Always been u

He have been giving up

(Nia)
-Good morning honey, Linda says close to my ear.

I open my eyes and slowly wakes up.

-Here's your breakfast, Linda says.

-Thank u, I say.

I take my antidepressant medication and then I eat my breakfast while looking at my phone. Then I get up and goes to the bathroom. I do my skincare and brush my teeth. I literally wear the same clothes all the time when I'm here. It's a grey hoodie and sweatpants set or a black one. Today I wear the grey one. I put my hair up in a bun. Then I don't have anything to do anymore. I love being here. Get better. But some days it's just boring. I just want to get home and go to school. I even still have to do some schoolwork here. It's just that I don't have Bella here. But Chris are taking Bella with him after school. I'm gonna tell her everything. She deserves to know. I'm a little nervous. I need to think off something else. I'm going to the parlour. It's empty but a little boy that are sitting in the sofa. He's not watching the tv cause it's turned off. He's young. He can't be older then 8. I sit down a bit next to him.

-Hi, I say.

He looks up to me. He smiles when he realises I'm talking to him.

-Hi, he says.

-How are u?, I ask.

-Okay. And you?, he asks back.

-Kind of good, I say.

I don't want to ask him something. Like why he's here, even though I really wonder. Everyone here has mental problems. Mostly from traumas. I look at him and see some small bruises on the parts of his body that he's showing.

-You look sad, he says and sit closer to me.

He lean a little on my shoulder and I just smile at him.

-I'm a little nervous, I say.

-Why?, he asks.

-My best friends Bella is coming. She Disney know anything about why I'm here, I say.

-I think it will be fine. Are u often here alone?, he asks.

-No I often have my mom here, I say.

He's sighing.

-Are u alone a lot?, i ask.

He nods.

-They're trying to find a new family to me, he says.

-That's great, I say.

-No. they've been trying for three months, he says.

-Don't give up sweetheart, I say.

He smiles. His smile is absolutely adorable. It's impossible not to get happy when you see him. I feel so bad for him. So young and already lost hope. I wish I could do something.

-What's your name?, I ask.

-Daylo, he says.

-I'm Nia, I say.

We hangout for a while. We watch tv and just talk about everything fun. He's so fun to talk to and I laugh almost the entire time. Linda peeks in with a smile.

-Hi there, she says.

-Hey, I say.

-Daylo back to your room for lunch. You too Nia, she says.

-See you Nia, he says and hug me before going to his room.

I stand up and walks after Linda.

-I really think he needs someone like you right now, she says.

-Yeah I heard from him that it's impossible to find him a new family, I say very angry.

I know I have nothing to do with it. And I have no idea how this works. But how hard can it be. He's adorable. Anyone would want to take him if they just tried.

-We want to make sure he gets a good family this time, she says.

-It can't be that hard. He have been here for three months. He lost hope. He have been giving up, I say.

-I'm happy your angry. I'm too. But you and me can do the same much in this Nia, she says.

I sigh.

-I must be able to do something, I say.

-Yeah ofc. Try to give him hope when you have nothing else to do, she says and walks away.

(Chris)
-Are we going to the hospital?, Bella asks on the bus.

-Yeah, I say.

-What have happened? You promised you would tell me, she says.

-Yeah I know. I won't. But Nia will. Just wait, I say.

We're on the bus to the hospital. Bella is shaking because of how nervous she is. We don't say a lot on the way there. There's not a lot to say. And we don't even know each other. Both of us knows Nia and that's all. We get off the bus and into the hospital. We go to the reception.

-Who you meeting?, the man in the reception asks.

-Nia Sanchez, I say.

-Mhmm.. Chris and... Bella?, he asks.

-Yep that's right, I say.

-Okay. Room 356, he says.

-Thanks, I say and take Bella with me through the door to the rooms.

We go the her room. When we get to the door Bella stays. On the door Nia have been writing her name and some hearts. So cute. I open the door and meet a smiling Nia sitting in her bed. Bella goes and I close the door after her. Nobody says anything. I try to be as invisible as I can be so that they can just focus on each other. Bella doesn't know what to say. And Nia doesn't neither. She just opens her arms. Bella does the same and they hug each other for a long time.

-Where have you been? What've happened? I don't understand at all, she says.

Nia doesn't say anything. She looks at me. I walk up to them to help Nia a little. After a while Nia starts her storytelling. She's doing great. It takes time but she tells everything. She's crying. Bella's crying. And I'm trying my best not to cry.

-And no we're here, Nia say and wipes her tears.

-Oh god how can I not have seen this, Bella says.

-I am good at acting, Nia says.

-I'm happy you told me. I love you like my own sister Nia, Bella says.

-I love you too, she says and they hug each other.

They stay in the hug so I decide I should go and let them have the moment. I've done what I should here today. I look back at them. Nia's looking at me. "Thank u" she mimes to me and smile. I smile too before opening the door and getting out.