.Genderless.Episode.1.

I slowly open my muddy brown eyes. My best friend looking down on me with a lopsided concern. “You were muttering in your sleep.” She says and I close my eyes again a yawn. “Was I?” I reply innocently and she starts to prod my exposed side.

“Yes…..” She growls. “And I have to admit I didn’t like what you were saying.”

I take a breath and roll over onto my stomach. “You rarely ever like what I have to say.” I point out and stretch.

“True. But that’s usually do to your pretty cynical observations of almost everything we do.” She looks over at the window. “You know you just slept almost the entire time you were over here…” I follow her gaze and notice the sun’s absence from the sky. Replaced with the sneering moon and lack of light.

“Ah…. Heh.” A loss for words. She looks at me. “When was the last time you slept?”

I think long and hard for a moment, “I’m thinking…. Sixty-eight, maybe seventy-four hours ago?”

Her eyes grew sad and I could make out a small frown etched upon her face. “He drinking again?” She asks simply and I look away.

“Kind of.” I mumble and curl in a ball.

“Want to sleep over?” She continues and I shake my head. “Thanks but if I don’t come home again he’ll probably change the locks again.” I reply quietly with my knees pressed gently into my closed eyes.

I feel my friend curl up with me, wrapping her arms around me and pulls me close, burying her face in my shoulder and we lay like that for a while.

She always does that when she doesn’t know what to say. And I must admit… I don’t mind it.

“Tomorrow we should do something fun.” She whispers and I nod. “I’d like that.”

The phone in my back pocket vibrates, causing both of us to jump in surprise. “God I hate that!” She laughs and I smirk dryly as I roll onto my side and pull out my phone.

Upon seeing his name on the screen I knew what to expect, and so the phone found its way back into my pocket, and my body found its way to its feet.

“Time to go?” She frowns and I sigh. “Yeah…”

She gets up and hugs me again. “Be okay, okay?” She asks and I nod.

“I always am.”