. What if one of these dreams come true? What if I wasted my time? What if..."
"Grayson."
"Yes?"
"Take a couple of deep breaths."
So I did and I felt a little more relaxed, but I was still thinking about the dreams I've been having.
"Feel better?"
"No. And I'm being serious, what if one of my dreams comes true?"
"They won't, but before I continue I'd like you to tell me about your dreams and how Daniel dies in three of them."
"It's always the same scenario just with different deaths each time. Daniel and I are just walking around with me telling him about everything he's missed and then from out of nowhere he gets shot in the throat. In another dream someone breaks his neck, in the third dream he gets decapitated. In my fourth dream he pushes me out of the way of an oncoming truck and takes the hit for me, and in my fifth dream Daniel was stabbed repeatedly. In each dream I was powerless to do anything, even if it was my own dream. I was only talking to him for half an hour until he died again."
"I'm sorry you had those dreams, but do you really think that one of them will come true?"
"Yes. We live in America there's people getting murdered every day, so it's possible that it could happen."
"Grayson...do you think that you're having these dreams because you're worried that your plan didn't work? Or do you think that you're having them because you're scared for Daniel's safety when he wakes up?"
"Both. If Daniel didn't die I wouldn't be having these dreams and we would be married by now. So why do I get to live while Daniel's six feet under?"
"To bring him back."
To bring him back? Pffft yeah right, I was probably left alive to suffer and then kill myself. At least that's what I think."
"You're not going to do that though, right?"
"Kill myself? Of course not. I really do want to see this through, so I know if it worked or not."
"Let's say it did work and that Daniel is now awake and walking around, but we have to move and need to have our phone numbers changed. What are you going to do then?"
"Hope that Daniel messages me through social media. How are you going to know if it's him or not?"
"QnA. And the first question I would ask is how much money did you spend on me on all our anniversaries along with the presents you bought me, and what were they?"
"Two questions in one, that's a smart idea."
"Thanks."
"You're welcome. Does Daniel even have social media?"
"I don't think so."
"Let's go and visit Daniel, it's been awhile since we've paid some respect. That way we can see if it worked or not and still pay some respect."
"Ok. I'll get an Uber to come collect us."
"Ok."

Young Funeral Home...
"I thought we put Daniel's coffin back in the ground."
"We did."
"Then what's it doing above ground? Do you think it finally worked?"
"It's possible."
I ran up to Daniel's coffin and immediately opened it, but he was still in there along with the jewelry. The weird thing is that he was no longer on his back, he was lying on his right side.
So I started shaking him.
"Daniel? Daniel, wake up."
No movement or response.
I continued to shake Daniel's body.
"Daniel! Wake up!"
Still nothing.
I was vigorously shaking Daniel now.
"COME ON DANIEL, WAKE UP!!!"
Still no response.
A few tears fell of my face and landed on Daniel's. And I thought that if I kissed him, he would wake up like Sleeping Beauty. So that's what I did. I kissed Daniel on the lips and stayed like that for five minutes, but he still didn't wake up.
Something that really surprised me though is that Daniel no longer had the bullet wound he had when he died almost six months ago. Another thing that surprised me was that he wasn't wearing his prosthetic arm or leg anymore. It was like he took them off by himself since his prosthetic leg was just a few inches under him, and his prosthetic arm was right next to his body. And apparently he had both limbs back that he lost in the war so that made me happy. Unfortunately he still had the scars from when he was suicidal on his left arm as well as his wrist.
Even the letters that Chandler and I wrote were open, but they were still folded.
It had to have worked, so why isn't Daniel waking up?
"Are you ok Grayson?"
"Yeah I'm fine. Thanks for asking Chandler. Come take a look at Daniel."
"Why?"
"Come see for yourself."
So Chandler walked over to me and was just as surprised as I was.
"Did your plan actually work?"
"That's what I'm wondering. Four months ago Daniel was lying on his back and when I opened his coffin not too long ago he was on his side with both prosthetics off as well as both letters opened but still folded."
"Your plan must finally be taking effect."
"Seems like it. I just hope that it doesn't take too much longer."
"We just have to wait to find out."

5 hours later...
"So that's the second time we had to bury Daniel again. But I'm still wondering if my plan really is taking effect or if someone positioned him like that and opened our letters. The same goes for the prosthetics, maybe someone from the funeral home took them off to fool me."
"It's possible, but I believe that your plan really is starting to work. What matters is what you think, so tell me. What do you think?"
"I agree with you. I believe that my plan is finally taking effect and it's only a matter of time until Daniel wakes up."
"We just got to be patient."
"I agree. Oh, and I'm sorry for being a pest the past four months. I was just..."
"It's ok Grayson. I know that you were just worried about your plan failing, and we found out today that it's slowly working."
"And it's only a matter of time before Daniel successfully proposes to me."
"That'll be nice to witness."
"I agree."

That night Grayson had a dream of the exact day that Daniel officially woke up and that date is July 27th, 2020. He also dreamt about Daniel walking up to his new home on Christmas Eve two years later. And the final thing Grayson dreamt about was his marriage taking place on August 20th, 2025. Which is the tenth anniversary of when they became friends and when they first started dating.

A/N: I'm sure you're all wondering why Grayson's dream is taking place in different years and why Daniel didn't show up to Christmas in 2020 in Grayson's dream and that's because Daniel wanted some time to adjust to the fact that he was resurrected. So hopefully that was a good explanation for all of you. And I'd like to know what you think, is Grayson's plan taking effect or do you think that someone from the funeral home wanted to give the impression that it was taking effect?