Wishes Come True...14 I opened my eyes. What was I doing out here on the lawn? And in my bathrobe?! Gosh! I'm naked underneath! Huh? How come the sun's rising already? What time is it? For the life of me I can't remember how I got here! I must've been sleep walking again. I touched my lips. It felt quite slippery and damp. Had I drank something?
"Miss Bulma! I was wondering where you had gone!" Clarisse called from behind me. She was holding a celfone.
"Your parents called and said they would be back by lunch,"
"Oh, is that so? Tell them I'll be waiting," I headed for the house.
"Uh, Miss Bulma, did you light the house with candles? It looked great when the power was out,"
"Candles?" I questioned. "I don't recall...has the power come back yet?"
"Yes, it has. The other maids have taken the candles back to the storage room. It would be great to light up the rooms with those during formal parties," Clarisse suggested.
"But I didn't light the candles..."
"Oh? Must be the others. I'll be cleanin' up in the garden, Miss,"
"Okay, Clarisse," I went inside the room. Candles...the yellow flickering light of candles. Out of the blue, a vision of a young boy, about my age, flashed in my mind. His hair spiky, soaked from the rain, his clothes pasted to his body. The jacket he put on my shoulder...I shuddered. Who was that?! As I went upstairs, I noticed that the door to the best guestroom was ajar. I went in to check. The bed was all messed up. I went closer to it and found that it was damp. Must've been the rain last night. Yeah...the window was probably open and the rain came in. That should explain it. I sat on the bed. I was feeling a bit tired so I lay down to rest a bit. Another vision flashed. It was that boy again...he was kissing me, loving me, touching me with such passion. Then he whispered something in my ear...
"I love you..."
I sprang out of the bed. Heat surged up from my feet to my face. I hugged myself. Those touches felt so real! Had it happened? Then I realized something...I don't feel as pure as I had before. I don't feel so innocent...I feel that I've already been touched. Already been kissed. Already been taken. I was no longer a virgin...I'm not sure but my body tells me I'm not. I'm not. I ran out of the room and bumped into Elna, one of our maids.
"Oh, mademoiselle, sorry," she apologized.
"That's okay, Elna. By the way, who was using that room?"
"Why...I don't know miss. I don't recall having any guests at all."
"Oh...may you please tell others to clean that room before my parents arrive?"
"Ay, mademoiselle, that's why I'm here. Oh, and I've prepared your morning bath," Elna went inside that room. I went in mine. I sat on my vanity table and saw my reflection on the mirror. Huh? What are these strange red marks on my neck? I opened up my bathrobe a bit and realized there were more! Some were on my breasts. Had I been sleeping naked with a swarm of mosquitoes over my head? No. These aren't mosquito bites. These are...are...kiss marks!!! How in the world did I get this?! There had to be some explanation!!! That boy again...he kissed my lips...my cheeks...my bossom... could it be that...no! How could something imaginary do this to me?! Unless...he was real! But I can't remember sleeping with that boy. I see blurry visions but it must be my imagination...or is it? Suddenly, I felt dizzy...and tired. Had I been up all night doing some exercise? Push ups maybe? 'Coz I'm really beat. Sleep came fast as I slipped beneath the covers, confused from all that had happened.

"Bulma, why are you wearing a scarf? And in summer?" Dad asked suspiciously eyeing my red scarf. I blushed.
"Daddy, it's the latest trend you know," I lied. Actually, I was trying to hide those strange kiss marks. Daddy continued shoving food in his mouth. Mommy glanced at me and threw me a warm smile. She gently reached over and patted Daddy's hand.
"It's time..." she whispered.
"Time for what?" I asked. Daddy wiped his mouth with a napkin before turning to me.
"Princess," he started, "You're mother and I both know how much you'd love to go out in the world and search for the dragonballs. Well, we've decided to let you go. After you graduate that is."
"REALLY?!?" I squealed. Mommy nodded and I sprang from my seat and gave each of them a kiss and a warm hug.
"You're the best parents in the world!!!!" I shouted and ran merrily to my room. I could prepare a few things. Lots of things maybe. Graduation is still a month away but what the heck! Huh? What's that on my table? I walked over to a piece of jewel...a multi-colored jewel unlike anything I had ever seen before. Wow...it looks like the half of a heart. Memories of that boy and me washed over my mind. This stone...why do I have such strong feelings to keep it? And keep it I did.