RYAN'S POV

I can't believe I fell asleep during class.

Glancing up at the clock I realised that it was already 15 minutes into lunch. Maybe it's because the lights were off and everyone had already left, but something felt odd.

I woke up feeling like something remarkable just happened.
But exactly what it was, I wasn't so sure...

All I could hear was the sound of my pounding heartbeat resounding in my ears. All I could focus on was the place where her sweet lips pressed themselves to mine, before she disappeared all too quickly...

Yet another dream.

But this one felt so vividly real; I guess the brain is really powerful.

So why did I wake up chanting those three little words that repeated themselves over and over in my head even now; She. Loves. Me.

I could almost hear her shy, breathless whisper; Just remembering that part of the dream sparked the nerve endings all over my body, sending heat blazing over my skin.

Ava Maxwell, my sweetheart, my not-so-bad girl, loved me.

I wish.

But at least I knew for now that she did care about me, and that I actually make some kind of difference to her life. Even if it's small. I saw how she was when I pulled her into the janitor's closet yesterday, her expression had been so tired and in desperate need of comfort that I didn't think twice. And even in the dark, I could see the way she looked at me; the way that maybe Luke was talking about. The way that I look at her.

She looked at me like she needed me, and no one else would do.

I tried to keep my heart in check and stop it from bursting with happiness. Calm the heck down heart, it was just a dream.

But I have never wanted a dream to be real so badly! It had felt so real...

Wait a minute,

Even in my sleep-disorientated state, I knew something didn't add up. I looked over my shoulder to see that there was a cardigan draped over me to keep me warm. Ava's cardigan. She'd looked adorable in it, especially when Luke teased her this morning, making her huff and puff and retaliate like an angry kitten.

I rubbed my eyes and reached into my backpack for my phone...but there was a new addition to my books, that came with a note:

I hope you had a good nap. You work too hard :(
Take your time to go over the notes from today's class, and don't rush to return them to me.

Ava

Now I was really confused.

Could she actually have said – Did she actually kiss – No. No way. No way.

I ran my hands through my hair in frustration.

I'd been so tired and I was enjoying that dream so much that I ruled out the possibility it might have been real. Right now I really can't tell the difference.

I need to get to the bottom of this, but it's not like I can just go up to Ava and ask her whether she told me she loved me and then kissed me while I was sleeping.

The whole thing just sounds too crazy to be true when I put it that way... but I could still hear that breathless, heart-stopping whisper.

I love you Ryan Haywood...

Ah crap, my face feels so hot, my cheeks must be bright red right now.

I swear though, if I somehow remembered something else that proved it wasn't just a dream, I would run after her, pull her into my arms, and kiss her senseless in the middle of the hallway for everyone to see. Let Melissa and the Bumblebees spy on that all they want. Let Tanner and the other jocks choke on their energy drinks when they find out that Ava loves me.

I would no longer care about any of them or what they thought.

I just cared about Ava;

Ava and those three little words I'm waiting to hear again one day...

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I have exams and then I'm back to working :( :(

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