Hello. I'm a 28 male and I had a very vivid dream last night that just seemed so real that I accepted it as real even though I realized it wasnt.

I am very shy when I first meet someone but as I get to know them I will open up. I felt this very much in my dream. What I didn't like was not being able to see the end. I felt that if I know what I needed to protect her from it would all be ok. I never made it to that point. I ended up waking up at the exact minute my alarm goes off, but it was silent. I waited for the 5 minutes it takes my snooze to reset, and it went off. I can only assume that I was so deep in sleep I snooze it just before I woke up.

I recently started learning French again and I assume that's where Paris and the French girl come in.

I was still so tired after my alarm that I was daydreaming and filled more of the story in but didn't include it here. I think I did that just to give myself closure but it didn't fit with the overall theme and more importantly the feel and mood of the dream.

I was on a crowded street in a big city, Paris comes to mind. The streets were winding and made of cobblestones. As I stood there people watching, I noticed 2 girls kissing across the street and something urged me to go talk to the shorter of the two. She was about 5 ft with brown hair, French and very pretty. As I crossed the street, they had walked off around a bend and we're joined by other friends. I walked straight through the circle of girls and face the girl directly. I bent down to whisper in her ear and something told me eactly what to say, it felt like I was telling myself the right words to use.
"You like the shy ones, huh?"
The phrase seems silly and makes no sense, yet I feel it plays a key role in this dream.
With that I begun to walk away even though I feel I have already fallen in love with this girl and cannot let her get away.
After just a few moments of walking I feel her slip up next to me and take my hand. The rest of the our lives are spent together with no real detail, only feelings. There is love and joy, followed abruptly by pain and sorrow. Something had happened to her and I could not protect her.

In an instant I am back on that crowded street looking at the two girls kissing. This time I approached her again and said the same line.
"You like the shy ones, huh?"
Only this time I added some detail. What exactly I said is unclear to me. It involved a stranger yelling out the name Jack and something her friend was about to do. The predictions came true as I walked away and again she followed.
This time was different. I explained the concept of the movie groundhog day to her and how I was stuck in a loop. I explained I loved her very much but was unable to protect her before but I would do it this time. We made love in an abandoned shack in the countryside and the rest was filled with joy and happiness. But the pain came again. There are still no details as to what I cannot protect her from, but it feel evil and the dream takes a darker turn.
I am back on the street watching her from afar.
I approach again and use my line.
"You like the shy ones, huh?"
No detail this time. No voice whispering to me what to say. This time it is all reflexive.
It's impossible to say how many times I went through the loop, always playing out the same.
I am on the street again.
For the first time I hesitate, wondering if she is better off without me. I decide I have to talk to her.
"You like the shy ones, huh?"
And I walk away.
She doesn't follow and I feel my heart reak. I have spent an untold number of lifetimes with her and now she is lost to me.
I go to the cabin where we made love and break down crying. What feels like lifetimes pass, then the door opens and she is there. We talk and I explain all that I... we have been through, and how I can't bear to see her die again while I am powerless. She says she would rather die a thousand times with me at her side than live without me.
Then I wake up in tears.