Chapter 8: Pashmina's Love
That night, Pashmina was sitting on her bed, starring out the window. Everyone else was asleep.
"Hm... I feel so lonely on nights like this. I wish I had someone to talk to. Bijou could always talk to Boss no matter the time and Sandy always has Maxwell. Maybe I should start thinking about getting a boyfriend. But I can never choose. Dexter is smart and sweet. Howdy is cute and funny. How am I supposed to choose?" Pashmina thought. Suddenly, some one knocked at the door.
"Who's there?" asked Pashmina in a soft voice.
"It's Stan!" said Stan. Pashmina was silent.
"And Stan..." she thought. She opened the door.
"What are you doing here at this hour?" asked Pashmina. Stan was a bit embarrassed about being there so late, but he had to talk to Bijou.
"Is Bijou awake?" asked Stan. Pashmina gave him a look that said "of course not!"
"She's asleep." She said. Pashmina couldn't help, but wonder why Stan wanted to talk to Bijou. Did he have a crush on her?
"Can I come in?" asked Stan.
"Yeah, sure." Said Pashmina.
"I'm pretty lonely, so I decided that Bijou is usually awake at night. I guess she was really tired today." Said Stan.
"Yeah. Oh! Guess what. I heard Bijou sleep talking and.... She said you're name!" said Pashmina, excitedly. Stan didn't say anything. He was to surprised to move. Did she actually change her feelings and start to like him?
"Stan?" asked Pashmina. Stan leaped out of his thoughts.
"Yeah? What is it?" asked Stan. Pashmina giggled.
"You drifted to space!" she said. Stan tried to laugh or at least chuckle, but he just couldn't get it out. Pashmina felt a bit embarrassed that he didn't laugh.
"So why were you awake?" asked Stan, trying to forget about what Pashmina had said. Pashmina was silenced. Should she tell him? She decided that it was worth it.
"Well, I've been thinking. At cold nights like these, when I'm always awake, I never have anyone to talk to and, well, I get lonely." Explained Pashmina. Stan smiled.
"Well, you're always welcome to come talk to me." He said. Pashmina smiled at him and blushed.
"Thanks, Stan." She said. Then, suddenly, the question in her mind was answered. She had found her mate.
"Anyway, I decided that I should maybe get a boyfriend." Said Pashmina. Stan suddenly, smiled.
"Maybe, just maybe, if I become Pashmina's boyfriend, I'll get over Bijou!" thought Stan. He was about to try his plan when he remembered what Pashmina had said. 'I heard Bijou sleep talking and.... She said your name!' Stan blushed. What if Bijou did like him? And them he became Pashmina's boyfriend? It would break her heart. Stan decided to test out if Bijou did like him. If she didn't, he would become Pashmina's boyfriend. If she did, he would take Bijou.
"Stan?" asked Pashmina. Stan realized that he had drifted off to space again.
"Yeah?" asked Stan.
"Do you have any... advice?" she asked. She was still a bit embarrassed about asking a boy.
"Yeah. I... heard this in a dream once before: Only with a clear mind will you be able to see who is truly in your heart." Stan repeated what he had heard in his dream. Pashmina was amazed at the words.
"That's beautiful! I'll use it right away!" Pashmina said, rather loudly.
"Shush!!!" Stan shushed her and covered her mouth. Pashmina blushed.
"Not so loudly." Whispered Stan. He took his hand off of Pashmina's mouth to see her as red as a cherry. As soon as Stan saw her face, he stood up.
"I'd better go." He said.
"Okay. Bye." She said. Stan walked out the door of the room, but walked into the door of Pashmina's heart. (that was really tacky) Pashmina sat down on her bed and closed her eyes. She cleared her mind and asked herself: "Who do I truly love?" Suddenly, Stan flashed into her mind.
"I knew it. The only problem is that he thinks I don't like him. All that flirting and I've been saying no. Now, he stops flirting and I finally say yes. What great luck!" she said to herself. She lay down in her bed and in no time, she was asleep.
As soon as she was completely asleep, she started dreaming.
BEGINNING OF DREAM
Pashmina was in a huge white, blank place (yes, the same place Stan was in). She looked around.
"Where am I?" she asked. Suddenly, she saw a beautiful girl (possibly the same girl Stan saw).
"Hey, you out there!" yelled Pashmina. The girl walked to her. Pashmina couldn't see her face.
"Only with a clear mind will you be able to see who is truly in your heart." The girl said. Pashmina recognized the saying.
"That's the same thing Stan said to me." Said Pashmina. Even though she couldn't see her face, Pashmina could see a smile form.
"The key to his heart is in an unexpected place." The girl said. Pashmina was very confused. Then she thought of something.
"Is... is this the same dream Stan had?" she asked. The girl smiled and took Pashmina's hand. She flew up into the whiteness.
END OF DREAM
Pashmina woke up. She was very confused about the weird dream she had just had. She thought that it could have been the same dream Stan had or at least something like it.
"It was so weird." She said. She had to see Stan about it. She grabbed her coat and went to Stan's room. While she was walking there, she felt something in her pocket. She took it out. It was a folded up piece of paper. Pashmina unfolded it. There was a picture of a manga wing on it.
"What is this?" asked Pashmina. She walked to Stan's room and knocked on the door.
"Who's there?" someone asked from inside. Pashmina shivered in the cold of the hallway.
"It's Pashmina. Hurry up! It's freezing out here!" Pashmina whispered. The door opened up. It was Stan.
"Come in." he said, surprised that she was there. Pashmina walked in as Stan shut the door.
"Why are you here?' asked Stan.
"Listen, you know that weird dream you were telling me about?" asked Pashmina. Stan was so surprised.
"Yeah." He said.
"Well, I think I just had the same dream!" she said. Stan was shocked silent. Pashmina reached into her pocket and took out the paper with manga wing on it. Stan was even more shocked. He reached into his own pocket and took out the same paper with the same picture on it.
"You have it, too?" asked Stan. Pashmina nodded with a serious look on her face.
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sry I said DP before! I meant sp. anywayz, RR!