Psycho: Vinnie Hacker

Chapter 9: Unhappy

Vinnies pov Next morning
Today was group and I felt like things would be awkward between me and Harper, but group was mandatory, I couldn't skip it.
I walked into the room and I sat next to Scarlett.
I looked around and there was no sign of Harper anywhere. She must have skipped.
After a while I heard yelling.
"No Martha you can't make me go in there!"
Martha? It has to be Harper.
And I was right. Martha dragged her in and made her sit down. She looked at me and I just looked away.
She looked a hot mess. She had bags under her eyes from lack of sleep, she had a busted lip which made me so confused. Why did she have a busted lip?
Group started and it was time for Scarlett to speak.
"Scarlett if you're comfortable with it, may you tell us why you're here?" Asked the group leader.
"Yeah so um basically, I tried to commit suicide and well here I am. My parents think I'm crazy." She stated.
"Sucks you didn't succeed." Blurted out Harper.
"Harper leave now please. We won't except this kind of behavior here."
"With pleasure." She said.
She flipped him off and she walked out.
Why was she being like this? She was always such a sweet person and now she's some type of monster.
After group I went down to the nurses break room hoping I would find Martha.
There was another nurse there so I asked her where Martha was.
"Hey do you know where nurse Martha is?" I asked
"She's outside near the front taking her lunch break."
"Thank you."
I headed to the front of the hospital and there she was in the lobby.
I sat down next to her and she smiled.
"Hey Vin what's up?"
"Hey.. Can i talk to you about Harper?"
"That girl is something else. She woke up this morning and she didn't want to go to group and when I made her get up and ran and to the door and she tripped. She busted her lip up too."  She explained
That would explain the busted lip.
"She's on lockdown. She can't leave her room for 48 hours, for her safety we want to keep her contained. I don't know what's up with her."
"Last night She rang the call button, I was off last night and the overnight nurse told me she had cut her arm, I don't know with what but she did. She was taken to the medical wing but it wasn't deep enough for stitches."
"Do you know what's wrong with her?" Asked Martha.
I shook my head.
"No, but i probably have an idea as to why she's acting like this."
"Well what is it?"
"Me and Scarlett have been talking and I think that's making her jealous."
She let out a sigh
"You might not know this but when she was 15 or so she met a boy here his name was Erick he was a sweet young man and they started to date here in the hospital and after a while a new girl came in, and he started to like the new girl more. He eventually left Harper and she was heartbroken. She was on suicide watch for a week and not even I could help her at that point. She was so broken and hurt. She got over it of course, but it took a long time. That was the worst I had seen her. What's happening now is the same thing that was happening with her back then."
"You have to understand Vinnie, every one has been taken away from her, and everyone she loves ends up leaving her. She's scared, she's traumatized."
I just nodded.
"Yeah yeah, i know."
"I just hope we can get her  back. I hate seeing her like this."
She stood up and said
"I have to go now, but please vinnie. Help her, you're the only one who can."
I sat there in silence.
She was just a girl who needed reassurance, all her past pain was haunting her.
I walked back to the hospital and went to harpers room.
I knocked a few times and no answer.
"Harper? It's me."
"go away Im busy."
"Harper please open the door."
Harpers pov
Vinnie was at my door and I was on the floor crying.
"Harper." He said
I cried even more and just looked up at the ceiling.
"Harper I don't like Scarlett."
"I just wanted to be nice and welcome her. She's in the same boat we are."
I didn't say a word.
"I know you think I'm going to leave you or something but I'm not. She's not the one I want."
"Just leave vin. She's way prettier than me. I know you like her." I cried
"That's where you're wrong Harper, I don't. She's cool and all but she's not you. There's no connection there. Trust me."
I stayed quiet.
"I'm not him Harper. I would never leave you like that."
I looked at the door shocked.
How did he know that story? Martha must have told him.
I heard his footsteps leaving and I let out a scream.
I cried and cried until I couldn't anymore.
Vinnie didn't deserve someone like me, he deserved better.
Im a girl who's unhappy, and two unhappy people can't be happy together..