Before and After

Chapter 5 "Welcome Home?"

'GASP!' " Jamiee? Jamiee!" I yelled into the darkness of my room. It was a dream...a realistic dream.

I sat straight up in my bed trying to figure out what just happened. I couldn't wrap my head around the idea that everything I just experienced was a dream. Am I really losing my mind?

I laid back down trying to slow my heart rate and think rational. If there was anyway of me finding Jamiee I had to get the hell out of here-even if that means I'd have to agree to being crazy.

THE NEXT DAY

"I'm sorry for the other day Dr. Perez...I didn't mean to go off on you like that. I was just having a bad day that's all." "I understand Ciara. Everyone has an off day. But with that being said....your parents and I believe that you being in here isn't helping very much and in fact might be making you worse." "So that means.....?" "You're going home Ciara." YES!

The minute the words 'You're going home Ciara' ran out of Dr. Perez's mouth I jumped up from the table and ran to my room to pack. I wasn't about to waist anymore time here than I needed to. The sooner I got home, the sooner I'd be able to find Jamiee.

"Ciara! Sweetheart we missed you. We're so happy you're home babygirl." my mother said swaddling me inside her arms. Even though I was still mad at her and my dad for putting me in that hell whole I have to admit that I did miss her hugs."I missed you too mom." I said back giving her a weak smile.

As soon as my mom let me go,I ran upstairs to my room. I was eager to see if they had made any changes to it -to my surprise, they didn't. Ok Ciara, you're back home now....time to get to work. I thought to myself.

"Cece?" I heard a voice behind me whisper. Aiden. "Hey lil bro. I'm back." I said turning around to face him. It had been so long since I seen Aiden that I almost forgot how he looked. Just like me, he was, and maybe still is, devastated by what happened to Jamiee. The only difference between me and him is that he chose to stay quiet about it while I open my big mouth and argue with everyone that says Jamiee's dead.

Braking me out of my thoughts, Aiden walked into my room and gave me a hug then said something that almost struck me dead. "I seen Jaimee...she needs our help."