Daniel POV
Paramedics and police officers run in. I stand there. The world moving past me. Looking back on it. I don't know what was wrong with me. I was mute and I couldn't move. They still count it as a mental break. I ' broke'. One of many ' breaks'. I hear Jonah talking to the cop. " What happened sir? " "I hear this, um heated fight and I hear them talking. " " Go on. " " Then I hear Daniel yell something and I didn't hear anything. Then I hear a really loud scream. " " Do you know what of provoked it? " " Uh, well I don't really know. Jack was mad about Daniel being with his ex for a while.they have been hanging out a little. " " What did Daniel yell? " " Uh, I have no idea. I was in my room." "What was Daniel's reaction to Jack's nose breaking?" " Well he just stood there, like he is now. I don't know what happened . He might of hit his mental breaking point. " He looks over at me. I probably look crazy. Standing there with ice on my eye and nothing to say. I'm sure I'm shaking, bad. " Sir. " The cop comes over to me. I want to tell the whole story. Tell them what he was doing. Tell them he was -. " Her" Jonah shakes his head. " When I asked him why he did it He said that. " " Ok. Sir why did you hit Jack? ""Her." I can't speak anymore . I feel like I have a language barrier. " Do I have to teach you English? " The officer says. " " Her i said Her" I tcan't talk right. Jonah walks over. " Dude,what's wrong? What happened? Why did you punch Jack? " I look at him and my ice pack slips out my fingers. It hits the ground. " Daniel Dude? I doubt you would do this for no reason. " " We have to take him in for questioning. " The officer says. Grabbing my hands and putting then behind my back " He is my friend you can't take him, trying to convince him to talk, it won't work. " Jonah says. " He hurt Jack, just let him go! " Zach yells. "We all know it wasn't on purpose! "Jonah persists " Or do we " Zach says. " Stop guys. " Corbyn says. Then the officer walks me out. " Don't let anyone online know! " Jonah yells. " We'll do our best sir! " The officer pushes me into a car. Then starts driving. I'm feeling nothing. I can see by in the window, my eye should be cry worthy. It is red and swollen shut. It looks painful. I feel no emotions and feel no pain.
The drive to the police station is a long one. They take me into the questioning room with the double sided mirror that looks like a mirror that's really a window for the other person. I'm handcuffed and sitting there. Then a lady walks in. " I'm Jamie, I'm the mental health specialist. " She says. I nod. " We called your parents, your mom, your dad, to tell them your in jail. For a little. " She smiles. " So what provoked you to break his nose Daniel? " She says. " Jack provoking me. His words. " I say. Horrible grammar. " What did he say? " " He owns her. " I mumble. " What. " I'm done. That's my boundary. I sit there looking at her. " Will you talk to anyone else? " I look at her and down to my trapped wrists. " Mom, Dad, Sister, Brother, Cousin, Friend. Girlfriend? " " Kenzie. " I say, looking her dead in the eyes. " Who is Kenzie " She says. I swear this lady is annoying. I just look at her. Unable to feel, unable to speak.
One statement every five minutes is all I can do." Her last name? Full name? " "Ask, Jonah." I say. these handcuffs are also getting really annoying. She walks out the room. I look around the wall. They are dark and concrete. It's disgusting in here but I'm handcuffed. Then the door opens. I expect to see Jamie the annoying, but I see Kenzie. Then I all of a sudden can feel again. I put my head on the table and start crying. " Daniel? " " I punched him. " I say. " Yeah. I know you did. " " I, he was talking about how your his and I snapped. He tried to say he owned you and say your his and you will be his for the rest of you-" I start crying harder. She holds my cold hand in one of her soft, warm hands. " Daniel... " She says. " I really don't want you to die. " " Nobody wants to die. " She whispers. I look up. She gives me an ice pack. " Thank you. " I press it against the painful throbbing. " Anytime, that's what I'm hear for. " She says. I smile. We just look at each other for a while. " He didn't break it. " She says. " No? " I look down. Shame - filled. " Well it wasn't broken, it was fractured, that big bone, he needs surgery. But he'll live " She touches her nose and rubs her arm. I see a patch on her arm. " Where have you been today" I can't move my hands to point so I nod to it.
" For my antibiotics, they said 3 pills a day isn't working and so we need to pump it in me when necessary so they have a patch. " She says. Then she sighs. " And if that doesn't work, Blood transfusion. " " Gosh. " " I do have hope though Dani. You gave me hope. I think I might pass up the 3 month mark. Then go for a year then 2 years. " She laughs. " Then we can get married. "I say. " To get back at Jack. " She starts laughing. I mean that literally though. I love her. I wish she had of caught that. Then she gets up and walks around to the other side of the table where I am. " Bye Daniel. " She kisses me on the cheek. I feel my face get hot. She walks out and officers walk in. They take me to this cell for an evaluation. They say I'm stable and I can go. Jonah picks me up, I don't know why. It's awkward. " I'm taking you to a hotel to sleep tonight. " Jonah says. He looks disappointed. " Ok. " " So you'll talk now? " " Jon-" " I'm sorry. It's just why did you mess up his nose? " " Kenzie. She didn't want me or Jack to tell anyone, not a soul but she is... " I wipe a big tear from my eye. " She has bacteria in her blood and they gave her 3 months to live. " I say. My eye on my fist. Then other hand on my ice pack. Holding it against my other eye. He gasps " What? That can't be. " " She has a antibiotic pump and everything. She is getting more sick every day." "But what did he do? " " He said things like she is mine or thing like that, I couldn't take it. " " You like her? " " I -" I can't lie " Yeah. " " Tell. Her. Tonight. " " Tomorrow. " I plead. " Ok I guess. Here are you clothes and enough money to buy a night at the hotel. Get in fast. " He says throwing me a duffel and some money. I get out the car and get a room for a night. I take off my clothes and go to sleep.
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The Meaning of Life
Random(WARNING : DEATH) (Based in 2017) McKenzie Green, or everyone else calls her Kenzie. She has emotional issues. After her boyfriend, Jack cheats on her, he swears he didn't, she tries to kill herself. Then in the hospital, she is diagnosed with 3 mon...