(Erza's point of view)

I unlock the door to my apartment and go inside. As I do I see Mira sitting on the couch, she stands up as soon as she sees me.

"Erza! Good, you're here!" she says impatiently and begins to put on her jacket before I can ask her what's going on or even shut the door she drags me outside and locks the door again.

"Mira, what's wrong? What was the emergency you were talking about?" I ask as she drags me in a hurry to her car. We get inside and she starts the engine, "It's Millianna" she says and begins to drive out into the road.

"What about her?" I ask with a sinking feeling in my stomach. "She got arrested" she answers.

"Arrested? Wasn't she just released from the hospital today?"

"I don't get it either, and it doesn't help that Sho wasn't very clear when he called me. Apparently, she beat up some random girl at the mall"

"Why?"

"We have no idea, she just got aggressive for no reason"

"I hope she isn't hurt..."

"..."

"What?"

"Nothing... Well..."

"Spit it out, Mira"

"You know they are going to use this against her when she goes to court, right?"

"What? No they can't, she just went through a traumatic experience it can't be unusual for her to freak out a bit"

"Erza, they don't arrest you for freaking out a bit. They are going to make her seem like she's unstable and that's the last thing she needs right now..."

"She just shot herself in the foot, didn't she?"

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My knee on instinct keeps bouncing, I don't even realize I'm doing it until Mira gives me a look. I stop and try to focus on something. I feel a knot in my stomach, What am I even supposed to say to her? I'm not good at comforting people, how am I supposed to make her feel better?

I look up and see Sho walking towards us, the knot in my stomach gets tighter. The hospital has a one person at a time visiting policy, Sho's back so that means I have to go see her next. I stand up and meet him halfway. "Good luck" he whispers and walks past me and sits down in my previous seat.

I let out a breath and walk toward the security door, they let me in and point toward where I should go. With every step, I feel more and more dread. Why am I so nervous? It's just Millianna. But I know it's not the Millianna I know, this Millianna has gone through something I can never fully understand. She's different now... damaged...

Outside the room is a guard flipping through a magazine, she doesn't acknowledge me. I walk into the room, it's dark the only light coming from a television that hangs from the wall.

There are three beds in the room and a desk in the corner where a male nurse sits looking through his phone. In the third bed, I see Millianna sitting up her right hand is handcuffed to the bed, I walk towards the bed and sit down in the chair next to it.

Millianna doesn't bother looking at me as I sit down. I open my mouth but no words come out. After a minute of silence, "I'm surprised you aren't drunk" her voice breaks the tension. I turn toward her and chuckle, "I wish I was drunk, it would make this trip easier" I whisper trying to keep my voice down to not disturb the other patients.

"You didn't have to come here Erza, I don't even know why you bothered to, " she says and wraps the blanket closer around her. I stay quiet for a couple of moments, would I have come if Mira hadn't dragged me here? I will like to think yes because I'm a decent human being but I know that I probably wouldn't have.

"You know what I'm going to ask you right?" I say to her. She sighs, "If that's all you came for then you really shouldn't have bothered coming," she says. "Millianna-" I start with a sympathetic tone. "Don't Erza... Just Don't ... I'm sick of everyone looking at me that way and talking to me like I'm some kind of walking ticking time bomb that has to be cradle every damn second" she hisses.

Something inside me snaps, "Fine you don't want to cradle then I won't cradle you. You are a fucking ticking time bomb. You just beat the shit out of an innocent girl for no fucking reason" I yell and stand up from my chair abruptly. I see tears begin to well up in her eyes but I don't stop. I feel everyone looking at us even the guard but none of them make any move toward us.

"Your right Millianna I shouldn't have bothered coming. But just a piece of advice if someone does come to see how you are doing you probably shouldn't start off the conversation by insulting them" I sneer, regretting the words as soon as they leave my mouth. I stare at her for a couple of seconds as the tears begin to roll down her face.

What the fuck did I just do? On instinct, my legs move and I walk out of the room. Her protests and sobs falling on deaf ears, I stop and stand outside of the room for a couple of seconds. I have to go back and apologize... Right?

I turn and see the guard looking at me, giving me a disapproving look. "What is the matter with you?" she says disgustedly. "Fuck off," I say and continue walking defiantly not wanting to turn back now. Instead of going back to the waiting room I walk out of an emergency exit on the way. The cool air hits my face and dries the tears that have gathered in my eyes. I wipe the remaining ones away and begin to walk away from the hospital.

With every step, I take the horrible feeling in my gut gets worse and worse. Why the fuck did I say that to her? I stop walking and begin to pull on my hair. Why did I do that?! "God dammit" I yell at myself. I kick a trash bin in frustration and knock down all the trash, people passing by give me dirty looks but I just keep walking. I hate myself enough without other people adding to it.

I stop walking when I see a familiar neon sign, it's one of the many bars I go to when I wanna drink till I pass out. Without hesitation I open the old creaky door and walk in, the smell of smoke, sweat, and liquor hits my nose immediately. I walk to the bar and sit down at the stool that looks most stable and order a drink. 8 shots of whiskey and 3 beers later and I almost feel alive again...

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