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Chapter 4 – Meaning

Hugh was shocked at her outburst, in all those years he had known her he hadn’t seen her cry a lot and certainly not like this. He didn’t know what to do other than cuddle her close to him softly stroke her back and hair, hoping it would give her the comfort she so obviously needed. ‘I-I’m sorry…’, she sniffled, ‘it’s just.. I…’, she couldn’t tell him. She didn’t know how. How do toi tell your best friend toi had a very vivid sex dream about him and for several hours had been under the illusion that it had all been real? If she told him that he would surely think that she was in l’amour with him, not to mention his thoughts about her having gone insane…

‘Lizzie?’, he whispered as he still felt teardrops sinking into his shirt. ‘I-I can’t tell you…’, she mumbled. ‘O… is it that bad or…? toi know toi can tell me anything, right? I would never judge toi ou anything, I just want to make sure you’re okay…’ Lisa sighed, why did he have to be so considerate, so gentle, so… so Hugh. ‘It’s just… I don’t want to upset you…’, it was the last defense she had. ‘You could never upset me.’ She loosened her grip on him and gently lifted her head so their eyes could meet. His eyes looked so soft, so understanding. ‘I-I had a dream... it ehm… about you.’, she stumbled, quickly looking away from him. Hugh frowned, a little surprised at the revelation, ‘Wh-what kind of dream?’ ‘We ehm…. we kissed…’, it was the best she could do. She couldn’t tell this friendly, gentle, shy and sensitive Hugh that she dreamt about them having very hot and sweaty sex.

Hugh let out a soft ‘O…’ and nodded before Lisa decided she should tell him a little more. ‘And well.. it was so vivid that… when I woke up this morning, I thought it had really happened, because well… toi knocked over a lamp when toi were here and the lamp was on the ground exactly like in my dream when I woke up. So when toi told me toi had slept all night… I kind of… freaked.’ Hugh closed his eyes trying to process what Lisa had just told him. ‘Wow…’, he whispered. ‘Hmmm… I’m sorry Hugh, it’s… it doesn’t mean anything it was probably just a dream.’ Hugh nodded, ‘I know… and the lamp is probably the result of sleepwalking ou something right?’ Lisa raised her shoulders, ‘I don’t know… I think so…’ ‘Liz? Can I ask toi something?’ She looked up at him again, ‘Sure…’ ‘What did toi feel when toi thought it had really happened?’ Lisa blushed, ‘I-I… ehm… mostly confused.’ Hugh nodded then hugged her closer.

‘Hugh? Are toi okay? I wouldn’t want this to jeopardize our friendship ou anything.’ ‘I’m fine… I mean it was just a dream right? I sometimes have dreams about toi too. No big deal.’ Lisa’s eyes shot upwards to meet his, ‘You dream about me?’ This time it was Hugh’s turn to blush. ‘Y-yeah… but then again, I don’t think toi are truly a man if toi haven’t ever dreamt about Lisa Edelstein…’, he turned it into a joke. Lisa smiled. ‘Good to see toi smile again.’, he said. ‘Hmmm’ ‘You think you’re gonna be okay now?’ Lisa buried her head in the crook of his neck. ‘Yeah, as long as I can tell my dreams from reality in the future I think I will be okay.’ ‘Good… toi got me really worried about you.’, he a dit as he played with her hair. ‘Thank you…’, she mumbled as yawned tired of the emotional drain the morning had been. ‘Maybe toi should go back to sleep for a few hours…’ ‘Hmmm sounds good, hope my dreams are a little less vivid.’ ‘I hear those Superman dreams are good, maybe toi should try to have one of those… If I were toi I would picture Robert in one of those suits, then at least toi really know it was all a dream.’, Hugh winked. Lisa giggled and rested in his arms for a few plus minutes before turning to sleep on her double bed…

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