Insta-stalker

Bennett

I was awoken my a rumbling.

It sat up straight in my seat and tried to look around.

I was breathing heavy and I couldn't see where I was.

I had sat up too fast so my eyes at went black and we're slowly adjusting.

I blinked frantically hoping it would make the darkness go away faster.

It didn't work but eventually my eyes adjusted and I saw everyone's eyes on me.

I had then realized I had over reacted and the rumbling was the sound of the car pulling to a stop on the side of a long gravel road.

Everyone has a worried look on their face.

Like the look a group of people get when they have bad news and they don't know which one of them is going to tell what the news is.

I went from relived to worried in a matter of seconds.

That's when Bennett spoke up.

"The car was beginning to run out of gas so we were going to go to a gas station, but you were talking in your sleep so we decided to pull over until you woke up.", Bennett explained.

"Why was it such a big deal that I was talking in my sleep?", I asked.

"It was probably stupid meaningless stuff that doesn't even make sense."

I looked around and kenley shook her head.

She opened her mouth as if searching for the right words.

"I don't know how to say this, but you have to tell everyone your whole dream. Believe it or not, it could help us two but hurt someone you love. You said stuff that made Bennett seem, well seem like he was part of the Instagram account."

I shook my head in disbelief and looked over at Bennett.

"You would never do that. I know it's not you no matter what I said or dreamt of while I was sleeping."

I paused and saw Bennett's face.

He was nervous for some reason and he looked like he was hiding something.

I was smiling when I said the stuff I had said and now that smile was fading.

After seconds it was long gone and it seemed as if I had never smiled before.

I was surprised and confused.

I thought, could Bennett really be a partner in crime?

It was unbelievable.

"Turn around I want to go back home.", I said.

His dad looked at me as if devastated that the sleep talking could actually mean something.

That what I had said about his son was true.

"I'm afraid we can't we are already almost to the Oklahoma/Texas border. I promise you though that if you want I will pay extra for you and Kenners to get a different room. We will just get two smaller rooms with two beds in each instead of the suite with four beds and a futon."

He cocked a small smile.

It was fake, I could tell.

The look he had in his eyes have it away.

His eyes were bloodshot.

Stressed. Worried. Disappointed. Surprised. Shocked. Afraid. Upset. Angry. Concerned. Sorry. Nervous.

He must've felt so many different emotions at that moment.

I felt bad.

He hardly gets to see his son and when he does he gets to go on a trip with him only to end up bringing a couple random girls and then those girls reveal that his son might have harassed his new girl friend over the internet.

I couldn't have understood his pain no matter how hard I tried.

I wish I did and I wish nothing happened.

While Bennett's dad had been talking I was looking at my shoes thinking.

When he finished he sat quiet as if waiting for a response.

I looked up and smiled towards the mirror.

Thank you so much.

My eyes began to burn.

I'm sorry I whispered.

He must've heard me because he looked up and smiled back.

"When we get to the hotel I will tell all of you my dream. I will tell all of you every detail and explain it enough so you can picture it in your mind like you can a good book. However, this isn't no fiction this is real, this is real."

I became serious and my smile, once again, quickly vanished.