Don't take my memories~Drier

Chapter Twenty Eight-To Keep Us Bound Beyond Repair

An;; Sorry this took so long, but I've been really busy over Christmas. Luckily I had a spare hour today to whip this up on my laptop. Sorry for the bad quality and I hope you enjoy this! Please let me know what you think in the comments.
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Kier's PoV
Despite the information I had been given on the phone when I rang in sick this morning, work most certainly wasn't quiet. The moment I entered the gloomy expanse of the hospital block, I was a hit with a wave of pure chaos, my head rushing as I tried to take in all that was around me, the screaming, the crying, the quick, eagle-like movements and the blurred colours. It was like being in the tube at rush hour, except that train wasn't stopping at my stop, just whizzing through every station and reducing them to a blur of colours and animalistic snarls.

I was a snapped out of my trance by the sound of someone desperately calling my name and I frantically turned around to see Luke stood at the edge of the waiting room, beckoning for me to come to him. I quickly nodded at him and began to follow, surging through the mass of bodies, but Luke sped off the moment he realised I had noticed him, leaving me fighting to keep up.

After only a few minutes, but seemed like an hour, me and Luke rounded the last corner and safely bounded into his office: seemingly the most quiet place in the hospital. I was pretty used to this room by now, after my first few initial meetings to get the job here and collecting Drew's lunch from this checkpoint, yet right now, it was giving me the creeps. After the rest of the hospital, this place seemed too quiet, too clean and empty.

That's when it hit me. It was so loud and chaotic down there that Luke must have surely needed all hands on deck, especially now. If it was this busy, then why hadn't he ushered me straight to his next appointment and started barking multiple orders at me, like he usually did in a crisis? Why had he brought me straight up here despite the air of emergency? And why had he been so close by to the waiting room, almost as though he'd been there waiting for me, if we were this busy? Shouldn't he have been in an appointment?

However, before I could question him, Luke dropped into the large, comfortable chair behind his neat mahogany desk with a content sigh and gestured for me to do the same. I did, one eyebrow cocked in slight confusion.

"So Kier, I take it you have found your little internship here helpful and insightful, yes?" Luke questioned as soon as I took a seat, his voice bored and his eyes anywhere but my face.

" Yes, I have" I answered truthfully. "Its taught me a lot about the way the hospital is run and I've certainly picked up lots of new techniques and medical jargon on the way" I added after a moment, scared that my vacant first answer would come across to Luke as disinterested and ungrateful.

He nodded vaguely, clearly a million miles away.

"Well that is what we aim for here. Not only do we safeguard our patients but we also like to give a little bit back to the community, just little bits here and there. The odd charity fundraiser for cancer, a little trip for the terminally ill regulars, you know, that kind of thing" Luke explained proudly, actually straightening himself up in his chair as though he had single handedly cured everyone under this very roof. To many, this conversation would seem like a polite chat, but already my stomach was churning. I already knew what was coming next.

" So of course, when I heard that a young man like you - who had been doubted by so many due to an old learning disability and who'd had such a rough past - was aspiring to become a doctor, I just thought 'what better way to give back to the community than giving this young lad a chance?'. So of course, you were given an internship" Luke smirked, already seeing the effect his words were having on me. I recoiled in shock. Why did it always have to be brought back to this? Why was my past this important for my future?

" I-I was told by my professors that you chose me personally, for my talent" I manage to stutter out, a wounded expression on my face.

" Did he now?" Luke replied with a smirk, telling me that clearly hadn't been the case at all.

" Yes, you're lying. You told me that's why you picked me the first time we met. Why are you suddenly changing the story now?" I recall, glaring at him accusingly. I remembered that first meeting so clearly, I remember him crossing the room and exclaiming how much promise he saw in me, how much potential I had.

" I'm not suddenly changing the story Kier. If you think I'm a liar, what make you so certain I wasn't lying the first time and this is the truth now?" Luke smirked, his eyes laced with malice. I choked, trying to think up a smart reply but finding none. I knew he was lying now, he had to be, but how could I possibly prove it?

" I-I...why are you doing this?" I questioned pathetically, my voice shaking with every word.

"I told you to stay away from Drew the first day the two of you met, and you didn't. Granted, your meetings were harmless at first, but then he started getting ideas, dangerous ideas. First it was defiance, then shouting at me until the incident a few weeks ago, when he tried to kill himself. As if you hadn't caused enough damage, you then couldn't even do the one thing I intended you to do when I let you near him and tell me why he tried to kill himself. The hospital doesn't need people like you Kier, no hospital needs someone like you. It's best you learned that now. Your internship here is at an end" Luke spat harshly, causing my world to start crumbling around me.

" But...you have no grounds, I could report you for this" I threaten feebly, causing Luke to release a slow chuckle as he turned his computer screen towards me and began typing something in.

" I think you'll find I do, sneaking into a patients room for instance one night and kissing them. Highly illegal stuff right there" Luke smirked, knowing fully well he had me. "You see Drew again or think about reporting me to anyone, and this tape will be sent to the police and your medical training career will be at an end. Every career will be at an end, for that matter" Luke retorted, as the footage of me and Drew sharing a kiss earlier this morning after I had snuck in filled up the screen in black and white, caught from the security camera outside Drew's room. The moment before me seemed to stretch out, as the miniature version of us lean closer to each other, our lips brushing together awkwardly.

Drew! I had to see him, I had to apologise. I wanted that perfect moment again, forever and ever. I loved him. Why hadn't I seen it before?

"Just one thing, why are you doing this?" I questioned in devastation, watching Luke through teary eyes.

" Control. Drew Woolnough is the only person alive with this disease and I will be the be to find a cure. Nothing, not even a stupid student such as yourself, will jeopardise that" Luke stated harshly, his true colours finally shining through. It made perfect sense. Of course this was never about Drew, it was about how to cure him.

" C-can I-I at least s-s-say g-goodbye?" I asked, my voice shaking, my eyes silently pleading with Luke to grant me this one last wish, even though saying goodbye to Drew was the last thing I could possibly ever want. Fuck, even Laurence leaving was easier than this, and I had known him practically my whole life. Drew had only been around for a few months.

"Make it quick" Luke sneered, causing me to obediently nod at him as I ran out of the room, my teary eyes stuck to the floor to stop the tears falling.

What was I going to say to him now?