Just a Dream – 4

Ariadne backs up and slides down the wall when she visions Mal's figure there, smiling at her with some sharp object in her hand. Ariadne's hands are in her hair, tugging at it as she tries to get rid of the horrible image. She imagines Mal sighing at her and her smile disappears (now it's a deadly frown) and Mal starts kneeling down to where Ariadne was on the ground.

"Do you understand what it's like to be a lover?" Mal asks her. "Do be half of a whole?" Ariadne removes her hands from her face and looks up at Mal, watching as the woman's eyes narrow. She tilts her head away and before she knows it, Ariadne has a small smile on her face.

"Yeah, I do." Ariadne says but it's in a breathy tone. Mal raises one of her eyebrows.

"Dom does not count for you, you know," Mal tells her forcefully, "he was already a half of a whole – with me and only me! He promised it!"

Ariadne swallows, though this is a dream and she is not scared, she does it anyway and regrets it. Mal smiles and licks her lips before continuing.

"You fear of me. You are scared to death of me," Mal laughs at her and stands back up and Ariadne just stays there knowing she'll wake up shortly next to Dom. Ariadne smiles and laughs once.

"I'm never going to be scared of you again."

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Ariadne's eyes open and the first thing she sees if Dom's arms around her and that she's pulled against him hard. She kisses him once before she escapes his grasp and walks into the kitchen to make breakfast.

This completely sucks. I know it does! Review, please. (Also, could you PM me for help on Arthur's characterization? I'm going to be using him in the next one and it's insanely hard for me to write.)

You just gotta love how hard I am on myself. -_-

-Anna-