When you wish upon a star

Chapter 19

Kelly's POV~

As soon as I refreshed instagram i felt guilty for not checking sooner. Aden had messaged me almost exactly an hour ago. "Hi! Whats up? (sorry if i'm bothering you 😁 )" he'd said. "Hey, not much. You? sorry i didn't reply. i overslept a little then was busy for a few hours." i wasn't going to tell him i'd literally slept for twelve hours. Normal people didn't go to bed at elevenPM and get up at elevenAM. It occurred to me now that maybe it wasn't such a good idea to have stolen those sleeping pills. 'Oh well. can't change that now.' i thought with a shrug. My ipod buzzed in my lap and i reached to answer what i predicted was a message from Aden. I was right. "Are you talking to that boy again?" my mom called in a teasing tone from where she stood setting the table for lunch. "Maybe!" I laughed and felt my cheeks heating up. "Aaawwwweeee!" my brother cooed. I reached over and jammed my finger in his ribs right where he was ticklish. "Hey! don't do that!" he squealed and fell off the couch. "Don't tease me." i muttered and went back to answering my message. "Its Okay. I'm just taking a rest before lunch. i had to help my dad load up a shit bunch of tools for festival break down tomorrow." He had said. I'd somewhat forgotten that his dad volunteered at the state festival. "Cool! If you're going to be there tomorrow helping him, i'll probably see you. I'm going to have to go pick up a drawing i entered and some other stuff my family did." i messaged him. Maybe i'd finally get to meet one of my internet friends. I would have to tell my parents i was going to get food if i went off somewhere to meet him. I wouldn't want them thinking i was planning some kinky getaway. "Really? cool! Do you think there is a possibility we'd be able to meet up?" He asked. Great minds think alike. "Yeah. I'll be in and around the exhibit hall for the short time i'm there. If you can't get there let me know. i'll just fake to my parents that i'm going to get food." I replied. I could feel my cheeks getting hot again and realized that i had started smiling without trying. Which was odd because i never really smiled. "Yeah i think that would work better. I'm going to be down by the main walk way. Why can't you just tell them you're going to meet me?" He asked. I thought for a moment. Trying to figure out how to explain. "Because i don't have any friends who aren't girls so they jump to conclusions that i'm dating if i start talking to a boy. i'd really rather they not do that with you. besides, then they wont follow me and be embarrassing if i say i'm just getting food." I told Aden. Hopefully he'd understand. "Oh, That makes sense. My dad will probably be with me. You may have already bumped in to him on a previous visit to the festival. I'll try to make sure he's not too awkward. Besides he knows i'm not gonna try to do anything except grant your wish." was it bad that it slightly disappointed me to read the end of his message? Its not like i wanted to do unspeakable things with a boy i'd never met. I just... i don't know. I guess i was hoping he'd give some hint to liking me back. But did i even like him that much or was i just desperate to not be lonely? "Hahaha okay. Sounds good. Where should we agree to meet up?" i asked. Trying to be completely optimistic when really i was nervous as hell. "well the only place that stays up till the very end of breakdown (so the workers and volunteers can eat.) is the western fries place. so just to make it believable that you went for food, how about there?" Aden replied. That sounded good. there were picnic benches behind the fries place on which we could sit and chat for a few. "sounds good with me." i sent a short reply. Wait, was this happening? i was going to meet a boy i'd only known for a day. "Good :) i can't wait." Aden also sent a short reply. "Me either! Can i ask you a weird question?" i asked. I wanted to facetime him. For several reasons. i wanted to know what he looked like, to make sure he wasn't a secret creepy old person and that way i'd have an excuse to give him my iMessage address which was much easier to use than instagram direct message. (even if i still had to have a wifi connection to do anything due to not having a phone.) "Hmmm, sure. ask away." Was Aden's reply. I took a deep breath, why was this making me nervous. "Do you think at some point before meeting up, we could try to video chat?" I asked. From the moment i sent it to the moment Aden answered i was nervous. But i didn't know why. "Yeah. That's probably a good idea. Do you need my actual phone number to call?" He replied. Good, he didn't think i was weird for asking. "Yeah, i'm gonna need your number. When we do actually FaceTime, the call to you will come through as from my e-mail/iMessage address. instead of a phone number. (i don't actually have a phone. just an iPod.)" I replied to him. yet another thing i was insecure about, the fact that my parents wouldn't buy me an actual phone. "Okay. Sounds good. just let me know when you're gonna want to video chat and i'll try to not be busy." Was the reply that came along with Aden's phone number. I didn't reply on Instagram. instead i opened iMessage and sent him a text. "Hey it's Kelly. just testing to make sure iMessage works..."