Waking up is like coming out of a daze

Because I had no idea what my mom was a little upset at me about upon waking up. Then I found out...the light on my phone indicates red even though I've charged my phone all night. Somebody messaged me. Of course, my mom pries into my phone and looks, and the sender surprised mom and me both. It's from Ken. Of course, I'm already asleep, and I didn't get to finish my Tess Gerritsen novel, so I couldn't return his message, and I don't intend to. I'm not the night owl he once saw me as. Mom naturally tells me, "don't talk to him and or message him back. It costs money to use messaging."
"Don't worry mom, I don't like him."
End of story. But who knows, who is that girl I see being written about in his blog?

"Sure I'd write to her, and maybe she'd write to me. Then what? It was hopless, i've never felt pain like this before in my entire life. It felt....wonderful."