Post by RisingPhoenix on Oct 22, 2012 23:40:16 GMT -5
Based on an actual dream
Running like a mad woman I stood in front of the door and looked into his eyes. He looked back into mine like he wasn’t trying to hear it but still I pleaded for him to stay. I tried to appeal to whatever good nature he have hiding somewhere deep with himself.
“Please don’t go tonight. We do not have to stay home. Why not go out just the two of us?” I tried to be as girly and as flirtatious as I could even knowing what I knew but I wasn’t sure if I was doing a good job. I stood there for what seem like an eternity and he suddenly said.
“Alright then,” and put his stuff down and before I knew it we were sitting in a classy restaurant laughing like old times.
I could feel the love that I felt in the beginning. It just made my heart swell with joy and I looked over at him, at his smile, the way the dimple went deep into his cheek. It felt like days had passed in one night. One wonderfully glorious night that I felt like Cindrella about to run out of the ball at the stroke of midnight.
“I’m not your wife” I blurted out. To this he jerked his head up from his plate. I handed him a picture. His expression went blank.
“This was the woman you were on your way to see tonight, right?”
“I can explain. We can work this out” he grabbed my hands and I clasped his back.
“You really need to work this out but with your own wife. I am Giselle but I am not your Giselle. I am from the future. I came here because this was my dying wish. Tonight I stopped you from cheating on your wife for the first time. You all are having problems but it is not worth it to do this. You end up tearing your whole family a part. Your children end up with depression and your wife tries to kill herself. In my dimension she ends up doing a lot worse. My dying wish as a result was to come here and stop you from doing this to your family. So at least you all can have a chance” by the time I finish I had tears streaming down my cheeks and he sat there in disbelief.
“I don’t believe you” he said.
“I thought you may not believe me but at least I got to have this last night with you. I only hope that maybe just, maybe I have helped save our marriage-I mean your marriage. In a few moments I am going to disappear and your wife will come out of the bathroom and she may be a bit disoriented. I would just like to hug you good bye” I said standing up from my seat.
“I will humor you Giselle but you are speaking a bunch of non…”
“Please, please don’t” I said wrapping my arms around him.
“Remember my words Phillip. Do not let your family break up over some fleeting moments and misplaced feeling. The end results are not worth it” I kissed him gently on the cheek. “Good bye”
“Giselle, Giselle” Phillip looked around as he felt nothing in his arms anymore. He looked around and saw nothing. It was as if no one else in the restaurant noticed anything.
He looked up and Giselle came around the corner.
“What is going on? What am I doing here” he grabbed her and kissed her.
“Phillip what…”
“We were having dinner and you went to the bathroom” he said pulling out her chair.
“I don’t remember any of that. I just remember some light and then I was at this restaurant”
“Shhh… tell me about your day”.
“I am still having trouble finding jobs. I don’t know what we are going to do the recession is really tough”
“Don’t worry about that these things take time. You will find something eventually. I believe in you.”
“But what about what you said…”
“I was not thinking clearly. I was afraid. I am not afraid anymore. Can you forgive me Giselle?”
“Yes of course. I am so relieved. I was afraid you was going to lose you” she said with tears running down her cheek.
“I am not going anywhere”
I sit up in my bed with a start. I look over. I see my son sleeping. I look around. It was only a dream. I reach for the phone but I remember he no longer wants to hear the sound of my voice. It is too painful for him. It is too painful for me not to hear the sound of his. But I must live with this pain. It is over and there is no salvaging it. Our marriage is over and no one came to warn us. There was no futuristic time traveler to tell us that this was going to happen. Just a cruel fantasy, a dream so real, I really thought he would be there when I awakened. But I was only greeted with heartache and tears. When will this hellish torment end? Why must I continue to suffer? Who will take this away? Where is my time machine?
The Phoenix
Running like a mad woman I stood in front of the door and looked into his eyes. He looked back into mine like he wasn’t trying to hear it but still I pleaded for him to stay. I tried to appeal to whatever good nature he have hiding somewhere deep with himself.
“Please don’t go tonight. We do not have to stay home. Why not go out just the two of us?” I tried to be as girly and as flirtatious as I could even knowing what I knew but I wasn’t sure if I was doing a good job. I stood there for what seem like an eternity and he suddenly said.
“Alright then,” and put his stuff down and before I knew it we were sitting in a classy restaurant laughing like old times.
I could feel the love that I felt in the beginning. It just made my heart swell with joy and I looked over at him, at his smile, the way the dimple went deep into his cheek. It felt like days had passed in one night. One wonderfully glorious night that I felt like Cindrella about to run out of the ball at the stroke of midnight.
“I’m not your wife” I blurted out. To this he jerked his head up from his plate. I handed him a picture. His expression went blank.
“This was the woman you were on your way to see tonight, right?”
“I can explain. We can work this out” he grabbed my hands and I clasped his back.
“You really need to work this out but with your own wife. I am Giselle but I am not your Giselle. I am from the future. I came here because this was my dying wish. Tonight I stopped you from cheating on your wife for the first time. You all are having problems but it is not worth it to do this. You end up tearing your whole family a part. Your children end up with depression and your wife tries to kill herself. In my dimension she ends up doing a lot worse. My dying wish as a result was to come here and stop you from doing this to your family. So at least you all can have a chance” by the time I finish I had tears streaming down my cheeks and he sat there in disbelief.
“I don’t believe you” he said.
“I thought you may not believe me but at least I got to have this last night with you. I only hope that maybe just, maybe I have helped save our marriage-I mean your marriage. In a few moments I am going to disappear and your wife will come out of the bathroom and she may be a bit disoriented. I would just like to hug you good bye” I said standing up from my seat.
“I will humor you Giselle but you are speaking a bunch of non…”
“Please, please don’t” I said wrapping my arms around him.
“Remember my words Phillip. Do not let your family break up over some fleeting moments and misplaced feeling. The end results are not worth it” I kissed him gently on the cheek. “Good bye”
“Giselle, Giselle” Phillip looked around as he felt nothing in his arms anymore. He looked around and saw nothing. It was as if no one else in the restaurant noticed anything.
He looked up and Giselle came around the corner.
“What is going on? What am I doing here” he grabbed her and kissed her.
“Phillip what…”
“We were having dinner and you went to the bathroom” he said pulling out her chair.
“I don’t remember any of that. I just remember some light and then I was at this restaurant”
“Shhh… tell me about your day”.
“I am still having trouble finding jobs. I don’t know what we are going to do the recession is really tough”
“Don’t worry about that these things take time. You will find something eventually. I believe in you.”
“But what about what you said…”
“I was not thinking clearly. I was afraid. I am not afraid anymore. Can you forgive me Giselle?”
“Yes of course. I am so relieved. I was afraid you was going to lose you” she said with tears running down her cheek.
“I am not going anywhere”
I sit up in my bed with a start. I look over. I see my son sleeping. I look around. It was only a dream. I reach for the phone but I remember he no longer wants to hear the sound of my voice. It is too painful for him. It is too painful for me not to hear the sound of his. But I must live with this pain. It is over and there is no salvaging it. Our marriage is over and no one came to warn us. There was no futuristic time traveler to tell us that this was going to happen. Just a cruel fantasy, a dream so real, I really thought he would be there when I awakened. But I was only greeted with heartache and tears. When will this hellish torment end? Why must I continue to suffer? Who will take this away? Where is my time machine?
The Phoenix
