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Chapter 9

Later that night, we're getting ready for bed. "I'm not really that tired," I said. "Me neither," said Michael. A minute later, my cell phone rang, and it was Shelby. I picked up the phone.

"Hey, what's up?" I asked. "Nothing much," Shelby replied, "Is it alright if I come over and spend the night?" I asked, "Why don't you like sleeping at your place?" Shelby explained, "Because it's my parents' anniversary, and you know..."

"Ok, I'll ask my mom," I said. "Ok," Shelby replied. I put the phone down and went downstairs. I went to Mom, who was watching TV. "Hey, is it alright if Shelby comes over and spends the night?" I asked Mom.

"Of course!" Mom answered, "She knows she can come over here and stay the night as much times as she wants. Did she ask her mom?" "I don't know, hold on," I said. I went back up to my room.

I picked the phone back up. "Did you ask your mom?" I asked Shelby. "Yeah, she said 'Go on. We need privacy anyways,' " I laughed.

"Of course," I said, "So when are you going to be here?" "I don't know," Shelby said, "Maybe about 20 minutes." "Ok, see you there," I said.

"Bye," she said. I hung up the phone. "I'll be right back, Michael," I said. "Ok," said Michael. I went downstairs.

"She's coming," I said to Mom. "Ok," Mom said. About 20 minutes later, the doorbell rang, and it was Shelby. "Hey," I greeted her, "You can come to my room."

"Ok, cool," said Shelby. The doorbell rang again, and it was Mom's boyfriend William. "Hey, babe," Mom said to him. They both kissed. "You ready to go?" William asked.

Mom smiled and said, "Yeah." "Where are you going?" I asked. "On a date," Mom answered, "We might be gone for a while. Behave, you two. Bye."

They got out the house. "Come on," I said to Shelby. "Ok," she said. We got upstairs to my room. "Finally you're back!" Michael exclaimed.

"I've only been downstairs for like 20 minutes," I said. "I know," Michael said and pouted. "Hey, Michael," Shelby greeted him. "Hey, um....." Michael said, forgetting her name. "Shelby," she finished.

"Oh," he said, "Hey, Shelby!" We all laughed. "So, where do I sleep?" Shelby asked. "You sleep by me like you usually do," I said.

"Oh yeah," she said and got on the bed. "Where do I sleep?" Michael asked. "There's a pull-out mattress under the bed," I said. He pulled out the mattress from under the bed and laid down. "I just wish that Michael could stay human forever," I said to Shelby.

"Why? So you would marry him?" Shelby teased. I laughed. "Shelby, shut up!" I exclaimed. "I'm just asking," she said.

We heard Michael laugh, and we looked down. "What's so funny, Michael?" I asked. "Do you two always fight like that?" he asked. "Well, it's not exactly 'fighting,' but we play around," I explained. "About what, exactly?" Michael asked.

"Well, there's this website called Facebook, and we talked all the time on there," I said. "Yeah," said Shelby. "Like one time, we were talking, and I told her to read a chapter of a story I read, and she read it," I said. "Yeah," she said, "I said to Carly, 'Ewwww! How can you like reading this stuff? It's disgusting!' She was laughing so hard."

"Yeah, but it was sexy to me," I protested. "Yeah, probably because the love story was about Michael," Shelby said. "Wait, there is a love story of me?" Michael asked in shock. "Lots," I answered. "Awesome," Michael said and smiled.

"Yeah," I said and yawned, "I'm pretty tired." Michael took off his shirt and said, "Me too. Goodnight." "Goodnight," I said.

He fell asleep. "He took his shirt off," Shelby said, "Why?" "He told me earlier he gets really hot at night," I explained and blushed. "Carly, are you okay?" she asked. I smiled and answered, "No, Shelby, I guess not."