Coffee// A.I.

Chapter Five: Iced Coffee

Vanessa's POV:

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I was living in constant fear that the voice would come back. The other part of me that I tried so hard to push away. The crazy side. But it was soon taking over. She appeared in my dreams and in my thoughts constantly reminding me of the pain, and the horrible things I did. For the next few days, I skipped school. I was sick in the mind.

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That Saturday, I decided to get up and try to do something with my life before I make another mistake. There was only one thing on my mind.

Coffee.

Also Ashton. He made me feel happy, but at the same time I felt like I should avoid him. When I was about ready to leave, my mom came into my room.

"Dr. Kallen is here, come downstairs. You look beautiful by the way", she briefly smiled then shut the door.

The truth was, I loved my mom. Even though I'd only known her for a short time, she treated me like I was her real daughter, and not just some psycho who needed to be adopted.

Dr. Kallen was another story. He visited every Saturday from Berkley, the mental institution that took over my life.

He would ask me things like "has she come back?"

I was afraid to be honest. Yes, she was back, but if he knew that I would be sent right back to Berkley.

Her. The girl in my head who can control me. She tells me what to do, and I listen because she acts like a conscious for me. She twists my thoughts and runs them over changing my point of view on everything.

Her. I liked to call her Kat.

I don't know where the name came from. But it was better than "her" or "the demon that lives inside of me".

I groaned and went downstairs to meet with Dr. Kallen. Him and Mom were seated at the table waiting patiently, while chatting over tea. The one thing I didn't like about my mom, was she always chose tea over coffee.

I put on a fake smile and entered the room.

"Vanessa! I'm glad you could join us!" He grinned.

"I didn't really have a choice", I mumbled.

"Where's Dad?" I asked.

"He couldn't make it. Big case, not a lot of time", My mom said.

I took a seat.

"So, your Mother tells me you've been doing better. Do you like it here?"

"Yes."

"Have you met any new friends?"

"Yes."

"Has she come back?"

There it was.

"No."

He took down some notes in the silence. I was getting angry. I told myself to calm down, but Kat didn't listen. Kat was furious. Kat wanted to kill Dr. Kallen.

"Have you been seeing your therapist?" He asked.

"Yeah."

"Has he helped?"

"Sometimes."

"You've been taking your medications...?"

"Yes."

It was the same old crap every week. I was getting tired of seeing his face. I was getting tired of answering these questions, and putting on a fake smile. I could feel Kat taking over, so I got up and walked out the door toward my car.

I simply didn't want to be in there anymore. So I left. I knew the insignificance of these little meetings. I knew Dr. Kallen didn't really care about me. He just cared about his job.

They immediately came after me. Mom shouted my name and Dr. Kallen yelled "where do you think you're going? That car is a privilege and we can take it away", and a bunch of other shit I chose to block out.

I grabbed my keys, got in the car, and locked the car doors.

They called Berkley.

And Berkley came.

But I had driven away by the time they got there.

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That ended up being a crazy night. I eventually drove back home to where a few Berkley vans were parked, waiting for me to return. I was forced to finish talking to Dr. Kallen, and they said this was my last warning before they sent me back.

The night ended with phone calls from Ashton. We talked, and I tried not to mention anything about what had just happened. He asked me if I was okay.

I said yes.

He offered what sounded like a date. To meet at the coffee shop, tomorrow at 6:00.

I said yes.

The only thing I was worried about, was him meeting Kat. My demon. Me.

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"You look beautiful."

I smiled at Ashton as he held open the door for me.

"Thank you", I replied.

We both took a seat at a small table.

"So, where have you been? I haven't seen you at school", Ashton said, picking up the small menu.

"I was pretty sick. In bed all day."

He jokingly moved away from me.

"But, I'm okay now", I laughed, and his adorable laughter followed.

A waitress with blonde hair came to take our orders.

"Hey guys, what'l it be?"

"Hey Claire. I'll have an iced coffee please", Ashton said.

"I'll have a Caramel mocha please", I smiled.

Claire smiled and walked away.

Then, there was a long awkward silence. We made awkward eye contact multiple times, which didn't help.

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After we finished our coffee, Ashton took me to his house, and we hung out for a bit. For the rest of the week, we did the same thing. Meet for coffee, then hang out. I was really starting to like him, and I think he liked me too. I looked forward to seeing him. But I was also scared of what could happen if he got too close to me...

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A/N

Sorry this was short, it's just a filler chapter for the next one, which will be really good😏.

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