It Started With An Alright Scene

Gerard's pov
I backed up against the wall. I looked over to the door and tried to open it but it was locked. I heard a buzz and the door shot open and several doctors and nurses came in. They all tried to pull him up. "Bert...Bert come on. You have to get up!" They were all yelling at him. Another nurse came in and i caught the door before it shut. I ran through it and raced down the hall. I turned the corner and stopped when i came face to face with Salem. "Gerard? What are you doing out of your room?" She looked at me as if i would kill her. "Salem... i uh...i am just trying to get away from my room. My roommate has lost it." She looked at me and smiled. "Oh Gerard... Bert never had it." Then she walked past me and started whispering to Bob. I turned and kept running until i found an empty office. I went in and sat in the corner. I layed there until the sun came through the window.
I went to the cafeteria and saw one of the doctors, Dr. Bellato. She came over to me. "Good morning, Gerard." I smiled at her. "Gerard, today is visitor day.Is there someone you want to invite. I thought of Frank and then shook my head. "No" Then i went to an empty table. I sat down and the usual old lady came to me. She lifter her shaky hand and pulled out two white pills. "Thanks." Then i put them in my mouth and she shuffled away. After she left I took the pills out of my mouth and put them in my pocket. "I saw that." I turned around and saw Salem. "What did you see?" I asked her. She sat down."You didn't take your pills. Don't worry. I don't take them either. Bob doesn't let me. He says that if i take them, then he will leave." I nodded to show her i understood. "Who's visiting you today?" She asked me. "No one." She was about to say something but Dr. Bellato started to speak. "Alright, everyone. You'r guests are all here. They are in the recreation room so if you would like to see them now, you can." Then she left. Salem and I stood up. We both started walking in silence. When we got to the recreation room, she left my side and went to a couple who resembled her. I looked around at everyone and their families and immediately felt alone. Then my eyes caught a small figure sitting on a pastel couch fiddling with their fingers. I walked over and sat down next to him. He looked up at me and his eyes brightened. He smiled and engulfed me in a bug hug. "Gee i missed you so much. I hope it's ok that i came." I smiled and told him it was. I pulled away from the hug. "So, gee. Are they treating you right?" I thought about it for a second. "Other than the fact that they serve mush instead of food and always try to get me to eat odd pills i'd say yes. Oh and my roommate tried to rip his ear off." He looked a little shocked at the last part. "Rip it off?" I nodded my head. "You'r pretty much living in my horror movies, Gerard." I smiled at him. "Wish I wasn't" He pulled me back into a hug. "How long do we have?" I asked him. "All day if you want." I looked up at him. He looking at something else. I followed his gaze and saw he was looking at Salem. She was sitting in a corner whispering to herself....or Bob. "That's Salem. She's schizophrenic. She talks to someone named Bob all day." He looked lost in thought. "Frank? Are you alright?" He muttered"It must be nice." I don't think he realized i heard him. "What is nice about that?" I asked him. He met my eyes "Never having to be alone." I saw a tear roll down his cheek. "Frankie, you never have to be alone. As soon as i'm out of here I will always be with you. When i'm 18, we can get married and then we will never have to be apart." He smiled then I rested my head on his shoulder. He rested his head on my head. "Yeah and we can have our own house together." He said. "And you can work and i will stay at home with the kids." I loved thinking about our future. We stayed like that for the rest of the day. Just sitting on that pastel couch talking about our future kids and house.
Sadly, the time came for him to leave. I didn't want him to leave. I wanted to go home with him and curl up on his couch and watch old horror movies. I knew what I had to do. I had to take those pills. I had to show them that I was good enough to leave. I wouldn't hurt myself as long as i was with Frank.
I walked back to my now empty room and sat on my bed. I pulled the pills out of my pocket and looked at them. They were red now. I put them in my mouth and swallowed.

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