I didn’t dream that night, instead I was plagued with voices and the images of glowing eyes, snakes, fire and hurt in my head. My mind was fully conscious before my body… I felt sort of… drifty, it was all very surreal... like you don’t know if your dreaming… and you’re not sure your awake sort of like the feeling just before you dream. I felt something move and moan next to me, it was probably Leo… he had actually stayed the night, my heart gave a little flutter and I felt myself smile… ‘Finally… I can move something’ I thought.
“I saw that…” Leo moaned next to me as he stretched “Are you going to open your eyes?” but I couldn’t of course, he might eventually think I’m dreaming if I don’t move soon so I rolled my eyes under the lids to try and give a hint “C’mon stop playing games… I know your awake” I could hear the laughter in his voice, he thought this was a game… stupid boys. Once more I rolled my eyes under the lids, maybe he would get it this time “Jen…” his voice sounded shaky… had someone come in my room? Had he seen something? “Open your eyes” this time his voice was firm and commanding, but not matter how hard I tried… I could not open them! “JEN!” he yelled, grabbing my shoulders and shaking me. He let go, breathed then sighed… the next thing I knew he had placed his hand on my chest and I felt a warmth radiating through me “Now… I’m going to count to three… and… and on that time I want you to open your eyes… one… two... three” as I tried I felt them flicker and hurt… what did he do? “Easy... keep going” his voice was gentle as he spoke, I knew he was trying to encourage “That’s it..” one eye had now opened its lid half way before flicking closed, moments later I made the other do the same… another minuet must have passed as finally I opened my eyes… they felt so heavy… had I not slept at all? “Try speaking to me”
“…eh…eh…” I croaked as I wrestled with my chords
“Speak to me... say your name”
“Je…Je…nn… Je… Jen” I finally stammered
“Brilliant” he cooed
“Wh-Wha….”
“What happened? It’s called Sleep Paralysis… normally you can open your eyes and look around… but I guesse it was a worsened case…” he trailed off
“Sl-Sle…” I couldn’t even get my words out… I sounded like a child!
“Yes sleep paralysis, your muscles become weaker, and it can happen before you got to sleep or it can happen after awakening… its common, but not as common as a cold… it usually happens due to lack of sleep or un regular sleeping patterns and can even happen if you don’t dream… did you dream last night?” I wanted to shake my head but was still unable to
“N-No” I stammered I heard him sigh before he went on
“That probably explains it, and from the bags under your eyes… I’m guessing you have lack of sleep too these days… which is understandable considering the circumstances...” he kissed my forehead, I felt warmth radiating through my body once more “Now... try to lift your arm” my fingers began to twitch, and with a lot of steady encouragement from Leo I was able to lift my arm. The next ten minutes consisted of trying to provide movement back to the rest of my body…. I will admit I struggled, it was like teaching a baby to walk for the first time but crammed together… and yes… he even had to help me walk again…
“There we go, sit down” he ordered as he lowered me down onto the chair, I cleared my throat
“How… How do you do that?” he looked dumbfounded
“Do what?”
“Well when you were trying to get me to open my eyes and move my arms and shizz around… you placed your hand on my skin and I felt… well I felt warmth radiate through me… what was that?” He stared wide eyed at me for a while
“Jen… How did you feel that?”
“What do you mean?”
“Well no angel, human or hybrid has ever been able to feel that…it’s like a special ability of mine…” he blushed; somehow I had managed to embarrass him… god knows how, it was a general question “Jen, what did it feel like?”
“Oh urmm… the best way to describe that… is like when you are freezing cold… and you have a pair of trousers on the radiator… you put them on.. And it’s like… well it’s all snug and warm… fluffy even… radiator pants...” he raised a brow and I could see the bottom of his lip quiver… clearly this was funny, I rolled my eyes “Yeah I know it’s not the best description in the world...”
“Its… It’s fine” his voice went all high and chokey … any minute now he was going to start laughing, I reached behind my back, grabbed the pillow and threw it at him, obviously he caught it… being the macho man that he was
“Don’t laugh!”
“I wasn’t… honest” he pouted at me, it went all silent before the room was filled with our laughter… he really was a goof!
“Ssshhhh! You’ll wake dad!” I scolded him, but the smile on my face betrayed me for moments later I was covering my mouth to withhold the laughter that Leo was providing me as he tiptoed across the room like a cartoon character, just at that moment… dead on cue did I hear the floorboards creek, I quickly waved to Leo and motioned him to hide under my bed, grasping for the remote next to me I flicked the T.V on
“Jen” he boomed
“What is it dad?”
“Are you ok? I heard voices?” he still sounded tired… guesse we woke him up
“I’m fine dad… just couldn’t sleep so I turned the T.V on”
“Its 6:30 Jen… you have college in a few hours” Shit, that was true…
“I know” I lied “I’m getting ready at the same time”
“Well… turn that T.V down… damn thing woke me up... Imagine what it sounds like next door” Leo was laughing under the bed, so I stuck my tongue out at him “Jen?”
“Yeah ok” and I turned it down a few, waited for my dad to go back to bed then turned it off… there really was nothing that old man didn’t hear. Once the T.V was turned off, Leo got out from under the bed and began to walk over to me before crouching down in front of me
“Looks like we were a tad too loud” he pulled a cringe worthy face before moving strands of hair behind my ear
“Ya think?” I said sarcastically
“Oh well…” he leaned in and pressed his forehead against mine “As long as I’m near you… I don’t particularly care”
“Since when did you become all sentimental? Your normally mischievous”
“Oh I am my sweet… don’t you worry about that...” he rolled his tongue of his lips, moistening them before he brushed them with mine, his hot breathe burning my aching lips “But we have all the time in the world… and so much to do”
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Lullaby
FantasyJen is miserable, hurting and lost... not seeing the point of a life she once loved, covering up and swooping under the radar seemed like the only option... until Leonardo appeared that is.
