Under the covers with Sheila

Danny felt his mind drift in and out of consciousness, but Sheila kept him near. His dreams were of images he didn't recognize. For the first time ever, he dreamt in black and white. But he didn't cry.

Sheila regarded her younger brother with her head laying in her open palm.

"I feel like I could stay with you forever sometimes," she confessed.

"I feel that way about all of you," Danny replied. "I just... don't have any reason not to be with you."

"Then just rest," Sheila said, and held him close.

Danny felt their hearts connect. "Don't worry," Sheila whispered. "I won't have you sing a concerto for me tonight. Just a nice, soft love song will do..."

Awakening

Danny woke up from his dream and found himself next to Sheila.

The nature of his reality lately was disconcerting. He would wake up in a completely different situation than he remembered falling asleep to. It caused him to wonder whether this was all a dream...

Sheila stirred. "Hi, Danny," she said.

"Sheila," Danny said, and smiled before he knew what he was doing.

Sheila gently pulled Danny to her and held him. "Stay with me for a few minutes," she asked him.

"Of course," Danny said, and lay with her.

Daniel's Final Death

I finished up my final LiveJournal post. There... I'd done it. I'd said I killed myself. Now maybe I could make a fresh start.

But as I got into my bed, I started thinking of the repercussions of what I'd done. I told a lie; people who cared about me would think I was dead. Tina... Tina would never forgive me.

"I'm sorry, Tina," I said to myself, and looked at my bottle of sleeping pills.

I think... perhaps I'd need a few extra pills tonight...

Being lazy

Danny and Sandy were in bed together.

They'd been in bed for quite some time now, and were just being lazy together, not trying to do anything, really.

Finally, their peace was interrupted by a loud growl. Sandy's tummy.

"I's hungry," Sandy whined.

"Me too," Danny said. "Let's go see Lupe for some breakfast."

Returning home

Danny walked in, exhausted. He'd encountered a strange cafe, with lots of interesting people. He didn't remember what happened, but he woke up by himself and the Chateau was nearby. He seemed okay.

"Danny," Sandy said, meeting him inside. "You look terrible!"

"I'm sorry," he replied.

"Oh you just need a little sleep," she said. "Come on, I have your bed made."

Danny smiled and let himself be led.

In a flash.

Danny woke up from his dream and saw Sandy sleeping. He looked at his hand.

He felt different.

Suddenly everything looked new and he wanted to explore.

"Sandy?" Danny said very quietly, touching Sandy's bare hip.

"Mmmm... candy," Sandy said in her sleep and turned around.

Danny smiled. He got a blanket and put it over his sleeping sister. She snuggled into the blanket.

"Let's go see this place," Danny said somewhat to himself before leaving the bedroom.

Candy Sandy

Danny's body moved wearily in bed with Sandy. It was a good kind of weary. He felt wrapped up in Sandy's energy, so much that it held his body in slumber and his mind in dreams. As always, they were boy spirit and girl spirit in Candy Land.

But this time, not everyone was candy people.

"Some people are fake sugar," Sandy said. "And there's no way to know til you lick 'em."

"Aw, but it's not their fault," Danny opined.

Sandy just giggled. "People is too afraid to be sweet. But not us! We like the real candy people."

Danny rolled around more in his sleep, and within his soul, he knew he and Sandy would be together again upon waking.