"Uhhh. I don't know, man. I guess I'd take a million dollars or something."
"Really Fred, only a million? That's just a small loan."
"Well you try being more creative! A genie wish is such a broad thing, but there's bound to be rules and exceptions and stuff."
"Yeah but a million dollars is just way too bland. What about you, Jaden?"
I sat back and quietly thought about the question. My friends, Fred, Ally and I were hanging on top of a hill in the middle of nowhere, Texas. Staring up at the night sky counting stars and contemplating life.
"I don't really know. I guess that I would wish something pretty cool, but I don't know what."
"I know what you'd wish for."
"What's that Fred?"
"Something having to do with Anna Kendrick."
I chuckled at his crazy suggestion. He was probably right. I'd been hardcore crushing on the celebrity for more than a couple years now.
"You know what?" I said as I closed my eyes. "You're right. I would wish that I could wake up beside Anna Kendrick, just so I can see her sleeping, or smell her hair, or hold her tight. That's my wish."
As I opened my eyes, Ally sat up, blocking my view with a pointed finger.
"Aww, you just missed it! There was a shooting star over there!"
Dang. That was the third one tonight. I was getting a spare jacket out of the car when Fred saw the first one, I spotted the second one, and I just missed the third one.
"Dang. Maybe I'll catch the next one."
"I don't think there will be a next one. My Dad's gonna kill me, I should have been home 8 minutes ago!"
"Well what are you doing then Fred? Hit the road!" Ally shouted. "Go go go!"
As Fred sped off down the road, I took Ally back to her place.
"It's funny." I thought on the way home. "There was a shooting star right as I talked about my genie wish. Maybe it'll come true. And Maybe I'll find a leprechaun's pot of gold too. Get a grip Jaden."
I didn't sleep very well that night, I couldn't seem to get comfortable in my own bed. And I kept having this weird sensation that someone was watching me as I slept. My Girlfriend kept taking all of my covers the closer it got to the morning.
"I don't have a girlfriend." I stated, snapping out of my dream state. I sat up and turned to my right. There was a chick that I didn't recognize, sleeping next to me, facing the wall with her back turned to me. Her curly brown covered her shoulders, but she didn't have a shirt on. Peeling the covers back a little bit revealed that she didn't have shorts on either. Just a pair of lingerie.
I got out of the bed. According to my alarm clock it was 7:15 in the morning, saturday, May 23. The day after the last day of school. I didn't remember going to any parties, just hanging out with Fred and Ally. So who was this chick?
I was freaking out when she rolled over to where she was facing me. I knew her face the second that I saw it. Anna Kendrick was asleep in my bed. Or rather, she was asleep. She was glaring at me now, wide awake.
"Who are you? Where am I? How did I get here? Are you the paparazzi? Am I dead?"
"Woah woah woah. Slow down slow down slow down. You're Anna Kendrick."
"Yeah, I am. And who the fuck are you?"
"My name is Jaden. Big fan by the way."
"Thanks, mind telling me where I am Jaden?"
"Uh, yeah. You- you're- you're in my bedroom. On my bed. In my house. In Texas. For some reason."
"Well at least I'm not dead. But why am I here? What did you do to me?"
"I don't know! I didn't do anything! I just woke up! And you were kicking me all night. So if anything you did something to me!"
"Well I'm soooory that you're butthurt over it, but why am I here?"
"I'm telling you. I don't knoooow. I just woke up and boom, you were there. In my bed."
"Jesus this is confusing." She said as she sat up. "I was on a flight back to LA after shooting in New York for four days. I must have fallen asleep when this happened. Man that's inconvenient."
"That's it! Just inconvenient? Not freaky or wack or terrifying or anything else? Just Inconvenient?"
"Ok look, kid, this is the reality of the situation whether we like it or not. I'm here and as far as I know I'm not leaving anytime soon. So why don't you calm down, stop pacing around like that and just relax!"
As she said this, she sat up and the blanket slid off of her body. She had on really skimpy lingerie with heart shaped holes around the nipples. I suppose she saw me staring with my jaw on the floor as she quickly moved to cover her breasts with the blanket.