I glare at Fletcher, standing in the hallway of his seedy apartment complex. “I am not here to flirt with you Fletcher. For the record, I loathe cocky, bullying, bad boy wannabes.”
“Is that what I am now? I thought I was dark, mysterious, with a resentment of authority,” he replies.
As soon as I get inside my apartment, I toss the keys on my desk and pick up my phone. I take a few breaths to try and calm my nerves before I call Zeke. I pace nervously as I hear it ring.When he answers I say, “Hey Zeke, it’s Olivia.”
Zeke and I sit at a small table in a busy Italian restaurant, waiting on our orders. Hopefully, the food was better than the movie we had just seen. There was an hour and a half of my life that I would never get back.“So what did you think of the movie?” Zeke asks.
It takes me a while to get up from where I sat by the door. I can’t believe Kirk did this to me. Was he always this much of a jerk or was it something new? Finally, the tears stop and I get up from the floor. I feel exhausted and my head hurts. I dry my face as I walk to the bath to take a shower. I’m hoping the hot water will help ease my headache. I had cried and felt sorry for myself, but I am done with that. I am not a damsel in distress.
“Have you tried talking to him?” I ask Betha after she mentions her problems with Matt.“He’s a guy Olivia. Anytime I try to talk about anything emotional or involving feelings he practically gets hives.”
My stomach is a bundle of nerves and guilt as we arrive at Henry’s house. Somehow agreeing to let Beth stay with me meant that Margo was going to move in as well. We pulled up into the driveway.“I’m going to start packing,” Margo says excitedly as she gets out of the car and race
As Beth and Margo settle in, I’m trying my best not to get territorial. I can’t help feeling a little like they’ve taken over my apartment. Their things are everywhere and I do mean everywhere! When Margo started placing several ceramic cats around the living room, I had to go to the bathroom and scream into a towel.
Yet again, Zeke somehow short circuits my brain and we’re in my bed. The look of smug satisfaction on his face makes me roll my eyes. “Don’t look so smug,” I tell him as I sit up and look for my clothes.“Hey now,” Zeke says, grabbing my pajama pants and just as I do. “W
“So she didn’t disappear off the face of the planet then,” Michelle joins in. She stands next to Kristen.“Hey guys, how’s it going?” I notice the nasty looks they’re giving me. “What’s wrong?”
I sit in the window seat and look out onto the street. I hug my knees to my chest. The foggy feeling is still there a little, but it is fading. Apparently, the doctor in the institution had me doped up on some heavy stuff. With my head clearer, the confusion is gone. I’m not insane, or at least, not delusional. My memories are clear and concise. Henry and the others do exist. The sound of someone rushing upstairs and Zeke’s familiar scent hit me long before he peaks into the room as if he isn’t sure he should come in or not. “Hey, Olivia.”
The man laid a hand on my shoulder, concern on his face. lay a hand on my shoulder. “It’s alright Olivia. Take deep breaths. Your system is full of some heavy drugs and once they’ve run their course you’ll find it easier to think clearly.”I don’t answer. I repeat in my head s
The following days passed by in a numbed down blur. Every day Doctor Harris, the woman doctor, was making me believe her more and more, and it was so depressing. If Zeke was my boyfriend, he’d been here by now. The same for Margo, Adam, and Fletcher, well Fletcher would’ve just come to laugh at me but he would’ve come.
I sit in the overstuffed chair, my knee bouncing with nervous excitement. It has been three days! Three horribly long days, but I now get the chance to talk to my family. I still have no idea if Beth and the others are making any progress on getting me out of here. Maybe after this meeting with my family, they won’t have to. I’m sure my parents will get me out of here once I explain what’s going on.
I feel the warm sun on my face. It should have been a nice feeling, but that mixed with how thirsty I am and I just feel like I’m baking. Turning my head from the sunlight, I slowly open my eyes. My brain is buzzing painfully as if it was full of angry fire ants. I stare at an unfamiliar wall. My thoughts are sluggish. I blink and open my eyes wide to wake myself up and focus. Something isn’t right. I don’t feel right.
“So she didn’t disappear off the face of the planet then,” Michelle joins in. She stands next to Kristen.“Hey guys, how’s it going?” I notice the nasty looks they’re giving me. “What’s wrong?”
Yet again, Zeke somehow short circuits my brain and we’re in my bed. The look of smug satisfaction on his face makes me roll my eyes. “Don’t look so smug,” I tell him as I sit up and look for my clothes.“Hey now,” Zeke says, grabbing my pajama pants and just as I do. “W
As Beth and Margo settle in, I’m trying my best not to get territorial. I can’t help feeling a little like they’ve taken over my apartment. Their things are everywhere and I do mean everywhere! When Margo started placing several ceramic cats around the living room, I had to go to the bathroom and scream into a towel.
My stomach is a bundle of nerves and guilt as we arrive at Henry’s house. Somehow agreeing to let Beth stay with me meant that Margo was going to move in as well. We pulled up into the driveway.“I’m going to start packing,” Margo says excitedly as she gets out of the car and race