Andy’s Fevered Dream
 

Andy had a cold. He was rarely ever sick but this morning he was feeling feverish and stuffy and Lucy told him to go back to bed.

“Call March, he’ll come in for you luv. You can’t go to work sneezing and coughing.”

“I hate this,” he sniffed, “make sure you don’t get close to me Lucy, I don’t want you to get sick.”

“I’m taking vitamins, unlike you who never takes anything.” Lucy brought him a cup of tea and made him get up off the sofa and go to bed. “Now, I’m just downstairs if you need anything,” she gave him a kiss on his hot forehead and covered him up.

“I feel like a kid, being put to bed. Would you bring me my phone?”

Lucy brought him his cell phone, a box of tissues and some meds. He was right, she’d never known him to be sick, poor baby. She smiled and patted his head and left him to go downstairs and open her bakery.

Andy called March who said he’d come in and work lunch and dinner. He had his tea and snuggled under the quilt and drifted off in a fevered sleep. The weird dream began almost immediately, he was at the hospital because Lucy had the baby and he couldn’t find it in the nursery. All the babies looked alike except one and it was blue - it had blue skin. He was afraid to look at the name on the crib, afraid it was his. A nurse came in and told him that was a nanotech. He didn’t know what that was and wanted to get a closer look but they wouldn’t let him near the crib. Then Lucy came in the nursery with his baby and tried to give it to him. He couldn’t find the door to the nursery to get out and all the babies started crying.”

“No, no, no let me out,” he cried out.

“Andy, wake up luv,” Lucy sat down on the side of the bed, “are you dreaming?”

Andy blinked his eyes, “Lucy, oh Lucy where’s the baby?”

Lucy placed her hand on his forehead, he was really hot, “The baby is still inside me luv. I’m going to call a doctor.”

“Inside you, okay…good.” He relaxed a little as the dream faded away.