Sanity (Peterick)

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Pete's POV

I'm staying at Brendon's house for a while, it was nice of him to let me stay with him. He lives with Ryan though so it's not just the two of us. Brendon is at work a lot, so it's just me and Ryan sometimes. Every once in a while we play music together. It's been fun.

It was almost 9 pm and Brendon had gone to bed early for work tomorrow. Me and Ryan decided to chill in the living room with some cereal.

It's was silent for a while, I was enjoying the Count Chocula cereal while Ryan tried to come up with a new tune.

"I think I've finally got it," Ryan suddenly said after strumming different chords for a while. "Can you give it a listen and tell me what you think?"

"Sure,"

He went ahead and strummed these broken chords that he somehow managed to make beautiful. It was pretty cool, it had a real 60s vibe.

He stopped, "Then that's where Brendon would come in singing,"

"Sounds really good, keep working on that one,

He smiled, "Thanks,"

***

I slept on the couch last night and I've got a sore neck, oh well.

"Good morning," Ryan said as he walked into the living room.

"Morning Ryan," I yawned, "What time is it?"

"It's like 9:30, Brendon's already left,"

"Oh," I said as I got up from the couch. "I think I'm gonna go see Patrick, in about an hour or however long it takes me to take a shower and look presentable."

"Okay, I'll probably visit him when Brendon goes tonight,"

About an hour passed and i got on my way.

When I arrived in Patrick's room he was asleep, so I decided to just wait for him to wake up.

Well I could of gotten breakfast or something while I was waiting because I waited 2 hours until he finally woke up. But I don't really mind all that much.

"Good morning," I said.

"Hm?" He said still kind of asleep.

"How are you feeling?"

"Um.. I'm okay, the pain meds are working really well,"

"That's good,"

"It is but it makes me really tired during the day,"

"Well hopefully your not gonna be like this for too long,"

He grabbed his glasses from the small table next to the bed and put them on.

He smiled at me. "I missed you,"

"I did too," and I smiled back.

I spent another ten minutes making small talk with him.

"It's really boring here,"

"Im sure it is, there really isn't anything to do here,"
I looked at the clock and it was almost noon. "Are you hungry?"

"Um.. not really,"

I raised an eyebrow. "Are you sure? I'm supposed to be making sure your eating,"

"I'm okay, I promise. I might be hungry in a little bit though."

"Well I was thinking I would head over to Safeway and get some snacks or something. It's right across the street from here.

"That's nice of you,"

I smiled, "Any special requests?"

"Hmm.. gold fish crackers are good,"

"Okay then, I will be back in 10 minutes," I gave him a kiss on the forehead. "Love you,"

"I love you too,"

Patrick's POV

I watch Pete walk out the door.

My head feels oddly clear today, too clear. It's weird. Maybe it's all the pain meds, I don't know. I'm just waiting for Pete to come back.

I look around the room for a little. I look at the walls, I look at the floor, I look at the machines. This hospital is old, an I think the same question every time I'm in any hospital. I wonder how many people have died in this room. It's dark, but I really wonder.

A little while later, I see Pete peek his head in through the door. "Hey, brought some treats,"

He comes in and sits down with a paper bag and starts taking stuff out.

"Goldfish crackers, like you asked. Also got some rice krispies treats as a bonus. Also I know it's really boring here so got a coloring book for you. It's not a lame one for like 5 year olds, it's actually got some rad art in it,"

"Thank you so much, Pete,"

"No problemo, here's a pack of crayons. Go crazy,"

He turned through the pages till he landed on a picture of a tiger and started coloring. It was pretty cute.

"You know Pete, i've realized something,"

"Hmm?"

"Ever since I woke up this morning, my head feels really different,"

"Well you did hit your head pretty hard,"

"No not in that way, like the voices have calmed down quite a bit,"

"Really? That's odd,"

"I mean, it feels nice. But I'm wondering why."

"Keep track of how your mind feels for the next couple of days and keep me updated as well."

"Okay,"

Authors note

Wow i didn't think I'd be gone for so damn long. I'm sorry about that.. As much as I love writing, for a while it felt like I didn't mentally have time for it cuz I've been so stressed lately. I think I'm coming back now though. This story probs isn't gonna be much longer but I'm sure I'll keep making story's after. <3

Xoxo