When you wish upon a star

Chapter 17

Kelly's POV~

I walked back out of the bathroom, still ruffling my hair in a towel to dry it. When i sat down on my bed i checked my ipod too see if Aden had said anything. Still nothing. "Come on!" I muttered in frustration, getting up again to toss my dirty clothes away. When i came back i checked my ipod again. still nothing. 'Calm down Kelly, he probably went to bed. Normal people go to bed long before you do.' I cursed myself in my thoughts. Nevertheless i scrolled down, refreshing to see if there was a message. which there wasn't. So i went back to mindlessly scrolling my feed and posting stuff so i wouldn't lose followers. In monotone really, i never did much. Then, finally, about twenty minutes later, Aden messaged me twice. "It's not. i'm glad to help. really." And; "sorry for not replying by the way, i was getting ready for bed." Well at least he wasn't ignoring me. i felt a little bad though, like i was bothering him some how. "Its fine. am i keeping you up? i can go if you need me to..." I replied. Hoping he could still talk but also not wanting to keep him up past when he needed to sleep. "you're okay for now. i have a few minutes before i'll have to go." He replied quite quickly. "Alright. if you're sure. I don't want to bother you or get you in trouble." I replied. Was that too passive aggressive? I hoped not. "This might not seem relevant since we've only been friends for a day but, no you're not bothering me. you never do!" Aden messaged me back a few minutes later. "Good. I'm glad to hear that." Maybe my reply shouldn't have been so short. I always have trouble figuring out what to say in response to short replies. Oops. "Hey I'm really sorry but i need to go to bed now." Aden's reply didn't exactly make me happy but i didn't want to keep him up if he needed to go. "okay. goodnight." i replied. To my surprise he said one more thing. "Sorry. We'll talk more tomorrow. Gn." i didn't say anything back in order to not drag things out. But his reply made me smile for some reason. Nobody except my best friend Alyssa, (whom i hadn't spoken to in months) had ever said something indicating that they intended to speak to me again as soon as they could. I looked at the clock. 'Only ten at night?' I thought with a sigh. "Ughhhh i'm not usually tired till long after midnight." i muttered as i got up and shuffled out to the kitchen. I could hear my parents watching TV in the living room so i didn't turn the lights on and made an extreme effort to be as silent as possible. Quietly, i reached up and grabbed the bottle of sleeping pills from the medicine cabinet. I wasn't really supposed to take them but i had nothing else to do with myself till i fell asleep so i might as well speed up the process. I grabbed two then shut the cabinet and hurried back to my room. I downed the pills with a mouthful of water then crawled under my blankets after opening my window. Almost immediately, the sleeping pills kicked in and i started to doze off. Lulled by the quiet sounds of the country i let in through my window.
I slept like a log that night. it must have been the pills. As i slept i dreamt, as all people do. I dreamt that i was sitting in a field. Alone at first but then a boy, who's face i could not see, came and sat next to me. Neither of us said anything at all. For half the time we weren't even sitting that close to each other. But after a while, we gradually drifted closer. Till our thighs touched. I flinched a little at the first bit of physical contact. And though he was faceless, i could tell the boy was worried he'd done something wrong. i shook my head and smiled. Moving. Back so our legs were touching again. For a few minutes we stayed like that. still not a word was spoken from either of us. Then his arm was around my shoulder. i stopped staring up at the black, starless sky and looked over at the faceless being trying to embrace me in a dream. again, though expressionless, i could tell he was nervous about something. I rested my head on his shoulder as a way of saying; 'it's okay. i don't mind.' He seemed to like that and rested his head against mine. Time passes differently in dreams than it does in the living world. I couldn't tell you how long that moment lasted. For the next thing i knew i was in my bed alone. No longer in the pitch dark field being embraced by the faceless boy. I sat up slowly, blinking in the light and looked around. My clock read 11:15. i rubbed my eyes hoping i was seeing wrong and hadn't really slept that late. I had indeed slept till almost lunch time. My dad would be at work by now so i was only with my mom and brother. Oh the joys of having a stay at home mom! I stumbled out of bed and grabbed my ripped grey jeans, black tank top and black and grey flannel. After changing i brushed my hair, grabbed my ipod, and walked out to the kitchen. "She wakes!" my mom laughed loudly from where she stood in the kitchen preparing lunch. "Yeah..." i muttered sleepily and grabbed a can of tea from the fridge then headed to the couch. Dragging my feet the whole way. "Pick your feet up when you walk, dear!" my mom called just as i sat down. "Yeah Kelly, pick your feet up!" my brother teased and looked up, over the screen of his gameboy. "I'll remember that next time." i muttered and took a sip of tea. It suddenly occurred to me that i hadn't checked to see if Aden had said anything on our chat. so i pulled my ipod from my pocket and clicked it on...