"Mother!"
"What happened, sweetie?"
"Where are we going?"
Nine year old asked her mother with tinge of confusion dancing in her words. Her mother didn't replied simply but led out a dramatic sigh before looking down at her daughter.
"It's because...we don't want monsters to chase our lovely Sarah," her mother ruffled her hairs and a smile crawled on the child's face.
"Am I lovely?" Sarah exclaimed as she jumped up and down in excitement.
The woman's eyes moisturised as she crouched down and embrace the little girl.
"You're lovely, my dear. How I wished your future would be secured and full of happiness," Sarah didn't understand the meaning behind her mother's words but didn't said anything.
"I'll be back in an hour, okay? Lock the door and don't let anyone in," she said and Sarah nodded.
Sarah woke up with intense headache as her brain threatened to escaped the skull. Her breathing was not normal. She pulled the duvet off her and brought her legs at the edge of bed so that they were dangling. As she positioned her foot on the ground, her whole world start spinning. She lost her balance and fell on the ground.
She stayed like this for few moments until the dizziness was gone and tried to stand up again. This time she was successful. She took cautious and gentle steps towards the bathroom and stood in front of sink while looking in the mirror in front of her. She didn't even realised that her clothes were changed. Her mind drifted back to dream she had. Same dream for eleven years. If she would've known that, that was the last time she would see her mother than she would've never let her go.
'It must be Nancy' she thought looking down at her clothes.
She washed her face and looked through cabinet for asprin or any pain killer. She found asprin and went to her room slowly and found water bottle near bed before gulping down two pills with water. She sat at the edge of bed holding her head. She laid on bed and closed her eyes and let the sleep consume her, again.
She woke up to the sound of utensils striking each other. She opened her eyes and felt the pain vanished. She sat up and stretched her arms over her head before getting up from bed and made her way towards the sound. A huge smile crossed her face on watching the person she loved the most. She tip toed towards the person and she hugged him from behind.
"Hi". She wispered.
He held her hands that were resting on his chest and turned around to face her. Leaning down slightly, he kissed her cheek.
"How are you feeling, love?" He asked.
"I am fine, now that you are here". She said smiling brightly. Her heart fluttered as his hazel eyes looked down at her with passion and love. Spending large fraction of her life without someone caring for her made her vulnerable to his love.
"When did you come, Mathew?" She asked giggling as he wrapped his arms around her.
Mathew bend down a little till they were face to face and pecked her on lips, lingeri