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I was driving with Carrie to either Missouri or Illinois. The car was extremely fast and sensitive--any light touch to the gas pedal and we would speed off. I was a little unnerved driving such a vehicle, but I also knew it would only take us 3 hours to get there. I had to be at work the next morning, so I hoped the wedding we were going to would wrap up somewhat early and we could head straight back before it got too dark.

Once at our destination, I saw Melanie, Andrea and others. It was a holiday party, and people were getting dressed for it. I spied a schedule of events that went from mid-week through Saturday. I was annoyed because I thought it was a one night only event. Apparently there were other activities scheduled such as making snowmen and singing.

We were in a house that belonged to AQ. It was hidden behind a bunch of short trees with long, lithe foliage that covered the skyline and thick, knotty trunks. It made the front yard very dark. There was an Isuzu trooper parked underneath the trees.

I was very surprised to come across her house and find that there were two large windows wide open, with only curtains blowing in the wind. I climbed in and began looking around the house for signs of anything missing, though I couldn't really tell since I didn't know what had been there in the first place. A man was accompanying me. He was tall, dressed sharply in black, and he had dark brown hair and seemed very professional, suave. I felt keenly scared, as though we had happened upon something unusual I couldn't put my finger on. There was no way to close the windows and this concerned me.

Suddenly we were being confronted by otherworldly beings who I identified as vampires coming in through the windows and other rooms. We were able to fend them off successfully though I can't remember how. I ran to the front window and noticed a man and a woman getting into the Trooper and driving it away. I had to assume they knew AQ but I wasn't really sure. I ran back to the other side of the house to help the man decide what we would do to secure the place from anyone entering, especially vampires.

Among other things, I was at a water park with lots of waves and people and inner tubes, and then we got kicked out because we had never bought tickets in the first place. I was walking back to Stephen's car, and in the backseat was Paul. He was holding a bouquet of flowers and I was dripping wet in my bathing suit but we smiled big at each other and I leaned into the backseat to give him a huge hug. I noticed I was getting him all wet with my suit. We kissed hello and I've missed you, over and over, and at the point that the kisses on the lips almost crossed the line I pulled back a little sheepishly, since I knew Stephen was right behind me.

I think we were in the state of Illinois.