Chapter 1

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Mayra's P.O.V.

-Alex! Alexander! Give me the phone! I can not run any longer! - I tell him, but does he listen to me? Of course not. Why would he listen? -

-Catch me, Mayra! - He says running along the hospital hall. The green walls remind me of nature and freedom; this is what Alexander needs. I wonder when will all this end? When are we going to be as we were before?-

-Alex! Ahh! I'm hurt ! Wait, please! - I say and pretend injured, after I sit down .-

-Maybe I have problems, but I know you can not hurt yourself ! The corridor is empty.- says running toward the stairs. My heart beats are increasing when I see how quickly he is running; I do not want him to get hurt.-

-Alex! That's enough! I can not do this anymore ! I'm serious now. Enough. - I tell him as I get up, tired from running.-

Whatever it is, he must not look in my phone.

Oh. It would be the time to introduce myself. I'm Mayra, I have 26 years old and I am a nurse at a hospital with people that have problems. I've start working here 4 years ago, but I'm still the youngest nurse in the entire hospital. I do not consider people as being ''crazy / insane''' No. They have a story. I know their stories. I am very close to them all. It's like my family. I left alone in this world at the age of 19, when my parents died in a car accident. I really miss them. I don't have a sister or a brother. But I've got Alexander  and he has an important place in my life. Alexander...

Speaking about Alex, where is he?

-Alex? - I'm asking and by looking around my eyes stop to see the man who stood at the window.

I approach him. My phone was on the window sill, next to a flower in pastel colors. He is looking closely to something outside. I put my hand on his shoulder, but he doesn't say anything or react at all. I take a look outside the window and see two old people walking along the alley, holding hands.

-Alexander? Are you alright? Did something happen? - I say as I saw his pale face.-

-Am I going to walk like that when I will be old? Will I hold someone's hand and laugh like that?- He asks me, still gazing out the window even if the elders no longer could be seen.-

-Of course. Everyone will experience this. You will walk with your partner when you will find her. -  I say and give him a warm smile, though those words hurt me. How should I tell you, Alex? -

-And you? - He asks as he looks mildly at me.-

-And I...what? - I ask quietly.-

-Will you walk with your half? - As he's asking me, I fell tears in my eyes.-

-I.... I do not know. I don't have a half anymore. -I tell him, looking down, and he puts his hand on my shoulder.-

-You don't have it anymore... Does it mean you had a lover? Where is he now? - He asks me curiously, and I feel like I'm dying inside. If he would know...-

-I had. It's close to me, but still far away. I lost him, but I still have him. It's a little bit complicated. However, let's take your medication.It's 17:30. - I tell him, taking my phone and then walking to his room; He follows me quietly, as if he's meditating. I wonder what he is thinking about.  What thoughts invade his mind in which I was not long ago? -

He sits on his bed, I settle myself next to him. I gave him the pills, and he takes them in hand without saying something. Typically, he was used to say that he doesn't want them and he does not have to take them, but now he is silent.

-Alex? You are going to take the pills, right? It's time for me to go home. Do you need anything else? - I tell him, but he does not react. What has troubled him this way? Something is not right. -

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