Caged

Chapter 1

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After years of being a solitary person I imagined that talking to someone would be difficult, awkward.

But sitting here right now, in a thin hospital gown, the words just roll off my tongue. And Finn laps them up. We have been sitting in this hospital lounge for hours now. It started off as small talk, but in no time we were reminiscing our child hoods and spilling our deepest fears.

Silence has blanketed us momentarily. So I take the time to stare at him. His dark brown hair tumbles and sticks to his forehead, it is ruffled where he runs his fingers through to push it out of his eyes. He doesn't make eye contact with me, but I can see his blue eyes glistening from behind his long lashes. He licks his lips slowly and I can tell he is thinking of something.

It is the same frown he had earlier when he tried to think of a lie in 'two truths, one lie'. Because what is a better way to get to know someone. Eventually he slowly looks at the gold watch adorning his left wrist. 

"Is that the time?" Finn bolts up from his seat. A shaft of light blinds my eyes as Finn opens the curtain revealing the sunrise.

"Shit shit shit... We better go. I don't think you are allowed to just wander around at night here." Finn closes the distance between me and the window.

"I guess I'll see you around, it's been real cool talking to you." He says as he bows like a jester before a queen. He smiles before disappearing around the corner.

"Wait!" I quickly call out. He appears back in the door frame after walking backwards and waits for me to say something. The morning light is filtering through the fish tank that stands in the center of the room and sends dancing patterns all over his fair skin.

"I didn't catch your full name?" A smirk spreads across his face.

"Saywell, Finn Saywell." He smiles smugly before he makes his exit for the second time.

"Bond... James Bond..." I whisper beneath my breath. 

I peek my head out the door. I look to my left, where Finn vanished to and see no-one in sight before I turn right and make my way back to my own room. I slide into my bed just as a nurse comes into my room, pulling a machine on wheels behind her. I Quickly close my eyes and pretend I am asleep.

The sound of velcro is my queue to open my eyes slowly as if she has just woken me up.

"Oh... Sorry." She whispers. Genuine guilt plastered on her face. "I'm Clarissa, I'm your morning nurse and I'm just here to take your 'Obs' before breakfast, okay?" She smiles one of those tight lip smiles before going back to what she was doing. She takes my blood pressure and pulse while I just stare blankly at the informercials playing on the TV on the wall.

"Hmmm, your heart rates up. Are you feeling okay this morning? Anything new?" I feel like her grey eyes know that I snuck out and that is why my heart in racing.

"No, nothing new. I just really need to pee."

She looks at me sympathetically before explaining how I can just unplug the IV machine anytime I need to make a bathroom trip. I don't bother telling her I fully detached myself from the IV machine at one in the morning, I don't feel like that would go down well at all.

She helps me to the bathroom before leaving to tend to another patient.

***

Was Finn even real? I think to myself. Honestly, last night was all a bit of a blur. And a total stranger that doesn't make me want to tear my hair out is all kinds of new for me. Unless of course I created all of this in my head in a 1am delirium.