The Endless Days of Jared Markarth

Chapter 3: A Makeshift Start

I woke up cold and alone with no blankets to cover me, they were all wrapped around the knubs of my legs. Jess was gone and I was a little offset by this, I was suprised she wasn't still asleep. A note on my night stand telling me that she will be back before I leave. I stood up and saw boxes and bags scattered on the floor, one was open enough for me to see a white button up shirt with a black silk neck tie. I put two and two togther and figured that those contaiers held some of my clothes and uniforms for Augstan. Seeing these boxes made me think about all the things I was going to miss here at the hospital. I'm going to miss Jessie a whole lot and as much as I hate admitting it, I know that I'm going to miss Dr.Glather a whole lot too.

I slowly sat up on the side of my bed with gathered thoughts about what was going on, it was strange to me that I was able to wrap my head around this so easily. Normally I'd be freaking out, but under these circumstances I would say I'm staying rather calm. Usually when change comes around to me I reject it and put it down immediately, but not this time; this time I'm basically accepting it with open arms and embracing it. Its still a strange and foreign concept to me, and I know that this will be hard but I'm ready to charge in head first to this whole thing.

in the middle of my contemplating The doctor walked in with his normal cheeky smile. He look at me and looked to the boxes then back to me, he went back and forth a couple times raising his eyebrows a few times basically saying, "Huh, huh, so what to you think?" He was a total dweeb sometimes, but hes like family so I guess I've learned to love him.

"So, are you ready for the big day?" he said to me still grinning.

"I guess so. Well more so now than a couple days ago." I said with an unsure tone to my voice, "I guess I'm not really scared or anything," I said as I started to put on my scoop legs.

"Well, I'm glad that you think this is all going to work out for you, and I really hope that it does" He said laughing to himself. It seemed like he was a little teary eyed, he quickly realized I was about to truly notice what he was doing so he popped up strait and helped me stand up off the bed. "I hope you're happy there, you desreve it man."

We stood there for a brief coupl of seconds until he put up his arms said, "Fuck it," and gave me a hug. It felt good to be able to hug him back and it was real. Not to get all ''feely" or anything like that, but Glather had basically became my bestfriend while I had my visit at the hospital, it was a little depressing knowing I wouldn't see him for a long time.

We finished our quick moment and rolled it off real smoothly. We wondered down stairs to the lobby, I zoned out for a brief moment taking in all the bleakness that this hospital had. Looking at the matte paste coloured walls was a bit more boring the more you would think. I stood there stupidfied by the fact I was leaving this new founded home; it may not be the greatest, but it was worth the stay.

Finally shaking out of my state of mind I came to and saw Jessie standing by the door, wide eyed and faking a smile. It was a depressing sight but I know she was only doing it because she didn't want me to see her upset. I walked up to her and gave her a bug hug and a quick kiss on the cheek. I gave her a nod letting her know that this good bye had to be short or else it would end badly for the both of us. As I started to walk away from her I saw the tear in the side of her eye that she tried so hard to conceal. Seeing her in pain hurt me, I thought it to be best to keep walking, but everything in my body forced me to turn around and give her one last hug before I left.Tears streamed from her face as I told her how everything will be fine. As we broke apart she gave me a quick jab to the arm, a love tap as she called it. With that last gesture I left her and got into the front seat of Dr.Glathers sleek car.

On the ride there Dr.Glather tried to talk to me, but I couldn't help but to rest my head against the against the window and sit there thinking. I was constantly wondering if my old high school will be anything like Augstan. My old school was as bland as schools got, it was a public school but was far from diverse. Every one skulked around and it felt more like a mourge than anything. I can only hope that this new place will be much much better.