Hidden In Plain Sight

Wander The Halls

"The pain I feel is only in my head. But not to others " 

After Dinner I went back to my dorm. Down a hall I found a glass door that lead to a balcony. I took a deep breath of fresh air and watched the sunset. I took some time to think of what I have done, the mistakes I made and how to solve the problem I was stuck in. I closed my eyes, what I saw was me walking the halls, think it looked like the back halls. I felt pain like i was stabbed it was close to my heart. I dropped to my knees and leaned against the wall. I saw James running down the hall, along with me running toward another body It looked like Ryan.

I closed my eyes and I woke up I was laying on the cement ground of the balcony my vision was blurry " Nat, Natalie! Wake up. Are you okay?" James said. I sat up "It's Ryan he's in the back hallways bleeding." I said " Nat your crazy Ryan is in his room I was just there on minute ago." James said. He helped me up and walked me over to the couch. " Nat, are you sure your okay? You have never had that happen before." James said.

" I'm fine, I just need some rest." I said, I stood up and fell to my knees. " you can sleep here you cannot walk. That vision you had wasted your energy." James said. " now you get some rest. I am going to go to bed as well." he added. I laid back on the couch, I stared at the mirror that I was looking at this morning my face stared right back at me. I kept looking at myself until I fell asleep. " we need to get him to Helena, fast!" I said James picked up the body and we started running. I saw a boy " Stewart!" I called " we need your help, where's the nurses office?" " I uh, I really don't know." he said " god he's going to die, why can't I do anything right." that pain was back It was awful I fell to the ground my vision was blurry then all I saw was black.

I sat up and saw that I was in the living room of the dorm. " Nat, are you okay?" James said rubbing his eyes " it's like 3 in the morning." James yawned. " I was back in the hallway again you had a body in your hands and stewart was there.and" Jame's stopped me " Nat. your spiraling again. Do you need something to eat?" James asked, tears streamed down my face. I couldn't breath I couldn't talk, I sat there crying. James looked alarmed he ran into my room and grabbed a bag of cut apples. I took a bite out of one, James checked my blood sugar levels, " Natalie you're really low, you need to eat."James sat down next to me and turned on the tv.

We watched tv until six, then I got up and went to shower and get dressed. I took one last look in my bad to see if I had everything I needed. " J, are you ready to go I asked. Yeah I am waiting for you." I poked my head out to see James in full uniform waiting to go. " well sorry for keeping you waiting we can go know." I said we left the dorm. And as I left the dorm I felt relieved to get out of that place and with other people.

The speakers blared [good morning students please get to your classes you have five minutes until the late bell thank you] " well James what class do you have?" I asked looking at my sheet. " I have math class B." James said.

" so do I let's go." I said and we headed off to class B, " good morning students, and welcome to class B. please pull out your notebooks and answer these questions." the teacher wrote three questions on the board and then sat down at his desk.

" god does this teacher even know that some of us have no clue how to do this?" I whispered to James " I don't think so, but I know this so if you need help just ask me." he said and went back to staring at the board. After the next few classes it was time for lunch. But due to the laziness of the teachers, we got the rest of the day off. I know that I shouldn't skip lunch but I did, I ran right by the cafeteria and into my dorm. I rushed into my room and dropped my bag on my bed. " Hey Nat, shouldn't you be eating lunch?" James said " Not hungry." I shrugged and unpacked my bag. James pulled out his phone and I felt a pinch on my arm. He was checking my blood pressure. " yeah, you shouldn't eat your blood sugar is higher than normal. Are you okay?" he asked, " yeah I am fine just feeling a little rushed today." I said

I spent the rest of the day studying math and other classes. But at 11 I had the urge that I needed to go for a walk, so I did, but before I could leave the dorm James showed up " where are you going?" he said " I am going for a walk, is that a problem ?" I said opening the door. " I have A bad feeling about this." James said closing the door behind him. We walked to the back hallways of the school, James pulled out his pocket knife and had it in his hand. We kept walking then I felt a pain in my chest, Like I have been stabbed. I dropped to my knees I felt like I was bleeding, I felt like dying.

" Nat!" I felt a pinch on my arm " your blood pressure is fine, whats up?" I felt like I had been stabbed. I looked around to see a body. I tried to see who it was my hand landed on the floor with a splash. It was blood I looked up and saw that it was Ryan, He was stabbed " James! It's Ryan he has been stabbed!" I said. James ran over and ripped his sleeve off to cover the cut, we ran over to find the closest personI saw a boy, wearing a name tag " Stewart!" I called " do you know where the nurses office is?" I said " uhh no." Stewart said. " god damn Ryan is going to die and this is all my fault I knew this was coming." I said. But luckily a teacher came by " James what are you doing, oh my who is that?" she said " his name is Ryan and he got stabbed. He needs help like NOW!" James said.

Finally they got Ryan to the hospital wing. And they were sent back to their room. But on there way back I saw the info board, " hey look theres a school winter dance. And it's in two weeks." I said pointing at the poster. James walked right by me and didn't even glace. I walked into the dorm and James was sitting on the couch watching a movie. " James did you hear what I said? I told you that there was a winter dance." I said " yeah I heard you, but really I don't take much interest into silly things like that." James said.

I watched about half an hour of the movie until I needed to sleep. I said goodnight, changed into my pj's and laid in bed. As I stared at the wall until my eyes slowly shut. But the feeling of pain was still killing me.