Crazy
A "What If?" Implied Jarina One-Shot
"I'm not crazy."
"Of course not, sweetie."
"Then why am I here?"
The lady at the table sighed and took off her glasses. "It's just that... You seem to 'daydream' quite often, dear Wilhelmina. We just want you to stay here with us until that stops."
"It's not daydreaming!" Mina shouted.
She sighed and stared at the brunette in front of her. "Wilhelmina-"
"My name is Mina. Mina Grimm."
"Honey?" Ms. Grime patted her daughter's shoulder. "I told you, our last name is Grime."
"Ms. Grime, we have some visitors for your daughter to see how high she is on the spectrum." Mina's mother nodded, gave her daughter a kiss on the cheek and left. The two sat in silence until a girl with short black, green, and purple hair walked in, cursing under her breath. She sat down, irritated, causing her short black dress to scoot up even higher on her thighs.
"Let's just get this over with, Grimey."
"Ever? What are you doing here?" Mina growled.
She sighed and crossed her arms, looking at the lady in front of her. "You wanna know what Physco thinks of me? She thinks I'm a slutty, Gothic, PIXIE. Yeah, a pixie!"
"Oh, don't lie. She's hiding her wings but I can see them." Mina frowned. "She's just jealous Jared chose me over her."
Ever's jaw tightened and she got up and walked out.
The lady at the desk sat silently in the awkwardly quiet room before buzzing a button twice on her phone.
A young man dressed in a black, collared shirt and dark grey slacks walked into the room strangely graceful for a teenage boy.
"Ah, hello, Mina." He smiled and took a seat next to her. "So, if I am correct, i'm here to prove that's you're absolutely insane? Shouldn't be too hard."
"I'M NOT CRAZY!" She shouted.
"No? Well then why don't you tell," he paused to look at her nametag, "Ms. Savannah who I am?" He spoke calmly and with confidence.
"Fine." She pouted. "This is Teague, the Dark Prince of the Fae Plane. And he started my curse! This is all his fault!"
"Mina, please dear, you must see that this young man is not a prince." Savannah smiled warmly.
"He is! He's evil and cruel and sadistic! He... He killed Jared!"
Teague's face hardened and he gripped the arms of the chair a little tighter. "Savannah, I assure you I haven't killed anyone. You see, Mina was friends with my younger brother, Jared. He was on his way to see her a fee months ago when he," Teague swallowed hard and looked down at his shoes, "got in an accident. There was some reckless, drunk-off-his-ass, guy who ran into Jared. They both died almost instantaneously."
"I'm sorry for your loss." Savannah sympathetically nodded her head.
"Thank you."
"You shouldn't be apologizing to him!" Mina interrupted. "HE'S the one that killed Jared!"
"Why are you so obsessed with thinking I killed my own brother?!" Teague stood up and snarled. "I'd NEVER have laid a hand upon my brother. If it's anyone's fault he's dead, it's yours!"
Mina looked down and spoke softly to herself.
"What? Too afraid to admit you fucked up, Huh?" He spoke coldly.
"Mr. Royallè, please... Language..."
"He was going to see YOU. He went to YOUR damn neighborhood, knowing it's full of crazies just like you!" He stepped dangerously close to Mina and stared daggers into her.
"God, you're too crazy to even hear me, aren't you?" He spat. "Savannah, I'm sorry I couldn't be of more help. I'm just not really ready to talk about my brother." He stepped to the door and walked out, carefully closing the door behind him.
"I know he seems rude and awful but it's my fault." Mina stated.
"Mina, you couldn't have known that-"
"No, not Jared. I... I broke Teague's heart when I went back in time a while ago. I didn't mean to..." She sniffled and wiped her nose on her sleeve.
"Mina, I think it would be good if you'd stay here a while, okay?" she grabbed Mina's hand. "There's a... treatment we're testing that we can have you take so you'll forget all of this. You'll forget all those silly fairy tale daydreams."
"My friends?"
"Well... They were just fantasies."
"So, I'll forget Nan, Brody, Nix... Jared?" Her voice cracked.
"Yes, but it's for the best."
They sat in silence as Mina pondered it. She'd forget everything? The adventure on the Fae Plane with Nix? Every time Nan was there for her? Teague's constant annoyance? All the beautiful moments she spent with Brody?
Jared?
"Ladies first"
Mina Hesitated. "Uh, age before beauty."
"Grimms never win."
"Prince before pauper."
"Oh, fine. Just don't say chivalry is dead. 'Cause you had your chance."
She'd forget Jared?
Mina stopped and stared at Jared in disbelief. "If you knew that already, why in the world did you have me climb the tree?" Jared looked at her, his eyes widening in innocence. "I didn't ask you to climb the tree. I knew which way we were heading. I just asked you if you liked to climb trees in an attempt to start a conversation. You were the one who wanted to try to climb the stupid tree."
After all they'd been through? Or, at least, what she thought they'd been through. The thing was Jared was dead in both her mind and in reality. All she had left were their memories together. Was it worth it?
Jared's gray eyes bore into hers. His face filled with emotion, and his eyes looked to be just as tear-filled. "Do you really not know the reason why I came? I came back for you. I'll always come back for you."
She could have real friends, a real life! Free of the curse, free of it all. Maybe she could even befriend some of the people she used to know. Maybe Brody would finally notice her, maybe Ever and her could be friends, maybe she could go to Nix's swim practices without him getting made fun of, maybe she could get to know Teague before he went off to college next year. She looked down at her clasped hands and pulled a little metal object out of her pocket, the seam ripper, and tossed it to the ground. Savannah was staring at her, awaiting an answer.
Jared, please forgive me.
A/N: So, I've had this in my notes for a really long time and I didn't post it because I dunno I wanted to edit it a bit more. But, hey, ain't nobody got time for that! (Especially when I'm sick and have a huge test coming up) I've got much of the studying to do soooo I hope you enjoyed!
~Fluffy
