tangled in the great escape. (pierce the veil)

chapter 23

schizophrenia? I have schizophrenia? no, no I couldn't, there had to be some kind of mistake, maybe the doctor was wrong?

"w-what?" dad spoke for me

"its actually quite common in her case with the condition she's in, but if we get her on some medication it shouldn't be a problem anymore"

"more medication? she's on enough-"

"we put her on all of this medication for a reason, to help her. and I'm a professional, I think I know what I'm doing" he said while walking out of the room.

"that's what they said about Alex" he said thinking I couldn't hear him but I did

"I wanna go home" I said

"its ok darling, we'll get you out of here and back home-"

"no, no not like that. home is where mom is. I wanna be with her"

"iris I'm so sorry, I wanna be with her too, if I could bring her back I would"

"but you can't"

"I'm sorry. I'm sorry I can't bring her back to us" he said while pulling me onto his lap and rocking back and forth. before mom died when I was younger and I was sad dad would do this and it would make everything ok. but there's nothing he could ever do to make me happy again

2 days later

the hospital was letting me out today, finally. dad and I finally pulled into the driveway after what seemed like forever of awkward silence. I walked into the kitchen and I saw a flashback from when I was younger

flashback

"ahh mommy stop!" I yelled while mommy flung brownie mix at me

"but it's so much fun though!" she yelled back when I felt someone wrap me in there arms from behind me

"and you look so yummy I could just eat you right up" daddy said while licking my face and putting me back on the ground

"mommy he licked my face and now I have cooties!" I yelled while running to mommy. "get him!" we both yelled and threw brownie mix at daddy while he sprayed us with the hose from the sink (Idk what it's called)

end

"iris what's wrong" dad said stepping in front of me

"I-it was m-mom" I said pointing to the ceiling where you could still see the stain we left

he sighed "iris, moms not there, it was just a hallucination-"

"NO IT WASN'T! SHE WAS RIGHT THERE I'M TELLING YOU THE TRUTH! IT WASN'T A HALLUCINATION!" I yelled and started to run past him but he pulled me into his arms. I started hitting him in attempt to free myself but he fell on the floor and I fell in his lap.

"she was right there" I sobbed into his shoulder "thats how the stains got there" I said pointing to the ceiling

"no iris it wasn't. those stains were there from when we moved in" I shook my head. how could he not believe me? how could he not remember? he was there with us. but now he just blames it on some stupid disease.

"let go of me" I said while hitting his chest again trying to get out of his grip

"I'm telling you the truth-"

"no your not you lying to me!" I yelled and continued to hit him

"iris stop!"

"no get away from me!" I yelled and fell on the floor. (ok so Idk if u can actually do this in real life outside of hospitals but let's pretend, ok? ok.)

dad pinned me down and took something out of a medicine bag from the hospital.

a needle?

he put some kind of liquid in it then he looked at me and said, "iris, I love you" then the needle entered my neck and everything went black.

vic pov

we walked into the kitchen and iris froze. she was staring at something, was it a hallucination?

"iris? iris?" nothing. "iris!" I said a little louder "what's wrong?"

"I-it was m-mom" she said pointing to the kitchen. I sighed, she was so confused, it was like she didn't know real from fake anymore. it broke my heart.

"iris, moms not there. it was just a hallucination-"

"NO IT WASN'T! SHE WAS RIGHT THERE! I'M TELLING YOU THE TRUTH! IT WASN'T A HALLUCINATION!" she yelled catching me off guard. it scared me a little. she tried running past me but I grabbed her by the waist and we fell on the floor.

"she was right there, thats how the stain got on the ceiling" stain?

"no iris those stains were there from when we moved in" were they? I couldn't remember. she shook her head.

"let go of me" she said and started hitting my chest

"I'm telling you the truth-"

"no your not your lying to me!" her hits turned into violent punches flying everywhere and they started to hurt.

"iris stop"

"no get away from me!" she yelled. I remembered when we were at the hospital when she would freak out they would give her something to knock her out for a while. it happened a lot and they didn't know how to get her to calm down so they gave me some. she didn't look like she would calm down anytime soon. should I do it? I grabbed the bag and but the liquid in the needle thing. I turned back to iris. she looked terrified.

"iris, I love you" then I put the needle in her neck and she blacked out.

I dropped the needle and started to cry.

"iris, iris I'm so sorry! please, please wake up! please!" I yelled and started shaking her. why did I do this? now she'll defiantly hate me.

I felt like such a monster.

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ooohh, dun dun dun. so what do we think? is it good or naw?

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