Under the Same Stars

Explanations....

I walked down the stairs slowly,

with a towel wrapped around my hair,

and my light aqua blue pajamas, making my way towards the sounds of voices.

The sounds of their voices lead me right to the kitchen.

Alexa eagerly began the conversation at the table.

"Now I know before you two boys get curious with questions, we both want you to know this was done only and I'm talkin' only for good reasons"

Scott looked worried,

so did Dylan.

"What did you do?" asked Dylan.

"Megan invited me to a sleepover at her house, she said she wanted to make up for all the things she's done to me and stuff- She also opened up to me about her parents divorcing, and how its been really hard on her. I felt really bad for her so I decided I wanted to do at least something to make her feel happy inside, so I told her I would go to her sleepover..."

"Wait... What?" Dylan replied back confused

"So to continue the story I took an Uber to the sleepover, went inside the house only to find out it wasn't an actual sleepover, it was an overnight party. Megan took me into a room to play these 'party games' turns out it was a nasty game of truth or dare/ spin the bottle, and then I was thrown into a closet for seven minutes in heaven with this random guy I didn't even know!"

"WHAT?! UM DETAILS, DETAILS!" Alexa screamed in shock, but was wanting so much more information as to what happened.

I laughed a little while I was in the middle of talking, "Don't worry, I didn't kiss him, I didn't want to, it was just plain WEIRD. We both sat in the closet talking and walked out once the seven minutes was up"

Alexa chuckled, "That is weird though, having to be forced into a closet with some random dude you don't even know! Did you get his name? Maybe we know him?-"

Dylan stopped our boy conversation, "Wait, What about your head? Did the bleeding stop? How did that happen?"

"Well after that dreadful game eventually I was just ready to leave and then this older girl stopped me, asking me repeatedly "Did you kiss, did you kiss?" I wanted to storm out of there so quickly, I ignored her. Which I shouldn't have done..."

I took a pause

"She sort of threw a glass bottle at my head... and I was just so focused on getting out of there, my instincts weren't on point exactly.." I said giving a nervous smile. "Then by the time I came home, thats when I realized my head was bleeding..."

"Oh my goodness. That's horrible! I'm so sorry that happened to you" Dylan said in complete shock

Scott added "Are you okay? Do you need Ice ? Medication?"

"It's okay, thank you guys for caring about my safety and health, it means a lot, I'm okay!"

"Please if you need anything Caitlin, and I mean anything, don't feel afraid to ask" Alexa smiled at me.

"Who took you home?" Scott asked

"John"

"That guy from your orphanage you told us about at the hospital?" Dylan asked in curiosity

"Yeah, I called him, and he came to pick me up."

Alexa then moved her head up slowly into a "I just got a brilliant idea!" position

"CAITLIN! I JUST HAD THE MOST WONDERFUL IDEA EVER! HOW WOULD YOU LIKE IF I INVITED YOU TO A SLEEPOVER FOR JUST THE TWO OF US TONIGHT?!"

"Oh my goodness, REALLY?"

"YES! WE CAN WATCH MOVIES, EAT POPCORN, READ MAGAZINES, TAKE A FUN PHOTOSHOOT"

" OMYGOODNESS YES I WOULD FLIPPING LOVE TOO! This is so exciting! My first actual sleepover!"

Alexa and I hurriedly ran upstairs to her room, screaming with excitement.

I felt in that moment,

my thankfulness for friends like these.