Split

Who is he

Jacks leg bounces up and down in the waiting room of the counselors office. He hears the creaking of the opening door and immediately jolts his head upwards to see the doctor waiting for him.
"Doctor Malek! I'm excited to start working with you" jack says excitedly, grabbing the doctor by the hand. Doctor Malek quickly adjust his glasses while scanning Jack's identification page.
"Come with me" smiles the doctor with a thick British accent. Jack is lead into a big room with a chair and a couch. Doctor Malek chooses the chair so Jack makes his way to the couch. He sits down uneasily, not yet used to the new environment. He laughs nervously.
"So I guess you know why I'm here" he says gesturing at his identification page. Doctor Malek again adjusts his glasses.
"You say you have two personalities?" Ask the doctor. Jack nods his head vigorously. "I guess we should get started right away, can I meet him?" instantly jack goes rigid.
"Meet...him..?" He asks nervously. Malek nods. "N-not today, no.." he stammers.
"Well then, who is he?"
"W-what?" Asks jack, caught off guard by the invasive question.
"Your other you, what's he like"
"He calls himself anti.." murmurs jack "he's the bad side of me, I-I think. He's rude and dangerous and doesn't mind hurting me to get what he wants. Like taking control. He's absolutely insane" he says, growing louder with each word the comes out of his mouth.
"Calm down jack" the doctor says calmly. "Clearly Anti must be some sort of way to cope with negative thoughts. Thoughts like self harm even."
"What do you know," spits jack "we're barely fifteen minutes in to our first session"
"This is very common, jack... don't be scared of reality"  at those words, jack calms down.