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Mam winced. “They’re still happening?”
Every night. “They aren’t as bad as before.”
“That’s a relief to know, love.”
“I keep having this one dream lately, though,” I said, deciding to tell her. “About, uh, well, about her.”
My mother’s expression fell. “Oh?”
“Yeah.” Swallowing deeply, I asked, “Did we live somewhere else before here?”
“You know we did, love. We lived in Tipperary.”
“No, not Tipperary,” I muttered, feeling confused. “Somewhere farther away. Somewhere we would need to fly to.”
Mam frowned. “What are you talking about?”
“In my dreams, I’m on an airplane.” I expelled a frustrated breath. “We all are. The whole family. We’re flying somewhere and Caoimhe looks really happy about it, and I think I am, too.” Frowning, I added, “But the moment the plane lands, I wake up.”
“Maybe you’re reminiscing about a holiday we took?”
“No.” I shook my head, brows creased. “I don’t think so.”
“Well, you can stop worrying, love.” She smiled cheerfully. “Because it’s just a dream.”
“Yeah,” I mumbled, discretely digging my fingers into my flesh to soothe the anxiety rising up inside.
My phone pinged then, and I quickly snatched it out of my pocket and clicked on the unopened text message. The moment I read his name on the screen, excitement roared to life inside of me.I roared to life.
Four more days. x
A sudden flush of heat washed over my body because I knew exactly what that cryptic message meant. Feeling my heart thump erratically in my chest, I fumbled over the keypad of my phone, desperate to get a message back to him.
Come home from swim camp early. We can get a head start. x
Holding my breath, I stared at the screen and waited for his response, only to visibly tremble with excitement when my phone pinged a few moments later.
I’m stuck in Kerry until Sunday. x
Stifling a groan, I typed out another message and pressed send.
That means we won’t see each other until school on Monday. x
His reply came instantly.
Don’t worry. I’ll make it up to you. ;) x
Smirking, I replied.
How? x
My phone pinged ten seconds later.
Lots of touching ;) x
My heart jackknifed in my chest, and I grinned devilishly before texting him back.
FINALLY. x
