It was around 11:35pm, Susan finally woke up and saw herself in a different room, calming music was still playing and sitting in a chair with her body leaned on the mattress was Ivy. Susan, carefully sat straight in the bed; She touches her head, and, felt like everything around her was heavy and was pressing against her head. Ivy also snaps out of her 4th nap since she was watching the girl and she finally smiles at the sight.
" Oh, you awake."
Ivy says looking at the younger girl, she quietly stretches her body.
" yes, why am I here?"
Susan asked still looking around the room, everything about Ivy's room was interesting in her mind, the white color on the walls with. Splashes of navy blue painting ; There were plants around the huge room, along with that small pictures frames were around the room, On the walls and on shelves.
" You fainted a couple of hours ago, I took care of you and probably your friend will come tomorrow."
Susan took a deep breath and only nodded, she knew that at some point it was bound to happen, Susan sometimes forgets of her condition, forget of her fears of her memories.
" Thank You..."
That was all Susan was able to say, she was just really thankful for someone like Ivy, someone who did not judged her on the very first day, Someone who took her in her worse as possible and just didn't seem to give up on her like everybody did.
" Are you hungry?"
Ivy asked with a worried face, she stood up still not taking her eyes away from the girl in her bed.
" Yes, I feel like I can eat a whole 6 course meal"
Susan was able to crack a joke in the middle of the situation she was in, Ivy held her laugh and nodded.
" Then we shall order the 6 course meal!"
She took her phone leaving the room. Susan was once again left in the room alone thinking what was the best step she could take next, would she go back to her doctors appointments and her countless medicine bottles, she doesn't know what is going on, but it is, She is hating it again....
" Why is it happening again? Do i have to leave again?"
The door is open by a happy Ivy,she looks at Susan with sparkling eyes.
"What is it ?"
Susan asks smiling just to see how happy Ivy looks.
"I got us various plates, you gonna love every single dish, come on let's watch a movie while we wait for the meal!"
They ate peacefully and happily, it has been a while since the last time any of them happily smiled without faking it. Ivy couldn't understand and neither could Susan but for the first time they thought that, at least once happiness could strike them full force.
The days quickly pass in front of their eyes, Susan was back to work and Ivy was back at whatever she had going on in her life, 6:30 am.
"MOM! "
Ivy wakes up sweating, her body was cold, wet her throat was dry, her palms were numb and she wasn't seeing well yet.... Now her sweat was mixed with her salty tears and yet she couldn't bring herself to this very present year, she felt like she was back there again...
The smell of her mom's food was invading her room and when her vision was clear there it was, her room 10 years ago, her heart heavy, she looked at herself, her palms were now small, her hands still had that baby fat that didn't want to go away... It's happening again...
"Mom? "
She gets up from her bed , she walks but she feels pain in her legs and she falls on the ground.
"MOM, SAVE ME MOM PLEASE ! "
Ivy hits her hand on the ground, she yells why is nobody listening ? why?
She opens her eyes, the white ceiling tells her she is home, the lights out tells her she isn't dreaming anymore, she sits quietly, she knew Susan had already left, her eyes roam the so dreamed room, her eyes were watering.
She hugs her knees, and she breaks down.
Her tears were falling , she had to be Alone... She had to miss her....
The door open again and on the living room, she tried to just silent herself more, when she hears knock on her door.
"Ivy? It's me Susan, I... I want to know if you could help me out the buses are all out... "
Susan's voice was calm and Ivy cleans her tears and puts on a smile, she walks to the door and smiles at the sight, Susan had her hairstyle and braids and her work atire was very cute. Ivy was actually calm just looking at Susan. She walks with Susan to the elevator.
"What happened today? "
Ivy asks looking at Susan.
"The buses are not working at all, I guess is a strike or something, I waited for 1 hour and a half, sorry to wake you up"
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- "Hey, Its okay. I don't have anything to do anyways..."
They both get out of the elevator and entered in Ivy's Car, Ivy drove Susan to her job, they enjoyed some music together, Ivy was forgetting of the events that happened in that very morning. Once she drops off Susan, she decided to go see Sunny. She arrives at the bakery was currently 8:10 am, Ivy takes a sit and waits for Sunny to come to her table, it does not take Sunny longer to see her friend and sit down.
" Her again? " Sunny puts the hot chocolate in front of her friend, Ivy takes it and sighs.
" Yeah..." The girl press her lips together afraid of crying.
" Come, lets go to my office." Sunny gets up and waits for Ivy. Sunny walks once she sees Ivy standing up, with her hot chocolate in hands the girl follows her friend and once both reach Sunny's office, the hot chocolate is placed in the table and a crying blue haired girl breaks down in tears just like earlier.
" You saw her ?"
Ivy only sighs before starting.
" I was helpless, my legs were hurting, I think he did it again... She was far this time, in the kitchen, I yelled, I hit the floor, she said nothing and then I woke up...."
She takes a brief pause trying to process her nightmare on her own now.
" The thing was, I got taken out of my thoughts by Susan, the buses are not working and She asked for a lift, The moment I saw her... The moment I looked into her eyes, everything felt calm, felt happy and, I didn't remember pain until I sit here and process it..."
She looks at Sunny.
" You are really falling for her... "
Sunny says grabbing her mug and walking to her expresso machine.
" You know,Nicha told us,that she is broke too... She didn't say way, but she said that Susan is broken, and she is insecure because you might put her out, but seeing your state, she probably would be the one moving out first... Or She could be the one to fix you."
Sunny sits on her chair once again and looks at Ivy.
" Ivy, I've known you since forever, You took me out of my misery-"
"Because you took me in when I needed someone....When My Parents were the worse people on the planet...."
" Now You are a self made billionaire and you earned that title at only 17! Wake up. I'll repeat, you are too kind, Ivy... Slow down."
Both sigh and Ivy drinks her now lukewarm chocolate.
" I will try my best, bring back that person who I once was..."
" No that, just stop urging to save people for once and think about You! What do you want ?"
That caught Ivy our of guard, she never in her entire life thought of what she wanted, she thought of her needs, that's how she survived, she thought of all the pain in her life and knew very much well that she needed to only think of her needs not her pleasures. Now, Sunny was making sure to get to her head and invade that small space of hers.
" I-, What I want?"
" Yes, What do you want Ivys? is it love? Is it keep hiding forever ? Is it investing and investing until you go to the 12 zeros League ? Think about you once, don't let what happened before happen again... Don't let them invade your mind, don't let him touch you body, don't let him control you again... You own Yourself Ivy, you always did, what happened sadly happened, I can't imagine how that hurt on you, Though I am here to make sure that you, young lady. Will make it right this time...."