It took Lou, Molly, and Sara about an hour to get onto the highway for Harrisburg to drop off Sara and then head to Chicago for the concert tomorrow. They had gotten a quick breakfast in the hotel restaurant and Lou took an extra coffee saying he would drive the leg to Harrisburg to let both of them rest for Sara’s work and Molly driving for a few hours after they dropped Sara at her home, for now.
Until this morning, Sara had told no one of the frightening dream that reoccurred at times. They started years ago with her running through forests while dressed in very primitive clothes, then to add to the horror of her rape a few months ago, the night after it happened, she had the dream come back but this time she was captured to add to the pain from the assault the night before.
She told them that three times since the rape, she had begun to dream of this life, first in a cart and then on a ship where she knew she was to be sold as a slave. Two of the times she had forced herself awake from this dream but the last time she went through a long dream on a ship as a captive. The man in charge kept her separate so as he put it she would not be ruined by all the others in the crew assaulting her. He gave the crew two older women who did not survive the ordeal of their passage. One died and one jumped overboard after three days on their week-long trip she lived and awoke as their destination was sighted she heard in this putrid horror.
That dream had happened two days before they all met in Philadelphia.
After saying this while Lou drove Molly handed the now a little upset Sara a fat joint after recounting the dream, and then going to tell of last night’s dream.
“I was being washed roughly was the first thing I remember then led to a stand with many people all around. It was a place deep in the past it appeared. Nothing seemed familiar to me. Most of the buildings were low and painted white. There were some larger two- and three-story buildings not far away. I think I was in a kind of marketplace. There was a wide, paved road and many other stalls selling all kinds of food and other things.”
Sara continued after another deep hit and a sip of Lou’s coffee. “They sold three others before me, and I was next and the last of the group he brought. There was a commotion as the crowd along the road and they parted as some kind of group of people were walking up from a harbor to the part of the town with the large buildings.”
“There were at least twenty people in the group including a man being carried on a chair by two large men. He looked like someone from ancient Egypt by the way he was dressed. He was in the middle of the large group and surrounded by people he was talking to including a woman walking alongside him who could have been Star’s sister.”
“It was Lou I really noticed first leading the group with a very tall man next to him, dressed as an ancient solider. Lou was not dressed like that, but his cloths were clean, he had a short beard, and he did carry a sheathed sword and it was clear he was some kind of authority but also his eyes were wide and searching the crowd like he was lost too. I called to him in a language that was strange to me, but his head turned, and he answered in almost the same tongue.”
“The man selling me yelled in his own language that I barely understood but then Lou answered him in his language and then the approached him. I now saw someone who looked like Molly, now talking to the man in the chair and Star’s lookalike. It was then that the phone’s ringer went off and everyone in the dream turned to face me and we awoke.”
“Lou have you ever had dreams like that where you were connected to a person in your dream at the same time?” Molly asked. We have never experienced anything like that between us asleep. Our connections have always been when we are conscious.
“No, I never had a dream like that where I met someone like that, and we recognized we were out of our time.” He answered while keeping his eyes on the road. Traffic was not too bad today and they were heading away from New York City.
“I’ve had dreams where I was out of time and some of them over the years could have been of this time. I have had them for years and most of the time I was on a ship going to various places in the ancient world.” Lou took a moment to pass a pair of semi’s going uphill. No cruise control for now with most of the traffic moving fast on this Wednesday morning.
Once past them he continued: “Most of the times they just seemed to follow some of the history I was either reading, had seen a PBS show recently or if I had gone to a museum with ancient items in it. I hope to catch the Ramses II exhibition if we can time it out for reservations along the way Molly.”
“The last time I had a dream like this I was in Egypt, and meeting with people and saw the Sphinx still painted and the Pyramids were still in their white casing stones.”
“Best I can remember the Pharoah wanted me to take some people and sealed messages to an Island a fair distance away. Crazy dream!! I had that one I think the night I ordered all the tickets for this tour. Andromeda had been finished a week earlier and was ready. I had done my taxes and saw how much money I had, and all was a go for the tour and where we are today.”
“I took it as a good omen I hoped for the adventure ahead, but I had no continuation of that dream I think until this morning. Everything I have lived on this adventure in the last few weeks has been a dream come true for me, Molly, and Sara.”
Lou took another minute to deal with traffic and finish his coffee. “It was never a nightmare in any of these. The one’s I had about the Civil War when I took a class on it and then did a lot of other reading. Those were real nightmares!”
Molly saw Lou shiver a little involuntarily at some of the thoughts they brought back. She may ask him for details later but not while driving.
Lou pulled into a rest stop for another coffee and a run to the bathroom for all. Molly and Sara took pillows and went to sleep tangled on the back seat for almost an hour and a half, as Lou ticked off the miles to Harrisburg. Both women had long days ahead of them. Sara had work and Molly was going to do a good chunk of the driving ahead.
Sara woke up after a good hour and a half nap and asked Lou how they were doing and saw the clock said 9:05 in the dash.
“Were doing good. I think we got about eighty miles to go and were moving fast with traffic today. Sucks it’s not sunny but at least it’s dry so far. How are you feeling today physically Sara? I hope I did not leave you in any pain from all we did before we slept last night.”
“No, I feel ok. There was a little discomfort, and I can tell I got fucked last night but you didn’t hurt me then and I’m not in any pain now. You were real kind and gentle in how you took my ass cherry last night. Thank you Lou for how you did that with me. You and Molly are so kind to me and always make me feel so good.”
“Inside and out” She added with a laugh and a hug of Lou’s shoulders carefully over the seat from the back.
“I will miss you both and I can’t wait for you to be back east again in May. I will take a day off if I have to for us to hang out and maybe we can go hang out at Gettysburg for a day or two if it’s nice and get Andromeda a new park sticker.”
“Sounds like a plan. It won’t be crowded yet with the summer tourists and I’ve only been there once as a little kid in the sixties. It would be fun to visit again.”
Molly was beginning to stir, and Lou asked her as she yawned and stretched. “How do you feel about touring Gettysburg in May with our Kitten when were back this way? I think we can aim for last weekend in May before we head to Florida.”
Molly got a drink of water and dug their pocket calendar out of her bag and looked up May saying: “Guys how about we plan for the weekend of May 23rd and 24th to meet up for a weekend of fun and just getting to see each other again. That will give us almost two weeks to get back east and then a few days to see April and Max and Darla before we go to Florida.”
“Sounds like a plan to me. I will need a break by then and It is not too far to there from Harrisburg. I know there are a lot of nice campgrounds nearby that would be cool for us I think. Carl and I stayed in one for a night and it was nice.
An hour later they pulled into the last rest area ten miles from Harrisburg to fill the car and let all say a deep goodbye away from any eyes at Sara’s home. She wanted to keep her life now private from all there. It was none of their business how she chose to live and love.
Molly reminded her that if things went bad or got dangerous for her to not hesitate to get out of there and get somewhere safe. They would come off tour from wherever and be there in no more than three days.
Lou and Molly had given her about an eighth ounce of their pot and a pack of papers in case she had trouble finding any. Lou told her if needed he could even get her a plane ticket to meet them on tour anywhere.
All of the deep kisses had been shared in the back of the rest stop and again Andromeda pulled up to a quiet house with no one seeming to notice Sara’s arrival. It was to be quick hugs and Molly and Lou switching for her to drive them on the next leg to Chicago. They wanted to make at least another three to four hundred miles today so they could get to the show for around noon tomorrow.
They arrived at Sara’s home around 10:45 and had a time for a quick hug with all and Sara telling both of them she loved them and could not wait to see them again soon, and to have safe travels.
“Remember we will come for you at any time if there is a problem or if you just need to get away. We both Love you Sara!!” Molly all but cried in her ear hugging on the front seat.
She grabbed her bags and touched Andromeda’s panel as she got out telling her to have a safe journey also.