Psych Ward (Peterick)

Chapter 22

Pete's POV:

'LEAVE, LEAVE I HATE YOU, PLEASE LEAVE' he heard Patrick screaming and sobbing from inside his room.

He took a look through the little window in the door and his breath hitched. His arms and legs were uncovered and scratches covered them. Blood dripping onto the white floor. His hands smeered with the red liquid. He violently kept scratching at his limbs.

My eyes watered and I burst into his room. Patrick didnt even look up. He just kept scratching and yelling.

I crouched in front of him and placed my hand on his shoulder but got no reaction. None at all.

'Please, please Patrick stop' I begged.

He didnt stop and he didnt look up. He acted like I wasnt even there.

I grabbed his hands and held them tight. Stopping him from harming himself even further. He struggled to get his hands free from my hold but I kept holding them tight.

'Pete, let me go!' He screamed wich made me cringe.

'Let me go!!' He yelled as he tried to free his hands.

'No Patrick, I wont let you hurt yourself.' I spoke softly but it didnt help.

He was furious. Furious at me, furious at Vaughn. Furious at the world.

He managed to free himself from my hands and his hand connected with my cheek. I felt a burning and tingeling sensation and I looked up at him in disbelieve.

He hit me. And he hit me hard.

I stumbled backwards and he looked me in the eyes. Hurt and regret is what I saw but I also saw anger, a lot of it.

I backed away and left his room quietly as I heard him starting to sob again. I walked the hallway defeated. I heard a door open and I got pulled inside.

'Hey man, you okay' I heard a bit distant. A hand was placed under my chin and moved upwards till I met his eyes.

'Y-yeah Joe, I'm okay' I lied.

'Did Patrick do that'he asked as he pointed to my cheek and I slowly nodded.

'He hates my guts Joe, I- i didnt know, h-he would be t-there. I p-promised him he would never ever had to see h-him again. I d-didnt know. A-and Vaughn has made his return and oh J-joe he's h-hurting himself s-so badly and I c-cant do anything to help c-cause he wont let me. He h-hates me Joe. He h-hates me' I cried which led to sobbing in front of Joe.

'Shhh, it's going to be okay man, this is not your fault. You didnt know they would bring him out as Patrick sat there. How could you know? Exactly you couldn't. Patrick is just in shock. He saw his parents killer. A man who wanted to kill Patrick as well. He's just in shock.' Joe spoke softly as he hugged me.

I often wonder why Joe's still here. Cause man he's a lot more stable than I am.

'Thanks Joe, it means a lot.'

'No problem man, no problem.' He smiled.

'I have to go, we have a meeting, we have a new boss and a new boss brings new rules. I hope she aint too bad'. I smiled at Joe as I left the room.

I just have to give Patrick some time. Some time to calm down and to think. He was doing so good but now all of that has been ruined by one guy. One guy that has been haunting and taunting him for years.

I tried to not think about it all cause it upset me too much. I cant sit in front of my new boss crying, can I? So I walked to the meeting room and sat down with the other nurses. Anxiously waiting for our new boss.

(Guys im sorry this is so shitty. And took so damn long. Everytime I wanted to write, something destroyed my mood and I had a hard time finding the motivation. I tried to write further a couple of times but I hated it. Im sorry and im greatfull for all the readers who are still sticking with me. Thank you. And again im really sorry. I cant promise you that I'll update often cause if I have a good day I can be writing 20 chapters but like the past few months i've been spirarling down again and im trying to survive and I just couldnt bring myself to write. I hope you guys can understand. Btw this story is going ot have some sort of twist. Its gonna get darker. And exciting. Thanks again. I love you guys xx)