I quickly get under the covers and pretend to sleep.
"Hey Em where's the, oh" he says, "sorry." Why does Mikie have to be my best friend's brother? "Did I, uh, wake you?"
"No, I mean not exactly. What do you need?" I say.
"Nothing, I just, uh, just needed Em for a minute, but I guess now I'll say goodnight. So, uh, yeah. Goodnight." He said, exiting.
"Night." I whispered back as he closed the door.
I don't get Mikie. Then again I don't get boys in general. They're too weird.
"You didn't tell me she was here!" Mikie says a little louder than I think he meant to. He quiets down after that outburst. I got up out of the bed as quietly as I could and pressed my ear up against the door.
"No, no. It ended with me awkwardly saying goodnight and leaving. Why do I get so nervous around her? I have a girlfriend and I've known her since you two were in sixth grade. I don't even like her!" He says to Emily and she murmurs something back.
I hear someone coming towards me and I try to return to bed as quietly as I got out of it, but amongst my jumbled thoughts I hear the floor creak. As if I was a five year old and the floor was "lava" I did a swift parkour move and hid under my covers.
"Hey Squeak!" Emily says coming in the room and closing the door behind her.
"What'd Mikie want?" I ask, my voice cracking.
"Nothing. Emily says avoiding the topic. "Well g'night!" she says shutting the lamp beside her bed.
That was too close though. I have to be more careful next time. What am I saying next time? This was a fluke. Fate crossed our paths at that moment to Jedi mind trick me and it's not gonna work.
I sleep soundly with dreams of Greg singing sweet songs while riding a unicorn. I shouldn't have pigged out on junk food before bed. It really messes with a girl, let me tell you.
Corn shakes me to wake me up. As soon as I feel her hand I jerk up and scream. She does this to me all the time. Knowing this is always my reaction, she shoves her hand over my mouth. I lick her hand and as she pulls it away in disgust I tackle her and we both roll off the bed. She hits the ground and being the queen I am I land on her without a scratch.
We both laugh and I call my mom to pick me up. Before I leave I peek into Mikie's room. He's gone out with some friends already. I take in my surrounding. His room is interesting. He has his computer and his microphone all professional like, but then like a child he has figurines and all the Star Wars movies. The doorbell rings and I scoot out of his room before anyone realizes I was in there, although I accidentally knock over some papers and books on the way out.
