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The water was all around him again as he struggled to get back to the top. He could swim, he knew he could, why was he struggling to get to the surface now? Faces. He could see faces looking at him through the water. Were they scared were they happy? Why did they just watch? Why weren't they helping him? He started to struggle more and more. The more stuggling he did the more caught in the water he felt. An image flashed in his head before he finally awoke from this nightmare.
"Nick? Are you okay?" a voice in the dark was asking him.

He slowly opened his eyes and saw a face hovering slightly over his. Which girl is this? Nick asked himself. He tried to get a better view of the face, but the light streaming in the room was casting a shadow on her face and beaming light in his eyes. He decided to answer. "I think I'm alright."

"You are completely entwined in your covers." the voice told him as she moved across the room and pulled the shades down slightly.

Nick sat up and looked at the covers. She was right, he was so wrapped in his sheets that it would have been hard for him to move at all while he slept. Maybe this is why I felt I couldn't move in my dream? Nick's thoughts were buzzing with thoughts of his dream and what it could mean.

"Did you have a bad dream?" the voice asked as she approached his bedside. Nick squinted and looked at the girl as she came closer. He was determined to be able to tell these two girls apart if it killed him. This girl was dressed in a sun dress and had her hair pack in a ponytail.

"Harmony?" Nick finally put his guess out there, but couldn't help but question his decision.

"Yes? Are you hungry?"

Nick had finally figured out how he was going to tell these two girls apart, they dressed in different styles. At least until he go to know them better, that was how he was going to have to do it. "Breakfast sounds great."

Harmony disappeared for about ten minutes, but reappeared with the smell of eggs and hasbrowns. "How did you make that so quickly?" Nick had to ask.

"I have a confession. It was ready long before you awoke, I just reheated the potatoes and fried a couple of eggs." Harmony shrank back a tad waiting for Nick's reply.

"Well it smell delicious, and I'm sure I need my strength today. No doubt you have picked out another task for me to complete outside again."

"Autumn asked me to have you mow the lawn in front of the house and in back of the house. She's in town again."

Harmony excused herself saying that she needed to clean the kitchen up and giving Nick time to eat in peace and reflect on what exactly happened last night. He remembered the kiss that Autumn had given him, but did anything else happen? He was unsure and that made him feel all the more uncomfortable. He ate his food at a rapid pace and started to pull on his pants. He thought for a second that he had been wearing the same pair of underwear for quite awhile now and was grossed out by the thought of wearing them another day.

Watching the door closely, Nick took off his pants and slipped out of his underwear. Quickly he pulled his pants up around his waist and looked at his shirt with the sweat stains of the previous day. Shuddering at the thought of wearing it again, he considered going shirtless but with a hard day of labor outside in this heat, it probably wasn't a wise idea. On went his sweat stained shirt and out the door he went.

Nick took one look at the lawn and just about gave up hope. It looked as if the grass had not been cut in years. Finding the mower, Nick couldn't help but feel discouraged, he stood looking at a push mower.

*****

Autumn turned the truck up the drive and saw Nick pushing the mower, sweat glistening on his face. "That boy is something else" She said to herself as she stepped out of the cab. Grabbing the bags from the back of the truck, she made her way to the house.

"Harmony, I'm home with more food. I'll bring it into you." She shouted through the door. "Nick hun, it's almost time for lunch, you can join me if you wish."

Using his shirt, Nick wiped the sweat off of his face. "Lunch sounds nice." He replied.

"I bought you something." She growled in a sexy voice.

Dumbfounded, Nick stood squinting in the direction of Autumn.

"I'll call you in when Harmony has made us something." She called to him as she walked through the door and out of the heat.

Baffled as to what he was expected to do as he waited, Nick sat on the steps to the porch. He thought that Autumn might appreciate it more if he wasn't so sweaty when he ate with her. Nick tried to remember the last image he saw in his dream, but he was so tired that he couldn't make out what the last image was.

A few more minutes passed before Nick heard Autumn calling for him again. "Nick, come here I want you to see what I got for you."

Rising off the porch, Nick made his way inside to meet with Autumn, alone, for lunch. Walking through the door the image he had been searching for flashed through his mind; a stage.