Love Stoned

The First of Many...

Chapter 4! Just warning you now this chapter gets a bit confusing and you might have to re-read it just to understand it but you CAN NOT skip this. This chapter is SO important. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

My eyes flutter open and all I see is pitch blackness, but I'm not in my comfy bed or even in my room at all.  I feel a wooden chair beneath me. I try to get up, but there is this tight grip of a rope around my chest and around my ankles. Oh great... just wonderful. I call out to see if anyone else is in the room with me. I hear a rustle on the other side of the room.

I yell, "Who the Hell are you? I know you're there. I heard you. Where are we right now? Why can't I see anything?"

There is no response at first but then a familiar voice yell back, " I wish I knew where we are too but I don't. Your eyes probably aren't used to there being no light yet don't worry they'll adjust." It's Kyle. I smile knowing if he was here with me nothing could go wrong. Then reality set in and hits me hard across the face.

"Wait were is Caleb, Miles and the others? Why are we here?"

"Well I don't know about the others. We got separated when we got in this place. Two in each of the rooms, and on the subject of why were here why don't you ask Him."

"Who is Him ?" There is a creak of a door and then a sliver of light illuminates in the room. There is a dark shadow of a man in the door way. Then there is nothing no light just blackness.

I moan then open my eyes to see Caleb standing over me and we're in my room.

"Hey finally you're awake took you long enough. I need you," Caleb says while he's shaking me to get up out of bed. I grab his wrist to make him stop then say, "Wait. What are you talking about? I wasn't sleeping, that's impossible."

"Um yeah you were Ash I've been trying to wake you up for the past ten minutes."

"But my dream it felt absolutely so real like no joke Caleb." I sit up to put my back against the back board and pat the side of my bed for Caleb to come sit next to me, he does.

"What was your dream?" He ask.

 I start slowly, "Well first I opened my eyes in a pitch black room with no light, I couldn't see anything it was just so dark. I tried moving but I was restricted by these ropes around me I can still kind of feel them now, but then I found out Kyle was there too. This man opened the door to the room but the thing was I only saw the shadow. I felt the light hit my face. Now do you see why I didn't think I was asleep like you said. It was just too real"

Caleb just stares at me in wonder until he says, "Wow does sound pretty real to me. You know something that I have noticed ever since all of us got close I have gotten more and more dreams that seem really realistic like the one you just had." He pauses and for a moment then continues, "Ash that's it that's it! Ha, I got it I'm a genius." I just stare at him and think oh great he has gone totally insane.

"Kyle was right about it's the actual stone that we have on us. Maybe the closer and closer we get the more power in the stones I think. Well, I think that means that our stones or you know of course tattoos give us the power to see into the future maybe even into the past! It sounds like what's been happening and maybe because I was close to you, you had that dream." Caleb rambles.

"Caleb now I can definitely say you are insane it was just a lucid dream that's all. I mean I guess that explanation would work, but what about the others maybe that's never happened to them. Sorry C," I say in an empathetic tone. I push my blue covers off my bed. I pick them up to throw them near the hamper. Caleb walks past as I do and so I hit him around the stomach area. 

He yells at me,"Hey what the hell was that for?" All I can do is laugh, and while I am, Caleb pulls back for a throw. The covers hit me in the head, and I fall off the bed to the floor laughing. Caleb joins in too. I hear my door creak, but I don't look up to see who has now entered World War 3.

"What are you two doing in here?" Kyle ask.

 I sit up then answer,"Nothing just battling in World War 3 with Caleb because he decided to be a jerk and wake me up from a nice little nap," I say while still laughing. I quickly throw back my covers again at Caleb. He gets hit then falls. He makes a hard thud on the floor. That must have hurt, but Caleb is strong so all he does is laugh. Kyle walks over to me and gives me his hand to help me up.  I walk over to Caleb with Kyle flanking me.

"I must say nice battle my friend, but I think we should both agree that I totally won that," I say as I shake Caleb's hand.

"I don't think so," Caleb yells as he tries to throw the covers at me but Kyle intercepts the throw.

"Yup I win." I smile at Caleb then take my covers and toss them onto my bed. I'll fix them later. I look at Caleb then ask him, "So why exactly did you want me awake in the first place?" Caleb just looks over at Kyle to tell me he was the wanted who wanted me so I ask him,

"Okay now then why did you want me awake?"

"Well we kind of needed to talk but then Shelby needed my help with something so I sent Caleb to tell you. I noticed it was taking a while so I decided to just come by and now we're here."

"Oh I see, that was probably a longer story then I needed but oh well. If you still want to talk we can now." Kyle just smiles at me genuinely, which I am going to take as a yes. We both look down to Caleb who is still gathering himself on my white carpet. He finally noticed the silence. He looks up to us slowly and just stares.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah I know private conversation. I need to leave." Kyle helps him off the floor and he walks out. I move over to my bed to fix my sheets when the door clicks.

"So what do you want to talk about?" I ask Kyle. He doesn't answer me all I hear is his soft foot steps approach towards my back. I feel his arms wrap around my waist and his chin on top of my brown wavy hair. I drop my sheets and turn quickly. I find my hands on his chest. I look up into those dreamy blue eyes of his, we stand there for a couple second in that exact position until Kyle leans in and kisses me, his lips softly touch mine, they are warm and inviting. One of his hands slowly slides up my back to bring me closer. It sends chills rattling up my spine. I wrap my arms around his neck. This felt absolutely wrong but just so right at the same time. He finally pulls back, both of us are out of breath. I open my eyes slowly and stare in complete wonder. I can't believe I just let that happen. I can't believe I just let my best friend kiss me like that.. wait even let him kiss me at all!

All I can say is, "Um.. wow..." I can't even think of the right words to say. Still shocked and wide-eyed, Kyle just stares at me and smiles. How could he even be smiling at me right now when I am just so confused.

"You're not going to faint or anything are you?" He laughs at me. Still wordless I had to do something besides standing here like an idiot. I grab him and wrap my arms around his neck while I kiss him. He doesn't protest all he does is accept my answer. This feels like it is just right. I hug him after I break the kiss, I can feel his muscled chest against me and his arms holding me tight. All I do is laugh in surprise that I actually just did that. He softly whisperers in my ear, "I for sure didn't think you would do that, but I have nothing against it at all."

"Of course you wouldn't. I guess I am just full of surprises." I look up at him and give him a smile.

"Lunch is ready everyone!" Miles yells from the kitchen.

"Well, I think that includes us."

"Yeah I think so," I say still not able to contain my emotions that all covered all over my face. Kyle and I walk out into the hallway walking hand in hand until we reach the kitchen then he lets go of my hand. That's when my smile disappears. He gives me a look as if something is terribly wrong. Of course, happy moments never last with me. I stare back at him we take one step into the kitchen and then blackness once again finds it's way to me.