Save Me

32| Brandon

3 months later..

"Geez, try not to look so terrified."

I turned around when hearing the voice I had become all too familiar with during my time here. Here, being the Villa Treatment Center.

"I'm not, just very unsure."

In my time here I had gotten comfortable. I didn't know if I was ready to go back home and be on my own again. For some reason, despite the fact that I haven't been having urges there's a part of me that doesn't trust myself either. It's easy for me to just chill on the pills if all is well, but what happens if shit starts to go wrong. Am I going to relapse?

"Stop being so damn pessimistic. You're going to be fine. I'd gladly switch lives with you right now," Makayla said, playfully nudging me.

I forced a small smile and nodded. "You always being positive, Kay. Too irky," I joked with her.

"Mhm, whatever. Don't act like you're not going to miss me and my positivity. Ol' grumpy self," she flashed her cheeky smile at me as we stood side by side.

"Ha, hardly."

She smacked her teeth and rolled her eyes at me. "Lies, but I'll let you live."

Makayla was right. During my time here, we had become inseparable. It started with me not having any interest in talking during group therapy because I wasn't down for having folks in my business. She was the complete opposite and was as transparent as they come. It came to a surprise to us all at the center because it's not everyday that a child star like Makayla Gray leaves it all on the table. She was the like edgier version Raven-Symoné, but she actually claims being black.

"You right," I said before unintentionally licking my lips while checking her out. She caught me looking as she always did. It's not like that between us, but I couldn't deny how her fine mocha skin, then hazelnut eyes that spilled nothing but honesty, and an alluring grin would consistently have me thinking twice. Ultimately, I think that my attraction stemmed from not having my other vices.

"Mhm, so what are your plans in—" she glanced down at her watch to check the time, "15 minutes or so..."

I shrugged because I had no idea. Being disconnected from the world and just relaxing made me wish I could stay here a little longer.

"No clue. Find a job, I guess. Something to pass time until I figure the rest out."

She nodded in reply. "You know I get out in a few weeks and I'm going to need a whole new team. Soooo, if you're still up for playing superhero and being my Kaz—"

Kay stopped talking in the middle of her sentence when she saw me smirking with my brows furrowed. "What now, goofy? Don't tell me you pissed on yourself again."

"Shut up. I tell your ass one story and you just keep running with it," I started, in the midst of shaking my head.

"Anyway I caught that Kaz reference. You must be ain't think I was gone catch that," I told her and she seemed a bit embarrassed.

"Didn't take you for a guy that would even watch Beyond the Lights..."

"It's a lot you don't know about me," I smirked.

Kay's forehead knotted up as if she were thinking hard. "Mhm, no I'm tripping. Stop flirting with me, you got a girl to get back to."

"How you figure?"

Kay shrugged me off. "For one, you're too good of a man to not have a girl somewhere waiting for you and on top of that, your mom told me during one of her visits."