Insane

Chapter 10

(Dedicated to my friend Bailey - ijavlaharry for blackmailing me into writing this)

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I looked up at Oliver, taking in his features, trying to find features that did not scream Johnny.

Oliver's hair was a darker brown, and his eyelashes were a bit thicker. His smile was warm but shy, and his eyes crinkled the slightest bit. He wasn't exactly like Johnny, and I was relieved, but the differences were minute.

"I'm sorry for causing you any trouble." I whispered, picking at the yellow goo they called eggs with my dull fork. "I didn't mean to."

I heard Oliver let out a puff of air, almost like a laugh. "I've seen worse." He smiled over at me. "Besides, you are crazy."

I would have been offended, but his tone was light and joking, and so instead I laughed softly. "So are you a patient?" I asked him, staring down at my breakfast again.

"Oh, no," he laughed, "I volunteer here."

I nod, frowning. So he was normal, and I wasn't. "Cool."

I heard him take in a deep breath, hesitating before he spoke. "Earlier... You called me Johnny?" He asked, his voice quiet.

I glanced at him, confused, and he stared stiffly at his fingers that were drumming on the table.

I sighed, "Johnny is a boy, and he isn't real. I met him a couple years ago when something bad happened, and he helped me." I looked over at Oliver to see his reaction, but he didn't move, "But then I realised nobody else could see him. He's in my head. But he looks a lot like you, and I got scared. I told him to go away, and I'm not sure how long he'll listen." I ended my rant, waiting for a response from Oliver.

A few minutes passed, and just when I thought he wasn't going to respond, he spoke up. "What year did you meet him? Do you remember the day?" He blurted out hurriedly, voice a bit shaky.

"I uh," I felt my cheeks warm and I looked down to my feet. "I met him on the seventh of December, about three years ago. The first day it snowed that year."

"Oh my god." He whispered. He looked up at me, staring for a moment, and then he ran off. I stared at his back, bewildered as he ran through the cafeteria and dissapeared through the doors.