Chapter 13

Later at night

I hear Ashley groaning and muttering some words. I sit up and I turn on my light by my bed side. "Ash.. are you okay?" I ask but her groaning becomes worse and her body starts to jerk. I panic so I get out of bed and go and seat at her bedside. "Ash" I say taping on her arm gently. "No!.. let me go!.. leave me alone please!" She says and sobs. "Ash.. Ash.." I call out to her and she grips my hand tightly. "Please!.. don't do this!. I'm sorry" she says. She's having a nightmare I see beads of sweat form on her head. "Shhhh.. it's fine.. it's fine" I say to her and for some reason she keeps quiet and falls back to sleep and as a tear slips down her right cheek.

I take one last look at her and go back to bed. Ashley was having a horrible nightmare. What was she seeing that made her so anxious and cry. I slowly drift off to sleep.

The next morning I'm woken up by alarm clock and I groan in frustration because I didn't really have much sleep last night as I recall the events last night with Ashley. I slowly climb out of bed and I see Ashley who is all dressed and doesn't look like shit anymore unlike last night. "Morning Kelly" she says as she applied her lipstick and turns to face me. And she's dressed in baggy clothes and sneakers. Her arms are adorned  with black bracelets and she's wearing a silver customized chain with the inscription "Hot stuff". "You done staring" she says and I snap out of my thoughts. "Huh?" I say. "You were checking me out weren't you?" She asks. "No" I say with an incredulous face "I'm straight" I say and she laughs a little "I know" she says "Oh" I simply respond. "Thanks for yesterday" Ashley says. "You're welcome" I say and she picks up her bag. "Ash.. yesterday what happened to you?" I ask and she looks at me with a confused expression. "How?" She asks "Uhh.. last night you were really troubled in your sleep. You were whimpering and talking and jerking and crying while you were sleeping last night" I tell her and she looks surprised at first and then she quickly recovers."I don't know what you're talking about because I don't remember doing that" she says as she starts to walk out the door. "But--.." I begin to say before she closed the door and heads for her classes. "Ugh!" I moan out in frustration. What's wrong with her? Why did she behave that way?.

I get ready for class and leave for classes. As I'm walking down the hallway I see Mr douchebag and the Blondie from last night as they talk and it looks like they're having an argument. I decide to walk closer to see and hear what they are saying better. Yeah I know it shouldn't be any of my business but I decide to eavesdrop on their conversation.