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Paige – “Forget it” Breaking Benjamin

Today had been a relatively good day in Paige’s books. College hadn’t been so bad, although she was now positive that there was no reason to have had to sweep the shavings from her eraser off onto the floor that many times. Thankfully, nobody had seemed to notice. It was an art class; using the eraser that many times would have been necessary for some people. Although, that little mark she left on the page in the wrong place was starting to bug her, and she wasn’t completely one hundred percent sure that she’d written her name on her work, but that didn’t matter now. Or did it?

No, of course not! Now she was in the car on the way to the Insomnia Research Clinic. She twiddled her thumbs as she watched the world go by sat in the back seat of her parent’s car, her father driving and her mother scribbling in a note book, sighing as she turned around to find her daughter absentmindedly staring and her thumbs whirling around each other with great speed and precision.

“Paige, I thought you said you were doing better today?” Her mother scolded, snapping Paige out of her little daze.

“I am doing better today, Mom.” She chirped, smiling softly. “I haven’t tapped my foot to the radio all the way here. Oh!” She paused, looking down to find her foot moving in time with the beat. “I didn’t notice that.”

Her mother rolled her eyes and turned around again, growling in frustration as she continued to scribble in the book. Her father’s expression was neutral. He didn’t approve of the way that his wife treated his daughter’s condition by writing down every single development, but he could see how it was frustrating for her to watch as her child lost more and more sleep.

Finally, they pulled up in the driveway of the Clinic. A grin plastered itself on her face as she saw her friend, Cyrus, just about to go through the doors. She ran up to him, quickly said hello and, realising she hadn’t said goodbye to her parents, she ran back to them, hugging them both before heading inside.

Just after Linde arrived, Madam Aggie announced where they would be staying for the night. Paige was a little confused as to why she was downstairs today; she didn’t like the tiny windows they had down there, even if they were better for shutting out the noise. At least Cyrus would be there, as would Linde, she really enjoyed their company. She supposed they reminded her of her college friends in a way, except they knew her secret, so she could relax more.

“I thought you said you weren’t coming tonight, Paige?” Cyrus asked her as they headed down the corridor towards their rooms. “Something about your family?”

“Oh, it was my Uncle’s birthday today, we were going to go out for a meal with him, but I didn’t want to go.” She answered, looking down at the floor to make sure she stepped in the middle of the tiles, and not on the lines. “I was hoping I might actually get some sleep tonight.”

Her attention was drawn to Linde as she conversed with the Nurse. He was quite good looking, she would have to admit, but really not her type. He knew too much about her.

“Having a good day, Linde?” He asked, smiling at her.

Oh! I know why! “Her favourite club reopened!” Paige chimed, carefully avoiding standing on a line as she let her concentration lapse for a few seconds.

They continued to talk for a while as they were being shown to their rooms. “So, what do you think will happen in Another Time tonight?” Linde asked as they stood outside their rooms.

Paige frowned. “I don’t know for sure… But it feels kinda weird. Like maybe something might go down.”

Linde smiled at her. She always did like it when she was cheerful. “Well, whatever happens, I’ll be here for you.” She replied, giggling and giving her the thumbs up before going into her room.

Paige pushed open the door next to Linde’s and looked around. It’s this room... The room with the loose window. I suppose they are a little considerate today. Carefully, she slipped the bracelet over her thin wrist and settled down on the bed, taking a fair few minutes to be able to settle in exactly the right position. She was right, today she did feel tired. Slowly, she closed her eyes, humming a little tune that helped her relax, her mind completely empty of thought for once.

She was nearly there. She was nearly asleep.

BANG!

Paige woke up with a start, sitting up abruptly and glancing anxiously around the room. She noticed the door seemed to be hanging slightly strangely and there was a little dent by the handle. Why would the nurses have to break the doors? They had keys didn’t they?

BANG!

Without warning, Paige shot through the air with her eyes closed, straight through the window and out into the open air. She landed face first on the ground, however, when something fell on top of her.

“Oh, hey Paige.”

She looked up, finding Xiao standing above her, smiling and waving as they both got to their feet. “Ouch! Hi Xiao.” She managed to say, looking over her shoulder. Is someone still on my back?

“Alley as usual?” She suggested, snapping Paige back into focus.

“Alley as usual.” She smiled and nodded, her feet soon lifting off the ground as she flew about 5 feet from the ground, Xiao following behind her.

Unfortunately, Paige found it rather difficult to catch much of the conversation as they arrived at the alley. For one, she really couldn’t shake the feeling that someone was still on her back, so she had to keep checking. Secondly, even though she’d brushed herself off before getting to the alley, she couldn’t help but dust herself off some more, just to make sure every single little spec of dust had gone. After all, her dress was cream in colour, dirt would stand out like a sore thumb!