(cancelled) Born To Be Somebody

The One That Got Away

Millie's POV:

"So are you really okay, Mill?" Jess asks me after we've been sitting in silence for a while. We are sitting in my bedroom. We can easily hear the loud music coming from downstairs.

I nod and say "I am just fine. It was a tough time but I'm gonna be okay."

I can see in Jess' eyes that she doesn't believe me and I can't blame her. I'm not sure I would believe me either if I were her.

I send her a smile and say "Don't worry. I will be okay eventually. All of it will go away this time. I'm sure of it."

She still doesn't believe me but she sends me a small smile and I know it's all I'm gonna get from her for now. She is scared out of her mind. I can see it in her eyes and in the way she behaves. She keeps looking at me as if she's checking if she's missing any signs that I'm unwell. I have the best friend in the world and I'm grateful. I know she will stand by my side until the end of the world.

"I know you're scared, honey. So am I. But I really do promise that I will tell you if I start to feel bad or if the voices return. And I will go see that psychiatrist the doctor told us about. I really promise and I hope you believe me. I know I'm not the most trustworthy person right now." Tears fill my eyes and threaten to spill but I hold them back.

Jess looks at me with pain written all over her face. Then she hugs me. Hard and for a long time.

"Millie, it's not your fault that you're sick and it's not that I don't trust you. It's just those voices. They scare me to death. I just want them to be gone and stay gone. You are the best friend in the world and I don't wanna lose you so I'm gonna worry about it no matter what you do or say. I just don't want anything to happen to you. I love you so much."

Both of us cry and we hug each other. We sit like that for quite a while but eventually we have to let go of each other. We both sniffle and dry our eyes. Then we agree that it's time to go back to the party and the thought alone is enough to listen the mood a bit.

Downstairs everything seems to be pure chaos. Everybody is dancing or drinking or both and there are messes all over the house. I can feel the tiredness weighting on my shoulders. Trying to press me down. I try to shake the feeling off but it's really heavy. I search for Peter in hope of being able to say goodnight and goodbye before I fall asleep. I search the living room, the kitchen and the garden but he's nowhere to be seen. I decide to go back to the living room and look again but I'm just so damn tired and my legs won't move anymore. The last thing I remember is the grass getting closer to my face. Then everything goes black.

I wake up at 11 AM. The sun is shining right into my face so I groan and turn my head the other way. There I see a naked torso and I wonder what's going on. I can't see who the guy is but it doesn't really matter because he's not supposed to be there. What did I do last night? I don't remember a single thing between the time where everything went black and now. How did I even get to bed? Did Jess somehow put me to bed?

Now that I think more about it, I'm sure yhay Jess took good care of me which means that the boy next to me is someone we trust. Oh, how I hope it's Peter. Please, let it be him.

I sit up to get a better look at him and I breathe a sigh of relief. It is indeed Peter who is the owner of the naked torso.