55 It Actually Worked?

"Jess!"

I heard a voice in the distance… was it Michelle?

"Jessica, wake up!" Yes, it was her.

"Michelle?" I asked, physically drained and barely coherent as I started waking up, trying to make sense of my surroundings. I tried to roll over and go back to sleep.

"Jessica!" Someone was shaking my shoulder. "It's night, the full moon's going to come up soon, and I'm not under cover! I don't want to kill you or anyone else!"

My eyes popped open, and I was suddenly awake. "What?" Then the events of the early morning came rushing back. I sat straight up. Dakota was still sleeping on the blanket, but Micah was yawning, just starting to wake up.

Michelle looked under the blanket and then her eyes widened, and her eyebrows rose nearly into her hairline. "Jess! Why am I naked?"