"Hugo, wake up Hugo."
"Adele?"
I ask confused, I was surrounded by darkness, a bright figure approaches me and I recognize it immediately, it was Adele. "Wait a minute, weren't you dead?"
"You're dreaming Hugo. You're dreaming. You see, you've probably passed out from too much stress. It's not your time yet."
I wake up, I was confused, why did I keep dreaming of her?
"Hugo!"
I hear Finn's voice, he looked like he cried. "You cried?"
"Yes. Absolutely. How could I not cry when I saw the state you were in?"
"Hey, look on the bright side, I'm fine." I say the words and in a second my mother enters the room.
"Oh my God, Hugo! I thought I was dying as I was waiting for you to wake up. The doctor said it's because of too much stress. What's stressing you out? I'd like to know."
"I'll go, you two can talk."
Finn says. As soon as she leaves the room, my mother stresses me with questions.
"Did I or yourfather cause you stress?"
"No, it's not like that."
"Then what's the problem?"
This question makes me shudder, knowing that I cannot tell her all these things that have happened to me. I decide to tell her the secret, I'd rather she be surprised than shocked.
"Well, I didn't tell you this, but I want to go to medical school and for me it's stressful, a lot to learn, it was probably also due to the fact that I didn't sleep enough since I was studying. I promise I'll solve it , the problem with sleeping and I will structure better when I'll study and what." I say trying to make everything I say sound as believable as possible.
Mom didn't seem as surprised as I thought she would be.
"Okay, but please, take it easy with the lesson, I don't want you to faint like that out of the blue because of this."
"I'll take it easy." After some more talk, my mother leaves the room, I was surprised that Darren hadn't come to see me and why would he come after all?
Darren
Hugo was in the hospital, I wanted to see him, my God, how much I wanted to see him, it's true that I was upset by what happened between the two of us, but I wasn't so insensitive as to not want to see him. Something didn't seem to let me though. My phone buzzes and I see that Finn has sent me a message. "We need to talk. I'm outside your house."
What the hell? I wonder as I run to the door, open it and let Finn into the house. We go to the kitchen and I ask him.
"Water, coffee, tea, do you want anything?" "No, there's no need. I came to discuss something. It's about Hugo."
The first time I wanted to refuse any discussion that wasn't important, but after I heard that he wanted to talk about Hugo, I couldn't resist not listening. "I'm listening to you." "First of all, do you know about Serenity?"
"Yeah, I heard… stuff."
"She's blackmailing him, she slept with him when Hugo was under the influence of alcohol, after that she slept with him one more time as Hugo told me you know. Serenity is dangerous and she also had an obsession with me, she even got into a fight with Khloe. She's crazy."
I suspected there was something wrong with her, but something like this?
"So, have any of the two of you tried calling the police?"
"I called after Hugo passed out. I'm afraid that when he wakes up he won't like the fact that I called the police without his consent. I had to do it after all, she was taking advantage of him and his body. She was following him, she attacked Lydia and her cousin just because he danced with her in a choreography."
"You did very well. Don't worry, he won't hate you for calling, on the contrary, he will appreciate it."
Hugo
I was sitting quietly in the hospital bed, as far as I was told I can leave tomorrow. I was already afraid of what would happen, to Serenity, to Darren, to me. Before I can get lost in my thoughts, I hear a few knocks on the door of the room. Why are they doing this when they're probably a nurse or a doctor? I say calmly but audibly.
"Get in!"
A man in a police uniform enters the room. "Hello Hugo, don't be scared, I didn't come here to arrest you. I came to ask you some questions, if you don't know what I mean, your friend Finn called us about a case of harassment that has you as a victim if you don't mind can I start with the questions? I'm trying not to panic again, how could Finn call the police without my permission? I unsuccessfully hide the fact that I wanted to scream at how betrayed I felt, I say in a less audible tone. "Of course. You can start with the questions."
"How long have you known Ms. Serenity Hale?"
"For almost two months."
"Under what circumstances did you meet?" "We met when I started dance classes." "Since when has she been following you?" "For about a month."
After a few more meaningless and a few meaningful questions, he just asks me to give a written statement, I write it, hand it to him and he leaves, right after he leaves I call Finn, visibly irritated by what he did.
Finn
I was at the table with Darren, we talked a little more and I allowed him to give me something to drink. My phone kept ringing, all the calls were from Hugo. I decided not to answer him for now, I knew that in his anger he would say something that he shouldn't say. I hated the idea that he might hate me just for daring to wish for his safety. Sometimes I have to let him get angry, at least he gets angry with a purpose. The phone kept ringing but this time it wasn't Hugo, it was Serenity.