AUTHOR: JackPhillipsGirl
DISCLAIMER: I don't own any of the characters of So Weird, obviously. And I am very sorry for doing this to all of them... (Except Annie, of course. That was the whole point.) I also don't own the movie Girl, Interrupted, and the song "Free As A Bird" belongs to none other than the Beatles. =)
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Girl, Interrupted is actually one of my favorite movies. This is somewhat of a spoof on it, but I'm not trying to make fun of the movie at all. I'm trying to make fun of Annie. That is my only purpose. :D In other words, this is me, amusing myself. DO NOT TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY IN ANY WAY. Read at your own risk...
Chapter One
Have you ever confused dreams with life, or stolen something when you had the cash? Have you ever been blue? Or thought your train moving while sitting still? Maybe I was just crazy. Maybe it was the year 2001. Or maybe I was just me, Annie. Interrupted.
"How did you do it?"
I glanced up slowly, focusing my eyes on the dull psychiatrist my parents were forcing me to meet with every day. Ever since moving back in with them, they were convinced that I wasn't being my "normal" self. I was just quiet, that's all. I was searching for answers.
I turned towards the window. Outside, I saw my mom throwing something in the trunk of a taxi. I watched her with narrowed eyes. "What is my mother doing?"
"Annie?" he interrupted. "How did you ride the panther to the park, if the panther was gone?"
I stared at him blankly. "By then he had come back," I said slowly, purposefully. Wasn't this guy a doctor? Shouldn't he at least have some level of intelligence?
He sighed, looking down at his paper in deep thought. "You people don't understand," I said accusingly. "You don't understand there is another world besides this one, and my panther comes from it to contact me, and he can appear, and disappear, and go backwards and forwards…"
"Why?"
Why? What kind of question was that? I averted his gaze and turned to the window again. My panther was outside, too. He was waiting for me. How I longed to escape from this hellhole and run amuck with my panther, free…
"Annie," he began, "your parents and I have talked about this, and we came to a decision. Luckily for you, the best place in the world is only a short drive from here. I'm going to call a cab."
I stared at him in shock. "My mother's here!" I exclaimed.
"It's… easier this way…"
Shortly thereafter, I sat in the back of the taxi, lost in my thoughts. I was walking along the jungle of Peru, when I first saw him. He chased after me, and at first I was afraid. I was only three, and I ran as fast as my little legs could carry me. But he didn't give up, and my attempts could not sidetrack his plans. I fell to the ground, and so did he. He lay beside me, and when I looked into his gentle eyes, I knew. I knew that he would be my panther forever.
"What did you do?"
I jumped, startled by the sudden voice. I had forgotten that I was still in the cab. "Um… what?" I asked, confused by the driver's question.
"You seem normal. Why did they send you?"
I smirked. "I see a panther," I responded.
The driver laughed lightly. "We all see panthers." I nodded with a small smile, then stopped myself, his answer throwing me off guard. Reaching into my coat pocket, I pulled out a stick of gum and began chewing. Through the window, I could see my panther running alongside the cab. "You're always with me, aren't you?" I said softly. So, my parents dumped me off again at another strange place. At least my panther was there for me no matter what.