Vets in Training: Refusing to Love (Book 1)

Chapter 9

When college started back up, everyone was talking about their Christmas break.  When our club had a meeting, we talked about it.  Sophie was dropping hints about us and Matt would wink at me.  After the meeting, Matt asked if I would go with him to the park.  After we walked and talked, he held my hand as we went back to our dorm rooms.  His blue eyes followed me and he let out a little cough as he walked off.  I watched him leave with a sigh.

How is that our relationship changed in that little time?  I asked myself with a shake of my head.

I was glad Sophie didn't see or she would have been questioned me like a news reporter.  I washed up and went to bed. I dreamed that night. I woke up in a forest.  A river bubbled beside me and birds twittered as I walked slowly across the woods. The breeze sang with warmth and I sang a little tune as I threw a rock that skipped across the water.  The moon shone and turned the river into a silvery sheen.   As I walked, I heard a coughing noise.  I ran to the sound.  When I stopped, I saw Matt lying on his side under an oak tree and coughing. His coughs were getting weaker until he suddenly stopped breathing. I screamed and raced up to him with tears in my brown eyes. The coughing rose up again until I jumped up in my bed. I was breathing hard and tears stung against my  cheeks. 

"Are you okay?", Sophie asked with fear in her wide blue eyes. 

I told her my dream and she hugged me. 

"It'll be okay", she whispered softly into my ear. 

During class a finger tapped my shoulder and I looked behind me with a gasp. Matt was behind me. His face was pallid and his blue eyes were distant. He was lead away and I watched him leave with scared eyes. 

"He'll be fine", Sophie sighed.

When I went to sleep that night, I dreamed the same dream.