Red Band Society: Perfect-ish

Chapter 22: Fly to Neverland

I stormed off into my room and slammed the door. I grabbed my notepad and my pen and began writing rules. Yes, rules. My therapist had always asked if I had a set of rules and I would say ,"What do you mean rules?" and he would explain to me every time. So, if he hadn't given me the idea, I wouldn't have done this. I should be thanking him.

So here I was. Writing the rule of my new life.

A whole week of rules, weigh-ins and being ignored by Leo passed. I would constantly say hi or text him, leave him notes, but I got nothing in return. After that, I didn't talk to anyone except for Emma. She could understand. She could relate.  And when she went out with her family one day, something strange happened.

I heard a short and gentle knock on the door and when I looked up, I saw no one. I got up and felt something beneath my foot. It was an envelope with my name on it. I picked it up slowly and took it onto my bed. And when I opened it, there were notes inside, none of which were signed. Each of them were addressed to me and had dates. Each one was from the past week. And it began with the night of my lung collapsing and Charlie's love affair in my room. I began to read them, starting with the first one written. But the last one I read, was from today. It began with "Dear Sabrina," and continued on into a letter that was flowing with love and a message:

Whenever I'm around you, chaos seems to ensue. It's like being in a world where nothing is ever normal or silent. But another that happens when I see you is I realize how I couldn't live without you. Call me crazy, but I don't care. I want to hug you and kiss you everyday of my life. I don't care it people say we are too young cause that's not possible. I think about you all the time. Day, night, and when I fall asleep.

Peter Pan had a great philosophy. "Let's go to Neverland and never come back till forever ends." I can't take this hospital anymore. I'm running away. So if you want to know who your admirer is or if you don't want to be chained anymore, meet me behind the nurse's station at 4 o'clock. And bring a suitcase.

This was all happening so quickly. But I didn't want to be stuck here anymore. I grabbed my phone and frantically looked at the clock. It read 3:45. I got up and picked a bag and grabbed the basic essentials. You know, some clothes,toiletries,and finally my phone. I had a message from Leo but I couldn't look at it. I turned off my phone and grabbed my bag. I wanted to know who it was and when I arrived downstairs, I would see if I would go with them.

I mean it was already suprising enough that people wanted to be my friend, never mind my boyfriend. I hesitated to hop onto the elevator. I stood there and than hid. How could I just leave? What if this is just a prank? What would I say to everyone? I didn't know.

I ran back to my room, pondering what to do. So, I decided to leave my bag in the room and venture downstairs. I walked towards the nurses station. 4:01. I looked around and saw no one. I knew it. It was just a prank and someone was probably laughing their heads off watching me look around like an idiot. Until I heard a faint whisper.

"Over here!"

I turned and walked to a hidden spot in the corner. I saw a single flower and a card placed on the floor. I slowly picked up the flower and looked carefully. It was my favorite flower. It's called a Middlemist Red and were practically impossible to find. They are the rarest flower in the world. I pulled off the card tied to the flower and opened it. Inside the card, there was a quote from my favorite Shakespeare production.

"Love me or hate me, both are in my favor... If you love me, I'll always be in your heart... If you hate me, I'll always be in your mind."

Meet me out front. Be there at 4:05. Don't be late.

At this point, I couldn't tell what was happening. So I grabbed the flower and card and tried to sneak out the door until I heard someone say, "Ohhh! Does someone have crush?!"

Brittany came running up and asking me who it is and why I gave them that flower and how did I think of that Shakespeare quote.

"Soooooo, who's your little 'friend'???"

In order to just get her to stop talking I told her this,

" Well, it's a really really big secret and I can't tell anyone or else someone might blab but I am just going to say hi to my friends quickly who are waiting for me outside! Bye!!"

I bolted towards the door and ran out.

And than I saw him, standing there thinking he was the king of the whole goddamn world.

"Is this a fucking joke? Are serious?!?!?!?" I said angrily towards him.

"The course of true love never did run smooth."

"Okay, how bout we don't fucking quote Shakespeare again and you tell me what the fuck is going on?!? You can't just cancel me out for days, hook up with some girl IN MY ROOM and now all of sudden you wanna run away with me? Come on, be serious, Charlie."

To be continued...