Chapter 3 Nightmares

The night went by smoothly with Michael cuddling Gigi. Only if Michael knew the night was only smooth for him.

"Just the tip."

"Pull your pants."

"We need this to break the curse."

"I decided to give you distance."

"You don't know how to cook."

"I'm not interested in your work."

"You're not a virgin. I didn't ask you to break it elsewhere for me."

"For old times' sake, let's do it."

"Let her do and go, please."

...

Different voices kept ringing over and over.

It was 3 am in the morning, Gigi sat up, looked at the person beside her sleeping soundly, she scuffed "Too bad nothing like this will ever happen in the future, waking up next to someone daily" she said in her heart.

Bending down, hands on face, passing it through her hair and taking a deep breath.

She stood and went to a corner to pray for thirty minutes, then worked till 6 am, when Michael woke up.

"Good morning," Gigi greeted

"Morning," Michael replied with his husked voice and sleepy face. It looks like a teddy bear.

"What's the time?" he asked

"It is 6:10, you woke up early."

"Yeah, I have 7 am lectures" he said as he sat up, leaving the bed to approach her.

Michael is in his finals. He met Gigi while she was in her finals and ever since they exchanged contacts, they have been good friends, even though they fight often. But he's the only friend Gigi had in the hostel, and he knows.

"How long have you been awake?"

"Three hours now, I couldn't sleep."

"Even with me by your side?"

She laughed softly. "It's not your fault. I've just been having nightmares lately. It will stop soon."

"And you still can't recall them?"

"Yup"

She lied; her dreams were about her past. She doesn't know why her past started hunting her ever since she started preparing to go on missions. It made her sick, literally, and she wasn't sure how to deal with it.

But she was glad it didn't make her feel guilty, cause she believed she had grown past it, had matured, and had been forgiven.

"Hmm, okay. I'll see you later, let me go prepare. I know you'll leave before me."

Gigi was supposed to take a day off, but she's not used to staying at home the whole day. Every day, she leaves for either work or church.

"Of course, bye." As she waved her hand to him

"Bye," he said as he pecked her on the head and left.

Gigi's relationship with Michael is that of friendship, although Michael tried to add some things, Gigi stood her ground. She's becoming a Minister, she can't afford to be careless.