Fall (One Direction) [Sequel To Run]

Chapter Twenty-Four

Callin

“Have you remembered anything else since our last appointment?” Matt asks.

“No, sorry” I reply.

“No need to be sorry” he says. “Tell me about the last memory you had.”

I already told him.

But I tell him again.

-

“I haven't remembered anything new in days” I tell Annalise. She looks sympathetic, but she's probably tired of listening to my complaining.

“That must be frustrating” she says.

“Hows your therapy going?” I ask her, trying my best to change the subject.

She shrugs.

“I'm trying to do better” she says, her eyes meeting mine. “They're not so bad, I guess. I just want to get back to living.”

“Maybe we'll get out together” I say.

“We will” she replies. “I know we will. You're kind of my only friend, Callin, I don't want to lose you.”

-

Jack seems to have the same schedule as me.

He sits with us at meals and often at free time, too.

I really like him.

But even though he's handsome, I can't see myself dating him.

It doesn't feel right.

“Gryffindor” he says now, pulling me out of my thoughts. “Have you read this one yet?” He brandishes a book in my direction.

It's Looking For Alaska, by John Green.

“Yep” I say, grinning.

He swears, placing the book in the growing pile next to his chair.

I told him I had read all of the books here, and he's determined to prove me wrong. He won't, but he's determined anyway.

Annalise finds the two of us hilarious.

“Okay, this one.”

Jack holds up Divergent.

“Yep” I reply.

He groans.

Annalise laughs.

“How do you even read this much?” Jack says.

“I get bored easily” I tell him.

“So you're saying you've read all of these books since you've gotten here?” Annalise says. “It's only been like two weeks.”

“I read fast” I reply. “And there are only nineteen books in the teen section and seven of them are Harry Potter.”

“Well I have eight more chances” Jack says.

“You aren't gonna win” Annalise tells him.

I look at her, and she grins suggestively at me.

I roll my eyes.

I turn to Jack.

He's holding the next book.

The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe.

-

A boy walks into the room.

A boy called Louis Tomlinson.