One Last Time //Lams//University AU//Part 1

Chapter 16

November 26th 2017
Wednesday

Alex POV
"Alexander."
I hear a voice saying my name, I'm too comfortable to open my eyes, "Alexander, come on wake up!" the voice says again, I groan a little, "Come on baby, you need to get up." I open my eyes to see John, I smile. He kisses me and I sit up. "Come on, the kids are waiting for us." he says.

I get up and walk downstairs with John, "Daddy!" a girl yells and I give her a hug, "Morning kiddo." I say she runs into the kitchen, a boy walks out of the kitchen, "Morning dad!" he says, "Good morning _____, how did you sleep?" I ask, "Good." he replies grabbing a teady bear off the couch.

We walk into the kitchen and _____ hands the teady bear to the girl, "It was on the couch _____." he says and she sticks out her tongue. We make breakfast and sit at the dining room table, I get up to grab a glass of water and a man walks past me.

It was my father, "You were never my son." he says and walks out the door. I turn around to see my mother lying on the floor, she was dead. "Mom!" I drop to my knees and begin to shake her, trying to get any response from her. I look up, "Peter..." I say, he's hanging from the ceiling, "Y-You were s-s-supposed to s-stop m-me." he stutters while choking on the roap around his neck. I look to the ceiling and there's a floating bubble of water above me, "James...". In the bubble of water is the drowned body of my older brother.

"Alexander..." I slowly turn around to see John, he's pale, the children are dead on the floor, I feel tears burn my eyes. I watch as John's mouth and eyes start pouring blood as he screams my name.

"Alexander!"

"Alexander!"

"Alexander!"
I sit up in a cold sweat, my heart is racing and I'm breathing really fast. I could feel my cheeks are wet from crying. John is sitting next to me, panic written all over his face. "Oh my God, Alexander!" he says. His hand is grasping my arm, "W-What happened?" I barely manage to say, "You were having a nightmare..." he says, I slow my breathing and wipe my eyes.

"Are you okay?" he asks scared, "Yeah... I'm fine..." I say, he squeezes my arm, "You sure?" I nod my head, I grab my phone and check the time. 5:53, I'm not going back to sleep. "I'm just gonna get up now." I say and he pulls me down, "No. You're going back to sleep." he says sternly, "I'll never fall asleep now, and besides we're waking up in an hour anyways." I say and he shakes his head.

"We're not waking up in an hour, and yes you are going back to sleep now." he pushes me down onto the pillow and I try and struggle out of it but he's too strong. "Please John just let me go!" I plead, he shakes his head, "If you can give me a good reason then I will." he says.

"What better reason then it being too late to try fall back asleep?" I say and he glares at me. It's silent for a moment, "What happened?" he asks, "What?" "In your dream. What happened?" I don't say anything, honestly I don't actually know how. "That is why you don't want to go back to sleep right?" he says.

"I have lost everyone." I say, "Everyone I have ever loved has either left or died." I hold back tears, "...how do I know you're not next?" John takes a deep breath, "Alexander... I can't guarantee that I won't die any moment. Life is unpredictable that way." he says and I close my eyes and turn over into the pillow, he stops holding me down and pulls me into him, "But I can promise you, I will do whatever it takes to stay with you."

I cling into his shirt and he tightens his grip on me slightly, tears begin streaming down my face, "I won't walk away from you, and I will stay by your side as long as I can." he kisses my forehead and looks into my eyes, "I need you to promise that to me too." he says, "Promise me that you will never let anything take you away from me. Not even life." I nod my head.