her paranormal partner

.15

    I sit in the rec. room while staring at all the other patients.
I notice that Arthur and Claire was still here.
"We cant even get out who he saw. Why did he come back?" Claire asks. 

"He has someone here he's protecting. Someone he cares enough for to hide them" Arthur answers.
They were by me and didn't even look at me.
"We could watch him. Study him. We could find out who he spends time with" Claire suggests.

I watch as Arthur kisses her and walks away.
She looks over at me and smiles.
She walks over to me.
"Why are you here?" She asks.
"I'm insane." I reply.
"But why?" She asks. 
"Because someone stuck me in a coffin when i wasn't dead and suffocated me!" I hiss at her.

"Who would do that to such a sweet girl?" She asks.
"Will you do something if i ask you to do it?" I ask her.
She slowly nods. 
"Tell Arthur Kim is here. And she wants Jack. If he hides Jack from her he will regret it" i say.

"How do you know about Jack..?" She asks.
"I introduced Arthur to Jack in the first place" i respond.
"You know Arthur?" She asks.
"Obvously not" i answer.
"Whats your name?" She asks.

"Anna" i reply.
"Doesn't ring a bell" she says.
She walks away from me when she see's Arthur.
"Do you know a Anna?" She asks Arthur.
"No. Never heard of her" he says.

My heart breaks when he says those words.
"What did you find out about Derrick?" Claire asks.
"I asked around and there's one girl he seem's to like to keep close to him" Arthur says with a shrug.

"Oh. This one girl says to tell you that Jack's girlfriend is here" Claire tells him.
He looks surprised by this.
I get up and i walk away.
~~
i stand outside as i watch some patients use the chess board.
after one of them wins they get up and leave.
"want to play?" Derrick asks behind me.
i nod slowly and we sit down on the patio chairs and we set the board up.
"no cheating baby doll" he tells me.
"how would i cheat?" i ask.

he smirks at me.

i look at the chess board and a pawn moves forward two.
he smirks again and he moves a pawn with his hand.
"unlike you i cant move things with my mind," he says to me.
"and how do you escape things?" i ask.
he lifts his hand up and on his palm was fire dancing around his fingers.
"so the doctor's tests do work" i respond as i see the fire.
"you can leave any time you want, why wait?" he asks.

"i have no where to be, my parents will just send me back here, why don't you leave?" i ask him back.
"cause i killed someone, and i'm waiting for you to come with me" he says while shrugging.
"check" i reply.

he looks down at the piece and moves it and i move my queen.
"check mate" i add.

"no wonder no one plays chess with you, you win every time" he says while smirking.
"and you lose every time we play" i reply.
he smirks at me.
"you say we play?" he asks.

"we play chess" i answer.
he leans back in the patio chair and gives me a look that says really?

my foot touches his leg and he closes his eyes and groans.
"i win" i tell him.
"yea yea," he replies.
"Anna Gleeson come with us" A security guard says.
"why?" i ask.
"the doc would like to see you" they say.

I look over at Derrick and he shakes his head telling me to stay.
i slowly stand up and one of the security guards grab my wrist and pulls me away.
i look back at Derrick and he's scowling.
the security guards bring me to Michael's office and they sit me down in the leather chair.
"you family has come to visit you" Michael tells me.
the doors open and i see my mother and father walk in.
"Darling" my father says happily.

they hug me.
"the doctor says that if you just follow the rules and stop talking fantasies then you will be able to come home" my mother says.
i nod slowly at them.
"we will be so happy to see you back home" my father says as he smiles.
"well its time for Anna to go to bed" Michael says.
the security guards grab me and they pull me back to my room.
~~
the nurse walks me to the dining hall and i grab a tray and i fill it with food.
i sit down in my corner and i eat my food.
someone plops down next to me.
i look over and at Derrick.

"so what did doc want from you?" he asks.
"my family visited me, told me if i obeyed i get to come home with them" i respond.
"and you will behave?" he asks.

"home wasn't exactly nice when i was growing up, that's why i moved away, to get away from them" i answer.
"but you would be out of here, we don't all have mental disorders, you just had bad stuff happen to you" he responds.
"i wouldn't be the same, i would feel empty, i would miss our talks" i tell him.
he stares at me in shock as if i tried to kiss him.
"yea, because hanging around me is so nice when in the other room you get poked and prodded with wires so you cant move things with your mind or set fire to stuff-" i stop his anger talk by putting my index finger to his lips.

"some things happen to the wrong people" i tell him.

"this, this is your gift" i add as i hold his hands up to mine palms up and fire dances around his finger tips.
"hi, Anna can i speak to you?" someone asks behind me.
i turn around and Claire smiles at me.
i stand up and i walk away from Derrick.

she pulls me out of ear shot of him.
"who is he to you?" she asks.
"he's a friend" i respond.
"i don't think so, i've been watching you with him and he seems to like you more then the others" she says this like i'm a idiot.
"he's my friend" i repeat.
"honey, i don't think so" she says while patting my shoulder.
"i am not your honey" i say angrily.
all the trays that the patients were using got thrown at her.

she screams and ducks just as they all almost hit her.
i stare in shock at the mess.

"Anna lets go" Derrick says quickly.
he pulls me out of the dining room and four security guards and Michael stop us.
"grab her" Michael orders.
the security guards rush at me and Derrick pushes me behind him to protect me.

they hit him and he yells in anger.
he throws his hands out and fire shoots out and nearly burns them.
two of the security guards grab me while the other two attack him.
one holds him down while the other hit him repeatively.
"NOOO LEAVE HIM ALONE" i scream as they drag me away.