Chapter 11: apologize
Wheatley isn't talking anymore, just like when star was gone. The two haven't talked in a few weeks now, wheatley having nightmares and star just being sorry.
"Come on, starry. You have to say something to him." orion tells her. "You can't just leave him in the dark like this." star has been quiet the whole time. But suddenly she says, "i know" it sounds forced, like she wanted to cry. Orion is quiet for a moment. "You alright there, starry?" she looks at him, there's tears in her eyes.
"No" she looks away. "No, i'm not. I just-i just-i didn't know what to say and he got so upset and i just-" she stops herself for a moment, tears falling down her cheeks. "I'm just so..sorry" orion stares at her for a moment. "Tell him that" she looks at him. "I..i can't...i..i'm just going to make it worse and-a-and-" orion shushes her.
"Shhh star, it's alright. Just let him know. You haven't talked to him in weeks and it's just making him feel worse." star looks away, taking a shaky breath. "Alright." she wipes her eyes, standing up. Wish me luck. She walks over to chells room, knocking on the door. "Wheatley? I..i need to talk to you." chell opens the door, letting wheatley out.
Before star can start apologizing, he starts talking. "Look, star. I..i know you care about me. I'm..i'm sorry. I overreacted." star stares for a moment. "No..i..i'm sorry. I...i should have spent more time with you. I'm..i'm a bad friend" she says, looking away. Wheatley makes a small huffing noise in disagreement. "Star, you're...you're not a bad friend. You never were a bad friend. I just overreacted, that's all." she looks at him, she feels awful.
"I..i'm sorry i made you feel like i didn't care about you. I..i do care about you." wheatley nods slightly. "I know star, i know you do. It's alright." stars quiet. She feels so bad and she just wants to cry and run off, but that wouldn't help anyone now. "..star..are..are you alright?" star looks at him, tears in her eyes. "I-i.." she looks away. "I'm..i.." it was so hard to talk right now, she just wanted to cry. "I-i'm s-so s-sorry" her voice is broken and cracked at this point.
Wheatley goes closer to her. "It's okay star, i forgive you." star is starting to cry anyway. "...you want a hug?" she nods slightly. He hugs her, and she wraps her arms around him, hugging him back. She sobs a little.
"Shh..shhh..it's okay.." he says, looking up at her. She looks so sad and regretful. "I-i i s-shouldn't h-have s-said anything.." she says, sobbing. "Shhhh...shhhh..it's alright...it's alright..i overreacted, it's not your fault." she hugs him closer, sobbing a little. "Shhh..it's okay.." she kinda sinks to the ground, sitting on the floor.
Wheatley presses into her chest, trying to calm her down. He can hear her heartbeat. She sobs. "Shhh...hush now" she takes a shaky breath, looking down at him. "That's it..just breath…" she takes another breath, less shaky than before.
"That's it, that's it.." she takes a few more breaths, finally calming down and no longer crying. "There you go" she puts her head on him. She was tired, she hadn't been sleeping well, in fact, she hadn't been sleeping at all. She closes her eyes, starting to fall asleep. Wheatley sits still letting her sleep. Well at least we got that over with. He closes his eye, going to sleep himself.
Hopefully orion won't mind that i'm sleeping close to her.