You're Not In This Alone.... The Only Hope For Me Is You.

"Serafina....?"

"Gerard.."

The two teens sat staring at each other for a while. Both wanting to say something but neither of them knowing where to start.

"Serafina, you can't just walk into people's rooms." Penelope whispered rather loudly, peeking her head into the door.

"I... I missed you..." Serafina stared into his hazel eyes.

He reached out to touch her face, pulling away as soon as he came in contact with her cheek.

"Why did..." She broke eye contact and looked away, she wanted to ask him why he left her when she needed him the most. She wanted to yell at him and cry and hug him. It had been years since she last saw him, she had so much to tell him but she didn't know where she would even start.

"You can't be here Sera! You're not real! I saw you die! I saw you fucking die!" The boy said pushing her away.

"Gerard, what do you mean?"

"You're dead Sera, you died in my arms...." Gerard screamed.

Ronnie and the other guards rushed in. "Serafina, I need you to leave."

Gerard started to cry. "There's no way you're alive... Sera..."

"Hurry get the medicine in him." The bigger man yelled.

"Serafina. Leave!" Ronnie yelled as Gerard screamed and thrashed at the men.

Penelope ran in and grabbed Serafina's arm. "We've gotta go." The men closed the door behind the girls as the older one escorted them back to their room. "What where you doing in there Serafina? I know this is your first day but you can't just walk into people's rooms, especially on this hall. In case you didn't notice, our doors aren't barred. We're on the hall with people that have done terrible things. Killers. Murderers. Violent, dangerous people.. He could have hurt you! And thank goodness, Henry didn't see you walk in there. He would have locked you in solitary, with no food for three days...or worse." she shuddered.

"I know him..." Serafina said quietly

"You just can't do that, there's rules here! He could have pulled you in there and raped you, and no one would have batted an eye."

"I know him....."

"What?"

"I know him Penelope... We were best friends when we were kids.. He...he moved away when we were fourteen..." She sat on her bed pulling her knees to her chest. "Do you... Know why he's here?"

Penelope leaned up against the wall. "He murdered someone, Serafina.. He's been here almost as long as I have.."

Serafina dropped her arms from around her knees. She didn't know what to expect from being in the asylum, she especially didn't expect to see Gerard, of all people. "He said I was dead...."

"Huh?"

"He kept yelling that I was dead, that I.. I died in his arms. But I'm not dead..." She ran her hands down her legs, digging in her nails as they crept down her brown skin.

"Crazy people, say crazy things Serafina.. It's something I've learned from being here... People change. You just keep distance." Penelope said walking towards her bed. "You've had a crazy day so you should get some sleep.. You don't want to be awake when it's dark...."

"Why?" Serafina caught her breath.

"The real monsters come out at night...."

Notes

June 21st, 2015.
This is probably one of the darker stories I've ever written.