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Another one sleeping heh….
Category Artwork (Digital) / All
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File Size 106.2 kB
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The alarm clock blinked away the seconds. It had a tiny little light in the corner that blinked on and off. Well, it was probably every second, that was the sort of thing a clock would do. As he lay there, half focused, Gideon watched it, sometimes trying to keep count to see how many blinks were in a minute. But he never made it, his mind kept wandering. To sheep and counting them, to why he'd bought the clock in the first place, to how early he'd have to get up the next morning to make the supply delivery. They were small things, dancing around the bigger darker thought that sat in his mind, keeping him from rest.
"Judy?"
Silence.
"Judy... are you awake?"
"...I am now."
"I've been thinking... What do you want?"
"A good night's rest would be nice."
"No... like... in life I mean."
"Better gas mileage."
Silence.
"No, I mean like... if you could wish for anything? Or... like what do you want to be?"
Silence. He tried to fill it.
"I mean, you want to be chief officer, or be a celebrated hero... er... again? Like, I wanted to be once of them fancy rich types with all the business an' fancy words , with the gold cars and such... now I want to be like them people you see in adverts, where they say they've been baking for like, a hundred years or secret recipes and stuff. I think... I think I'd like that, if'n a hundred years they still talked about my blueberry pies on the television. But... I wouldn't say no to a gold car neither."
The silence continued. He could feel her, lying very still against him. Thinking perhaps?
"It's just... I dunno if that'll ever happen, especially the gold car. I don't know where I'll end up or when, it's been harder than I thought, but that's just me. I guess I'm jus' wondering... if you could wish for anything you wanted, what would it be?"
More silence. Then movement, a deep breath.
"I want you."
Gideon paused, thinking this over.
"Yeah but... like, not a fancy house, or a helicopter or a million, billion dollars?"
He felt her stretch, yawning quietly, pressing gently but firmly into him. When she next spoke her voice was don the edge of dreaming, so quiet he had to strain to hear it.
"I got my wish."
"Judy?"
Silence.
"Judy... are you awake?"
"...I am now."
"I've been thinking... What do you want?"
"A good night's rest would be nice."
"No... like... in life I mean."
"Better gas mileage."
Silence.
"No, I mean like... if you could wish for anything? Or... like what do you want to be?"
Silence. He tried to fill it.
"I mean, you want to be chief officer, or be a celebrated hero... er... again? Like, I wanted to be once of them fancy rich types with all the business an' fancy words , with the gold cars and such... now I want to be like them people you see in adverts, where they say they've been baking for like, a hundred years or secret recipes and stuff. I think... I think I'd like that, if'n a hundred years they still talked about my blueberry pies on the television. But... I wouldn't say no to a gold car neither."
The silence continued. He could feel her, lying very still against him. Thinking perhaps?
"It's just... I dunno if that'll ever happen, especially the gold car. I don't know where I'll end up or when, it's been harder than I thought, but that's just me. I guess I'm jus' wondering... if you could wish for anything you wanted, what would it be?"
More silence. Then movement, a deep breath.
"I want you."
Gideon paused, thinking this over.
"Yeah but... like, not a fancy house, or a helicopter or a million, billion dollars?"
He felt her stretch, yawning quietly, pressing gently but firmly into him. When she next spoke her voice was don the edge of dreaming, so quiet he had to strain to hear it.
"I got my wish."
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