Overcoming It All

goodbye

It's been about a month since i met J.C.. We all hang out and laugh but today is different. A kid no one really never paid much attention to is now being carried out in a black bag. The kid was a level 22 almost out of here almost free again. His name was Ethan King. Rumor has it that he saved up his meds, Anti-depressants and sleeping pills, until he thought he had enough. He went to bed last night same as always. This time he didn't wake up. I thought about it for a while. What it would be like just to die, fade out in my sleep. J.C. was a mess. They were pretty good friends. J.C. and Ethan actually dated for a while. J.C. said they clicked but she also said it was too soon and they both were heartbroken. She was sobbing and shaking in Drake's arms not wanting to look at the bag on the gurney. I didn't want to either, but i did. The paramedics wheeled him down the hall. Most kids were in their room but a few like Drake, J.C., and me were in the rec room. J.C. could hear the footsteps of the paramedics coming down the hall and she looked up. She cried out and tried to run to them, to Ethen. Drake sinches his arms tight around her waist and i held her cheeks in my hands.

"Shh love shh' I cooed to her face "Shh he's free now love"

"I don't want him free i want him with me you bitch" she screamed into my face. She wriggled out of Drakes arms and fell to the floor. One of the nurses, not Savannah, came rushing towards her murmering things to her getting her to stand. The nurse walked J.C. to her room but you could still feel the pain and tension in the room even while J.C. was screaming her head off in her pink little room. Drake wrapped his arms around my waist and buried his face in my hair while resting his chin on my shoulder. He swayed meback and forth and I let him. He turned me around to look at my face He held my face an wiped away my tears. I wasn't sure what he thought of me but I curled myself into his chest anyway. He walked me to the couch and we sat as close as we could and i leaned against him letting him being my rock, my tie-down, my reason for life. I layed dazed for a while even with how far away we were from her room you could still hear J.C. crying and screaming for Ethan. I closed my eyes nd let Drake hold me

"Goodbye" i whispered under my breath