So here is the next chapter. Dillon gets to meet the girl haunting dreams and an eye full n the process. Bear with me there is no sex in this chapter but things do heat up a bit. The next chapter will have a lot of the hot and heavy. As before, I look forward to reading your comments so please let me know what you think. I hope you all are happy with where the story is going from here.
Yours Truly,
~sylentpoet~
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Dillon wiped the sweat from his brow as he walked further up the trail. He took a sip of water from the bottle he brought with him and placed it back in the side of his backpack. Dillon was in love with his environment right now. All of the trees and flora around him had his mind at complete ease. It was a beautiful day and a great day for a hike. The more time he spent time out here the more he wanted to stay.
It was now about a week into his vacation/sabbatical and Dillon couldn't think of anywhere else in the world he wanted to be. The only part of his vacation that still bothered him was the dreams of the girl Sienna. He had been dreaming of her every night since his arrival and he still had not seen her face. It was driving him crazy. He seemed to have this insatiable need to see her and now almost anticipated his time in the dreams just so he could revel in the fleeting glimpses he got of her. What he found intriguing was that he was always a child in the dreams and he felt a pulling to run and to look for the owner of the tinkling laughter that haunted him even in his waking hours. Questions still roamed around his head about that first and only conversation he had with Sienna. What was he almost ready for? What promise had he made? What was he supposed to remember? He felt that that he should be remembering something he just didn't know what.
Dillon was so pre-occupied with his thoughts that he almost missed the rustling sounding off to his left. He knew that it was a mistake to leave trail, after all he had no idea what could be making the nose, but something in his gut that nudging him to go and see what had made that noise. He back traced down the path veering off toward where he heard the noise. As he entered the dense greenery he heard more of the rustling that had caught his attention in the first place. Man did he love this place, as he looked around for the source of the sound he could not help but appreciate his surroundings, lush plants and flower surrounded him. He walked further into the woods feeling the pace of his heart accelerate the deeper he went into the wood. He spotted something up ahead and started in that direction. He couldn't help the feel of dΓ©jΓ vu as he follows the unknown source. Suddenly, it stopped and he did the same. Slowly he made his way to the spot where he last saw movement. He stepped through the leaves and found himself in a clearing not unlike the one that was in the woods behind his mother's house. Stranger yet was the large upturned stone in the middle. His feeling of dΓ©jΓ vu increased as he walked towards the rock, pursuing the animal that made the noise completely forgotten. He approached somehow knowing that the rock would feel as warm as the one in the woods of his childhood home. He reached out to touch the rock, a lilting childlike voice from behind him stopped him saying "Are you sure you want to do that? You might be surprised by what you find."
Dillon dropped his hand not believing his ears and turned to see the owner of that voice. What he saw made him lose his breath in disappointment and mentally berate himself for letting his imagination get the best of him. It was a little girl alright, but obviously not the one from his dreams as this girl had long raven hair. She looked to be around ten years old and had eyes the same color green as his. She intrigued him in that he knew by the color of her skin that she was one of the few blacks to be found in Ireland but was obviously mixed with the light skinned counter parts.
She asked her question again. Dillon knew he was staring too hard if the girl felt the need to ask again. "Sorry for my rudeness, but aren't you a little young to be in these woods alone and that is just a rock." Dillon said concerned for the girl. "Do you need help finding your way out?"
She shook her head no and laughed; Dillon shook his head the laughter pulling at his memories. "Have I seen you before?"
Again she shook her head this time saying yes. She slowly started to walk towards him making circles around him increasing his confusion.
"Have I seen you in the city? What are you doing out here alone? You could get hurt."