Once Upon A Dream

Ten

{UNEDITED}

Chapter Ten: Confessions
-Cordelia-

That night I had some trouble falling asleep.

What's worse, when I did find sleep it was never a deep sleep as I would constantly wake up for various reasons (too hot, too cold, stiff neck, small sound).

I could feel that my night was running out and I frustratingly willed myself to a deep sleep.

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"Hey there you are." Riley sounded, his words full of concern, "I was actually worried that you wouldn't show up tonight"

I sighed heavily, "restless night."

"Everything alright?"

I looked up at him, desperate to see his face, but all I was greeted with was the familiar mask and his gorgeous eyes...it was enough to make me feel events guilty than I originally did.

"My friends and I did something really stupid." I admitted.

"What do you mean by stupid Cordelia?"

I hated to say it out loud, I knew magic shouldn't be real and therefore admitting to even trying it in the first place felt idiotic and childish...but the truth is it worked and now its backfiring.

"My friends and I were messing around one night with...magic books."

"Magic, like legit Spell books or Harry Potter books?"

"I guess it was a legit spell book...anyways please don't say anything just let me get it all out and I'll answer everything as best I can afterwards."

He nodded.

"So one friend we'll call her Pal, she had this book read it and thought we should try some stuff out of it...one of them including finding your true love in your sleep."

I could tell he wanted to say something but held back.

So I continued. "We all tried it and needless to say it worked for you and I as well as for my other friend...uh, she can be Buddy."

He smirked.

"Anyways, it didn't work for Pal, so there were two ways to do the 'spell.'" I said with quotations. "One was to open your mind and think of no one in particular and let your love find you...the other was to think of someone in particular...I tried the former, Pal and Buddy tried the latter, except unlike Buddy who imagine one guy one time Pal was adamant about having her crush appear in her dream and she thought about him too much."

He stood still and his eyes were unreadable.

"Needless to say, Pal overdid it...now she's basically got herself a fatal attraction and she's too enamored to see how psycho the dude's acting."

Once I was finished I let him know and he looked straight at me.

"...so am I under a spell right now?" He asked seriously.