Dedicated to the world of music - you have helped me more times than I care to remember.

“I love sleep. My life has the tendency to fall apart when I’m awake, you know?”

~ Ernest Hemingway.

Epilogue.

I had never known much above love - I’d never thought much about it. I considered love to be something I’d get around to one day, but instead, I had experienced it first hand; twice, actually.

The first time was Peter Junior Reid, and I had known immediately that I had no chance - but his eyes told a different story. In them, I was able ( Read more... )

27.

“Take you there?” I repeated, slightly stunned.

“Yes. To Home.”

“PJ, I can’t just drive you there - it’s more a mental journey than a physical one.”

“I know, but I reckon if we focused hard enough and we were joined somehow, you could take me with you.”

It was completely insane, and yet, I wanted to try it. I told him we would attempt a ( Read more... )

26.

It seemed my life was bound to be filled with complications, and it seemed the chief of them was love. I had never known love before meeting PJ and Oliver - I’d liked boys, but I had never known exactly how the emotion felt until it happened to me. There are no words to describe what it feels like or how it affects a person - it’s the same as ( Read more... )

25.

I couldn’t believe what I had just been told, although somewhere inside me, I knew it was true; I knew I had lived in Home all my life, that was why it was so easy being here, and yet everything he just said felt like the biggest revelation. Perhaps it was - Oliver was being honest with me, straight up about something I’d asked him before. It ( Read more... )

24.

I couldn’t avoid Home any longer - I had to go tonight, and that would mean confronting Oliver and the rest of the community. I wasn’t looking forward to it, but I knew in my heart that I had to make peace with them all, or at least try to. It took me some time to slip into unconsciousness - my mind kept replaying the day I’d had with PJ and ( Read more... )

23.

My family were pretending that what had happened didn’t happen at all. PJ dropped me off at home and told me he’d call me later to make sure everything was alright, and then left. I walked inside to find that mum and dad had gone to work - as was usual on a Monday - and Lohan barely looked at me when I said hello to him. Things were normal, ( Read more... )

22.

The next morning, I’m told I’ll have to wait till after lunchtime until I can go home - apparently my doctor isn’t in yet, and I can’t be cleared until he shows. I eat breakfast and move around the room, trying to make my legs stronger. The nurses have unhooked me from the IV drip because my vitals were good, so I’m back to normal in most ( Read more... )

21.

The first thing I noticed when I awoke was that my head was strangely clear - clearer than I could ever remember it being. For once, there was nothing worrying me or making me falter in my movements; there was nothing to make me smile or laugh, nothing to make me feel joy or sorrow. I felt clear, but empty: numbly empty. Perhaps this was a ( Read more... )

20.

The following events are factual and occurred while Dylan Morgan was unconscious.

PJ drove as fast as he could to the hospital; he was breaking the speed limit and was filled with what many would describe as ‘road rage’ - honking his horn and passing through the lights. He hoped that he wouldn’t be pulled over, as there really was no time to ( Read more... )