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I’d started a new painting Pete kept askingless appealing than spending tiuy when I only wanted one athered my oil paints
Starting out, I experiia O’Keefe style—bold colors and oversized ies examined in anatomical detail My e transforhtes flowed fro in an inverted V and wrapping all the emotions we’d shared in a sheath of red and purple I didn’t kno long I worked, pouring all the feelings I’d had since the beginning of my journey with him into the lines and shades of the canvas When I stopped, it was dark outside and my eyes were heavy
Dropping the brush in a jar of turp, I left it for now I’d look at it in theand decide if it orth a daers and in the tips of h ponytail
I washedabout the bits in s and tossed the between the sheets in only my panties, I was asleep the moment my head touched the pillow
A burst of whiteoverhead Another noise Another explosion Looking down, I wore a long, beige robe that billowed and flowed around e scarf
It was different, yet the same I was in this place, but I was inthe destruction, I ran toward it So Then I saw hi there Fear seized in my chest, but he moved He was alive! He was alive and he needed me
I ran faster towards him, hard as I could A cramp stabbed my ribs, but I didn’t stop until I was at his side I stretched out my hand and touched his cheek His skin was so hot, I moved my hand down to his neck He turned his head and looked up Our eyes met
With a gasp, I sat straight up in my bed My chest rose and fell like a bellows as I tried to calht sweat covered my skin
It was the first tied Instead of looking through his eyes, I was there, seeing him with mine
Was it prophetic? Was it a dream of the past? I reached forI could re of desperation I lay back on ain A little treh me, and I said a silent prayer
Please be okay, my love
Stuart
I was on fire The burning inoffpain tore through me, and I couldn’t even screa on the sand under the blazing-white sun
Where was Derek? Had I lost hione back for hiet up fro in my veins
Again burning flayed my senses Fuck! It hurt like hell! I couldn’t make it stop I tried to pull away, butto die here in torhts until soed