Academy Everlasting

Secrets Make Friends

(This chapter is unedited)

I dream of a monster running after me, I try to run as fast as I can but the monster is catching up.

"Sang..." The monster growls.

"Sang!" Wait, that isn't the monster, that's Luke.

The sound of his voice banishes the nightmare and has me popping my eyes open. Luke's worried face comes into view quickly. He is sitting on the edge of my bed with his hand on my forearm. He must have woken me from my nightmare.

"Luke?" I ask, trying to understand why he is in here. I don't normally scream out in my sleep.

"Hey, I came in to leave you a surprise and you looked like you were having a nightmare," He explains. "Are you okay?"

I nod and sit up, looking toward the window. By the lack of lighting coming from the window, it is safe to assume it is the middle of the night.

"I have bad dreams sometimes," I whisper, looking down at my hands. "I'm sorry to bother you."

"Awe, Sang," Luke sighs. "You are never a bother. I was bringing you this, so you could wake up to a kiss."

He holds out a Hershey kiss and I can't help but giggle. "Where did you get that? Wouldn't North have burned it by now?" I ask half serious.

"I have a secret stash," He whisper. "Want to see it?"

I nod enthusiastically. "Of course!"

He grins and takes my hand, pulling me from the bed. We sneak down the stairs to the second floor and he leads me to his bedroom.

His room is very simple, it makes me wonder if he is finished decorating it. The walls are light blue and they have those glow in the dark plastic stickers all around. The only other wall décor is an oil painting of a beach that hangs on the larger wall.

He has a massive bed with a fluffy white down comforter, it sort of reminds me of cotton candy, or a cloud. His sheets are a very light grey, so they don't blend in too much with the comforter. The sheets are messy and half hanging on the floor.

The bed frame, dresser, and nightstand are all simple light wood. He has a large TV on his dresser and a few cook books sitting on his nightstand. Off in the corner I notice a giant pile clothes, it looks like three loads of laundry just shoved in the corner. I turn and give Luke a pointed look.

"Oh, sorry!" He apologizes, and at first I think it is for the clothes being there. "Beast, this is Sang. Sang, meet the Beast."

I raise my eyebrows at him, suddenly questioning his sanity. "Huh?"

"Well, that pile started out pretty small," He shrugs. "As it grew, I am pretty sure it came alive and turned into the Beast. So as long as I feed him clothes he doesn't eat me."

He looks so serious about this, I don't have the heart to ask if he is joking with me.

"So," Luke grins. "Want to see my stash?"

I giggle and nod at him. He smiles wide and pulls me over to his bed. He instructs me to lay on my back, so I do. After a second of moving around, the lights go off. Luke quickly comes and lays down beside me. I'm confused, how will this show me his candy stash?

Luke reaches over to his nightstand and pushes a button, suddenly a black light is glowing from a hidden spot in the room. It lights up the glow in the dark stickers as well as secrets writings all around the room. I jump out of the bed and go looking around at all of them.