It was the third night in a row that I woke in a cold sweat with Ashley's name on my lips, and my neighbor was bitching again and hitting his buzzer frantically. We had both asked that I be transferred to a separate room but the hospital told us they were full and would accommodate as soon as possible. The dream wouldn't leave. It stayed with me during the day and invaded my sleep. Scenes played over and over again but this time I was just a bystander. I couldn't make different choices and was forced to live the same things over and over again.
"More dreams, Richard?" the nurse said coming in to see me.
"Yeah. That must have been some bump I took," I replied.
"Just give him something to make him shut the fuck up," my neighbor yelled at her. "How the fuck am I supposed to get better if he keeps interrupting my rest?"
"How's about you just go back to sleep and let me take care of Richard," she replied calmly.
"I'll be out of here tomorrow afternoon, buddy. Then we don't have to see, or hear, each other again," I said to him.
He muttered something we couldn't make out, but the nurse and I both heard him roll over and go quiet. We just smiled at each other.
I had been in the hospital for five days now and the repeat dreams had started the first night I woke after the accident. The parts that came to me were sections of the big dream I had had of me and Ashley on the island. I wasn't sure what any of it meant but I still felt all the feelings as if they were real. Waking from these dreams was leaving me heart broken and I needed to figure out what was going on.
The next day I was released and my girlfriend was there to pick me up. As I walked into my house I looked around, everything was as I remembered and shouldn't have surprised me; but it did. It felt like years since I had stepped foot here. My girlfriend took my bag and went off to the bedroom to unpack it while I made my way out to the deck to sit on the couch in the mid-August sun. The bandage around my head had to be there for another week but other than the dreams, I was going to recover fully. My girls were off with friends and blessedly there was little noise. The medication they gave me knocked me out so I preferred to deal with the pain for as long as I could before taking it.
"You ok over there?" my girlfriend asked.
"Yeah. Just enjoying the sun on my face," I replied. "Being cooped up in that room was driving me nuts."
She was about to say something else when the doorbell rang. I heard Chris' voice when the door opened and a minute later he and Ashley joined me out back. My heart started hammering in my chest as she stepped through the patio door and I thought for sure everyone could hear it.
She had tried for a school girl look today and it instantly got my attention. She had tied her white blouse up in the front at the bottom and the top three buttons had been left undone. Her red and white, plaid skirt was rolled at the waist and hung well above mid-thigh. Long white knee socks with tiny white shoes completed the outfit. From the lack of lines at her shoulders I could tell that her bra was strapless, but it still did a magnificent job of pushing her perfect breasts up high. Even from my lower angle I could see her ample cleavage.
I knew she had worn the outfit just for me. She had made a point of teasing a lot more than usual for the past little while. She could tell it worked because I never tried to hide anything that 'came up' as a result. I never teased back though. I just played dumb and let her do her thing. I figured it was a crush and she would outgrow it, and in the meantime I was getting peeks at a tight-bodied and very beautiful twenty-one year old woman.
"The girls all got together and made you lasagna. They wanted you to have something nice after all that hospital food," Chris said bringing my attention back and preventing me from doing something dangerous to Ashley then and there.
"I made sure to put a lot of cheese on it for you," Ashley added, smiling warmly.
"That's sweet, thank you, princess," I said, "but you really didn't need to go to all the trouble." I replied.
"You look like shit. How are you feeling?" Ashley asked.
"Thanks," I said with playful sourness. "I feel like I split my head open saving the prettiest woman I know."
She smiled at me and came over to look at my bandages. It took all of my restraint not to wrap my arms around her and pull her down for a kiss. I had to close my eyes and turn my head as her chest moved in front of my face. It was dangerously close, and the strain of her breasts against the fabric caused the remaining buttons to threaten to pop. Tanned skin heaved with every breath she took, and my cock went rock hard instantly. Her perfume was intoxicating and I had to remind myself that it had only been a dream.
I heard the phone ring and my girlfriend move off to the other room to answer it. Strange, I thought. Everyone had cell phones, why would the home line be ringing?
"There's no more bump, but I can see the stitches. Those idiots at the hospital don't know how to wrap a wound," Ashley said gently moving the bandage back into place to cover everything.
"We can't stay long, but the girls insisted the food get to you for your homecoming." Chris said.
My girlfriend came in at that moment with an annoyed look on her face.
"I have to go in to work. Seems a shipment is coming in late and nobody can stick around to make sure they can unload. I'll be back as soon as I can. You going to be ok by yourself for a bit?" she asked me.
"I'll be fine," I replied, wondering again why they would call the house and not her cell.
"I should go too. I have something I need to do," Chris said.
Then I remembered.
"I'll stay and make sure he's taken care of," Ashley offered.
"You sure, sweetie?" my girlfriend asked.
"Someone has to make sure he eats," she replied sitting down next to me. "Besides, it's the least I can do. He almost killed himself saving me. I figure I owe him big time. Spending some time with my hero and showering him with attention will be more than a pleasure, and besides, I make damn good lasagna."
"We'll be fine, and I'll make sure Ashley gets something down her throat as well. We'll be here when you get back. You two go have fun," I said with a smirk.
And there it was. A flash of fear passed across their faces but was quickly replaced by their fake concern. If I hadn't suspected and been watching closely I probably wouldn't have seen it.
My girlfriend came over and kissed me lightly on the cheek and headed off. Chris gave me a pat on the shoulder, kissed Ashley, and closed the patio door behind him.
"I'm going to go warm up supper. Can I get you anything?" Ashley asked. "Water? Beer? My cum soaked gstring?"
"A beer would be nice," I replied with a chuckle. "Tease."