Strings

Chapter 2- Well?

"Yes." I say as I look down at the white hospital like floors watching my foot tap against the floor. Mrs. Johnson looks disappointed at the answer as she's scribble on her clipboard  "And when did it start?" I put my hands and a pray position with my elbows resting on my legs and my foot still taping i look at the tiny veiled window I say ever so quietly. "July 3rd of 2015. She's starts scribbling on the that damn clip board again and says quietly "and it's September, 4th of 2016." I start her everything ever tap. Ever creak of the metal frames. Every word from everyone from what seems like miles away. Every scratch from the stupid pen.  "NO!!" I scream at the top of my lungs. She drops her pen and clipboard on the bed and says in a quiet nice tone "Hey, Hey, Lilly calm down ok?" she say holding me "lets go get some food. Ok?" I nod in a agreement as I calm my nerves. We get up and walk out if the room. I see the number on the door it's say 14. I count three flights of stairs as I follow her to the cafeteria. She tells me to sit down at a table. She's walk into the kitchen and walks back out with a lady with a trey of food following. That lady walks over to me. I immediately ask "Where is Miss. Johnson?" The lady just laughs and I realize how rude that was "I'm sorry, that was rude." The lady starts to speaks in a southern accent "It's ok sweet heart, and she went home for the day she'll be back in the morning." "Ok thank you" i say again and she walks into what I'm  guessing is the kitchen. The food looks disgusting some undercook bacon, powder eggs, and something I think maybe a piece of ham. I kinda poke at for awhile. But I start eating the eggs because I'm staving....... But I'm a vegetarian so I keep poking at the meat. I decide not knowing what to do with my plate to get up and leave it their. I walk out and I go to the only place I know how to get to my room. But as I reach the stairs A man in mint green scrubs approaches is me "Your Lilly Howler right?" He asks me. "Yes, I am."    "You have a visitor please follow me." I follow him into a room with a crystal chandelier and a mahogany fire place. I sit down at a table among an assortment of them and see a human silhouette but refuse to look up. as I see the man sit two tables away start scrolling through his phone. "Lilly it's your birthday your 20! Happy Birthday!" The familiar voice says. But I refuse to look up to see my friend Connor congratulating me. As much as I miss his blond hair and green eyes. I don't want to. But I can't help it I finally look up at him. He reaches his hand out across the table so we could hold hands i raise my hand  up too lay it on the table too take it.  We're not a couple though never have been #friendzoned. "Connor why am----" he cuts me off. "You don't remember..." he says shocked "No, remember what?". "Well... Where do I start?" His asks himself.  Then a lady from the front desk walks over and says to Connor "Mr.Summers it's time for you to go." He protests "But it's only been 5 minutes!"  "Yes" the nurse says back calmly "but Miss. Howler has to get back to her room." I let go of his hand and I get up and hug Connor he wraps his arms around me "Thank you for wishing me a happy birthday. Comeback soon, see you later." I tell him "I will, goodbye Lilly." The lady from the front desk leads him out and goes back to her position. And the man in the green scrubs leads me back to the stairs. He says "Hello, my name is Anton and I will be waking you up 30 minutes before normal time so you can finish up with Miss. Johnson." He says quickly and obviously not giving a shit about it.  I start to walk up the stairs and I get to the first flight sensing something horrible. the air smelling like death to me then I realize why I start running up the stairs   "WAIT! NO! STOP! I start running to the fourth foor but I'm too late... I collapse on a step seemingly as lifeless as the person who had just jump from the fourth floor with a sheet tied around their neck. With the sound of the of the snap ringing throughout my brain. About four nurses if thats what the called run up the stairs to get the man. One more nurse makes sure I'm okay and helps me back to my room.  I stair at the ceiling once more holding my stuff animal rabbit in my arms. With my mind replaying the last moments of the mans life. Now With a long and sleepless night ahead of me. I stair at the shallow crack in the concert  ceiling following the different directions of of it over and over again. Also wondering why in hell they sent me to my room at 12:00pm. But The image still playing throughout my brain. For hours hugging the stuffed rabbit. I final fall asleep as the sun rises. But then theirs a knock on the door.