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"No, He's not" Noah sighed pushing Cody away from him "Chris, Why do you keep bringing him to me? I've told you dozens of times, he has me mistaken for someone else"
"Cody, maybe you should just give up" Chris sighed
"I know he remembers" Cody told Chris "Noah, I forgive you! You don't need to pretend you don't remember!"
"Who are you again?" Noah looked at the boy and stood up "Chris, if you don't mind I would like to be escorted back to my room, it was great meeting you Heather"
Chris pressed the buzzer and two guards came in and escorted Noah out, leaving Cody standing there with Chris and Heather.
"Heather, this is Cody" Chris introduced "You'll see a lot of him around here, Even though he really is trying for something that's never going to happen"
"How is Sierra?" Cody asked "Is she sane enough to visit?"
"No more sane then any other day" Chris laughed "You know she nuts, she's even nuttier for you!"
"So, this is the same Cody that Noah told me doesn't exist?" Heather asked confused
"I can't really get into patient details" Chris told her "Especially with other patients, however if Cody would like to discuss it with you…Well I'm off to help Eva take her anger out in a better way!"
"I saw you on the news you know" Cody told her "You killed your boyfriend"
"Shit happens" Heather told him "Does that make me nuts?"
"Most people would say so" Cody told her "Lucky for you that you ended up here and not in jail"
"So, you don't think I'm crazy?" Heather asked
"Not at all" Cody laughed "You just lucked out and got placed here, you couldn't ask for a better place to be"
"So what does this say about you?" Heather sat down and crossed her legs "You spend more time in here with a bunch of crazy people then you do in the real world"
"Why not?" Cody asked "Not everyone here is bad, Some are lost and others much like yourself are in here for the wrong reasons, I'm perfectly safe in here"
"How long has Noah been in here?" Heather asked
"It will be 2 years in March" Cody told her "It seems longer"
"Why does he ignore you?" Heather asked "If you don't mind me asking"
"He told you I'm not real, didn't he?" Cody sighed "That's sadly what he does, He and I can sit there and have conversations and the whole time he can see me he denies he knows me, Then when I go home if Sierra or anyone else mentions me he says I'm Sierra's imaginary friend, I don't even know why I come here to see him, I think it's because one day I'm hoping he'll admit he remembers….."
"Do you mind if I ask what he did?" Heather asked "If it's too personal I understand….."
"No, I don't mind" Cody told her "It will actually do me some good…"
Heather sat and listened to Cody, she was really curious to find out what happened with them and why Cody came to see the boy almost every day, regardless of how Noah acted.
"Noah is here because of what he did, He remembers what he did, but I think he would rather pretend it never happened….." Cody started to tell the story "I guess by coming here to see him all the time, It's a constant reminder of what he did to me, I told him multiple times I forgave him…"
"Codykins!" Sierra tackled Cody to the ground "How are you? I missed you!"
"I'm fine Sierra" Cody got up "I saw you yesterday and the day before, I'm the same as always"
"Do you remember the time in school when I sat behind you in math class?" Sierra smiled "That was when you were using that almond smelling shampoo!"
"I don't remember that" Cody smirked awkwardly "I remember all the notes you would pass me though"
"Yeah, I remember them too!" Sierra happily told him "I never understood why you transferred out of that class!"
"Wow…." Heather stared at Cody and Sierra
"Hiya! You must be Heather, Right?" Sierra asked "I'm Sierra and this is Cody, I love him so much! We went to school together before I got transferred here! This school has a lot less people but at least it has Cody! He comes to see me all the time after class!"
"Nice to meet you" Heather stared at the girl "So this is school?"
"Yeah, it's a school for gifted students" Sierra rolled her eyes "Obviously, I'm one of them!"
"Sierra, don't you think you should get to class?" Cody asked her "I have Gym next, which is in the opposite direction of your class, you better hurry! You don't want to be late!"
"You're right!" Sierra kissed Cody on the cheek "I'll see you after school on web chat!"
"Okay!" Cody waved as Sierra ran off "Bye!"
"So, she thinks she's in school?" Heather laughed
"Basically" Cody told Heather "I feel like it's my fault she's here really, I've known Sierra since I was 10 years old, the first day we met she confessed she loved me, we were neighbors and she followed me everywhere, once I started dating Noah it really took an effect on her, so she likes to pretend it's the days of school before I met Noah"
"Yeah, what happened with you two anyway?" Heather was still curious "You and Noah"
"Well Noah and I didn't always get along that well….." Cody told her as Chef walked into the room.
"Heather, you need to go to your room" Chef walked up to her "It's almost 8"
"I'll tell you another day" Cody smiled at Heather and walked over to the door to get buzzed out.
Heather really wanted to know what happened with Noah, but she knew she obviously wasn't going to find out much tonight. She was walked into a small room with 2 beds, one was empty, she assumed that was hers.
"That's your side" Gwen plopped on her bed "This is my bed, We can't decorate much, but maybe you could get a poster or something, Chris doesn't usually care, occasionally he does bed checks so if you plan on hooking up with anyone don't do it until after 3am…..One more thing, Trent is my boyfriend so don't get any funny ideas and if you even think of hurting my brother you'll regret it."
"I'm really starting to wish I was in jail" Heather sighed and dove faced first into her bed.