Dreams

Chapter 12 - Staying Put

Katie

"What do you want?" I ask, practically shaking in terror by now. "Look, calm the hell down!!" Emerald screams at me.

 "What do you think I'm going to do? MURDER you? The hell!!!!"

"Yeah, I kinda do." I say in a scared tone. "Oh my- then I would've done that already, you twerp!!" She shouts. 

"You tried to." I point out in a shaky voice as she remembers. 

"That was just releasing tension!!" She cries, trying to justify her actions. 

"Right." I roll my eyes. "What's the real reason you're here?"

"To finish what we started." Emerald says in a dark tone. "W-what did we start?" I ask, nervously backing away. 

"Look, I just want you to know that I ain't no demon, okay??" She shouts at me. "I'm kind of running away from home as well, so there's that too. I'm crashing here now, if you don't mind." 

"W-wha-? YES, I DO mind!!" I cry as she brushes past me. She holds up a knife and I shut my mouth. 

"That's what I thought." She says promptly as she makes her way up the staircase. 

"Wait, where are you going?!?" I cry as I bolt after her.

"To your room. I feel like that was an obvious answer," My demonic cousin says as she swiftly turns the edge on the staircase. 

"Now hurry up or I'm checking your search history." 

"NO!!" I shriek as I run after her. She smirks darkly. 

"What ya searching up?" She asks me with this evil smile on her face. 

"That's none of your concern!!" I shout as she opens the door to my room.

She hops on my computer as I frantically try to get her out of my spinning chair. "You wouldn't DARE!!!" I scream. 

"I would very much dare." She hums. "Don't doubt me." 

She opens my search history as I sink to the floor in defeat.

 "'How to tell if you have a crush on your friend,'" She reads, laughing.

"'How to tell if someone likes you.''How to GET someone to like you.'" 

She's dying of laughter at this point and I'm dying of embarrassment. 

"Dang, who's the lucky guy?" She asks me through giggles as I air-slap her. "You take that back," I snarl as she smirks.

She closes out of my search history. "Well, I can help you with your situation," Emerald says as she stands up from my chair. 

"What would YOU know?" I ask, my tone coming out more rude than I expected.

"Pfft. Try me." She says in a challenging voice. "Anyway, what were the results of those searches?" 

"I don't know." I mutter as I curl into a ball. 

"Hm. Sad," She comments as I look up at her.

"Well, do YOU think you like him?" She asks me. 

"N-not as far as I can tell," I stutter quietly. "Aight. Again, who's the lucky guy?" She stares at me for a moment before she looks like she got hit from a rock to the face. 

"NO." She says sternly. "You can't be serious right now." 

"Who do you think it is?" I shout angrily.

"A dang MOVIE STAR OR SOMETHING?!?!?" 

"Nah," She chirps. "Is it. . . nah." 

"Who are you thinking?" I ask her as she looks directly at me. 

"Is it that kid who ratted you out?" Emerald asks me. 

"AY, he didn't necessarily rat me out," I say in Luke's defense. "I would've done the same thing-" 

"Yep." Emerald mutters. "Well, whatever. I hate to admit it but he seems like a nice kid."

"Yeah you BETTER admit it." I say menacingly, which is a first towards her. 

"Mmmm so do you like him or no?" She asks me as I blush.

 "N-NO!" I shout as she smirks. 

"Okay, whatever. Tell me when you guys start dating." Emerald says with this giant smirk on her face.

"Shut your trap." I say sternly. "Well, from what he told me, I think he has a CRUSH on you," Emerald says in a tone that sounds like it was MADE to annoy me.

 My face is flushed, I can tell.

"QUIT LYING TO ME!!!" I scream at her. "YOU'RE JUST A GOOD-FOR-NOTHING, LYING, DECEIVING DEMON!!!"

 "Jeez, words hurt," She says in a sarcastic tone as she sits on my bed.

"Duh," I say. "I wouldn't use those words if they had no effect on you whatsoever." 

"Fair point." She says. 

"Well, whatever. I'll go. But I'll be back Sunday night."

***

Saturday passes and Sunday passes and by nighttime, I'm wondering why the girl hasn't come back. 

"I'm not complaining," I tell myself as I get into my comfortable, fancy bed.

She's probably going to come at 3 in the morning just to scare the living soul out of me. 

Whatever. It's pointless for my to worry about some stupid thing that I can't possibly ever think to control. 

I lay in my bed and after half an hour I feel myself drifting into a deep sleep.

***

I wake up from my dream, shaking. "WAS THAT A VISION?!?!?" I scream at the top of my lungs. 

"I mean, if some tentacle is actually coming for me, it's got something coming for it!!!" 

I'm shaking. Thank God I woke up. . . 

"Dang that was a weird dream." I say quietly.

 "Maybe Emerald messed with my brain and that's why Luke said those crazy things."

I feel my cheeks burn as I slap myself softly.

 "Stupid Katie!!" I scold myself. "Stop it!" 

"Wow. Get a grip," I hear a voice laugh. 

I look up at the darkness before the light turns on.

 "ACK!!!" I shout as Emerald giggles non-stop. 

"What'd ya dream about. . ?" She smiles.

"T-That's none of your business!!" I cry as she bursts into a fit of giggles. "Tell me when you're ready." She says, recovering. 

"In your wildest dreams," I say coldly and she laughs again.

 "You're fiery, you know that?" She smiles at me. "Yes, I'm aware." I growl at her. 

"Well, are you more comfortable with me staying now?" 

There's a long silence.

"After careful consideration, I'm now. . ." 

I sigh loudly. ". . . Okay with it."