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Sleep Talking With My Eyes Wide Open

by Anonymous
(Illinois)

Alright, well... It was probably around 3 or 4 A.M. I went to sleep at around 2:30 a.m. I was crying a little bit and just was sad because of this boy I like named Rayshawn. It was my cousin and I in the living room (we had a sleepover at my house).


We were talking, over some coffee and toast. She said "girl, you scared me at like 3 or 4 in the morning! Like, that wasn't even funny." And I answered, "what are you talking about? " (COMPLETLY CLUELESS about what she was talking about.) And she said "you were like yelling.. remember? And I told u to shut up." And I said "what? I seriously have no clue what you are talking about. Explain please."

And she said "wtf.. well I was sleeping, and you were kind of sitting up on the couch screaming, pointing to the TV yelling ' Rayshawn! Come here! ' and u woke me up so I asked you who you were talking to and you were like 'Rayshawn! He's over there! See? Ugh come back! Come here!"

She said I was pointing. And I start laughing and told her "what? I do not remember that? At all! " and she said "shut up you're lying. You're just trying to scare me right?"

I replied, "no i swear! I do not remember any of that!"

Then she said " stop it! You're scaring me." I said " what? Im serious i didn't even have a clue i did that."

She said "how? Are you sure? Cause you were talking all loud, AND you even looked me in the eye!"

I told her I didn't remember, and she just thought it was creepy because the fact that I looked her in the eye. Like I was basically, wide awake.

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Mar 06, 2018
 Wtf NEW
by: Anonymous

Can someone please tell me what this means

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