Chapter 150

• My consciousness returned, but I was suprised to feel someone's arms around my waist. That was very unusual, but there was just something about the way this person held me. It felt very familiar. On a normal day, I would have screamed for help, but I remained calm. At least, the steady breathing of this person made me realize he or she was fast asleep as well. I inhaled deeply, taking in the extremely familiar scent as well. Oh God! Now I was dreaming too. I had spent the entire evening with Nonno, hoping for tomorrow to come already, just so I could go see Manuel. Now, I had woken up in the middle of the night, literally dreaming that he was here with me. But someone was definitely in my bed with me, that wasn't a dream.
• Slowly, I opened my eyes and turned to whomever it had been in my bed. My breathe hitched the moment I saw him. Manuel? ....how? This wasn't real. I stretched out my hand to feel his face, and I realized he was truly here in the flesh. When?! Just then, his eyes fluttered open, making me hold my breathe in tension. We looked at each other for sometime, but he wasn't saying a word, making me question my senses, if he was truly here with me.
• "Manuel." I called, wanting to see if he was going to respond. I was shocked when he did.