Save Me from Myself

Chapter 6

"You don't need that douchebag, Esme. You have other douchebags, like myself. You'll be okay." Layla said, as we tried to fall asleep on our "beds". The beds are definitely the worst part of the asylum. They're like concrete, and almost impossible to sleep on.

"I CALL BEING SECOND DOUCHEBAG." Cali screamed from the next room. The nurses hushed her and she just laughed. I've learned that psychos have AMAZING hearing. We can hear whispering from a mile away. Its crazy.

"I'M THE THIRD DOUCHEBAG!" Joey screamed from across the hall. The nurses hushed him too, but he actually listened, unlike Cali.

I smiled and eventually fell asleep.
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"ESME. ESME WAKE UP. ESME CAN YOU HEAR ME???" Cali screamed into my ear.

"What the fuck, of course I can hear you, you're screaming in my ear." I grumbled.

She sighed loudly and said, " Thank god. There was a fire. You.... you wouldn't wake up. I thought you were gone.." I looked around and all I could see was smoke.

"Where are Joey and Layla?" I asked, trying to breathe through the smoke.

"Joey went to find Layla. I'm sure they'll be out soon." She answered, but she didn't sound so sure.

"How did I get out here?" I asked, sitting up.

"I went into your room and grabbed you, then I sent Joey in to get Layla." She answered, wringing her hands together.

"Hey. They're gonna be okay. " I said, hugging her. She hugged me back and breathed shakily.

Joey ran out with Layla in his arms a few minutes later, and the whole asylum just bursted with flames.

"Wow. Good timing Joey." Cali said, running over to Layla.

He nodded, and walked over to me and laid down right next to me.

"Hi there." I said.

"Hi. You scared the living shit out of me. You wouldn't wake up. Don't you DARE do that to us again." He yelled.

I trembled as he yelled at me. Layla got up and smacked him on his head. "Dude. You're scaring her. Stop being an ass and calm the fuck down" she said, glaring at him.

"Don't tell me what to do, psycho." He growled.

"Huh. You act like you're the one with schizophrenia." Layla answered. Cali ran over to them, and got in between them.

"Guys. No fighting. The firefighters are on their way, can we please just stay calm until then?" Cali asked.

They glared at each other and walked away. Cali sighed loudly and sat down next to me.

"Don't worry about them. They fight when they're scared. Its kind of sad, really." She told me.

"Why is it sad?" I asked.

She smiled sadly, "because they're usually scared. Their fights are unnoticeable most of the time, but when it is noticeable, its bad."

I nodded, "That is sad. How do you know all of this?"

"I've known them for a long time. They used to be like siblings, but over the years they've become really distant. Mostly because of last year." She said, and looked down.

I heard sirens in the distance, and i zoned out for a moment. "Wait, what happened last year?"

"I don't know if i should...Eh, I don't care. Its a long story though," she started. "Okay, so they had gotten in the biggest fight they had ever had. It was about something really stupid, i don't even remember what it was. Layla's schizophrenia was at its worst, and so was Joey's bipolar. They were screaming at each other, and the nurses were trying to calm them down, but that didn't work at all. They were actually fist fighting. Then, Layla grabbed a lamp and almost killed him with it. She was hitting him so heard, he fell down and got a concussion. When she saw all the blood everywhere, she stopped and the nurses dragged her away. They've been trying to make up, but i don't think its possible."

I was so shocked, i thought that they were great friends, but i guess not. "Wow... that's crazy."

She nodded, "Yeah. Now c'mon, lets go check out some hot firefighters. Its been so long since I've been able to say that. "

I smiled, "Okay, sure."

As we were walking to the firetruck, I asked "So what's gonna happen to us now?"

She sighed, "We're probably going to go into a different asylum. I'm glad i finally decided to burn that shithole down."

My jaw dropped, "it was you???"

"Yeah. Who else is stupid enough to do that?"

"Were you trying to kill us??" I asked.

"No, of course not, I would never do something like that. I was getting rid of bad memories."

"While attempting murder?"

"No, Esme. You don't understand... that place is hell for me. You have no idea what they did to me there. They put me on so many drugs and antidepressants that I almost died. I was okay with that though, because I was already suicidal. What I wasn't okay with was how they treated us. They were just waiting for us to die. They didn't care about any of us. They wanted us to die. Mostly me, because i was such a bitch to them. So i thought that maybe if i burned it down, all that would disappear." She said, sadly.

"I hope that it does disappear. C'mon lets go find Layla and Joey if they're still alive.."

I couldn't help but be mad at her for almost killing me, but then again, she's the one that saved me. That's fair, i guess. How in gods name did she bring herself to burn down the whole building?? I would never be able to do something like that. Never.

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Weird chapter. Sorry about not updating!!! It took me so long to write this. Hey, at least i finished it though! Just barely though..... Well, vote and comment! Thanks for reading!
♡♡Christal