The sun came up slowly behind the house of Jacob and the animals began to came to life when the day's first rays hit the green grass. Dewdrops shone brightly as small diamonds in the grass. 
I lay half across the kitchen table with an empty coffee cup beside me. 
I sat up and took with me the cup to the sink and washed the cup. I needed more coffee. Jacob had a very old coffee maker so you had to boil the water in an old coffee maker on the stove and then fill with the coffee powder.

When I put down a few scoops of coffee powder into the jug, I jumped when Derek from nowhere, put his arms around me. I breathed deep breath and put my hand over his arms. 
- "Have you been awake all night?" He asked. I put down my the coffee jar and turned around on. My eyes felt heavy, but I could only smile. Seeing his face made me smile no matter how tired I was. 
- "Yes, I dare not go to sleep," I said and turned back to the coffee pot and brought it to the table and placed it on a coaster on the coffee table. Derek laying out for breakfast.

Toast, fried eggs and bacon, cheese and butter. My stomach turned when I saw everything and I been reminded of my dinner that I flushed down the toilet. 
I took me a toasted sandwich with no toppings and forced myself to chew to get something down in the stomach. 
The sun was soon high in the clear blue sky, and the heat outside spread everywhere. 
I filled up my coffee cup for the third time, I needed a lot of caffeine so I could cope with the rest of the day. Too soon it was time for the day's chores on the farm. Derek needed all the help he could get because Jacob was too old for the heavy work, so Derek had to help him with it.

- "Today, I'll fix the roof on the barn, apparently it drops into water as soon as it rains, so I have to fix the holes there. Perhaps you can take care of the animals and give them food and water." I nodded. My gaze was facing out toward the pasture where Sony and Broncho went along with the sheep. I stopped watching when I saw in my point of view how Derek tried to make contact with me. 
- "What?" I wondered. 
- "I just wanted to see if you were still awake or asleep with your eyes open." 
- "Does not matter if I have my eyes open or closed, the nightmares will never go away." 
- "You should talk to Avalon or in any case with Elisabeth." He said, leaning back in his chair with his own cup in his hand. It was now I put extra notice what clothes he was wearing.

Derek wore a new red tank top with dark and ragged denim shorts. His hair stood on all sides and edges, but I could clearly see that he tried to comb it. I realized that I smiled when I looked him up. 
The clothes fit him. I indeed had just the usual. Black denim breeches and my purple T-shirt that I loved. The hair, I sat up in a knot behind the neck. I snatched up a little bit when I saw that Derek looked at me, though he smiled and put down her empty coffee cup on the table. I took my fourth cup and the last remaining in the jug. 
Although the sump gave me nausea, I felt I needed all the caffeine to cope with the day.

Out in the yard the sun warmed up properly. Derek hammered on the roof of the house and sat in the only in his shorts. I tore at the stables to provide food and water to the animals there. But after a while, I decided to sit down in the cool house and drank water from a bottle. Leaned back on the hay bale and enjoyed the cool breeze that blew into the stable. It was nice and cool and I closed my eyes for the moment, enjoying the lovely breeze.

When I opened my eyes again, I discovered a painting. A small board that was hand painted by who did not know. I could not see any signature by the artist. The painting depicted a flower shaped like a heart and around it went a beautiful green ivy. It struck me then that I just seen a similar picture of Elisabeth few months ago. Then I woke up in one of the rooms. I looked at the flower to try to come out if I seen it out there somewhere, but I was so tired and finally I found no energy to think.

I sat up when I heard someone come in through the stable. A small man with gray hair with blue overalls came into the stable. Jacob was back. 
- "Are you sitting here Emma?" He smiled when he saw that I was sitting on hay bales are furthest to the wall. 
- "Yes, that's so cool in here so I'll take a short break" I smiled. Jacob laughed, with its lovely old man laugh and sat down beside me. He saw what I sat and watched. 
- "Do you like that picture?" He asked curiously as he pulled up his pipe, but he was not turned on. Jacob had often never there because he just wanted to feel the taste of the tobacco. 
- "Well, I've seen an exact duplicate of Elisabeth few months ago. It is so nice, a little intriguing to watch." 
- "Well, it is an amazing flower and plant by a maximum of plenty of power." He sucked a little on the barrel when he looked at the board. - "I usually sit here and watch it, mostly to tear myself away from work and get the thoughts of others. On that flower makes happy when I watch it!"

I could not feel exactly happy when I looked at the flower, I think I was most curious about what kind of flower it was. 
- "That's my wife, Lina, who painted the flower for a very long time ago." He said later. His voice had changed when he mentioned his wife. - "I came across the plant a day in my younger days when I was out plowing a field, it was that very day that I came across it. This ivy is a bit special because it usually grows best at high altitudes where it is first to get in the day's first rays of sunshine and the first few drops of rain. So I found it on my field was highly unusual. "He sucked a little to the barrel. - "When I picked it up so even followed this beautiful flower with a beautiful flower with pink heart-shaped leaves and it was strikingly beautiful., I took it home to Lina as a proof of my love for her. Lina was already an amazing artist and she was overwhelmed that I came home with something so beautiful., she knew what it was, and was just as impressed as me that we found it on our field. "He laughed then.

- "The plant is called Valedale Ivy and the flower blooms only at mugrönan just was 20 years old, as soon as there is a full moon that looks pink, the plant started to bloom., It is not until then that Valedale ivy blooms and when it does so it grows where magnificent flower. flower has been named Heart Desire. remember how I mentioned that it was very unusual powers? "I nodded as he turned to face me. - "With a special brewed, one could obtain a drink, you drink and think of your absolute greatest wish and it will come true, but it can have their price. So when you want something, you have to think carefully out what you want and that you clarify the wish. "He turned to flower again, and every silent.

The silence was long. 
I waited intently at a continue but Jacob remained silent. 
- "Has anyone tried the drink?" I asked finally. I found myself that I'd slither down and sat next to Jacob. 
- "Well, a man!" He said shortly. - "There was a man many years ago, certainly 20-30 years ago, which got its brewed after finding the flower and take it to Elisabeth., She warned him to think of his wish really well before he drank the brew. He was too greedy with his wish and it came out later that he wanted all the world's happiness. But it has its price with that wish! "He continued low and sucked on his pipe again. - "To wish for all the world's happiness can be just about anything, luck of the lottery draws, win prizes galore or win money with ease while betting, but in addition it then there were other accidents that caused injury. Was it something he did not like or that he never wanted to know of, arranged his desires it and cleared the people who stood in his way. humans, such as animals that he loathed fell at his feet like skittles that gets beaten down by a bowling ball. and in time where it worse for the man and soon after, he took his life. "

Jacob every silent and his gaze was still fixed on the board. 
- "Took his life, how could he do that if he had wished for all the world's happiness?" 
- "He lashed a piece of string around the stomach on itself and then around a large stone which he hanging around on a trolley. Took his rowing boat and rowed far out at sea and there, drowned himself, and he became never be found again!" I sat petrified in front of the board at the amazing flower.- "Where is it to come by? Flower and ivy?" 
- "It is probably not unfortunately little you. Flower is cut off and you have not seen it in years. Some say they've seen it, but it can usually be taken for flamingo flower, the resemblance is striking, but they are both still so different. but if it should be somewhere so it grows where we can not reach it. "
- "Buried dinosaur valley maybe?" Jacob laughed. 
- "May be so, but until then we can enjoy the 2 boards we have. Lina painted 2 pieces, one for us and one for her sister Elisabeth." I was startled and leaned over and looked at Jacob who appears not to have seen that I reacted.

- "But it was a long time ago now, Lina died about 10 years ago so the only memory I have left of her is right now that picture." He smiled and put down his pipe in his pocket and put his arms crossed over the chest. 
- "But you said before that this man, went to Elisabeth 20-30 years ago? That can not be, Elisabeth is not exactly 70?" Jacob laughed even more and bumped into me as he leaned toward me. 
- "Emma, that's much you do not know if our protectors in Jorvik, but we can to another day." 

Outside the barn, I heard Derek talk to someone and soon came into the stable, semi-naked, only just in shorts. He was carrying his red tank top in his hand. 
- "Hey Grandpa: You home againI see, but Ian is here outside and wants to meet you."
- "Is that right, well, he wants to have a little more oats to the horses. Then I might take the opportunity to bid on some coffee" laughed the old man and began walking out of the barn to greet Ian.

Derek smiled when he saw me. 
- "Shall we ride and swim?" He asked. 
- "I have no swimwear with me," I smiled embarrassing. Derek laughed. 
- "Oh swim in panties and tank top that does the same, just we can take a dip. The heating is really intense today." He sat down beside me and lay back against the hay bale. I myself felt my cheeks heated up and drank the rest of the water that was left in the bottle. 

Derek sat up and leaned against me, or over me. I tried to search the support behind me, but my hands fumbled for a grip, but instead I fell on my back among the hay bale and Derek crawled up over me. I was breathing heavily and tried to smile through my red face, but my cheek reflexes held back and I could not even smile. 
He leaned over my face and kissed my forehead. I closed my eyes to feel his soft lips touched my skin. 
His lips wandered towards my cheek and kissed there and over to the other cheek. His breath was warm and smelled of strawberries. 
Finally, he let his lips touch mine and my heart surged and the blood rushed. 

Finally!