See Me Now (Mirry: Harry Styles&Michael Clifford)

Chapter 3

*Michael's POV*

 Putting my beanie over my head and putting on my jacket, I open the door and continue my walk. It's the first time in a few weeks I've been given a new job. My last case was very successful and it still brings a big smile on my face whenever I think about it. This is the kind of work I've always wanted to do. Our kind don't have that many options since we all do the same job, but we have a choice... For some it is the most difficult they have to make, for others, it isn't. 

The thing is though, I have been waiting for a new job for so long. I've been seriously bored, let me tell you that. In the mean time the others were pretending to work, discussing the new case I would get, but all they have done is given every single job to someone else. Apparently none of the other jobs were challenging enough for me.

It's an honour knowing that they think I can handle the difficult cases, but sometimes an easy one would be just as nice. Ah well, just a happy ending every time is the thing that keeps me going. I've been doing this for two years now and I have had 5 cases, all of them ended well.

 Others weren't so lucky... Their cases ended up dead, or seriously ill or they grew up. When that happens our job is done and others take over. It sounds bad, but it is the circle of life. All of us have our jobs to fulfil and if we have to end it, or others end it for us we start all over again. 

It's our monthly meeting and I'm glad about that! I have missed my mates. All of us have the same job, yet it is different and all of us have to get together to talk about it.

All of us are Ashton, Luke, Calum and I, oh and our boss Mr. Cowell. Ashton is just like me, our preference has always been working with children, Calum works with people who are ill and Luke spends his time with the elderly. There are other units, all of them consisting out of four people and a boss, but none of them have such a success rate as us.

"So guys, now that you had the chance to catch up...", Simon is looking sternly round the room and silence falls upon us, "how is everyone's case going? Let's start this off  with Ashton."

"Firstly, I told you to call me Ash, Ashton is too long and now I sound like that Pokémon trainer. Believe me, it might sound stupid, but it makes me more popular with the kids", he smirks and winks at Simon, who is anything but impressed and rolls his eyes.
"Whatever mate, just fill us in, we don't have all day."
"Fine, fine, grumpy pants. August, is doing fine. He is a 4 year old boy who has grown up in a very violent family and is now put in an orphanage. I'm the only one who is allowed to call him Gus and I'm also the only person he talks to. When I'm not there, the only thing he does is sitting in front of the window with his head in his hands and staring into the distance, not really looking at anything. Recently though, when I'm around he starts colouring, or looking at the pictures in books and he tells me all about his dreams of going into space and becoming an astronaut. So for now I'm connecting with him through that. He is seeing me more often now, I don't necessarily have to show myself to him. Whenever he actually pays attention to his surroundings, he notices me."
"Very good Ash! Keep it up and you can actually have a long term friendship with the boy", Ash nods and smiles. All of us can already see that he adores the little boy and that he is going to stick around for a long time, not having to say goodbye after a few months.
"Calum, how about you?"
"I'm not sure about my client. She is 5 and has been in hospital for about four months with cancer. Every day I'm becoming clearer to her which means that she is getting more ill."
"What's her name?"
"Oh, yeah, it's Brittney. She is this amazing child with the most beautiful smile and she likes listening to this band called Emblem 3. Whenever their music is on she starts singing along and dancing in her little bed until she is so out of energy that she just falls asleep on the spot. The days that she is too weak to muster up any energy are mostly the days she has to go through chemo, yet she always goes through them with a smile and afterwards she tells me the entire adventure she went through beating the chemo, some days the stories have vampires in them, other days wizards and other days it's characters who sing almost every line in their conversation. She has so much imagination, once we even had a conversation about how she wanted to help out everyone that was as ill as her. Did you know that the days where she can't eat cause she is so nauseous she wants to give her food to the poor people? It's so nice spending more time with her, cause she makes me smile so hard, but I'm afraid of her seeing me every day for the entire 24 hours. I mean, yeah, this is life, but I come from this case where the guy was already 54. It's bad that he died and 54 is way too early, but 5... She hasn't even had a life yet, no boyfriend, no children, she hasn't seen the world and she has no chance to change it. On the other hand I would hate for her to not see me anymore. This is the best case I've had so far."
"Calum, you can tell me if this case is too hard on you, we can give it to someone in another unit. It's okay."
"No, no, I'm keeping this case. Brittany trusts me and we keep each other happy. Yes, I'm going to be upset if she dies and I'm probably going to take a break after that, but for some reason I want to fight for the friendship we have, maybe she will get better because of it. I'd rather sneak into her room and knowing that she is happy, than being visible for her all the time and ending up at her funeral."