Souls apart

Chapter Nine: Mercy's pain

Mercy's POV

"Knock , knock" Jem opened the door and popped his head around the door.

"Sable and Livvy have gone to their Soccer games," I looked up at him for a second before looking back at my blank document which was meant to have a 700 word English essay on it.

"I know I wanted to talk to you" He explained just as I remembered something.

"Damn it" I chucked the laptop on my bed and went to my small safe. I got one when I found out about moving into a room with a 6 year old. I grabbed my tablets and swallowed them.

"Sorry, you were saying?" I hopped back onto my bed and put the laptop away.

"What's the medicine for?" he asked distracted.

"Epilepsy, you wanted to talk?" I asked.

"Oh yeah, I wanted to get to know you better" he sat on Sable's bed which was parallel to mine.

"Okay" I asked starting to feel self conscious.

"Let's start with the basics, what is your favourite colour?"

"Blue."

"Mine's yellow, ok next question... Favorite singer or band?"

"Shawn Mendes."

"Mine is Hollywood Undead, same as Sable, next is favourite food?"

"Curried Sausages or chips and gravy"

"Same, ok If your entire life was a movie what would the title be?"

"Suddenly changed,or everything upside down."

"Okay, what makes you smile?"

"Albi maybe, I dunno" I couldn't think properly for that one, it felt like forever since I last smiled.

"What do you want to be when you leave school?"

"An Author, or an early childhood teacher."

"What makes you, you?" He asked.

"I have been epileptic since I was 4 years old. I hear the story that I got so stressed out from going to kindy that when Rachel dropped me off I went into a seizure. I love to help people in anyway I can."

"I had a heart transplant 11 months ago, after doctors found a disease growing there that I had, had at age 9 and it was dormant until a year and a half ago."

"Wow."

"Okay and finally who are you really? Deep down in your soul" He asked and I thought for a while.

"I am a lonely, shy person that wishes that she was normal like everyone else and thinks that one day things will change for the better instead of the worst." My voice spoke but I felt zoned out.

"Mercy are you ok? Are you going into a seizure?"

"I don't know, has this happened before? I don't know"

"Not that I know of" he stood up and came over to my bed.

"Who are you? You don't look like Albi or Dad."

"I'm Jem we were just talking."

"Where am I?" I looked around but couldn't remember anything.

"In your new bedroom, I'm gonna call your dad'" he got out his phone and dialed a number.

"Hey Jay, Something is off with Mercy, we were talking then she zoned out and now she can't remember anything from the past 3 months... uh... I see, how long does it usually last... she can't sense these ones coming, that must suck... yeah I know... yep okay I'll watch her" he hung up.