When you wish upon a star

Chapter 10

Aden's POV~

I leaned back against my desk chair and heaved a sigh of relief. I had in fact gotten in contact with Kelly. 'She seems nice. finding her a lover should come easy.' i thought. 'but how will i do that? we're not from the same state so anybody i know who would do as a suitor probably wouldn't want to be in a relationship with someone so far away.' I thought and then it occurred to me that the last time i spoke with any of my friends from school, they had all been in steady relationships. 'well that rules out hooking her up with one of my friends.' i thought and sighed. The sound of her reply to my last message making my phone buzz snapped me out of my trance like thoughts. I felt a little awkward getting to know her because i had to pretend i hadn't used the help of the agency to find out virtually everything there was to know about this girl. Oh well. i unlocked my phone and clicked to read her reply. "Cool! We seem to have a lot in common so hopefully i won't be too awkward and you'll actually want to remain friends after a day or two 😁." Was what her reply read. I know this probably would have seemed stupid but i had no idea what to say next. i don't text a lot of people and as you already know i barely used instagram. "Don't worry about being awkward. i'm sure if you knew me in real life you'd go running to the hills if you saw me while you were with someone else. (I really am that weird)" i finally replied. hopefully she didn't get to anxious waiting for me to say something back. "You'd probably do the same to me. if i ever left my house that is. I know girls and boys from school have done it. They don't seem to like me very much." Kelly replied almost instantly. I felt a little sorry for her, she seemed really lonely. maybe that was the point. for her to get pity. "I'm sorry to hear that. you seem like a very nice person so i can't really understand why someone wouldn't like you." Was the next message i sent. Almost as soon as i hit the send button i wished i could un-send it. That reply was risky, it seemed far too much like i was trying to flirt with her. Which i wasn't. or was i? No! of course not! i just needed to gain her trust and friendship before i went about trying to hook up with her. "Well that's because you've known me for all of forty-five minutes. no matter how hard i try, everyone seems to get tired of me and leaves me." Kelly sent a reply to mine roughly five minutes later. I understood exactly how she felt. And i felt bad. "That's really sad, i'm sorry." was all i could think to say. "No pity! Really, i'm used to it. i'll be okay ☺." Was the slightly unusual reply that Kelly sent. i was about to start typing when i heard a knock on the door of the secret room. I clicked my phone off and sat on it to hide it so my parents wouldn't ask to check it. Not that i had anything to hide, i just... i don't know. i just didn't want them to think i was flirting with Kelly. "Come in!" i yelled and turned the desk chair so i was facing the door. The door swung open slowly and my father walked in. "I'm heading into Delaware to volunteer at the festival again and your mother is off to work. are you alright here by yourself?" he asked. i rolled my eyes. Why did he have to go to the fair every summer? oh yeah... Because he grew up going. "Yeah i'm fine. have fun." i sighed and turned my chair back around, half conscious of the buzz my phone made when I must have gotten another message from Kelly. "Dad wait!" I shouted all of a sudden an leapt up from my chair. practically rolling down the stairs and stopping just before he shut the front door. "what?" He sighed and stood facing me with one hand still on the door knob. i bent over with my hands on my knees. "wait." i gasped and stood up again. "what does it look like i'm doing? spill!" he rolled his eyes. "the festival you're going to is in Delaware right?" i panted. My dad nodded slowly. "yeah... what are you getting at?" he said an frowned. "is there, is there any possibility i could go with you? not today. some other day. maybe?" i asked hopefully. if i could go, i could meet Kelly. if i could meet Kelly i could help her find someone. you know, grant her wish. "maybe..." my dad paused to think. "why?" He asked. "Kelly, the girl who's wish i'm working on, she lives in Delaware. if i could meet her it might be easier to grant her wish. i need all the help i can get because honestly i have no clue what i'm doing." I said the lot of it extremely quickly. My dad scratched his head in thought. For a moment i thought he was about to say no. "sure i don't see why not. i don't know how you planning a date with-" i felt heat rise to my cheeks and interrupted him. "I'm not planning a date! i've barely spoken to the girl. all i know is it would be much easier to explain to her why the hell i'm even talking to her in person than on a direct message." i snapped indignantly. My dad smirked and laughed a little. "alright. if she agrees to meet a strange boy she's barely talked to, them i'll take ya." he said before walking out and shutting the door behind him. "Yes!" i laughed to myself and fist pumped the air as i headed back upstairs to the secret room. Finally i went on the chat with Kelly and read her messages. there were two. I'd read the first, the second was; "sorry, i'm kind of a downer. thats no way to make friends.... so uh, what are you up to? (again, i'm sorry. that was kind of creepy.)" I couldn't help giggling a little bit too myself. "don't worry about it. you're not a downer and that wasn't creepy. as for what i'm up to, nothing really. my dad just left to work a festival in DE so i'm currently alone. What about you?" was the reply i sent.