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Phil slept on the floor next to the couch. Or…tried to sleep I should say. He laid there staring at the ceiling. Keely laid on her side facing him. A shift in movement on the couch caught his attention. He sat up to find Keely slowly awaking. Phil scooted closer to the couch and put a hand on her cheek. Keely breathed in and opened her eyes.
"Phil?" She whispered.
"Keely Teslow, if you were trying to scare me, you did a pretty good job." Phil said.
"I knew I heard your voice at one point." She said faintly. She looked at him, staring at her.
"You…you said something about coming. I tried…but I couldn't." She added.
Phil pushed a piece of hair behind her ear.
"I'm just thankful you're back. I came home to an empty apartment and all sorts of things ran through my head but I never thought you were the kind of girl who would inflict pain on herself." He said.
"I didn't think so either." She murmured.
"You…terrified me, so bad. I see my best friend, leaning limp over the side of a bench and the only thought running through my mind is…Oh my God she's dead."
"I'm sorry." She apologized.
"I'm not looking for an apology. I just want a clarification."
Phil took Keely's wrists in his hands.
"Keely…why did you do this to yourself?" He asked with concern.
"I…I don't know. I saw the knife in one of the kitchen drawers. And all of a sudden, I felt the blade slicing through my skin and, and…it had… some kind of affect on me. I couldn't get enough of it. Before I knew it, I was walking down the street with the knife in my hand." She stopped and looked away from him.
Phil looked in her eyes. They were tearing up. He waited.
"I…I guess…I just wanted the pain to go away." She finished.
"Keely…Nothing is going to make the pain go away. Something tragic happened in your life. It's not something you simply "get over"." He said, stroking her head.
"That wasn't an attempt to…to kill yourself was it?" He asked, expecting Keely's instant no, no, I would never try to do something like that. But it didn't come. Instead, she just stared at him. Phil finally got the message.
"Oh Keely."