No Service

Chapter 8

HW: Hey NightDream. I'm here. Let's talk.

ND: Now you want to talk? Are you sure? If you don't want to talk to me it's fine, I understand...

Meg sat in her familiar spot, her knees pulled to her chest as she typed. It was time to get this over with. They had to finally just get down to business. Be honest, Meg!

HW: NightDream, please don't blame yourself. Shit just really went down. I met CrystalFeather.

Claudette had given her permission to tell NightDream who she was before the trials had started today. Everything was about to come clean.

ND: You... met CrystalFeather? How? I thought we all didn't live near each other at all.

It was time.

HW: NightDream... who are you? Where are you right now?

ND: I don't want to tell you that.

HW: Why? You said you worked in an office. You said you had a house. Where is that? Was any of that even true?

ND: ...

HW: Please, tell me.

ND: No. None of that was true. I don't work in an office. I don't have a house.

HW: Who are you?

ND: I am the person you've been talking to. I haven't faked who I am. This is real. I just don't want you to know me.

HW: Why?

ND: You'd be disappointed.

HW: I'd never be disappointed.

Here it was.

HW: NightDream... I want to know more about the person I love.

There was radio silence for at least ten full minutes. Meg was getting extremely nervous.

ND: You love me?

HW: I do. Do you... feel the same?

No hesitation this time.

ND: Of course I do.

Meg's heart was racing.

HW: Don't you think the person you love deserves to know all of this?

ND: I don't want to tell you my name. I don't want to tell you where I live. Respect my wishes.

Meg was completely taken aback by his words. He was being extremely rude right now. Meg felt anger start to boil inside of her. He tells her that he loves her and then starts getting snappy with her for just wanted to know basics things she should already know? Without thinking her fingers began typing away on the keyboard furiously.

HW: What is your problem? These are all things I should already know! You can't just drop shit like this on me and not tell me who you are? How do I know you're not just lying about everything? Are you just leading me on to fuck me over?

ND: What are you talking about? No! I just don't want to tell you my name! It's not a big deal!

HW: It is a big deal! This is a huge deal! I don't even know who you are! What do you think is going to happen next?

ND: We can just keep talking like normal.

HW: But it's not normal anymore, ND! We love each other, and knowing that, how do we move forward here?