Chapter 7

We finally got back to the university in time for dinner. I didn't eat much of anything. My stomach was churning with the thought of everything that happened that day.

Andy kept staring at me and Lilo kept gushing on and on about how cool it was to see that house get demolished.

"Well, I'm going to see if I can get a shower before everyone else heads back," Lilo announced as she stood, leaving the dining hall soon after with Stitch on her tail.

Andy and I sat in silence as he ate the rest of his food. Then we started walking back to the dorms.

"What's wrong, Boo?" He finally asked. I saw that question coming from miles away.

"It's nothing," I said quickly. Hopefully he would let it go.

"Boo, it's not nothing. I can tell."

My slight annoyance became irritation.

"Well, if you could tell, you would have known not to take me back to my old home," I snapped. Andy stopped on the path between the buildings and grabbed my arm.

"I thought you said it was fine." I rolled my eyes. Boys are so ignorant.

"Obviously not." I twisted out of his grip and kept walking.

"Boo." I ignored him. He repeated my name a few times before grabbing my arm again and turning me back around to face him.

"Let me go," I said, but before I could say anything else, his lips crashed against mine.

Now I couldn't ignore that.

I was so surprised that I let him kiss me. I actually kissed him back until I actually realized what was happening.

"I pulled away. Those warm eyes of his were locked on mine. I didn't want to run. I felt so safe with Andy.

"The image of purple scales crosses my mind.

I wasn't safe and this boy couldn't help that. He would never understand. He'd probably think I was insane.

I ended up running from Andy back to the dorm. I couldn't figure out what that kiss meant. I just needed to get my own life straightened out, which was getting worse with each moment I spent at MU.

"Hey, Boo," Lilo greeted as I walked into the dorm.

""Hey," I mumbled back as I flopped down on my bed. I was beyond exhausted and ready for sleep to take me. None of my nightmares were ever as bad as reality. Lilo flicked off the light and I finally felt myself slipping away.

"Why were you so freaked out today?" Lilo's voice pulled me awake.

"I wasn't," I tried to deny it, hoping at least she would let it go.

"Boo. I'm not blind. I could tell you weren't happy in that house."

"Then, why didn't you suggest we leave?' I snapped. I was definitely getting a sense of deja vu.

"Lilo stared at me from across the room. "Oh, I thought you could speak up for yourself. You seemed to be a girl who could take care of herself."

We were silent for a moment. Stitch's snores were the only sounds in the room until Lilo spoke up again.

"Andy told me that you left a few years ago because you have some sort of mental illness."

I swear I stopped breathing when I heard her. How dare he tell her that? I was trying to make friends with her. Who would want to be friends with some insane freak?

"You should tell Andy that he needs to stop spreading rumors," I replied because I sure as hell wasn't going to be talking to him anytime soon.

"Boo, I just want you to know that if you want to talk, I'm here for you. I was bullied when I was younger because people thought I was weird-"

"At least you're parents didn't send you to a psychiatric hospital when you were thirteen." That shut her up. I could practically hear the wheels turning in her head. I turned over in my bed and tightly closed my eyes. I couldn't cry, not in front of my new roommate.

"Boo, I-"

"Lilo, just leave me alone," I interrupted, not wanting to hear anything she had to say at the moment.

"Fine, if that's how you want to be," She muttered. Soon, I could hear her soft snores. I didn't understand how she could sleep when upset. I certainly couldn't. I laid there for a couple hours, replaying that conversation in my head. I couldn't leave things like that. I had to make up with her. But how? I pretty much pushed Lilo as far away as I could within a few minutes.

Finally, well after midnight, I let my mind wander away to the numbness of sleep.

When I jerked awake, the room was pitch black, maybe three hours before we needed to get up.

A low rumbling noise erupted from Lilo's side of the room.

I looked over to see Stitch growling and Lilo sleepily asking him what was wrong. I flicked on the light just in time to see the blue dog roll into the closet with what looked like a patch of purple. But I knew what it was. The door slammed shut behind them.

Lilo sat up in shock, her eyes snapping open when she had been rubbing them awake moments before.

"What was that?" She stood and started towards the closet door.

"NO!" I yelled, probably waking half the floor as I jumped between her and the door.

"Lilo stumbled backwards. "What the hell, Boo? Stitch probably wants out with whatever that purple thing was."

"Lilo. Trust me. You do not want to see what that purple thing is. I don't know how to tell you this, but you probably will not see Stitch again." I expected her to be confused, not mad like she was.

"Boo. Stitch and I have survived worse than a scaly purple alien in a closet. Now let. Me. Through."

I was so surprised that when she pushed past me towards the door, I let her. I whipped around, expecting to see that monster's squinty eyes starting back at me, but instead, I just saw the clothes we had recently hung there.

"What the hell? Where's Stitch?" Lilo grumbled. "This is not something I want to have to deal with at three in the morning, Stitch," She said tiredly. I saw on my bed and watched her look. After ten minutes of searching the closet and even yanking clothes from the space, Lilo closed the closet door behind her and sat across from me on her bed.

"Where is my dog?" She was no longer sleepy. Her eyes were open and alert, her muscles tense as she was obviously panicking over her lost dog.

"Probably at Monsters Incorporated."

"I don't want to hear a freaking joke right now, Boo." Lilo rubbed her forehead.

I didn't say another word and just sat there with a dead serious expression on my face.

She finally caught my gaze and frowned.

"You're not kidding. What the hell is Monsters inc?"

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