I Tried

Chapter 1

Jesse

Just as I realized where I was, I heard the curtain at the side of my room being opened. A boy about my age tied it to the wall and said to himself, "Ugh! they know that I like this thing open". He then faced me and before I reacted and pretended to be asleep, he caught me looking at him and said, "Oh hey new roomie! My name is Nick and I live in the room adjacent to yours". I stared at him as blankly as I could manage. "Hm.. I'll be right back. Dr. Peterson might want to know that you're awake". 

Nick left for a couple minutes and returned with Dr. Peterson, who then unstrapped me from my bed and left me to get to know my new roommate. "So what's your name?", he asked, "Jesse", I replied. "What's your story?", he asked, "Huh?", I replied. He giggled and said, "Why are you here dummy?". I smiled a tiny bit and started telling my story. 

As I finished, I was already stifling tears. When I was done, I was just full out crying. "Oh don't cry Jesse.. It's ok... It's all over.. we can get through this together...", Nick said as he gave me a reassuring smile before he told me his story. When he was done, he hugged me goodnight. "Again, it's nice to meet you Jesse.." he said before he closed the curtain between our rooms. 

And all that got me thinking. When I was telling him how I got here, Nick nodded and said everything he needed to in the perfect moments. And he makes me smile. Even after... what just happened. I'm looking forward to living these next three months with him. 

Away from the world.

Nick

Oh. My. God.
Who knew girls were so emotional?! She was telling her story on how she got here and all of a sudden, she just burst into tears. 

Living with a girl is going to be harder than I expected, but at least she's pretty. And she laughs at my jokes. I never had any good experiences with girls throughout my only ten years of an actual halfway decent life. All the cute ones were either taken or chasing after all the popular guys. But then the... oh.. oh god. 

Not another panic attack. Ugh, why do I always have to trigger myself? I sat up in bed and started hyperventilating and crying. Horrible pictures of my parents hanging themselves in the mass suicide flashed in my head. They were flashing over and over and over and over again. 

My head was starting to pulse. Before I knew it, I was screaming. Before I passed out, I saw Jesse tearing open the curtain and running towards me. I woke up. I was still in my bed but this time, it was my turn to be tied down by the leather straps. 

I was so tired. My head was throbbing, but the awful pictures were finally gone. And my bedside clock read 7:51 am... this is gonna be a long day.

Jesse

I woke up to screaming. I covered my mouth until I stupidly realized that it wasn't me. Oh my god.. that was Nick screaming. I tore open the curtain and dropped to my knees at his bedside. I tried the best I could to calm him down and dry his tears. 

Right then, Dr. Peterson came running in and shoved me aside. He then unlocked Nick's bed wheels and rolled him out off the room. I stayed in the exact same spot until he came back. He put Nick in his rightful place and tied him down with the leather straps. I finally went back to bed at 6:30 am. 

When I woke up at 7 o'clock, I checked on Nick and wandered into the cafe to eat breakfast. I know I just met him... but Nick looks cute when he's sleeping.

Nick

I was really hungry but I couldn't get out of the leather straps. All I could think about at that moment was food. Just then, Jesse came in with two plates of eggs and bacon and saw that I was awake. She wearily said, "Good morning sunshine... I brought you food", she said that as a weak smile spread across her face. What a beautiful face. 

The cuts that she made don't even make her the slightest bit ugly. They make her look stronger. Strong is perfect. Strong is beautiful. Strong is--"EXCUSE ME... mister", she said while giggling.

"Are you paying attention? I was asking you a question". I grinned and said, "Oh Madame Jesse, what was your question?". She laughed her beautiful laugh and asked, "Do you want to eat your food immediately?". I replied, "Why yes Madame Jesse. Yes I do want to eat my food immediately. That would be nice. Like now. Now. Shove. That. Foo--", she scooped up a sporkful of food and, as I had requested, she shoved the food into my mouth. Gosh. 

She is amazingly beautiful.