Chapter 17: Just a Bad Dream

The sun is setting. It’s getting darker and darker. Where am I? Where is everyone else? Am I lost?

There are big trees everywhere and they all look the same. Which direction do I need to head towards? Where am I trying to go?

It’s getting even darker. I can’t see anything. The moon is the only source of light now.

I felt wet water droplets on my hair. Has it started to rain as well? I need to get out of this forest.

I started running as fast as I could in the dark. Leaves and branches scratched at my body as I ran passed them. I don’t even know if I’m heading in the right direction. I’m so scared ... It’s raining so hard, I’m completely drenched and the ground is getting slippery.

“Help! Someone ... please help me!” I screamed at the top of my lungs repeatedly until my voice was choked up by my own sobs. That was when I realized that I had been crying.

The sound of the rain and thunder above washed away all of my cries for help.

Someone, please find me. Please help me. I prayed. I am so scared. Please!

I no longer had enough strength to run or even walk now as I sat down on the ground. The rain crashed down mercilessly on me. I’m so scared of the dark and there must be wild animals around here. Am I going to ... die here? I must have loss consciousness at some point, I don’t remember much after that.

“Natalia!” I heard a man’s voice and then warm hands on my bare arm as he shook me lightly.

“Natalia! Natalia! Hang on, Natalia! Wake up!” a man’s voice was calling my name. I’m sure that he’s shouting but he sounds so far away and his voice was unclear. My eyelids feel so heavy and so does my body. I can’t move my limbs and attempting to open my eyes take up all the energy that I have.

I felt my body being lifted upwards. The man probably just lifted my body into his arms. The only sources of light were now the moon and the flashlight that the man held. I slowly opened my eyes and as my eyes adjusted to the light the first thing that I saw were green emerald eyes.

Then I saw just darkness.

... I jolted up in bed panting hard. My body was all sweaty and I felt fear and shock wreck my body as I tried to calm my breathing. It’s that dream again. I haven’t dreamt of it for a few days and I thought that it had finally disappeared from my mind. Apparently, it has returned or perhaps it never left in the first place. The dream seemed so real, I thought, still in a daze.

“Natalia! Natalia...” I heard a voice next to me on the bed as Edward rushed to my side. He must have heard me screaming in my dream.

“Are you ok? You were screaming in your sleep. Did you have a nightmare?” Edward asked me with care taking me into his comforting arms in a hug.

He cradled me in his arm and I leaned my head on his warm chest. I could hear his heartbeat and it was quite comforting. Our argument is far from over but his presence right now comforts me more than words can describe or give credit for.

“I’m ok now. I just had a bad dream,” I replied, hugging him closer to me. I reflected on my nightmare from just now. I’ve had that nightmare a couple of times now and each time the details got clearer as if I’m seeing more of the story. This is the first time that the dream went on long enough for someone to finally find me in that dream.

Edwards warm lips on my forehead broke my chain of thought. He then proceeded to kiss me softly on the tip of my nose and then on my lips.

“What are you doing?” I asked suspiciously when our lips finally parted.

“Comforting you,” he replied before continuing to kiss my lips, cutting off all of my potential protests.

His warm tongue probed my lips asking for permission to enter my mouth. I slowly parted my lips to accept him and his warmth. He gently teased my tongue with his before our kiss started to get hungrier and more passionate. He kept on seducing me with his kisses and I knew that soon I would be moaning with pleasure in his arms. Edward knew how to turn my body on so well and for now his love is what I need to comfort me.

His hands teased my naked breasts a little making me moan out loud. I was surprised at how lewd my moans sound even to my own ears. Soon after, Edward shifted our positions so that he was lying below me and I was straddling his hips on top of him.