Chapter 12

I woke up to nothing but darkness. I turned over to see that my alarm clock read 2:37 am. I groaned and rolled over, snuggling back into the warmth of the covers, hoping to return to sleep.

But sleep never returned. I lay in bed, trying to will myself to fall back asleep, but it didn't happen. I got out of bed and grabbed a sweater. I put it on as I trudged my groggy self down to the kitchen.

I walked to the fridge and opened it. There was nothing there that would satisfy my late night hunger so I opened the freezer, and there it was. My two favorite people in the entire world,

Ben & Jerry's ice cream. I grabbed a pint and a soda from the fridge.

"Couldn't sleep?" I jumped almost dropping the spoon that I had grabbed. I turned around to see Logan sitting at the bar.

"Do you always do that?" I asked annoyed. I grabbed my food and sat down a few seats away from him.

"No, well yea." he said.

"Great." I said. I opened my ice cream and began digging into it like it was going out of style. I hadn't had ice cream in years, and right now it seemed like it would cure all of my problems.

"So, bad dreams? Or you just couldn't sleep." asked Logan.

"Couldn't sleep. To much on my mind I guess." I said.

"You wanna talk about it?" he asked.

I looked over to him. "You don't seem like the talking type." I said.

"Well, I don't seem like a lot of things." he said.

"Oh." I said. "Just, everything the professor talked about yesterday, and what he wanted me to remember, I think I'm just thinking through everything that had happened and what it all means." I said.

"What happened?" he asked.

"Uh, not important." I said. I didn't want to get into details at three in the morning. I finished my ice cream and threw it away. "I'll see ya later." I said. I grabbed my soda and went back to my room.

'Could I tell him? Could I tell him that we knew each other so long ago? Would he believe me? I didn't even believe myself, so why should he?'

All these thoughts just gave me an even bigger headache, and it didn't help that I was drinking caffeine either. I decided to put off my room and go for a walk in the gardens. Yes it was three in the morning, but I knew I would just lay in bed with a headache. I went outside and walked around for a bit. I sat down on a bench and looked up to the stars. They were so bright out here, and it made them even more mesmerizing.

As I sat and watched the stars, I heard a soft yelling coming from the trees a few yards behind me. I turned towards the noise, but I couldn't quiet hear what kind of noise it was. I sat down my soda and went to investigate. I walked cautiously towards the trees. I heard the noise getting louder and louder as I got closer. When I got to the outside of the trees, I heard it, it was small purring noise. I crouched down and moved aside some bushes.

A gray and black kitten, with eyes the color of the moon and sea combined looked up at me. She let out a small cry and looked at me with hope filled eyes. Having the biggest soft spot for animals, I picked her up and cuddled her into my arms.

"You must be freezing." I mumbled to her but more to myself.

I wrapped her into my sweater and saw that she curled deeper into the warmth I provided. I knew I couldn't leave her here, so I took her with me to my room. I would surely have to ask the professor if I could keep her. He couldn't say no, I mean the kitten was so little there was no way she could survive on her own. I walked to the kitchen first and grabbed some lunch meat from the fridge. I grabbed a cup and filled it with water. I carried everything to my room, including the kitten that was still snuggled into my arms. I reached my door and noticed I had a slight problem. I couldn't open it do to the fact I had no hands. I used my mind to lift up the cup of water into the air as I opened my door. I brought the cup into my room and placed it on the floor using my mind. I closed my door and placed the meat on the table.

I carefully unwrapped the kitten from my sweater and placed her on my bed. She started yelling at me.

"I'm sorry, but I got some food and water for you." I said to her. She couldn't understand me, or so I thought. She stopped yelling at me and sat on my bed, watching me, waiting patiently for me to feed her. It was kind of creepy.

"I'm losing it." I said to myself. I set up the water and food for her by the edge of the window. I turned to see her still sitting on my bed, watching me. "Uh, go on, go eat." I said, pointing to the food. She jumped from my bed and went to the water and food.

I sat and watched her. She was so little and cute. I knew that when she got bigger she would have more fur, and would look like a fur ball. I watched as she finished her food and turned to look at me, as if she were waiting for me to tell her what to do. It was strange.

I climbed up onto my bed and made a little section for her. I patted the bed, showing her it was okay to come up. She didn't move.

'Oh come on!' I thought to myself. Before I could blink, she was on my bed, walking in a circle trying to get comfortable. I was amazed and confused and a little creeped out. I saw her look at me with her strange eyes as if she were trying to see if I said anything else. I laid down and snuggled into the covers. This had been one strange night, one strange night at that. I fell asleep with new thoughts and old thoughts, and a soft purring noise in the background.