Black Leather Jackets: College Bound

Criminally Insane

Cheryl's POV
It's the next day and Toni isn't getting better.
"Last night was amazing," she says pecking my lips
Nothing happened last night, she cried all night between her episodes and then we fell asleep.
"Oh ya?"
"Mhm,"
"Can you tell me what happened last night?" I ask
"We hung out with all that junk food and watched movies," she says "where are we? How'd we get here?"
I look at her and sigh.
"What's wrong?" She asks "did I do something?"
"No no baby," I say
She looks confused.
"Do you wanna just cuddle?" She asks
"Sure babe," I sigh
She cuddles into my side and I wrap my arms around her. The doctor said she'll be better today.
"Cheryl, when did I wake up?" She says
I look at her eyes and they're normal.
"A few minutes ago babe," I sigh
"I'm sorry,"
"It's not your fault babe,"
"I know it's probably hard on you to hear me talk and not know who you are,"
"It is, but it's harder seeing you in pain when you come out of them," I sigh "I don't want you to be hurting,"
"I'll be ok babe," she sighs
"I know T, you always are,"
We sit there in silence for a few minutes.
"I need to go, my boyfriend is going to be angry," she says
"Who's your boyfriend babe?" I ask
"Reggie Mantle,"
"Reggie's not your boyfriend sweetie," I sigh
Oh ya and she's making up scenarios now.
"Mhm, for 6 months,"
"6 months?" I ask "but we've been engaged for 6 months,"
"No you're too hot for me, plus I'm straight,"
She gets up, changes and leaves.
"Bye Cheryl, thanks for the sleepover,"
I learned yesterday it's better not to smother her, just stalk her. I change quickly and follow her, just out of sight.
Reggie calls me and I pick up while still following T.
"Hey Blossom, What are you doing?"
"Following my fiancé," I whisper "she thinks you're her boyfriend,"
"That explains the text I got,"
"She's an idiot,"
"She's sick,"
"I know, she's still an idiot, she's talking to Brynn,"
I hang up and walk over.
"Brynn, stay away from her, please, she's in so much pain,"
"I'm not in pain Cheryl," Toni laughs "don't be silly,"
"Ya Cheryl don't be silly," Brynn says
Jesus Christ I hate this girl.
"I'm taking my fiancé now, goodbye," I say
"Toni you didn't listen to the voice,"
"The voice told me bad things," she whispers "I won't do that, but we aren't engaged,"
"The voice is telling you what's right,"
Toni's face changes and she snaps out of it again and throws up in the trash can beside her.
"Babe?"
"Cher what's going on?" She asks
"We were just leaving TT," I say grabbing her hand
"Toni, you have to listen to the voice,"
Toni shakes her head and tries to walk past, but Brynn grabs her arms
"You have to,"
A tear streams down Toni's face and I turn and face Brynn.
"If I catch you within 5 feet of my fiancé again, you'll have to move out of the state,"
I flip my hair and elbow her in the step on her foot as we walk off.
"She's talking about the voice on your phone?" I ask "the one that said to break up with me?"
Toni nods and looks at her hands.
"What else baby?" I ask
"She said to purge myself and be pure I must kill a boy," she says "and quit the football team to take away the temptation- but I wouldn't kill anyone,"
"But you tried to quit football?"
"That wasn't me, I didn't want any of that to happen, the voice and the drugs and the pitch,"
"Pitch?" I ask
"Every so often, around the time I get fuzzy,"
"May I look at your ears?"
"What?"
"May I look at your ears?" I repeat
She nods and I move her hair to see her right ear, and then her left.
What the hell?
There's a blinking light at the back of her left ear.
"Babe, we have to go see coach," I say "and the sports doctor,"
Confused she nods and I grab her hand.
"Where are we going?"
"The doctor,"
"But I'm not sick," she says "oh it's because I'm pregnant isn't it?"
"You aren't pregnant baby,"
"Yes I am, remember?"
"Right, totally forgot," I lie
I don't need this fight right now.
We walk in silence to the office coach told us to go to and he's already there.
"Cheryl is Toni.."
"Making up stories again? Yes," I sigh "but I found something,"
"What?" He asks
"I'm pregnant!" Toni says
"She's not pregnant," I whisper
"Babe I am, you keep forgetting and it's rude," she snaps
"Right sorry," i sigh "just lets show them your ear first,"
"Why my ear?" She asks
"Because your piercing is infected,"
"It is?" She gasps
"If you'll believe that," I say
"My eats have been hurting,"
"Well then, let's get you checked out babe,"
She sits on the table and I talk to coach.
"Pregnant?" He asks
"Don't ask it's the least weird thing she's said all day,"
"What else?"
"Something about a voice and a pitch that she hears or talks to, I found a device in her ear- that's why we came here,"
"She's going to be ok Cheryl,"
"I hope so coach, I can't deal with this much longer. It's bad enough she has no clue what's going on but she always thinks she's right and that's my thing, not hers,"
"I get that feeling," he laughs
"Cheryl you were right," the doctor says
"See? I'm always right coach,"
He laughs and we walk over
"I took it out, it is a device capable of emitting a low frequency into the ear drum which- combined with the drugs make her very susceptible to this voice that keeps calling her,"
Toni has tears streaming down her face.
"Babe what's wrong? Are you in pain?"
"I want the baby," she says "we can do it Cher, I know we can, I'd have to only take half a season off, I can do it please Cher,"
"TT,"
"Please, I want a kid I can't do anything to it," she says "it's my kid,"
"Babe you aren't pregnant," I say "you aren't, you were shot and the baby died,"
"Charlie died?" She asks
I nod and a tear goes down my cheek
"No you have to be wrong," she says
"Do you have a mirror?" I ask the doctor
He hand me one and I take Toni's shirt off.
"Babe see this scar? You were pregnant but then a Spanish boy shot you in Italy,"
"But... I wanted a kid, and I wanted to decide,"
"I know babe," I hug her and she's crying harder
"I just wanted to choose, I just wanted to decide,"
"I know, I know," I coo
She releases from the hug.
"What happened?"
"You blacked out again?" I ask
"Ya I.. I don't remember anything," she says "why was I crying? Why don't I have a shirt on?"
"You thought you were still pregnant and you wanted to keep the baby, but I had to tell you that you weren't,"
She nods and looks at her hands.
"I'm going insane, like criminally insane, aren't I?" She asks "I feel like a crazy person, like I should be locked up,"
"Topaz, we found a device that was interfering with your sense of the world in your ear and it should help," coach says
"I just want to be a normal 18 year old, a normal person," she says "I just want to breathe and be safe enough to breathe comfortably,"
I nod and so does coach
"I have an idea, one that will get Brynn off your back, but you may not like it,"
"What?" She asks
"You break up with me,"