Silence fell as they walked toward the cabin. There were of course the natural sounds. The occasional owl. Night bugs chirping. Wind blowing in the leaves. But there were no voices, no human movement. It was the first time in a very long time that the human world was silent around her. The silenece felt comfortable. It helped calm the storm of voices and thoughts that usaully flooded her mind. Of course his presence went along way in doing that too.
Krista could not remember the last time she felt at peace. Not drug induced spaced out, but actaully at peace. Even before her admittance to the hospital there had never been a real sense of comfort in her life. In a way, in the back of her mind, she was still waiting to wake up from her dream. This would have been the perfect time for one of the nurses to come in and accidently wake her. This would have been the perfect time because to wake up in hell again would have been a serious blow to what little sanity she had left. She kept waiting for that waking moment not because good things could not ahppen to her, but from past experince she had learned she was going to wake up from the illusion.
As they reached the cabin, she sat down on the porch steps. Krista knew they would be going in here within a few minutes. She was actaully almost looking forward to sleep. She was not so naive to think that the nightmares and dreams would not find her here. But at least for once she would not wake to nurses holding her down. Lifting his hand, she nuzzled it lightly then bit his wrist softly. Looking at in his eyes as she did it, a faint smile came to her lips.
"I think this will be the first night in years I am not completly dreading sleeping...."