That Not So Average College Love Story

Part One: Autumn, Chapter Eleven

"So I'll ask you again, how was work?"

"Work was good, I got to talk to Julie slash Cora slash Charles."

"And who are all those three?" The three of them rode back in the girl's car, her eyes glued to the window and the things that were passing by.

"She's a patient at the hospital, practically my younger sister since she got admitted when she was twenty for having DID."

"What's that?"

"Dissociative Identity Disorder. I won't go into her past but, it's pretty bad that she had to create new identities to guard herself from it."

"Oh." Tobias turns after the light turns green, going off of the ramp to go onto the highway. "I don't need to hear anymore than that. but... how did you two meet?"

"She was my roommate with Marce and I, we knew she acted rather off so I took her in to someplace I trusted which was that hospital, they took her in, evaluated her and found out she was diagnosed with DID. She was a menace at the time, having no control over them and they were angry, all three of them so they held her there and have ever since, I was one of the only ones who had gotten to know all three and became friends with all three, trying to help to the best of my ability when I was there."

The boy hums, taking her hand from her lap and intertwining his fingers into hers. "Tell me more."

"Julie's the main one and the host of her physical self. Julie is well, Julie, a very sweet girl, loveable when you get to know her but she's also deathly shy, she doesn't like new people for the life of her. Cora is like an inner child, sweet as sugar and will tell you to make up a story so both of you could role-play and have fun, she also really likes reading so I read her some of my manuscripts sometimes, taking out the curse words of course. Charles is very serious but has a small fun side to him, I've only experienced that once or twice but we usually talk about the other two, having serious conversations about what's been happening with her and such. He gives me daily reports when I visit." The girl inhales before looking at the bright arches of the McDonald's sign that they just passed by. "I also got to talk to Kyle."

"Whose Kyle?" There was a bit of jealousy engraved in his voice but that didn't waver the girl at all.

"Kyle is a friend and classmate of mine, I've known him since freshman year and he's been with me through my spiral and diagnosis of... well whatever anxiety disorder I have, I kinda forgot what it is."

"Perhaps Panic disorder?"

"I don't think so, I don't remember."

"Then I won't push it further than that."

"I love you."

"I love you too." The girl looks out the front window, seeing the sun start to set as the sky turns from blue to purple, pink, orange, red, and yellow. "So you had a fun day then."

"Yeah, I also saw Mary and Mary's doing well and I'm so happy for her."

"Mary?"

"Oh right, I still have to talk about Mary and Kira. Mary and Kira are staff at the hospital and were in my classes last year. They graduated that year so I asked them for tips for my classes this year since I only have this year until I get my PhD."

"Neat, sorry if I sound sorta uninterested, I'm just focusing on the road."

"It's alright, I never usually get to talk about my day anymore."

"Oh, well if I'm going to be taking you to work then I'll ask you about it, that is, if you're okay with it." The girl grins, turning her head to look into the mirror to see Juneau sprawled out across the back seats, most likely exhausted from the day.