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The Voice in the Night
Each day got better and better for Thornton (Sam) and Morgana Wolff. The little things they did together as "boyfriend and girlfriend" did indeed bring them closer together and especially allowed them the opportunity to get to know each other in a way that they weren't able to before. There was never a quarrel between them about anything. No doubt it was a divinely inspired idea.
Sam was now almost three weeks into this leap and he couldn't help but think often of his beloved Donna and friends back home in Hidden Springs. Even though he felt confident that Emma had eased everyone's fears about where he'd gone, especially Donna's, he couldn't help wondering if his long absence was beginning to greatly worry Emma. It was certainly worrying him. If only I had a way to reach her! he thought wishfully. If only I could reach ALL of them! He prayed every night religiously to be returned to Hidden Springs. He tried to accept the fact that he might not...but hope was something he never stopped holding out for. No matter how slim the chances.
One afternoon Sam and Al had a nice chat, mostly about Sam's success in changing Thornton's way of thinking and reaching Morgana's heart. Sam concluded their conversation with, "Al, have Ziggy run a prediction on my chances of returning to Hidden Springs."
The request caused Al's brow to furrow. "What if the result is not what you want to hear?" he asked his friend.
https://s20.postimg.cc/td7wy5cr1/SBSV_Al_1.jpg
"Just do it Al, please!" Sam ordered, pressing on his eyes with his fingers, trying to hold back his emotions. Al's concern certainly didn't go unnoticed and he appreciated it. "I can handle the result," he assured him.
Al pursed his lips and nodded. "Ok, kid."
******************
The next morning Morgana woke up bright and early, just like she always did before heading to work.
https://s20.postimg.cc/wsrazlc5p/SBSV_random_2.jpg
She drew herself a bubble bath and spent more time relaxing in it than she really should have. Life was just so great! She never felt happier.
https://s20.postimg.cc/dfvtfkx59/SBSV_Morgana_bathing.jpg
Then, under sulking, she dragged her feet out of the delightful bath, dried herself off, went back into the bedroom and got dressed for work.
https://s20.postimg.cc/3rmyq6rpp/SBSV_random_3.jpg
While studying herself in the mirror Morgana thought about how the blue on the EMT suit really wasn't her color and then she heard a light snore from Thornton (Sam) in the background. Her eyes shifted over to him, while still gazing in the mirror and her first thought was how cute he looked resting there. Her second was, Why do I feel like that is a completely different man lying there in our bed?
https://s20.postimg.cc/tbp8wmd3h/SBSV_random_4.jpg
I mean, not that I am complaining, but...what was it that inspired such a change of heart in him? Was it really God? Because I caught him praying the other night and Thornton has never been religious! Well...at least...not that he's ever revealed to me. It's just, she paused, looking back at herself again, it's a miracle! For the first time in many, many years, Morgana uttered a small prayer to God, thanking Him for actually caring about her and their future.
*******************
The date Sam and Morgana had on this night was indulging in a Lobster Thermometer dinner prepared by Mr. Potter and...a scary movie (at Morgana's request).
"I've been trying to get you to watch this one for months!" Morgana exclaimed as they headed upstairs, hand in hand, to their theater nook. "Remember?"
Sam grinned. "Suuure I do."
The movie didn't start out scary, it was actually surprisingly sad...
https://s20.postimg.cc/5sdib0nv1/SBSV_movie_date_4.jpg
The story sucked Sam right in. Morgana glanced over at him thinking, I knew he'd like it.
But then things really began to intensify and the creepier and the scarier it got!
https://s20.postimg.cc/xr7o1vphp/SBSV_movie_date_3.jpg
Seeing that Morgana was equally terrified, Sam piped up, "So, why do we have two separate chairs in here? Shouldn't we have a sofa in case...I dunno...one of us wants to cuddle with the other?"
"My dear Thornton are you admitting that you're scared?" Morgana teased.
"No," Sam immediately answered. "I was simply asking for your sake."
"Oh really? Do I look frightened to you?" She grinned, through hiding a bit of trembling.
"Truthfully, yes!"
Morgana shot him a look and once she did, the two of them began to laugh. They weren't fooling each other.
https://s20.postimg.cc/3l99n3ikt/SBSV_movie_date_2.jpg
*****************
That night in bed, Sam's dream showed him flash backs of the many different places he visited and his experiences there while leaping around through time.
(PERFECT example video here! Just watch it! :p )
The joy, tears, pain and lessons he learned in those adventures triggered many deep emotions. So much so that sweat dripped from his brow even though the room was cold and light tears crept around his eyelids. Then, he saw a few flashbacks of his time in Hidden Springs and that pulled on his heartstrings the most. He turned onto his side, squinting his eyes and moaning, but still dreaming. He must've called out to God or someone because he heard a voice speak to him:
Sam?
Sam then found himself standing in an empty area, glancing around only to see smoke surrounding him. A faint light shone above, but he couldn't see it's source.
https://s20.postimg.cc/km3f2fwlp/Sams_dream_5.jpg
Sam. The voice addressed again.
"Yes?" Sam answered, still looking around. "Who are you?" He did happen to recognize the voice as the one who addressed him days before when he first leaped into Sunset Valley.
Silence permeated the smoky, barren room for a few minutes as the voice responded depressingly, Oh my son...how could you forget my voice?
Son? Sam thought, then his eyes widened as he very much DID recognize that voice! "Dad!?" he cried.
https://s20.postimg.cc/x898lj9ot/Sams_dream_1.jpg
He threw himself around in circles, glancing every which way he could, trying to find his father. "Dad? Is that really you?"
It is Sam, John Beckett replied.
"How!?"
I am not at liberty to say, John informed, but I have been granted this visit to you and I don't have very much time.
Tears slid down Sam's cheeks. The love for his father always ran deep and being able to hear his voice again after so many years...
"Granted?" Sam asked. He looked around longingly again. "Please dad, can't I at least see your face?"
Sam I have only been sent here to provide you comfort. To tell you that your worries and desires have not gone unheard.
Thinking deeply, Sam's forehead wrinkled from the effort. "Did God grant you the ability to speak with me?"
Sam listen, John implored with a pause. No more questions. Listen to the voice of your father.
Sam pursed his lips and did just that.
They are alright.
There was silence. "What do you mean?" Sam asked.
Your friends. The ones who are so dear to you, they are alright.
Sam nodded. That was certainly good to know.
Granted there is concern among them about your well being, John continued, but they remain hopeful.
"Are you referring to Donna? Emma? Liam? All of them over in Hidden Springs?"
They are the ones who are dear to you are they not?
Sam looked down with a smile. Oh how he loved hearing the frankness in his father's voice. "Yes, they are," he replied, looking back upward. "But they aren't as dear to me as mom and Katie and Tom." He felt immediate remorse for not thinking about them in months.
https://s20.postimg.cc/mb7wwrmx9/Sams_dream_3.jpg
They are living life as well as the can, considering their losses.
Sam lowered his head sadly. "You and me," he said. He figured that if he could see his father's face, he'd be nodding.
And Donna is surviving too.
Head shooting upward again, Sam asked, "My wife?"
Indeed. Her heart will heal in time, but she is being taken care of.
That was a relief, but Sam couldn't help wondering, "Is she happy though dad?"
She will be.
Heart aching for his past love, Sam wished for her to become happy again...very soon.
I must leave you now Sam.
"What!?" Sam cried, turning around in circles again, but only looking up. "Wait dad. Don't go! There's so much more I want to ask! I--"
Samuel, do not lose faith in the great work that you are engaged in.
"I try! But Dad will it ever end!? I can't do this forever!"
https://s20.postimg.cc/6edqdsjwt/Sams_dream_4.jpg
Samuel, John addressed again, know that the desires of your heart never go unnoticed. No matter what lies ahead, no matter what hardships you are asked to bear, you are always being watched over. And you'll be protected.
It was certainly comforting to hear but, "Dad! I know..., but please...stay with me!"
And I am watching over you.
"I've never doubted it!"
I love you son.
Sam fell down to his knees. There was no stopping it. He buried his face into his hands and sobbed, "I love you too dad!"
https://s20.postimg.cc/6bp9d7qvh/Sams_dream_2.jpg
The light above Sam dimmed and the smoke swirling around him swooped in rapidly and Sam Beckett awoke with a start.
***************
For a long time, until the sun started to rise, Sam stood in the same spot near the bed, never moving, completely lost in his thoughts and what he experienced in that dream.
https://s20.postimg.cc/8wkoiyr4d/SBSV_After_park_6.jpg
Realizing that Morgana was due to awake soon, Sam rubbed at his forehead with both forefingers, trying to calm his mind so he could get back to reality. He stepped toward the large windows overlooking the sea. He pressed a hand onto the glass, taking in the beauty of the sun rising. The tears came back, but this time they were tears of joy. Despite all the questions he still had, despite the frustration from leaping around the universe and the sorrow he felt over never seeing his family again, he smiled. Because his dad's words really did provide him the comfort and reassurance that he so desperately needed. The fact that his father mentioned the well being of his friends from Hidden Springs gave him the hope that he just might return.
https://s20.postimg.cc/jkofht13h/SBSV_After_park_7.jpg
:mrgreen:
Each day got better and better for Thornton (Sam) and Morgana Wolff. The little things they did together as "boyfriend and girlfriend" did indeed bring them closer together and especially allowed them the opportunity to get to know each other in a way that they weren't able to before. There was never a quarrel between them about anything. No doubt it was a divinely inspired idea.
Sam was now almost three weeks into this leap and he couldn't help but think often of his beloved Donna and friends back home in Hidden Springs. Even though he felt confident that Emma had eased everyone's fears about where he'd gone, especially Donna's, he couldn't help wondering if his long absence was beginning to greatly worry Emma. It was certainly worrying him. If only I had a way to reach her! he thought wishfully. If only I could reach ALL of them! He prayed every night religiously to be returned to Hidden Springs. He tried to accept the fact that he might not...but hope was something he never stopped holding out for. No matter how slim the chances.
One afternoon Sam and Al had a nice chat, mostly about Sam's success in changing Thornton's way of thinking and reaching Morgana's heart. Sam concluded their conversation with, "Al, have Ziggy run a prediction on my chances of returning to Hidden Springs."
The request caused Al's brow to furrow. "What if the result is not what you want to hear?" he asked his friend.
https://s20.postimg.cc/td7wy5cr1/SBSV_Al_1.jpg
"Just do it Al, please!" Sam ordered, pressing on his eyes with his fingers, trying to hold back his emotions. Al's concern certainly didn't go unnoticed and he appreciated it. "I can handle the result," he assured him.
Al pursed his lips and nodded. "Ok, kid."
******************
The next morning Morgana woke up bright and early, just like she always did before heading to work.
https://s20.postimg.cc/wsrazlc5p/SBSV_random_2.jpg
She drew herself a bubble bath and spent more time relaxing in it than she really should have. Life was just so great! She never felt happier.
https://s20.postimg.cc/dfvtfkx59/SBSV_Morgana_bathing.jpg
Then, under sulking, she dragged her feet out of the delightful bath, dried herself off, went back into the bedroom and got dressed for work.
https://s20.postimg.cc/3rmyq6rpp/SBSV_random_3.jpg
While studying herself in the mirror Morgana thought about how the blue on the EMT suit really wasn't her color and then she heard a light snore from Thornton (Sam) in the background. Her eyes shifted over to him, while still gazing in the mirror and her first thought was how cute he looked resting there. Her second was, Why do I feel like that is a completely different man lying there in our bed?
https://s20.postimg.cc/tbp8wmd3h/SBSV_random_4.jpg
I mean, not that I am complaining, but...what was it that inspired such a change of heart in him? Was it really God? Because I caught him praying the other night and Thornton has never been religious! Well...at least...not that he's ever revealed to me. It's just, she paused, looking back at herself again, it's a miracle! For the first time in many, many years, Morgana uttered a small prayer to God, thanking Him for actually caring about her and their future.
*******************
The date Sam and Morgana had on this night was indulging in a Lobster Thermometer dinner prepared by Mr. Potter and...a scary movie (at Morgana's request).
"I've been trying to get you to watch this one for months!" Morgana exclaimed as they headed upstairs, hand in hand, to their theater nook. "Remember?"
Sam grinned. "Suuure I do."
The movie didn't start out scary, it was actually surprisingly sad...
https://s20.postimg.cc/5sdib0nv1/SBSV_movie_date_4.jpg
The story sucked Sam right in. Morgana glanced over at him thinking, I knew he'd like it.
But then things really began to intensify and the creepier and the scarier it got!
https://s20.postimg.cc/xr7o1vphp/SBSV_movie_date_3.jpg
Seeing that Morgana was equally terrified, Sam piped up, "So, why do we have two separate chairs in here? Shouldn't we have a sofa in case...I dunno...one of us wants to cuddle with the other?"
"My dear Thornton are you admitting that you're scared?" Morgana teased.
"No," Sam immediately answered. "I was simply asking for your sake."
"Oh really? Do I look frightened to you?" She grinned, through hiding a bit of trembling.
"Truthfully, yes!"
Morgana shot him a look and once she did, the two of them began to laugh. They weren't fooling each other.
https://s20.postimg.cc/3l99n3ikt/SBSV_movie_date_2.jpg
*****************
That night in bed, Sam's dream showed him flash backs of the many different places he visited and his experiences there while leaping around through time.
(PERFECT example video here! Just watch it! :p )
Spoiler
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LvQsSvMiDo8 - If a broken link sorry :neutral:
The joy, tears, pain and lessons he learned in those adventures triggered many deep emotions. So much so that sweat dripped from his brow even though the room was cold and light tears crept around his eyelids. Then, he saw a few flashbacks of his time in Hidden Springs and that pulled on his heartstrings the most. He turned onto his side, squinting his eyes and moaning, but still dreaming. He must've called out to God or someone because he heard a voice speak to him:
Sam?
Sam then found himself standing in an empty area, glancing around only to see smoke surrounding him. A faint light shone above, but he couldn't see it's source.
https://s20.postimg.cc/km3f2fwlp/Sams_dream_5.jpg
Sam. The voice addressed again.
"Yes?" Sam answered, still looking around. "Who are you?" He did happen to recognize the voice as the one who addressed him days before when he first leaped into Sunset Valley.
Silence permeated the smoky, barren room for a few minutes as the voice responded depressingly, Oh my son...how could you forget my voice?
Son? Sam thought, then his eyes widened as he very much DID recognize that voice! "Dad!?" he cried.
https://s20.postimg.cc/x898lj9ot/Sams_dream_1.jpg
He threw himself around in circles, glancing every which way he could, trying to find his father. "Dad? Is that really you?"
It is Sam, John Beckett replied.
"How!?"
I am not at liberty to say, John informed, but I have been granted this visit to you and I don't have very much time.
Tears slid down Sam's cheeks. The love for his father always ran deep and being able to hear his voice again after so many years...
"Granted?" Sam asked. He looked around longingly again. "Please dad, can't I at least see your face?"
Sam I have only been sent here to provide you comfort. To tell you that your worries and desires have not gone unheard.
Thinking deeply, Sam's forehead wrinkled from the effort. "Did God grant you the ability to speak with me?"
Sam listen, John implored with a pause. No more questions. Listen to the voice of your father.
Sam pursed his lips and did just that.
They are alright.
There was silence. "What do you mean?" Sam asked.
Your friends. The ones who are so dear to you, they are alright.
Sam nodded. That was certainly good to know.
Granted there is concern among them about your well being, John continued, but they remain hopeful.
"Are you referring to Donna? Emma? Liam? All of them over in Hidden Springs?"
They are the ones who are dear to you are they not?
Sam looked down with a smile. Oh how he loved hearing the frankness in his father's voice. "Yes, they are," he replied, looking back upward. "But they aren't as dear to me as mom and Katie and Tom." He felt immediate remorse for not thinking about them in months.
https://s20.postimg.cc/mb7wwrmx9/Sams_dream_3.jpg
They are living life as well as the can, considering their losses.
Sam lowered his head sadly. "You and me," he said. He figured that if he could see his father's face, he'd be nodding.
And Donna is surviving too.
Head shooting upward again, Sam asked, "My wife?"
Indeed. Her heart will heal in time, but she is being taken care of.
That was a relief, but Sam couldn't help wondering, "Is she happy though dad?"
She will be.
Heart aching for his past love, Sam wished for her to become happy again...very soon.
I must leave you now Sam.
"What!?" Sam cried, turning around in circles again, but only looking up. "Wait dad. Don't go! There's so much more I want to ask! I--"
Samuel, do not lose faith in the great work that you are engaged in.
"I try! But Dad will it ever end!? I can't do this forever!"
https://s20.postimg.cc/6edqdsjwt/Sams_dream_4.jpg
Samuel, John addressed again, know that the desires of your heart never go unnoticed. No matter what lies ahead, no matter what hardships you are asked to bear, you are always being watched over. And you'll be protected.
It was certainly comforting to hear but, "Dad! I know..., but please...stay with me!"
And I am watching over you.
"I've never doubted it!"
I love you son.
Sam fell down to his knees. There was no stopping it. He buried his face into his hands and sobbed, "I love you too dad!"
https://s20.postimg.cc/6bp9d7qvh/Sams_dream_2.jpg
The light above Sam dimmed and the smoke swirling around him swooped in rapidly and Sam Beckett awoke with a start.
***************
For a long time, until the sun started to rise, Sam stood in the same spot near the bed, never moving, completely lost in his thoughts and what he experienced in that dream.
https://s20.postimg.cc/8wkoiyr4d/SBSV_After_park_6.jpg
Realizing that Morgana was due to awake soon, Sam rubbed at his forehead with both forefingers, trying to calm his mind so he could get back to reality. He stepped toward the large windows overlooking the sea. He pressed a hand onto the glass, taking in the beauty of the sun rising. The tears came back, but this time they were tears of joy. Despite all the questions he still had, despite the frustration from leaping around the universe and the sorrow he felt over never seeing his family again, he smiled. Because his dad's words really did provide him the comfort and reassurance that he so desperately needed. The fact that his father mentioned the well being of his friends from Hidden Springs gave him the hope that he just might return.
https://s20.postimg.cc/jkofht13h/SBSV_After_park_7.jpg
:mrgreen:
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