"Eyes on the road dumby! One of us being a ghost is enough, don't need both of us being one." Oakley said giggling making a chuckle escape Nicks mouth.
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When at Dream's house, Oakley spent most of the time outside, enjoying the tropical type weather. Although at night, she would spend hours with Nick.
Dream could hear Nick talking to someone at night but he thought it was just someone over the phone.
Nick watched as Oakley sat in a palm tree, silently watching the waves splash across the beach behind dreams house. Dream sat next to Nick silently scrolling through Twitter.
"Dream can I tell you something?" Nick asked breaking the silence between the two. Dream shut off his phone and sat it on the table, turning towards his friend.
"Of course, what's up?" He asked. Nick pursed his lips and never took his eyes off of the girl in the tree. Then after a few seconds he turned back towards his friend.
"When I say this, you're going to think I'm crazy." Nick mumbled. Dream rose an eyebrow at his friends behavior.
"What's up Nick. You can tell me anything." Dream encouraged.
"I just need to get this off my chest and tell someone. Please don't think I'm too crazy." Nick rambled on. Dream urged him to continue.
"Do you remember that day when we were on a call with George, Wilbur, Karl, and Quackity, and we talked about the girl who got murdered in my house?" Nick asked. Dream gave him a quick nod and motioned for him to continue.
"Well the night before I found this journal. It belonged to the girl who was murdered. Well I felt almost drawn to the journal. So I read it. I read every single word of that book." Nick paused.
"Then later that night I woke up to something standing over my bed. When I turned the light on it was a girl. I was confused how she got into my house but then she explained who she was." Nick paused again, looking over at his friend who seemed invested in what he had to say.
"She said her name was Oakley Rae. She was the girl who got murdered in my house two years earlier. I thought I was just dreaming so I went to bed. I woke up and she was gone. Then we got into the call. After you explained her story I saw her again." Nick rambled on. Dreams expression stayed the same.
"Then she just kept reappearing. We talked, she was a good listener. Then we became friends. She spent a lot of time with me. Then she disappeared for a while when I started dating Zara." Nick paused again before taking a deep breath.
"Then when I saw her next I could feel her. It wasn't something I could do before but I can now. We both were confused. Then she met this one ghost but that's a story for another time." Nick continued.
"This is where I'm going to start sounding even crazier." Nick said looking at Dream. Dream nodded and motioned for him to continue.
"I then started to fall for her. Her laugh, her smile, the way her nose crinkles when she laughs. I fell hard and I know it's dumb because she isn't even alive, but that's the thing." Nick paused and looked at Dream to see Dreams eyes slightly wide.
"This ghost she met has the ability to bring people back to life if they weren't meant to die, but in return they have to find something that connects them to their old life. So Oakley needs to find her parents and she will be brought back to life. We've spent months trying to find them and we finally did. They are in Miami." Nick said.
"So you came here to find her parents?" Dream asked slowly.
"Well I brought her here to find her parents but I wanted to see you as well." Nick explained. Dream nodded slowly, taking in all of the information he had just been told.
"Listen I know you may think I'm crazy but Dream I'm stuck right now." Nick ranted.
"You do sound crazy, but I believe you. I know this isn't something you'd lie about. Where is she?" Dream asked looking around. Instantly Nick looked outside, towards the girl who sat peacefully in the tree. Dream followed his gaze to see an empty tree.
"She's in the tree?" Dream asked. Nick nodded slowly.
"I don't get why you're stuck though? You said you're stuck on something? What exactly?" Dream questioned. Nick sighed and ran a hand through his hair.
"If Oakley gets revived there is a very high chance I won't remember her, but she would remember me." Nick said slowly.
"How would the whole 'bringing her back to life' thing work anyway?" Dream asked.
"Basically what would happen is when Oakley finds her parents, Haven will be teleported there and from there Oakley can be revived. She would be spit back out where she had died, two years ago. Meaning all of this in the future never even happened." Nick explained. Dreams eyes widened at this statement.
"So basically when Oakley gets revived this conversation will never happen or you won't be here?" Dream asked. Nick nodded.
"We will be where we are two years ago. Meaning I'll be living back at my old house. I doubt I'll even move houses since Oakley will be alive." Nick rambled.
"This is actually insane, but im all for it." Dream said with a chuckle. Nick chuckled as well and shook his head.
"Can I be honest?" Nick asked. Dream nodded.
"I don't think I'm ready to say goodbye to her yet." Nick said with a frown. His gaze shifted from his friend to the girl in the tree. Dream sat his hand on Nicks shoulder in a comforting manner.
"It's okay to not be ready man. If it's meant to be, you two will cross paths once again." Dream said before giving Nick a reassuring smile.
Although somewhere, deep, deep inside Nick's mind, he had lost hope that they would meet again.
Although the thought was deep in his mind, he could still feel it, and the thought alone was his biggest fear.
