Alison was in the middle of adding the eggs to her mixer when she heard the doorbell ring. �That must be Rafe!� She untied her apron and ran to the living room. The doorbell rang again, �I�ll be right there!�
She opened the door was excitement when saw Rafe on the other side. It was barely open when she gave him a hug and then pulled him inside. �Rafe, god I missed you!� Alison closed the door behind him and walked to where he was standing. �So did you finally tell Livvie?�
Rafe put his hands in his pockets and looked down at the floor.
Alison pulled his arm and got his hand out of the pocket that it was nestled in, �Well, Rafe?�
He looked up and answered her, �Yeah, I did.�
She ran into him for another hug, �Oh, Rafe!� She grabbed his hand and lead him to a seat on the sofa, �How did she take it?�
Rafe furrowed his brow and took a deep breath, �Good.�
�Really? I thought she would take it bad, you know, maybe even throw a chair or something.� Alison noticed that Rafe was avoiding looking at her, �Rafe, there�s something you�re not telling me, what is it?�
Rafe brought his eyes to meet hers, �Well, Alison. I told Livvie�� Just then the doorbell rang which had both of them looking in the direction of the door.
Alison got up from her seat next to Rafe, �Hold that thought!�
She opened the door to find Livvie on the other side. Livvie walked right past Alison, �Hi Honey!� She walked over to Rafe who was now standing in the middle of the room.
Alison�s jaw dropped at the site of Livvie barging in and calling Rafe �Honey�. She closed the door and walked toward them with her knees shaking the whole time. She hoped they could hold her up long enough to find out what happened, �Rafe�? What�? How�?�
Livvie put her arms around Rafe�s waist and smiled at the shocked Alison, �Didn�t he tell you, Ali? Rafe finally admitted that he loves me.� She looked up at him with a smile and he smiled back at her, �And we�ve already started trying to have our family again,� Livvie looked at Alison with a smirk, �Twice this morning as a matter of fact.�
Alison stood there with her knees buckling and tears streaming down her face. Rafe took his eyes off of Livvie and looked over at Alison who now made it to the couch to give her knees a rest before they betrayed her. �Alison, I�m sorry. You see I realized last night after you left the hospital that since I came back,� He turned his head to look at Livvie, �I�ve fallen in love with Livvie.� He snapped his head back to Alison, �I�m sorry this had to happen.�
All Alison could do was stare at them and cry. She didn�t even notice when the phone started to ring.
Livvie eyes were locked with Rafe�s, �Oh, that�s probably Lucy. She said that me and Rafe could move into here because we�ll need more room since were starting our family and new life together.�
Rafe lifted Livvie off the ground, �A perfect life with my angel!�
Alison finally woke up to the sound of the phone ringing, �God, it was just a dream!� She reached for the phone by the bed, �Hello!�
�I�m sorry. Did I wake up?�
�Rafe! No it�s ok. I shouldn�t have slept this late,� Alison propped herself up against the head board and looked at the clock, �It�s already 10:30.�
�Alison, you sound upset. What�s wrong?�
�It�s nothing, I just had a bad dream.�
�Sorry, I should have been there holding you last night. After what you went through I should have stayed with you, I�m so sorry.�
�Rafe, It�s ok. It was just a dream. Don�t beat yourself up over it.�
�I�m still sorry. Will me buying you some breakfast make it up to you or maybe lunch since it�s so late in the morning?�
Alison gave a little laugh, �Rafe, it�s called brunch. Not quite breakfast not quite lunch, Brunch!�
He too laughed, �Ok, brunch then, at the Recovery Room in half an hour?�
�Alright. I�ll see you then, bye.� Alison hung up the phone and got out of bed.
She walked to the bathroom and stopped in the middle of the hallway. Her knees felt weak just like in her dream, �It was just a dream Alison. I was just a dream. Rafe loves you.� A smile grin formed on her face, �He said so like 20 times last night.� She started to walk again, �He loves ME! He sold his soul for ME! Just stop thinking about that damn dream. Ok Alison! That�s all it was, a DREAM!!� Alison realized that if she was going to get to Rafe in half an hour then she better hurry, �I�ve got to get to the Recovery Room and meet my soul mate, my love, my Rafe!� She smiled and closed the door to the bathroom behind her.