See you again

Chapter 1

Rae's POV

Rae had been in hospital for nearly four month now. She had only one day to go. One day, until she can celebrate her freedom again. She was determined to get better, to be normal, although she still had a long way to go.

It was thursday afternoon and Rae had promised Tix to meet her for one last lunch. She was walking down the cold, white corridors of the mental ward until she reached the cafeteria. Rae let her eyes wander around the room, screening every inch until she finally found Tix, sitting on a table in the right corner of the room. She could see from the distance that there was not much on her plate. One green apple, a slice of white bread and a glass of water, were lying in front of her friend.

Rae walked towards Tix and sat down on the table.

As soon as they looked each other in the eyes, their mouths were starting to form smiles.

Rae had met Tix during her first week in hospital. Both of them connected trough the fact that they had their own issues with their bodys. Tix trying to fight her eating disorder, ignoring the thoughts that tell her she was overweight, even though she was obviously far too skinny and Rae actually being fat.

'Rae? Rae!? Are you alright?' Tix was waving her hands in front of her face. She had been so deep in her own thoughts that she hadn't recognized her friend trying to get her attention.

'I am so sorry Tix. Guess I was thinking too much again. What were ya saying Fatty?'

'I was just wondering how your day went. Any exciting news?'

'No, not really. Thearapie and all that stuff ya know? Everyone is trying to prepare me for home.' Just as the words passed her mouth she could see the sadness in little Tix's face.

'Don't ya pull that face on me! I'll still be here for ma therapie once a week. And I can still visit and annoy ya!' Rae said with a smile on her face. Tix looked up, the sadness in her eyes slowly fadeing away.

'Now that's the Tix I know. And now let's focus on you getting better aswell. Show me how you eat that apple!' Rae said with and encouraging sound in her voice.

It was in that moment that Rae heard the cafeteria door opening. She turned around, just to see one of the fittest lads ever walkin in, an older lady right beside him. Rae's eyes scanned him from top to bottom. He was thin withshort brown hair framing his face. He was wearing blue jeans and a grey t-shirt with three buttons down the neck. Even though his outfit was simple he looked absolutely stunning. He sat down a few tables beside them.

'Rae are you still with me?' Tix asked her. Rae couldn't stop staring at the boy. She leaned over to Tix.

'Have you ever seen this guy Fatty?' Rae wispered and pointed her finger in the boy's direction.

'I've seen him a few times actually. I think the old lady is his grandmother. He comes in to visit her from time to time.' she said.

Rae didn't know how long she's been staring. She just could't take her eyes off of him. There was something about him that made her want to go over and introduce herself, talk to him, get to know him. Just in that moment their eyes locked. He had the most beautiful brown eyes she had ever seen. As Rae scanned his face she couldn't quite figure out what he was thinking. Did he look at her an think 'why is that fat chick staring at me' or were his thoughts kinder? Maybe even positiv? Who was she kidding? Why should he even consider talking to her? She was just a mad fat girl. And she wasn't even pretty!

Rae broke eye contact and tried to focus on Tix again. She could feel his eyes linger at her but didn't dare to look at him again.

'Let's get out of here Tix. I've still got stuff to pack for tomorrow.'

Both girls stood up and started walking towards the exit.

Finn's POV

Finn had come to the hospital to visit his grandma. Her health had worsened during the last couple of month and he had been here a few times since she had been admitted. He had gone to her room first, sat beside her and started talking. After a while they both decided to grab a cup of tea and a bite to eat in the cafeteria.

Finn had noticed the girl right away. She was sitting in the corner of the room, chatting and laughing away with her friend. He knew that she was one of the patients as he had seen her coming out of one of the therapie rooms a couple of times. She wasn't a typical beauty, but had a certain kind of charisma and radiance floating around her. Finn didn't notice that he was staring at her until their eyes locked. He tried to read her expressions but her face didn't give anything away.

She was curvy and had long black hair that fell over her shoulders. He couldn't help but wonder why she was here.

'What are you thinking son?' his grandma asked

'Nothing really.' He said. Finn could see her rolling her eyes. She always knew when he was lying.

As his eyes wandered to the corner table he noticed it was empty, apart from the small, jeans colored bag that lay on the floor.

'I'll be right back.' He said and before he knew it he grabbed the bag and started to walk towards the two girls.

'Hey there you forgot something.' he said, hoping the bag belonged to the black haired girl. They both turned around and looked down at the bag in his right hand.

'Oh my god. Thank you so much. I must have left it at the table.' said the black haired girl. He could see her cheeks flush as he gave back her bag.

'Don't worry. I'm glad I saw it before you were gone. I'm Finn by the way.'

He wanted to hit his head against a wall. 'What a great introduction' he thought.

'Oh hi Finn, I'm Rae.' She said. 'Say something Finn, just anything' he thought.

There was a long, awkward silence. They both just stood there, staring at the ground.

'Well I better get going. Got stuff to do. Thanks anyway.' she said and turned around. This was it. He totally blew his chance. 'What the hell is wrong with me' he thought, turned around and went back to the cafeteria.

He looked at his gran and new that she had heard and seen everything. This is going to be fun.