Fragments of Hope

Chapter 11 Lies

That was over three months ago. At least that's what they tell me because it felt like years. Time doesn't fill real anymore, especially when you see the same faces and the same four walls every second of the day. Nothing feels real, but they also told me that i dont haft to worry about seeing the people i made up in my head or slipping back into the coma because the medicine is working now.

Before, when I was sick, I didn't feel crazy, but now I feel crazy. When I first woke up, my family was here every day, but now I can't even get a call from them. It's like they have forgotten about me, but for some reason, I was okay with it. When I was inside the world in my head, I hated to be alone, but now I don't mind it as much. I would usually sit on the floor just watching the ceiling until someone came to get me, and today was just like any other day. I lay on the floor until I heard the door to the room open. Then doctor Carter walked it. He said

"It's time for lunch."

I stood up, followed him into the cafeteria, and sat at the same table I had sat at every day since I woke up. I never talked to anyone, but today was different because a girl with smooth dark skin and long blonde hair sat down in front of me. She reached her hand across the table and said

"Hi, I'm Elizabeth."

she seemed happy, almost too happy. I shot her a fake smile and said,

"hi, I'm Hope."

Elizabeth then said,

"oh, your, the schizo girl, they say I have Obsessive-compulsive disorder and paranoia. but, I don't believe them."

Soon as she said that. It sent chills through me. I whispered,

"What do you mean?"

She leaned over and said,

"They want you to think that you're crazy, but"

Then she stopped in the middle of her sentence and went pale, and five nurses ran over to us and grabbed Elizabeth. She was kicking and screaming. She just kept yelling I'm sorry over and over. Then Doctor Carter ran over to me and said,

"It's time to go back to my room,"

And I did. Still, I couldn't stop thinking about what Elizabeth told me because I knew something deep down inside wasn't right. I had to figure out why I felt like this, so I slowly got out of bed and walked over to the door. Sometimes, they forgot to lock it, but they didn't tonight, so I pretended like I had to use the bathroom. So I pressed the little button beside my bed, and one of the nurses came and unlocked the door.

I didn't know what to do next, but I knew I had to run and hide, and I did just that. I ran as fast as possible, but the nurse was right behind me. Then I ran down a long dark hall and hid in one of the corners, but the nurse didn't follow me. He stopped. I stepped out from behind the corner, and the nurse was standing there, staring at me. It was like he was afraid to come down the hall. He just stood there, then he whispered,

"hope, come on, just go back to bed."

I turned my back towards him and said,

"I can't do that. I'm sorry."

Then I walked further into the dark hall. The further I walked, the less light there was, and with every step I took, there was a screech, almost like the floor was crying. It reminded me so much of what happened when I was in a coma, but I wasn't alone then. The hairs on the back of my neck began to stand up. Then I heard a scream. The person was screaming like they were getting murdered. I froze; I didn't know what to do. It was like my legs lost control, and in my head, I was screaming at myself to run, get out of there. Still, I just couldn't. Then I heard footsteps coming from behind me. They came closer and closer until it just stopped. I could feel the person right behind me. I slowly turned my head. But it was so dark I couldn't see who it was when the person touched my shoulder. At that point, my soul jumped out of my body. Then the person walked in front of me. I sighed a breath of relief when I saw it was just Doctor Carter. He kneeled down and said,