She shook her head frantically with tears in her eyes. "No... Elliot, it's not you... It's really just a nightmare."

Seeing how desperately she tried to explain, he nodded and asked, "Tell me then, what nightmare did you have?"

She took a deep breath to slowly calm herself down.

"I dreamt of the day of our wedding. We were standing in the church surrounded by guests and I was really excited. Suddenly, the roof of the church was lifted and following a blinding ray of light, a gigantic black monster appeared and reached its enormous claw out, before taking you away with it..."

She couldn't help but start sobbing once again.

Elliot believed her and studied her empathetically, "Avery, it's just a dream. It's not real. There's no gigantic monster in this world. Even if there was one, I would kill it before it can take me."

She sighed a breath of relief after seeing his face right next to her. "Yeah. That dream just seemed so real, so I couldn't help myself. I feel much better to see y