Seeking Dreams……Chapter Thirty-Five

Later that night, everyone else is asleep, expect for Gabrielle.

She’s on her tenth cup and second pot of coffee now.

She keeps re-playing the scenes from earlier today with Robert.

Is Emily right? Is he still supposed to be in prison?

If so, how did he get out?

Is his obsession with me this bad, that he actually broke out of jail?

Why? Why is he like this?

All of these questions run through her mind over and over again.

Suddenly, her thoughts are broken from a soft sound walking into the kitchen with her.

“Baby, what are you doing up?” Jared asks her now sitting down with a blanket rapped around him.

“I just can’t sleep, it’s ok” Gabrielle says smiling.

“Really, how many cups of coffee is that now?” Jared says.

“Um, I donno really, sixth or seventh…. ninth ” Gabrielle says shaking her head.

“Ah huh, something’s wrong”

“What do you mean?”

“You only drink one or two cups of coffee, sometimes three but never four and over. You only do that when you’re upset”

Gabrielle shakes her head again.

“I’m fine Jared, I just can’t sleep that’s all, trust me” she says now reaching across the counter for his hand.

Jared smiles and then takes her hand and holds it in his.

“Wow your cold” Gabriele says.

“Yeah, tell me about it” Jared says now rapping the blanket around him even tighter and shivering a little.

“Go to bed honey” Gabrielle says now getting up to get another cup of coffee.

“I can’t. Come with me” Jared says now grabbing her hand.

“I told you I can’t sleep, I’ll be along in a bit” Gabrielle says sighing.

“Pleaseeeeeee?” Jared says now like a whiney child.

Gabrielle laughs a little at that.

“I’ll make it worth your while” he then says with a sly grin.

“Oh? How?” Gabrielle says smiling with a little giggle.

Jared then gets up and raps his arms around her and then he kisses her deeply, his hands now rubbing her back.

“Come on and you’ll fine out” he says now walking over to the bunk.

Gabrielle smiles and then gives another sigh.

“Oh why not? Besides, that well certainly make me tired” she says to herself now walking to the bunk.

The next morning:

Jared and Gabrielle wake up to the sound of Shannon yelling.

“Come on sleepy heads, time to get up. And next time keep your darn underwear inside your bunk!” he yells.

Gabrielle eyes snap wide open and then she real quick throws on her nightshirt and pants and then hops out of the bunk.

“Nearly broke my neck when I got up this morning. Laying right in the middle of the floor, as if this is a barn” Shannon says shaking his head at her.

“Oh shut up” she says her face going red and then snatching her underwear up and tossing it into the bunk.

“So did you get any calls?” Emily then asks her as she now sits down.

“No, you?” Gabrielle asks.

“Nope. I guess he finally got the message”

“Yeah, lets hope” Gabrielle says now holding her head on her hands

“Didn’t sleep much last night?” Tomo then asks.

“Nope, not a wink” Gabrielle says sighing.

“Well I guess not!” Shannon says now starting again.

“Shut up Shannon!” Gabrielle says now getting up and going to the bathroom to freshen up.

She just can’t shake the feeling that something’s going to happen, and it’s bothering her like crazy.