The smell of lavender filled the air again and flowed round me, then candlelight appeared from the living room. Holding onto the hot chocolate, I entered the living room and there were my Grandparents sitting on their sofa chairs waiting for me to come into the room. My Grandparents hadn’t appeared have aged at all from when I was a little girl. Grandmother’s face had barely any wrinkles and she always looked good no matter what time of day or night it was. My Granddad had jet black hair and not a grey hair ever seemed to have appeared.
‘Grace, it’s nice to see you awake. How are you feeling dear? I see you have found the little treat left for you in the cupboard.’ My Grandmother smiled at me
‘Hi Grandma, hi Granddad, it is nice to see you both awake, in fact, what time is it?’
‘It is half past five in the morning, you have been sleeping for two days straight.’
‘Two days? What?’
I slipped onto the edge of the sofa, feeling baffled as to what my Grandmother had just told me.
‘Yes, my dear. I think you have been really poorly, you collapsed on your way here. Your friend carried you to the house. He was very concerned about you.’
‘Was it Daniel? He was walking me back here.’
‘No, it was not a Daniel that he said his name was, oh what was his name again? He has a white wolf tattoo on his arm.’
‘Oh… Ben.’
‘Yes, that was it, Ben was his name. Such a nice young lad and very caring too. He even popped round again yesterday to check on you, but you were still sleeping. He offered to collect the college work you have missed from the past couple of days.’
I sat in silence trying to think back to what could have happened. I just could not remember anything, apart from seeing Daniel’s eyes change and a shadowy figure heading towards us, and then everything going black. In my deep thought I had not noticed my Granddad stand up from his chair, my thoughts were interrupted when he put a comforting arm around me.
‘Are you ok, Grace?’ he asked me, concerned.
‘Oh yes, I’m fine. As crazy as this sounds, I just can’t seem to remember getting poorly, or Ben bringing me here. I just seem to remember Daniel walking with me and then everything just went black.’
My Grandparents gazed at each other and then Grandma stood up from her armchair and sat next to me on the sofa. She too put her arm around me, to comfort me.
‘It is not crazy at all,’ she soothed. ‘You passed out and smacked your head really hard on the pavement, so of course you will not remember what happened and who brought you back here. Let us just be thankful that Ben found you and got you here.’
‘Yes, I am grateful that he did. I must say thank you when we next cross paths. There was a commotion on my first day at college between him and Daniel so I am not sure if he will stay clear of me now.’
‘Well I am sure you will see him, as for this Daniel be very careful round him as he sounds like trouble.’
‘He comes across as a great guy, Grandma, he was very welcoming on my first day at college. And, he was the last person I remember walking me here.’
‘Well, still, be careful. He may have come across as a nice guy but he was not the one to carry you here when you passed out.’
‘Yes, Grandma, I will be careful.’
‘Good to hear, well let’s get back to bed, you still need to get your strength back.’
My Grandmother kissed me on my cheek. The hot chocolate still felt nice and warm. I was too tired to ask her about the magical jar transforming into my favourite hot beverage. My Granddad helped me to get up from the sofa and I hugged him thank you. As I approached the door that lead to the hallway, I had a quick look at my Grandparents and smiled.
‘We love you Grace, goodnight.’ Said my Granddad
‘I love you both too, and thanks for the hot chocolate.’
I managed to climb the stairs but still felt quite weak. The pink jar that was filled with my hot chocolate was still full to the top, even though I thought I had drunk at least half of it. With the pain in my head and being so sleepy, I put it down to that and being confused. Slumping to the bed in my weak state, I looked up at the ceiling, trying to figure things out. What was happening to me? And why were things happening that were out of the ordinary? There was the heavy smell of lavender again, and I inhaled in the lovely scent which made me even sleepier. I tried to fight the tiredness, wanting to work out what had happened to me, but my eyes were too heavy and gave in, drifting off into another deep sleep.
Chapter 6
T he next day was Saturday, so at least I would not miss another day of college. I slept in until lunchtime and so decided that it would do me good to take a stroll into town. I needed to be alone to try and clear my head of so much sleep and the strange dream that had felt so real. As I got out of the bed, the sun rays shone through the gaps of the curtains. The good
