OBX: An Outer Banks Story | Season 1

Episode 10

It repeats in my head. Over and over. Like little slides. One moment, then the next. But it all seems out of order. I fall to my knees. JJ says goodnight. I vomit. Sarah does CPR. then we drive up to the house. It all comes to me in small flashes. Over and over. Always in a different order. Always feeling just wrong. It all just feels so wrong.

"Parker. Parker." I keep hearing it. Repeating. Always sounding different. BUt neverending.

It's been going on forever. It feels like days. Or maybe months. Maybe just minutes. Time feels like a concept that no longer applies to me.

But I feel nothing. No pain. No hunger. No anger. No sadness. Nothing.

Then it ends. The voices end. I hear nothing. I only see the bright white light in front of me. It's flickering just a bit. Is that a fly? A small buzzing rings in my ears. Then this odd mechanical noise.

Then it's gone. The voices return. They repeat my name over and over. But then a voice pops out to me. It sounds different from the others. It feels warm. The voice feels like it pierces something in me. It starts pulling things out of me. I feel this sudden sadness. This pent up rage builds up behind it like a balloon waiting to pop. And then this weird feeling that I can't quite place hits me. It's small. It's fragile. It's hiding behind the others. But I feel that's it's one I should hold onto. The more I look at that feeling, the more I can begin to feel myself again.

My body. It's cold. It's sore. There's a breeze.

The darkness surrounding me begins to fade away. A ray of light opens. It surrounds me.

I open my eyes and see John B, Sarah, Kiara, Pope, Taylor, JJ, and Rafe all sitting around a very bright and cold hospital room. They're all asleep. They look so peaceful. Uncomfortable, but peaceful.

I don't really know what to do now. But I just stand up. I see my clothes sitting on the table. I grab them and put them on. Then I just walk out of the room. I just start walking.

I walk to the elevator. I walk in and press the lobby button. I don't know why I'm doing what I'm doing, but I just do it. I get to the lobby and there's no one around. I just walk through the front doors and outside. It's freezing. I can instantly feel the cold on my feet. Then I step onto the sidewalk and walk. I don't understand where I'm going, but I just can't fight it right now. I have no energy to fight back.

For the most part, I walk without seeing a single car. Two or three cars stop to ask if I need help. I don't say anything. I just walk. I don't even notice when I reach the beach until my feet slip deep into the cold sand. It feels nice. It's numbing. It's peaceful. Everything feels a bit weird. The wave hits different. The moonlight feels tainted.

I turn to the woods and walk in until I reach a familiar tree and start climbing up the old ladder. When I reach the top I just lay down. It feels right. It feels like the place I need to be. I just stare up at the stars.

"Thank god." I open my eyes, the sun hitting my eyes like bullets.

I sit up and see Rafe crawling up next to me. I just look at him, then look back forward.

"We've been looking for you everywhere. We woke up and you were gone."

He looks to me for a response, but I don't know if I could speak right now. I feel his hand touch mine.

"Parker. We should get back to the hospital." I turn to him and look him in the eyes. "Okay. Just five more minutes."

Eventually, Rafe drives me back to the hospital. Immediately everyone rushes towards me. I feel like I should be happy. Or maybe even stressed. But no. I feel nothing. I just walk back upstairs with them. I get back in bed. I stare straight ahead.