Cannabis

Chapter 4

Sun shone brightly upon Well Being Rehabilitation Center. The wind had blown the clouds away, which obscured the sky above the rehab for days. All of a sudden, it felt as if a positive vibe has taken over the sombre building.

Zac, with a jovial attitude, headed towards Dr. Windscuttle's room. He entered to see his senior, fussing over the poorly arranged documents on the cupboard. "My goodness! Harold will never learn to maintain my things properly. Oh, Abner. Did you need anything?"

"No", said Zac with a smile, "Actually I wanted to tell you something incredible."

"Eh?", the old psychiatrist blinked a couple of times.

"Yes, doc. Erose Miller is exceptionally quiet these days. Even he isn't opposing the staff. He's seemingly healthier."

"Impossible! How can a zealot like him be quiet? I think he's definitely up to something underhand. You're mistaken."

"I'm not mistaken, sir. He's been really acquiescent after that incident...."

"What incident?"

Zac narrated the entire incident that took place 3 days ago in the 3rd floor, in the absence of Dr. Windscuttle.

"Hm...that girl did quite a job. But still, she was really fortuitous that something ominous didn't happen to her. Yet, it's a relief to hear that the scourge of this place has finally paced down." Saying this, he uttered a prayer. Zac laughed inwardly at this.

He felt grateful to the girl who had so skillfully improved the conditions, both for Erose and the rehab. He exited from the facility, to get a breath of fresh air. Going outside and looking at the building, he saw a face peeking out of a window belonging to the 3rd floor. He beamed. It was Erose.

The boy stared out of the window with glazed eyes, as if watching the clouds take different shapes with the gusts of wind. But the scenario within his mind was completely different.

His mind constantly replayed the incident that took place 3 days ago.

He closed his eyes. His mind displayed a picture of his first friend in 21 years of his lifetime, the girl who reached out to him, smiled at him, talked to him nicely for the first time in his purposeless life.

He felt warm, not that he had this feeling before. This feeling was entirely foreign to him. This fuzzy feeling made him happy after who knows how many years. He let himself drown in that feeling.

"What was her name? Uh....Amber? No. Arabella? No. Adeliah? Nah. What was her name now?!" He thought with much difficulty.

"Shit. I forgot her name. Okay, for the time being, let her name be 'Azure'", he decided at last. There was a hint of smile on his face.

Some of the helpers passing by gossiped among themselves.

"Hey, look! Mr. Lunatic is smiling."

"Is he in love or what?"

"That's hilarious! Like, who would love that demon?!"

The malicious helpers roared with laughter at their own, worthless jokes. Their comments were clearly audible to Erose, but he ignored them.

He was too much preoccupied with something else, something much more important to him.

He was basking in the feeling of love.

To be continued.....