Je t'appartiens

Chapter 2

As Nathaniel slipped into sleep, he thought he heard a woman laughing, a pure sound of joy and happiness. He was smiling as he slid into the dream.

He was floating in nothingness, an empty void. There was no light to burn the eyes, no darkness to blind you, no space nor time to become lost in. But there was something. Nathaniel floated and was warm and content. He thought to himself, 'This must be what it is like to be an unborn fetus, warm and safe in mother's womb.'

That wonderful laughter cam again, filling the void and his head with light and joy. A woman appeared before him, naked as a newborn and goregeous as a goddess. She too was floating in the nothingness, yet she seemed to be hanging up-side down, her legs crossed under her. She giggled as she floated around Nathaniel, examining him from all angles. It was only then that he realized that he too was naked.

*Do you have a name?* he asked her, curious about this intensly beautiful woman.

*Je ne sais pas anglais ici* was her reply. She floated infron of him, finally adjesting her vertical to match his.

Nathaniel had been around Jean Claude and Asher long enough to pick up some French and had in fact taken the course in high school, so he tried again in her language. *Est-ce que vous avez un nom, madamoiselle?*

She gasped alitlle, suprised that the beautiful man knew French. She admired his body as she spoke, her eyes lingering over his ankle-length auburn hair. *Oui, monsieur. Je m'appelle Noelle. Et toi?*

It took Nathaniel a moment to decipher her words before he told her his name. *Je sais un petite nombre de mots en français. Parlez lentement, s'il vous plaît*

The woman smiled and mumbled to herself, *J'aime ce que je voi* Noelle smiled mischeviously to herself and then carefully choose her words. *Je suis arrivé dans ton ville ce soir. Je vais rechercher de vous demain.* Slowly she faded from sight, leaving Nathaniel floating in the warmth and comfort of the void.