Many of you will hate how predictable this is. Well, say so then!!!
As always, c&c wanted. Tell me why. I cannot get better if you don't tell me what you liked or hated.
Thanks all.
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gAll you need is love,h he says and looks at her.
She turns away. gNo.h
They are standing in a great grass field. Butterflies, bees and dragonflies fly all around. The tiny little things are looking for flowers. There are no flowers here.
gWhy?h
She frowns and looks at the bright grass. gYou do not understand do you?h she asks
He shakes his head.
gLove is not enough. Love is nothing. I must be the best!h She shouts it.
hWhy Laika?h he asks. gWhy?h he starts and pauses again. gIt isnft hard. You need only open your arms wide and then you will find that they are filled.h
She turns back to face him. Her face is a combination of pain and wanting.
gBecause,h she starts, she tries. gIt is my blood. It is what we do. It is what I do. To be the best is all that there is. I cannot love!h She screams the last. Her voice echoes over the field. She remembers ducks and geese that would not come to her. She remembers her sisterfs touch. She remembers the children who were smiling and laughing.
He looks down at the green grass.
gI love you.h
gNo you do not,h she replies.
He looks up at her. gYes, I do.h
gWhy?h She shakes her head as she asks. gYou are an idiot.h
gI just do. I cannot explain. I love you Laika. I have loved you since I first saw you. You are in my dreams. You are in all my dreams. I love you so very much. I love you Laika. I love you Laika. I love you so very much.h
She lifts her sleeve and pulls her bracelet from her arm. She locks eyes with him. Her eyes are a narrowed warning.
gYou know what will happen?h
He nods his head. He is not afraid.
She looks at him.
She does not transform.
gIc I donft understand?h
He smiles at her. gLaika. All you need to do is love. You donft need the professorfs gene therapy. You just need someone to hold. That is all.h
She frowns. gHow would you know?h
gBecause that is what my father was working on. That was what he discovered. I read his journal.h
The insects stop moving. They all look at her. They are hover frozen in time and space.
She falls to the ground. She is on her knees in the green grass. She looks at her hands in her skirted lap. They are not covered in blood. She glances back at him and his eyes are so very wide. His eyes are so filled with love. So filled with love of her.
gCan you love me?h she asks.
He nods. gI can and I do. I love you very much.h
The insects move slightly with his voice.
gI love you so very much Laika. I have always loved you. Please,h he says. He stretches his arms out to her.
She moves toward him. She runs to him.
His arms are outstretched. His eyes are so pure. His smile is so big.
She smiles as they embrace. She laughs out loud as he hugs her tight. His smell, his form, it is so right. She is so very happy. Her very soul shouts for joy. Her heart beats, as it has never done before. A tear slips from her eye. Her heart beats with one with his. They hold and their hearts beat together.
The alarm goes off. Beep. Beep. Beep.
Laika snaps awake. She looks at her clock and curses the time.
She folds her hands in her lap and forces herself not to cry.
She does not.
gStupid dream,h she says.
A dragonfly lifts itself from her lamp and flies out the open window. It tried.
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