at 3:20..

brian, mellisa, and jerrett are lying in a row on the bed in exactly that order. melisa's eyes opened. it was dark and she couldn't see anything at all in the room. she hit a button on the clock to light it up and checked the time. it was 3:20. she rolled over and faced jerrett now. she just laid there trying to fall asleep for about 20 minutes. jerrett opened his eyes slowly. she smiled at him, "i can't go to sleep." "are we the only ones awake?" jerrett asked her. he glanced around the room. "yep." jerrett pulled himself up onto mellisa. "what are you doing?" mellisa whispered. jerrett put his index finger to her lips and pulled up her shirt. "jerrett!" mellisa said snappily. she pulled at the corners of her shirt to move it down. "they got to see you that time, remember? i don't forget things," jerrett told her. he continued to pull her shirt up. mellisa leaned in to whisper in his ear, "brian could wake up." "what are the chances?" jerrett pulled her shirt up as high as it would go without pulling it off. he kissed her chest. mellisa pushed him off. "jerrett!" she said quietly. "i'm going back to sleep." mellisa rolled her eyes. she knew he wouldn't remember any of it in the morning and he obviously wasn't thinking right. she sighed and kept trying to go back to sleep. about a really long time of tossing and turning and getting in zero sleep, mellisa checked the clock again. it was 4:28. mellisa sighed and plopped back down onto the bed. she looked over at the other bed where big red and lauren were laying. she saw big red move and said, "big red?" "no." "i saw you move. are you awake?" mellisa asked. "no." "i can't go to sleep," mellisa told him. she propped herself up. "sorry." "what do you do when you can't go to sleep?" she asked him. for a moment, there was silence and then he said, "try and go to sleep." "i've already done that. what do you do if that doesn't work?" mellisa asked. big red said something but they were both talking so quietly, she couldn't hear him. "can i come over there? i can't hear you," mellisa told him. big red nodded and then realized she couldn't see that, so he said, "yeah." mellisa crawled over brian and walked quietly over to the other bed. "thanks," she said pulling herself up onto it. "what'd you say you do?" mellisa asked. "i read somewhere," big red said slowly, "that when you wake up, it's because you were thinking about something." "sometimes you just wake up." "that's what we think," big red said. mellisa rolled her eyes. "anyways, what do you do?" mellisa asked. she was starting to think he was never going to give her a real answer. "you think," big red said like it was the simplest thing in the world. "won't that keep me from falling asleep?" mellisa asked. "for a little while and then you'll be all thought out and tired of thinking and you'll just fall asleep," big red explained. so mellisa thought. she thought for about 10 minutes but with no luck. "i'm still not going to sleep." "change positions," big red told her. mellisa was currently facing away from big red, but she turned around and faced him. "is that any better?" big red asked. "i guess it's refreshing. i don't know." big red shrugged and this time, even though mellisa couldn't see him do this, she could feel it. mellisa layed her head on his shoulder. she almost went to sleep, but then she just didn't. she moved around a little more and got closer to big red. "you're still not asleep?" he asked. "no," mellisa sighed. "sorry." "it's not your fault." she curled herself up more and tried for another 20 minutes to get to sleep. when she didn't then, she finally whispered to big red, "thank you for trying to help me, but i better get back to my own bed." "yeah, okay." mellisa propped herself up and said, "thanks again-for trying."