Chapter 34
Waking up feels like a slow process today. My eyes are puffy and swollen from crying, and it sort of feels like someone stuffed my head full of scratchy cotton. The room is dark, which is weird cause I have a light programmed to come on slowly to wake me up. I haven’t gotten used to the fact that there is no sunrise or sunset in space yet.
“Morning, how are you feeling?” Kathel asks.
To which I let out the most superior unattractive screech I can and fall out of bed. “Holy shit.” I say with my foot still in the air, caught up in the tangle of blankets. “you let me sleep here?” I ask, eyes wide. What were the others going to think? If I leave now and go back to my room, they won’t know!
He rolls over, peering down at me. “I mean, I thought it might be nice. Should I not have
