I finish my sandwich for lunch and look at the clock. It's 2:38.
"Ugg how do you sit in a room all day and not get board?"Jeremy asks tossing the apple I got with my lunch in the air.
"I don't know what am I supposed to do, Jeremy?"
"Well," Jeremy runs and jumps on top of my bed and looks out the window, "come here."
I crawl over to the window.
"Pick a color"
"Pink"
"No like a primary color"
"Um red"
"Ok you count all the red cars I'll count all the blue cars at" Jeremy looks at the clock. "at 3:00 we'll stop and who ever has the most cars wins."
"Ok, Jeremy."
"One" I say
"On-two" Jeremy says
"Two. three."
***
"Time!" Jeremy calls, "how many?"
"55"
"56"
"No you were at 42 Jeremy"
" Ok, you caught me. You win"
"Do a get a prize for winning, Jeremy.'' I ask.
"The satcifaction of winning"
"No, how about," I walk over to my desk and grab my drawing notebook "you finally let me draw you, Jeremy."
"How about no"
"Too late I already started" I say flipping the pages in my book to my newist work.
Jeremy walks over to me and studies the page. Its a picture of him in black and white, just his face. His hair is the perfict length. Its all perfict except I can't do his eyes. I've tried so many times on different sheets of paper but I can't get his eyes right.
"Am I blind?'' Jeremy asks teasing me.
'No, just hold still, Jermey" I grab my black marker and stare into his eyes. I move my marker with out loosing eye contact. I start the iris and work my way to the pupil. I grab my red marker and start to color in the line of the right eye. I look down and grab my black marker again to start the other eye.
I continue to draw again looking deeply in to Jermey's eyes.
"Don't blink, Jeremy" I say as he blinks again.
I finish and look down at my paper. Its perfict.
"That is the most handsom picture you've ever drawn"
I walk over to my wall behind my bed and use some of the tape on my desk to tape it to the wall. I don't know why but it stands out more than the rest of the pictures.
The door opens a crack and Bonnie peeks her head though.
"Maggie you have a visitor"
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Split Mind Spilt Heart
FantasyMaggie, a teen with Schizophrenia develops a crush on a guy volunteer, Calvin, who just want to get his volunteer hours for high school over with. Maggie has also been talking to her "guardian angel" Jeremy who would do any for her and not to lose h...
