Not A Simple Melody - 5SOS

Prologue

The sirens grew louder. My vision grew blurry. My feet grew unstable. Someone tugged at my wrist but I stumbled backwards, trying to get away. Flashing lights came into view and I tripped over something on the ground. My thoughts, a rush of nothing in my head. My feet started running of their own accord. Away from the danger. Away from the peple I thought I loved.

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Beep... Beep... Beep... The heart monitor repeated beside me. I hadn't moved for days, I hadn't even slept. I awoke in this hospitol room a few days ago, after the incident. I had tried to push the thoughts out of my mind but they only came flooding back. My eyes were fixed to the blank, white wall opposite me. It wasn't remotley interesting, but it calmed me. It stopped my thoughts from wandering too far or my head from worrying what my life had become. They stayed fixated on the wall when someone walked in. I presumed it was the nurse who had been coming to check up on me every hour or so since I arrived, but I was surprised to see that it wasn't. Slowly, they wandered in and sat on the tacky, plastic chair beside my bed. I felt rough fingertips on mine and I flinched, pulling my hand away. A loud sigh came from beside me.

"You might not acknowledge I'm here and blank me completely, but please just listen to what I have to say. It's been one week, one whole week, since the, umm, incident." they said with uncertainty, " and we love you to bits, we always have and always will. We know you aren't like them. They chose the wrong path. They messed up. I know for a fact you're worrying right now, you always used to," a giggle came from beside me, "you're worrying that you will turn out like them, that you will follow in their footsteps and that there is nothing worth living for now. I know you too well, Melody. Please stop worrying, just for me. I care about you dearly. Worrying doesn't help. It makes it worse than it really is. So please stop worrying, for me, please." The woman beside me started crying, I moved my hand onto hers whilst my eyes were still looking at the wall. Tears slipped down her face and landed on my hand, I squeezed her hand in reassurance.