“It's so cold… The space between spaces, maybe that's where I am. I hear...keys?”
"Honey look. Josey fell asleep on the couch." Her dad said.
"Don't wake her. This is the most relaxed I've seen her in a while." Her mother retorted.
[What are they saying? Please wake me up!] She could hear their voices coming through the darkness. The echoes of her parents words were the only sound that reached her.
"You want to get her some cover? Or try to carry her?" Her mom inquired.
"Let's leave her on the sofa. I don't want to throw my back out again." Her dad joked.
“I will get her a blanket then”, Her mom responded.
“Mom! Dad! Anybody!” Before long she heard her parents turn out the lights in the living area. “Wait, if my parents are home it must be close to midnight. I've been here for over 12 hours?” It felt like just a few minutes. “I'm so scared. I can't tell if I'm slowly falling or floating in place. Josey’s tears slowly ran down her cheeks then drifted into the darkness. “Cofer save me” She uttered while pressing her knees close to her chest.
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Cofer’s office had gotten cold. He reached over and rang the bell at the end of his desk.
"Yes Sire?" Lincoln responded swiftly.
"Light a fire." He commanded.
"Sir you did not sleep last night?" Lincoln inquired.
"I did not. Do not worry yourself with my regard."
"Yes Sire. Would you like coffee? Or the breakfast table to be brought in early?"
"No. I will be heading to bed in about 30 minutes or so."
"Yes Sire."
Lincoln started a fire. The warmth quickly spread throughout the room. The fireplace opening stood 5 feet tall, with a gate in front of it of equal size. Lighting it incorrectly had led to 3 maids being burned to death on his property. Now only Lincoln lit it. No one was allowed to even attempt it. Staring at the chemicals and balancing equations filled Cofer’s evening and now his morning. He was so focused on forgetting Josey, that he'd forgotten all time and space too.” I am hopeless.” He whispered to himself.
With the morning light at his back, the words and numbers began to dance on the page. He couldn’t make heads or tails of where he left off in reading.
“I guess I will turn in.”
Cofer left his office to head to his secondary chambers off to the east of his office. The moment his head touched the feather crammed pillow, he drifted into a deep sleep.
“Cofer....” Josey called out to him.
He could hear Josey in the darkness behind his eyelids. He searched the darkness anxiously. “This dream is different. It doesn't seem sunny and romantic like the daydream I had yesterday.” Cofer thought to himself. Even though he knew he was clearly in a dream, he could feel the frigid temperatures in the abyss of darkness.
“Josey where are you? It's impossible. How can I find her in this place layered with literal nothingness.” Cofer heard what sounded like crying. He held his breath to see if he could tell what direction it was coming from.
Anxiety took him and he started frantically calling her name. "Josey! Josey! Please don't cry.”
He needed to hold her and tell her that he was there. [Where are you my Lilac?] Suddenly he saw lights twinkling in the distance. He pushed his specter form in the direction of the light. [Please be Josey.] Once he arrived, he was shook by the sight of the shell of a woman that laid before him. She had on only a t-shirt and panties. She was trembling with fear and from the cold. The lights that he saw were bright purple and green frozen tear drops that floated around her as if they were caught in her gravitational pull. “How long has she been here?”
"I am so alone." he heard Josey mumble.
"My Lilac.." he called to her then placed his palm on her back and pulled her close.
Josey's eyes slowly opened. "Are you real?" She asked.
Her eyes glistened brilliantly purple and the green sprinkled around the rims within them seemed to pulsate.
“Am I real? This is a dream right?” Cofer jokingly asked.
"Your eyes are gorgeous". He whispered to her. Completely captivated by there illumination.
Josey threw her arms around his neck and held him tight. She kept saying "Please save me. I want to wake up."
"You want to wake up?" Her statement made his heart skip several beats. “What does she mean? Why would the Josey in my dream want to wake up?”
Cofer wrapped his arms around her body to fuel her warmth. Her body continued to shake uncontrollably. They could only see each other. Even with his night vision the darkness was seemingly endless in all directions. “How long was she looking into this infinite blackness?”
He rubbed his cheek against her cheek then kissed the corner of her mouth. He wrapped his hands around the back of her neck and pressed her face into his neck and in turn pressed his face into hers. Any way to transfer his body heat to her or show her that she can have everything he had. Time felt like it was standing still.The silence in the abyss was overwhelming. Josey started to calm down. She wrapped her legs around his waist. He reflexively tried to push her away.
"J-Josey.." Cofer stuttered. Before he could continue Josey pressed her face into his. Her eyes wide open.
"Please don't let me go.." She muttered. The frozen tears surrounding them grew blindingly brighter.
"I would never," Cofer answered. In the same breath, he became shamelessly aware of her partially naked body. Her fitted white t-shirt made her breasts sit up high. Her panties were hugging the curves that recessed into her inner thighs. “Damn…”
“This dream feels so real. Every moment is vivid. Her skin tickles my finger tips. I can feel the temperature rising below our waistlines. I could stay like this forever.” Cofer said. With hesitation, he ran his tongue down the side of Josey's neck. “I wonder if her taste will be vivid too?”
Josey let out a low moan and threw her head back. She rubbed her fingers through his hair, lightly pressing his face into her neck. She started to push her pelvis against his already pulsating length. [Fuck...] He continued kissing on her neck. He grabbed the back of Josey's head and captured her bottom lip while his other hand gently massaged her buttocks in tandem with her grinding against his manhood. If they were cold before, they surely weren't now. [Josey....] Her hands found their way under his shirt. Goosebumps filled his arms as they took turns suckling on each other's lips. When they came up for air, they rested their faces against one another. Josey did not miss one beat.
"Take it out" She whispered to him.
Cofer quickly popped his member out of his linen pants. Josey continued to press her sweet spot against his member. He moved his kisses down her neck to her chest. Cofer raised her t-shirt up. She raised her hands above her head. Her body swayed in a snake like motion, back and forth. He gathered her right breast in his hand and the other in his mouth. She was more than a mouthful. Her nipp!es were hard. He flicked her nipp!e with his tongue. "Cofer...yes.." She groaned. Hearing her say his name made his manhood harder. She looked like she was doing a very erotic mating dance. The darkness filled with erotic smells generated by their bodies. Cofer would have never imagined a dream would feel so real. [Shit.. I'm cumming] Josey leaned forward and tightly wrapped her arms back around his neck. The intensity and speed of her dance increased.
"I'm cumming, Cofer", Josey screamed in ecstasy.
Josey legs tightened around his waist. Cofer could feel her dam break. At that moment a fierce energy pulled him back away from Josey and into the darkness. Josey's body also moved forcefully backwards into the nothingness.