[tw; slight suicidal ideation. hope you enjoy!]

Before I open my eyes, I know exactly what this day entails. After I get ready, the bell by the window will ring. I will fetch my food, and wait by the window. Then the bell will ring midday for lunch, I eat my food, I wait and watch. Once more in the evening I feast and sit patiently, observing that single hole in my room. And when I go to bed, pa...

Damn, it's cold out tonight. Of course, I would expect nothing warmer for a December night, but even my back is cold. I'm wearing four layers, and my back is cold. I didn't think it was possible.

The streetlights shine down like series of UFOs, and are scary like them. I watch a few cars blip by, but my eyes are looking for the bus. It'll show up eventually, I think.

I shiver when a breeze passes ...

There it is again. That unnatural snort-chuckle sound.

"Oh" Elly says between breaths, "Oh, Hope, you're just too funny---"

She slams her hand on the quartz counter, a bit of her wine (which perfectly matches the color of her face) splashing out of her glass as she stabilizes her laugh.

She sounds like a suffocating monkey.

Her eyes glance down at the maroon spill on the floor and gasps.

"Oh, I a...