Icarians: Poisoned Dreams by Vanessa Mock, Jessie Reinking Page B

it."
"Me?"
"Yeah, but it was really bad and I don't think you want to hear it." Analeigh told her honestly.
"Your probably right but I want to hear it."
Analeigh told her the horrible dream and when she was done Mercedes was very pale and quite. Analeigh felt terrible.
"I'm sorry Sadie I shouldn't have said anything at all."
"No, no I'm fine just a little puzzled that’s all. It's truly odd that you are having the dreams, maybe you should try to remember what happened the night your grandmother died. That might help out a lot." She offered.
    "I agree, but how do you make yourself remember something when your not sure you were ever really there?"
"If I were you I would just sit and meditate on what you do remember, step by step, and see if anything happens." Mercedes said helpfully.
"Yeah I will definitely try that, but right now I'm starting to freak myself out. Lets talk about something else." Analeigh suggested smiling.
"So tell me about you friend, Nickie isn't it?"
"Yes, we have been friends for a really long time. She's brilliant, enthusiastic, kind and lots of fun. She’s studying to be a doctor. You guys are going to like her."
"She sounds great.”
They continued to talk for the next hour while they worked on the bedroom. Mason came and informed them that he was finished with the kitchen.
"Your done?" Analeigh was stunned.
"Now don't sound so surprised, you'll hurt my feelings." Mason joked. Analeigh went to look at her kitchen as Mason and Sadie followed behind her.
"I know my kitchen is kinda small but......" She stopped when she saw the room.
It looked like a whole new kitchen. The walls were the pale yellow she picked out, he also put up the wall paper border with beautiful yellow daffodils on it and a white background. Her cabinets were left the pale wood that they were, and the white tiles on her floor where also left but he had put down the area rug she had bought to match the paint. That with the new curtains she got, the room had turned out really wonderful.
"It's beautiful, how did you get it done so fast?" She asked him.
"I didn't think it was all that fast." Mason told her.
"Well, thank you so much I love it. You did a wonderful job." Analeigh said sincerely.

Chapter 11
     
    An hour later after they had gone. Analeigh sat in the kitchen thinking about her grandmother. In the house she could still feel the warmth that her grandmother left behind, but the woods around her house seemed to possess something very dark and evil. She could feel it even as she sat safely inside. Her thoughts where interrupted by a knock on the front door. She saw Jaxon standing outside her door, and felt a little flutter in the pit of her stomach. She quickly answered the door.
"Hey Jaxon, come in." He barely stepped over her threshold.
"That’s ok I just wanted to drop off your car."
"Ok let me get my check book." Analeigh left the room before he could protest.
Every time he saw her she stole the very breath from his chest. Analeigh was incredibly beautiful, her body was just how a woman's body should be. Luscious curves in all the right places. Her legs were toned and long despite her height. Her lips were full, pink and kissable and above all he couldn't get enough of her emerald green eyes. It was pure hell for him not to be able to run his fingers through her long curly brown locks. When she came back into the room he could smell her scent, an enticing mixture of honeysuckle and something else he couldn't identify. To him she was the most perfect creature to ever walk the earth. Analeigh smiled at him now.
"How much do I owe you?" Jaxon didn't want to charge her. He would do anything for her, but he was also aware of her pride. So he told her the amount and she wrote him a check.
"Are you sure you don't want to come in?" He was a stronger man than he gave himself credit for when he answered her.
"No I have to get back to the shop to wrap a few things up before I head home." He got in his car and pulled out of her