To The End

33 One Year Later (Mikey)

    "Mikey, I'm going to Starbucks. Want some coffee?" I shake my head. Flicking the television on. He sighs, "Mikey, I know you're still upset. We all are, but you can't just shut everyone out again." I sigh, "I wont, but... it's her birthday today." I look back at the television, scrolling through the channels.

        The door closes. The news channel pops up, I'm about to change the channel when... "Today, Ryan Barker was arrested for the attempted murder of 24 year old, Dakota Way, former piano player for the band My Chemical Romance" A picture of Dakota, and a man, who I assume is Ryan Barker come across the screen. "Barker, who refers to himself as an 'Angel Of Massacre', reported to authorities that he was the shooter at the Taste Of Chaos tour in 2005.  He was taken into custody soon after. "

        I shut the television off. Tears form in my eyes. That bastard. Wait.... attempted murder?

        A knock on the door. I ignore it. After a couple minutes, they knock again. "Mikey, it's me, Frank." I sigh, "It's unlocked." he walks in. His face is pale, as if he'd seen something. "What's wrong?" I wipe my eyes.

        "I heard." he sits down next to me. "me too." Frank shakes his head. "But I think I know something that you don't" I look over at him, "What?" he sighs, looking down at his feet. "So, Dakota was schizophrenic." I nod.

        "And... there was this guy that... well, I don't really know, but he bothered her. He was not real." I didn't know this, she never told me. "So?" he looks around the living room, which is a fucking mess. "She told me about him. His name was Ryan. And she described him as looking exactly like the man who killed her."

        That doesn't make any sense, none at all.  "Is that possible?" Frank shrugs, "Its not like we imagined it.." I shake my head. "Frank.. I may have heard it wrong.. but I think that they said attempted murder." his eyes widen. "You mean... she's alive?"

        I quickly turn the television back on. "After her released from the hospital, Way soon had an episode, and she ended up in Ancora Psychiatric Hospital where she has been for a year now."

        Frank and I look at each other, "But why would she just leave us to think she was dead?" I sigh,

"Maybe she wanted to be."