Chapter 8 Sleep

Chapter 8 Sleep

"Aaron." Warren called out to me as I opened the door to the stairwell for Kevin and Parker. Everyone seemed to want a room on the second floor of the school.
"Yeah." I said and walked over to him.

"Scotty's in room 202." I nodded, filled with dread and walked to the stairwell, up the stairs and there it was room 202. I walked to the room slowly my heart racing with every step. I opened the door to the drama room cautiously and walked in. He was laying on the stage. I walked onto the small stage and lay next to him.

"Hey." I said, it sounded stupid the second it came from my mouth but I didn't know what else to say.

"You know, before today I was a complete fuck you." he said mumbled, "I was worried about things that I could careless about now. My mom's dead, I almost died five times today. I know whats important now... my brother, Mallory, Parker, Kevin, you." he looked at me, his eyes were so blue just then, so sad, so endless, so damaged. "Will you stay with me tonight?" he asked and placed his hand softly on my thigh. I nodded and moved closer to him. He put his arm over me and I could feel his lips on my ears, "There's this song by The Dandy Warhols called Sleep, have you ever heard it?" he asked.

"No." I whispered.

"There's this line that goes if 'I could sleep forever I could forget about everything' I wish I could do that now." the melancholy in his voice drifted into me, and I could feel his broken heart beat on my back.

"Then lets do it, sleep forever. Just you and me, lay here until the world dies."I replied, he pulled me closer to him and his breath was intoxicating.

"I just want a nights sleep." he said, "with you." I felt my body tense, and after a while we did just that, sleep. "You can make it all okay."