InSaNiTy

Chapter 2

The rest of the day went by quickly and Toby was thankful to be home. He was even more depressed than before, unfortunately. He immediately went up to his room and remained there for the rest of the night, not even coming downstairs to eat. He only went down to take his pills and then he went back up again.

Toby laid in bed silently for several hours before he finally fell asleep. The pills decided they weren't going to work that night and he woke up screaming bloody murder around midnight. He jerks into a sitting position and pants heavily, tears welling up in his eyes. He cries for at least an hour straight until he cried himself back to sleep.

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In the morning, he woke up with a headache and the same shadow figure standing at the edge of his bed. He growls loudly and throws himself out of bed. "Go away!" He yells loudly and stumbles over his own feet. His sister must have heard him because she came into his room, half expecting somebody to be standing there. "Toby? There's no one here." She said softly. Toby didn't look away from the shadow. "He's right there!" He continues yelling. "Mom! Toby's feigning insanity again!" Lyra yells.

Toby's mother comes into the room and frowns. "Toby, honey.." She says softly and slowly approaches him. Toby doesn't look. "Come downstairs and eat something.." "HE'S GOING TO KILL ME!" He screeches and runs out of the room. Toby's mother and sister exchange looks before following him silently.

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Around noon, Toby got into what seemed the impossible. A fight. He had told one of the people that picked in him to 'fuck off' and 'go drown yourself' because he was just sick and tired of being picked on, if not sick and tired in general.

People had gathered around the two as they stood facing each other. Mainly everybody went against Toby but he didn't care. Of course, the bully hit first and the punch landed square to the face. It didn't hurt, but his nose was certainly bleeding and he could see stars. Toby stumbled backwards and dipped his head down, letting the blood flow freely. This shouldn't end well...