Alpha's Journey [h.s.]

Chapter 21

                  184 Days With Calla

I was sound asleep when a loud shriek woke me up.

"Daddy! Daddy!" I feel a small body jump on the bed and I instantly knew who it was.

"Amelia." I chuckle.

"It's time to wake up." She grabs my face.

"Baby it's six in the morning, why are you up?" I ask sleepily.

"Because I wanted to play!" She giggles and I roll my eyes.

"You always want to play." I bury my face in the pillow.

"N-No daddy! No go back to sleep." She starts to bounce on top of me making me groan.

"Five more minutes." I mumble.

"No you need to be a lazy pants." She starts to pull on my hair making me wince.

"Alright, Alright, I'm up." I sit up quickly and she claps her hands

"Yay!" She yells happily running out the room.

"Don't run down the stairs!" I get up from the bed and follow after her. Walking down the hallway I see no sign of Amelia.

"Amelia?" I call looking around.

No response.

I walk down the stairs to see her staring a the front door.

"Baby?" I ask trying to figure out what was wrong.

Slowly she turned around to face me but the green eyes that I loved were now pitch black. I jump back a bit.

"She's gone because of you." She tells me.

"W-What d-do you mean?" I stare at the six-year old in confusion.

"She's dead! You killed her!" She starts to scream.

"No! No it was an accident." I grab my hair.

"If it weren't for you mom would be alive, it's your fault she's dead!" She takes a step towards me.

"No, no, no." I repeat over and over.

I didn't kill her...Or did I?

"Do you deny it?!" She asks

"No." I stumble backwards landing on the floor.

This has to be a dream

"You're a monster!" Her voice starts to become disoriented.

"No! I'm n-not!" I start to rock back and fourth.

"MONSTER!"

My body shoots up in a cold sweat. Looking around to see that I was on the couch and Amelia was on her play mat looking at me with curious eyes.

She was still a baby.

It was all a dream.

I look over at the clock to see that it was almost midnight.

I must've dosed off.

Getting off the couch I walk over to Amelia and take her in my arms.

"It is way past your bed time baby." I tell her and she lays her head on my chest. Walking upstairs to her room I carefully laid her down in her crib, pulling a soft blanket over her tiny body.