When it happens.

16: New family.

Bipolar disorder:

People may experience:
Mood: anger, anxiety, apathy, apprehension, euphoria, general discontent, guilt, hopelessness, inability to feel pleasure, loss of interest, mood swings, sadness, or elevated mood
Cognitive: delusion, lack of concentration, racing thoughts, slowness in activity and thought, unwanted thoughts, or false belief of superiority
Behavioral: aggression, agitation, crying, excess desire for sex, hyperactivity, impulsivity, irritability, risky behavior, or self-harm
Psychological: agitated depression, depression, manic episode, or paranoia
Sleep: difficulty falling asleep or excess sleepiness
Weight: weight gain or weight loss
Also common: fatigue, rapid and frenzied speaking, or restlessness

Jade.

I was torn from slumber from the sound of my phone ringing, it was Annabel. I walk to my phone as I put my hair in a messy bun and I answer.

"Hello?" I ask as I answer.

"Hey Jade, it's Annabel, I was wondering when you're free. We need to talk with Darren and plan what the next steps are." She says cheerily.

"Umm, we're free after school, we've missed so much we really need to attend." I say.

She hums and I hear her flick through a book.

"How about four? Is that good?" She asks.

"Um yeah should be fine, I'll call if anything changes. Where do we go?" I ask.

"Well I could come over or you can come to the hospital." She suggests, I instantly look over at Darren and remember his obvious hatred of hospitals.

"You can come over, I think it would be better that way." I say and she agrees. We say our goodbyes and put on underwear a bra and sweatpants. I walk to Darren and kneel down to his level. I was about to just shake him but I decide to try something different. I run my hand through his hair and I kiss him. It feels wrong, he isn't kissing back. I'm about to pull away when he pulls me closer and kisses me properly. After a minute or so we pull away and I kiss his forehead before walking to the shower.

I wash my hair but it takes a while to wash all the suds out so I hear a knock on the door.

"Hurry up, your coffee is getting cold and I need a shower, unless you want me in there with you." I hear Darren say with a chuckle.

I roll my eyes with a grin and I turn off the water and get ready, I look through my drawer and I can't find my contacts, I sigh and grab my glasses. I never wear them but I guess I have to today.

I jump in my clothes which consists of black skinnies, converse, a grey tank top and my death note hoodie with a black beanie.

I step out of the bathroom and call downstairs that I'm out, I go into the bedroom as Darren walks in to the bathroom, I brush my hair and dry it, I let my natural waves stay and do my makeup, I keep it minimal. Eyebrows, eyeliner and mascara. I keep it sharp as it suits the black wide frame glasses, I put perfume on and walk downstairs to drink my coffee and wash the mugs.

Just as I put the mugs on the drying rack Darren comes in and kisses my shoulder. I turn around and kiss him properly.

"You look hot in your glasses, wait, you wear glasses?" He asks, I laugh and roll my eyes.

"Not usually, I wear contacts most of the time. My brother called me four eyes so I got contacts and almost never wore my glasses again." I say with a small smile. My brother was awesome, I knew he meant no harm in what he said but I didn't know it then, but the past is just that, the past.

"Well you look like my nerdy, bookworm girlfriend and I love you." He says with a small kiss. I kiss him back and look at the time, we have fifteen minutes so we can chill.