Drowning

Chapter 20: A Surprise

Song//Only by RX Y
Highly recommended//Put on repeat

||"I was a ghost Halted in flight Bleeding...I was only falling in love"||

Ethan's POV
"So I guess I'm gonna be here every day until my mom gets out of the hospital." Y/n shrugged.

"How long do you think she's gonna stay?" I asked.

"I don't know. Maybe a couple of weeks? They just need to check if her physical and mental abilities weren't damaged during the stroke." She sighed.

"Okay. Well, it's good that nothing worse happened." I said trying to lighten the mood.

Y/n licked her lips and shrugged. She looked out of my window for a few seconds; letting the view sweep her away and travel deeper inside of her mind.

Her eyes might as well have been glued onto the window from the amount of staring. She looked peaceful but distressed at the same time. It's very hard to explain through words.

"I remember when my friend was in this place." Y/n randomly said, still in her window trance.

"Really? When?" I asked scrunching my defined eyebrows.

"She was just in here last year. Some pretty tough shit went down with the cops, but they couldn't pull together much evidence. So she was released." Her empty voice muttered as her eyes would exchange glances between me and the window.

"What was her name?" I asked, not sure if I wanted to hear the answer or not.

I could hear my heart and the nonstop pounding it made. I felt my stomach begin to twist as she said-

"Veronica."

My breath hitched and I could feel the thumping against my chest begin to slow down. My mind freaked. Billions of thoughts and questions were popping in my head.

Where is she?

Does she remember me?

Why did she leave me here?

Every single memory I have of her came and flooded my mind. It all came back...maybe even the feelings. Yes, I admit that I did have feelings towards her, but she probably never felt the same; so it's fine.

I mean, who would be stupid enough to 'fall in love' with someone in a mental hospital? Especially someone like me? Nobody has ever loved me; why would she?

"R-really? Where is she now?" I asked.

"She goes to my school. Why?" Y/n said turning her head to meet my face.

"I knew her," I said feeling the ends of my mouth curving into a minor smile.

"Veronica Peer?" She asked, not sure if we were talking about the same person.

Your POV
"Yeah. Long brown hair, eyes that change colors, really pretty. I knew her." Ethan shrugged.

Umm, ouch...?

"Uh, yeah. That fits her description. Veronica is very pretty." You said awkwardly. You rubbed your lips, folded your hands between your thighs and exhaled.