Sorrow closed her eyes tightly, trying to block out the glare of the bright light. She laid her head down as she started to get light headed. Her body laid on the cold linoleum floor, sending shivers down her spine. She could feel death coming soon. An empty pill bottle lay on the floor beside her. Her head began to pound as her pulse weakened.
She began to drift out, becoming unaware of the surroundings around her. She couldn't hear the footsteps coming towards her.
"Sorrow?" A voice called out; sounding far away but in actuality it was very close. "Where are you?"
She tried to lift herself off of the floor, but failing collapsing back down. She tried to call out a name but was too weak. She rolled her eyes slipping into unconsciousness.
The footsteps continued for a moment, coming to a stop, followed by a scream.
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Sorrow awoke, finding herself in a strange bed. It was obviously not in the Lodging House. She slowly sat up; she could smell a stale smell, it was invading her nostrils. She closed her eyes for a second and then opened them, feeling a pair of eyes on her.
She glanced over to the side of her bed to see who it was. She found her best Friend Animosity sitting in a chair; arms folded staring right at her.
"Hey." She said weakly trying to shield the sunlight from her eyes.
Ani just stared at her for a moment, shaking her head. She sighed deeply. "At least you're still alive. That we can be thankful for.'
Sorrow looked away in shame knowing full well what she spoke of. "I'm sorry." She said quietly.
"You should be. Klutzy found you. You know how much that hurt him to see you like that?" She demanded sitting forward.
Sorrow just shook her head. "No I don't." She replied.
"Obviously you don't. Do you care?" Ani scowled.
"Ani! I DO care. You don't need to snap at me. At least not right now. I don't even know where the hell I am." She rolled her eyes lying back down.
Ani sighed again. "Right. I'm sorry. First thing is first." She scratched her nose trying to decide on how to tell her what had happen. "Well you're in a hospital. I don't know how we're going to pay for it, but we had to do something. You nearly died. As a matter a fact one of the doctors nearly declared you dead." She tried to push back tears and hold a tough face as she spoke.
Sorrow quickly closed her eyes. "No." She whispered.
"Yes. And I don't know why you decided to take this route. Why didn't you come to someone?" She demanded. "I mean we could have talked. We could have do--." The opening of the door interrupted her.
"Ani." Ditzy said walking in. "Don't be jumping on her, please!" He said walking over to the two girls. "She's been through enough."
Ani closed her eyes sliding down in her chair. "What about us?" She said.
Ditzy put his hand on her shoulder. "We have to help her, then we can deal with us."
"Yeah you're right." Ani nodded. She looked over at Sorrow. "I'm sorry for jumping on you like that." She apologized.
Sorrow smiled weakly. "I know. It's okay." She said.
Ani shook her head. "No it ain't."
"How's Klutzy?"
Ditzy took a deep breath. "He's...well he's a mess." He said point blankly. "He's been up for the past 24 hours pacing. He's scared...he's scared that we're going to lose you."
Sorrow felt a tear run down the side of her face. She closed her eyes tightly trying to push everything away. "God, I'm so stupid." She exclaimed.
Ani reached over pulling up a chair for Ditzy, who promptly sat down. "Well Why did you do it?" She asked.
"I...I don't really know why. I felt so worthless, I mean I don't know. Oscar's been..." She couldn't finish.
"You did this because of Oscar?" Ditzy asked wide-eyed.
Sorrow shrugged a little. "I guess so. I know it was really stupid but I didn't think there was anyway out. I mean with Blade..."
"Sorrow, word has it he's moved to New Jersey." Ani told her calmly. "I don't think we have to worry about him for a while. Least I hope not."
"Can you guys forgive me?" She asked.
Ani glanced over at Ditzy for a moment or two. She looked back at her slowly. "You scared the kids bad. Error thought you were dead. He saw you. Pep said she wanted to join you."
Sorrow clinched her eyes tightly, shaking her head. "No. No.' She repeated.
Her visitors looked at each other Ditzy shrugged his shoulders. Ani turned back to the girl in the bed. "Sorrow...it was really selfish."
"Ani I think she knows that by now." Ditzy butted in. "Don't keep bringing her ovah da coals, aright?"
"How is Klutzy? Right now?" Sorrow asked really wanting to know.
"Since when do you care what Klutzy thinks or feels?" Ani asked bitterly.
Ditzy shot a glare at Ani. "He's outside if you wanna see him."
Sorrow thought for a moment and then nodded. "That would be nice."
Ditzy stood up grabbing a hold of Ani's arm. "C'mon, we should get 'im and let 'em be alone." He said.
Ani reluctantly got up and followed him. She turned around. "Be nice to him."
Ditzy rolled his eyes. "She will now C'mon."
Sorrow closed her eyes as the door shut behind them. She tried to collect her thoughts before he came in. Why was Ani so mean when it came to the subject about Klutzy? The opening of the door interrupted her thoughts.
"Sorrow?" She looked up to see Klutzy poking his head in the door.
"Oh hey." She smiled weakly. "C'mon in."
Klutzy obeyed quickly shutting the door behind him. He cleared his throat and uncomfortably walked towards the bed. "Um I um..." he couldn't find the right words to say to her.
Sorrow sighed. "Yeah?" She asked, trying to sit up.
"Well Um I...I was really scared dat you had died." He finally spit out. "I was scared to death..."
Sorrow swallowed hard staring at him for a moment and then having to look away.
"I don't know what I would do if it had happened. I don't know how I could live without you." He continued. He had to speak his heart, even though he figured it wouldn't do him any good. "Sorrow. You're my life; I don't want to live without you. I don't want to lose you."
She tried to avoid his eyes as much as possible. It pained her to hear him say this. How could he feel this way about it? So strongly? She bit her bottom lip. How could she tell him she didn't like him that way? She didn't did she?
"Klutzy...I...I really appreciate the concern but as you know...I've got Oscar." She said, trying to put it gently but knowing she failed. She failed miserably.
Klutzy rolled his eyes. "Yeah, yeah I know. I know. I'm sorry. Forget I said anything." He said turning around, trying to push back tears.
"No! Klutzy! Don't leave." She pleaded. "Please!"
"I have to Sorrow. I can't be around you anymore." He said bitterly. He told her and she blew him off. She had been doing this for a long time and it was really getting to him. He walked out slamming the door behind him.
Sorrow groaned slouching down in bed. She couldn't believe what had just happened. Why did it always go this way? A couple of years ago they were very good friends and now they were barely on speaking terms. She shook her head, wishing she could change it. She closed her eyes, and slowly drifted off to sleep.
She began to drift out, becoming unaware of the surroundings around her. She couldn't hear the footsteps coming towards her.
"Sorrow?" A voice called out; sounding far away but in actuality it was very close. "Where are you?"
She tried to lift herself off of the floor, but failing collapsing back down. She tried to call out a name but was too weak. She rolled her eyes slipping into unconsciousness.
The footsteps continued for a moment, coming to a stop, followed by a scream.
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Sorrow awoke, finding herself in a strange bed. It was obviously not in the Lodging House. She slowly sat up; she could smell a stale smell, it was invading her nostrils. She closed her eyes for a second and then opened them, feeling a pair of eyes on her.
She glanced over to the side of her bed to see who it was. She found her best Friend Animosity sitting in a chair; arms folded staring right at her.
"Hey." She said weakly trying to shield the sunlight from her eyes.
Ani just stared at her for a moment, shaking her head. She sighed deeply. "At least you're still alive. That we can be thankful for.'
Sorrow looked away in shame knowing full well what she spoke of. "I'm sorry." She said quietly.
"You should be. Klutzy found you. You know how much that hurt him to see you like that?" She demanded sitting forward.
Sorrow just shook her head. "No I don't." She replied.
"Obviously you don't. Do you care?" Ani scowled.
"Ani! I DO care. You don't need to snap at me. At least not right now. I don't even know where the hell I am." She rolled her eyes lying back down.
Ani sighed again. "Right. I'm sorry. First thing is first." She scratched her nose trying to decide on how to tell her what had happen. "Well you're in a hospital. I don't know how we're going to pay for it, but we had to do something. You nearly died. As a matter a fact one of the doctors nearly declared you dead." She tried to push back tears and hold a tough face as she spoke.
Sorrow quickly closed her eyes. "No." She whispered.
"Yes. And I don't know why you decided to take this route. Why didn't you come to someone?" She demanded. "I mean we could have talked. We could have do--." The opening of the door interrupted her.
"Ani." Ditzy said walking in. "Don't be jumping on her, please!" He said walking over to the two girls. "She's been through enough."
Ani closed her eyes sliding down in her chair. "What about us?" She said.
Ditzy put his hand on her shoulder. "We have to help her, then we can deal with us."
"Yeah you're right." Ani nodded. She looked over at Sorrow. "I'm sorry for jumping on you like that." She apologized.
Sorrow smiled weakly. "I know. It's okay." She said.
Ani shook her head. "No it ain't."
"How's Klutzy?"
Ditzy took a deep breath. "He's...well he's a mess." He said point blankly. "He's been up for the past 24 hours pacing. He's scared...he's scared that we're going to lose you."
Sorrow felt a tear run down the side of her face. She closed her eyes tightly trying to push everything away. "God, I'm so stupid." She exclaimed.
Ani reached over pulling up a chair for Ditzy, who promptly sat down. "Well Why did you do it?" She asked.
"I...I don't really know why. I felt so worthless, I mean I don't know. Oscar's been..." She couldn't finish.
"You did this because of Oscar?" Ditzy asked wide-eyed.
Sorrow shrugged a little. "I guess so. I know it was really stupid but I didn't think there was anyway out. I mean with Blade..."
"Sorrow, word has it he's moved to New Jersey." Ani told her calmly. "I don't think we have to worry about him for a while. Least I hope not."
"Can you guys forgive me?" She asked.
Ani glanced over at Ditzy for a moment or two. She looked back at her slowly. "You scared the kids bad. Error thought you were dead. He saw you. Pep said she wanted to join you."
Sorrow clinched her eyes tightly, shaking her head. "No. No.' She repeated.
Her visitors looked at each other Ditzy shrugged his shoulders. Ani turned back to the girl in the bed. "Sorrow...it was really selfish."
"Ani I think she knows that by now." Ditzy butted in. "Don't keep bringing her ovah da coals, aright?"
"How is Klutzy? Right now?" Sorrow asked really wanting to know.
"Since when do you care what Klutzy thinks or feels?" Ani asked bitterly.
Ditzy shot a glare at Ani. "He's outside if you wanna see him."
Sorrow thought for a moment and then nodded. "That would be nice."
Ditzy stood up grabbing a hold of Ani's arm. "C'mon, we should get 'im and let 'em be alone." He said.
Ani reluctantly got up and followed him. She turned around. "Be nice to him."
Ditzy rolled his eyes. "She will now C'mon."
Sorrow closed her eyes as the door shut behind them. She tried to collect her thoughts before he came in. Why was Ani so mean when it came to the subject about Klutzy? The opening of the door interrupted her thoughts.
"Sorrow?" She looked up to see Klutzy poking his head in the door.
"Oh hey." She smiled weakly. "C'mon in."
Klutzy obeyed quickly shutting the door behind him. He cleared his throat and uncomfortably walked towards the bed. "Um I um..." he couldn't find the right words to say to her.
Sorrow sighed. "Yeah?" She asked, trying to sit up.
"Well Um I...I was really scared dat you had died." He finally spit out. "I was scared to death..."
Sorrow swallowed hard staring at him for a moment and then having to look away.
"I don't know what I would do if it had happened. I don't know how I could live without you." He continued. He had to speak his heart, even though he figured it wouldn't do him any good. "Sorrow. You're my life; I don't want to live without you. I don't want to lose you."
She tried to avoid his eyes as much as possible. It pained her to hear him say this. How could he feel this way about it? So strongly? She bit her bottom lip. How could she tell him she didn't like him that way? She didn't did she?
"Klutzy...I...I really appreciate the concern but as you know...I've got Oscar." She said, trying to put it gently but knowing she failed. She failed miserably.
Klutzy rolled his eyes. "Yeah, yeah I know. I know. I'm sorry. Forget I said anything." He said turning around, trying to push back tears.
"No! Klutzy! Don't leave." She pleaded. "Please!"
"I have to Sorrow. I can't be around you anymore." He said bitterly. He told her and she blew him off. She had been doing this for a long time and it was really getting to him. He walked out slamming the door behind him.
Sorrow groaned slouching down in bed. She couldn't believe what had just happened. Why did it always go this way? A couple of years ago they were very good friends and now they were barely on speaking terms. She shook her head, wishing she could change it. She closed her eyes, and slowly drifted off to sleep.