Black and White part 5

When I came to I was in someone’s house. The walls were painted black and white. There were musical notes on some of the white parts as if it was a sheet of music. I felt so out of it. I was lying on a silver and black striped bed cover. There was a cold rag on my forehead and the glass pieces had been removed from my arm. I lifted my head up and felt heavy and it hurt. My arm was numb when I lifted it. “What the heck?”1

“It’s morphine.” Dimitri came in. “Where am I?” I asked. “What did you do to my arm?” I demanded to know. It felt weird not being able to feel my arm. “What and where did you get that kind of morphine? It’s strong.”2

“Just relax.” He told me. “Now how on earth did you do that to yourself? What happened?”3

I told him the whole story about my house catching on fire and my dad dying and me smashing the beer glass on my arm. I started to cry a little remembering all of that. All of a sudden I remembered something. “Where’s Noah?!”4

“What, the dog? Rachel says her and Alex have him.” He smiled at me. “He’s not just a dog. He’s one of my best friends.” I stood up for my dog. I believe animals and humans are the same. Dimitri laughed at that. I don’t know why I was a little happy. I just lost my dad in a fire. I would’ve expected for me to still at least be crying or depressed or something. Dimitri gave me some water to drink. “Thank you.” I told him and got up. “Hey, where are you going?” He grabbed my hand. “Back home. Where else would I go?”5

“You can’t go back out while the cops are still searching around for you. You have a fever to. Just wait here till your fever goes down at least.” He said and made a puppy face which of course him being so cute I couldn’t ignore. “Fine, I’ll stay.” I pulled my arm away and sat back down. Something in my mind told me he didn’t just want me to stay because of my fever or the police.6

“You can’t convince me to be your girlfriend. If that’s what you’re trying to do.” I looked at him with a bold face. “I’m not trying to make you like me. I just don’t think you should be running around with your arm like that.” His face turned serious. “Why would you think something like that? I’m not a pervert Terra.”7

I started to feel a little guilty for purposely acting rude. Especially since he’s kind enough to take care of me. “You’re right. I’m sorry. Where are your parents though?” The thought came into my head. Usually parents won’t like teenagers of the different sex go into a room alone with each other. “My mom kind of passed away from cancer three years ago.” He said nervously trying to avoid the subject of family deaths. “And my dad is at work in Texas. He has the kind of job that sends him away to different states. Seems nice but, it always makes him tired and weary.” He said. “By the way are you hungry at all?” He asked. To tell the truth I was staving but, I didn’t feel right about eating other people’s food.8

“It’s ok. I’m not hungry.” I lied.9

“Are you sure?” He asked. “It’s ok. You’re not freeloading or anything. Think of it as me donating to the Wonderful Terra Fund.”10

I did smile on the inside. “Thanks, but really its ok. I’ll eat later. I promise.” He suddenly felt my forehead. “Your forehead isn’t as warm as it use to be but, it would still be good for you to eat something.” I felt my heart beat a little. It was a little strange. “What are you going to do now? Are you just going to sit here and watch me?” I asked wondering. I couldn’t help it but the conversation was become boring.11

“Actually, I’m going to go into the living room and play Prototype while listening to some music. If you’re that bored you can come and play to.” He corrected me. I was surprised. Can he read my mind or something?12

He helped me up and we went into the living room. All of it was black white and silver. With the green plants adding some color. It was very spacious. There were very few lights in there. The whole room was lit up by the sunlight coming through the clear glass windows. Everything was so neat and clean.13

“Wow.” I said. “Are you guys rich or something?” I kept looking around the big room. “Not rich. We just buy nice things with money saved over time. It takes a while to make it look nice though.” 14

Dimitri got up to turn on the play station three. The game was already in there, so it automatically started.15

We played the game for an hour. It was a little gory but fun. I kept yelling out to absorb that person for life and pointing out where the enemy was. “Get him!” I yelled. “He’s over there! Absorb him!” I had fun though every once in a while I kept thinking, could this all really happen in a day? Why am I not sad? Am I just in shock of what just happened? I felt heartless.16

“Terra are you ok?” Dimitri asked putting the game on pause. “Yeah, I just spaced out a little.” I grabbed the remote and clicked the start button. “Are you sure? Maybe you should eat? I know you have to be hungry by now.” He kept urging me to eat something. I just ignored him and kept playing the game. “Terra listen to me!” He took the remote from my hand. “What’s wrong with you?” Dimitri asked. He made me look at him. “Let me go.” I commanded.17

“Why?” He tightened his grip as I struggled to pull away.18

“Let me go!” I yelled.19

“Not until you tell me what’s wrong.” He said.20

“Let…Me….GO!” I screamed and punched him in the face. We both dropped onto the floor. “Ouch! That freaking hurt!” He yelped. I was on the floor crying. “Why?!” I curled up into a ball. “Why am I still alive? I wish I was dead. My dad is dead! Why is he dead?! I’m the one who’s supposed to die! No one would even care if I died.” I just kept blabbering on.21

“Terra, stop it.” Dimitri said “You do not deserve to die. No one does. No matter how many bad things happen in your life. I bet Rachel and Alex would care if you died. I would care to. Even if you don’t want to be my friend, I still have friendly feelings for you. Don’t ever say you’re worthless.”22

I stayed curled up in a ball. Dimitri walked over and laid down with me. “Terra, please don’t cry. You’ll make me sad to. I don’t think you should say those things about yourself.” He told me. I sniffled a little.23

It was already seven. I had already fell asleep on the floor. Dimitri lifted me up and carried me to his bed24