marvelous
i am completely confused and dumbfounded by everything that is currently happening in the very cafeteria.
the rest of the patients here seem to just stare at the thrashing blond boy with no hint of emotion.
i worry too much about the whole scene because i've never seen someone behave the way luke currently does before.
"what's wrong with ashton?" i ask out of curiosity. all he does when he walks into the room is giggle like a child, laughing at nothing.
a doctor comes running in and helps the nurses to control luke before they slowly take him away; probably back to his room for a treatment.
one of the nurses approaches ashton and holds his arm so softly as if he's the most fragile thing she has ever touched.
"ashton was brought here two days after i checked in—"
"wait, you checked yourself in here?" i ask in disbelief.
"what? no, i mean, i was checked into this horrible place. he would laugh out of the blue and sometimes cry for no reason, too." calum speaks and i listen intently as my eyes follow ashton's moves.
ashton is quiet now, his mouth shut as he follows the nurse to an empty table not so far from calum and me.
"does anybody know why he's the way he is?" another question leaves my mouth. boy, i never talk this much.
calum shrugs, "they say he has bipolar disorder. his mum and siblings were killed in a fire and they couldn't be saved so he went nuts right after."
it seems to me that everyone here has a reason as to why they become who they are today. these maniacs fill the hallways of this building with their own story.
well, a mental hospital isn't a marvelous place but it sort of teaches me something. i still don't want to be here nonetheless. it's like i don't even belong here with these people.
curiosity killed the cat, they say. so i look at calum and back at ashton who's not even eating. he just sits there, staring into space.
"no, michael." calum says as if he can read my mind, "you are not going to talk to him."
too late, though.
i'm already walking towards the table where ashton is seated.
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Castaway || mgc
Fanfiction"there's no ever after." in which michael finds himself in a mental institution with a girl that doesn't exist. [lower case intended] [ COMPLETED ]
