Possessed Chapter 27

It was four in the morning, a week after Patch left. I hadn't gotten out of bed. I didn't want to.

I hadn't eaten once after Patch left. I couldn't sleep without Patch.

I was falling apart without Patch.

I needed him back.

To get him back I had to get better.

In the moment I was in the bathroom. I found some unused bottles of pink hair dye under the sink, so I had the strawberry scented pink goop in my hair. I ran the comb through to make sure it was all evenly colored. Pink hair made me happy, so I figured the first step to getting better was to do something that made me happy.

My hair was now down to the middle of my back, I gathered it all and put a shower cap on so I didn't get dye everywhere.

I went into the living room and sat on the couch with a book.

It was a pretty good book. It was a sci-fi romance book. The main guy was a demon, the main girl was human. They fell in love, but he kept the fact that he was a demon a secret from her. Before I knew it I had finished the 100 page book about a demon and a girl who had fallen in love. It ended with her tragic death.

It was time to rinse my hair.

The next hour was spent finally sleeping. Of course it resulted in a nightmare. But I was pulled out of it by Mali waking me up.

"Wholy shit, your hair." He gaped as I sat up.

I smiled. "I missed my pink."

He smiled. "Get dressed. You have school. I'll write a fake doctors note, but I have a job for you today."

Believe it or not I wanted to get to school. Maybe there, if I get back into my old routine, maybe I would feel better. "What is that 'job'?"

"You are to come home with two extracurricular activities." Mali spoke. "You need something to do."

"That's reasonable." I sighed. "Now get out so I can get ready."

Mali left and yelled up. "By the way, Krystal is here!"

Great.

I got up and began to change into black ripped up skinny jeans, that's when something caught my eye. Patch accidentally left his grey hoodie on my bed. Not bothering with a shirt, only a bra, I put his hoodie on, it still smelled of him. I pulled on my favorite black boots and went downstairs. There I found Mali had Krystal against a wall with his hand in her pants.

"You guys." I demanded.

Reluctantly they stopped.

"I'm ready for school."

"No you're not. You need to eat, your drugs are on the counter with some oatmeal." Mali demanded.

The thought of food made me sick but I had to make myself get better. I wanted Patch back. Quickly I swallowed the pills and downed the oatmeal.

Krystal was the one to take me to school. It was a long awkward drive. But when we got there I rushed out quickly. With my head down I ran my daily routine of going to all my classes.

By the time Lunch came around I decided to find my two extra curricular activities.

Softball.

I could try softball again. I made my way to the coaches office, he was happy to see me. "Hey! Its the pink haired wonder!"

I giggled. "Hey coach! I was wondering if you had a spot on the softball rossiter for a certain girl who needs something to do?"

Mr. Cruz laughed. "Of course I do, season is starting up and our catcher has bad grades, I need to pull her from the team."

I felt bad for the girl, but I was excited to be on the team again. "Thank you so much!" I smiled.

"Of course, practice is every day during sixth so you'll have to switch in, games are after school on Tuesdays, sometimes Wednesdays." He informed me.

"All my old gear is still in my gym locker, and I have a free period for sixth, so I'll see you sixth period!" I beamed.

Coach smiled as I left his room. I picked up my phone to call Patch and tell him the news.

It was the first time I had called him since he left. He had called me a few times, but every time he called me I would sob. I missed him a lot.

He answered pretty quick. "Hey Princess."

"Guess what!" I smiled at the sound of his voice.

"What's that?"

"I'm on the softball team! Mali wanted me to find stuff to do, I still need to find one more extra curricular thing to do, but I'm excited! And I ate breakfast today and I kept it down!" I wish I could hug him I was so happy.

"Awesome!" He laughed. "I'm so happy for you angel. I'll call you tonight okay? Do good at school today."

"Okay, have a good day!" I sang to him and hung up. The next class was easy, time went by fast.

Eagerly I made my way to the  locker room. The girl at the locker beside mine smiled at me. I opened my locker and my glove fell out. "You play?" The cherry haired girl asked as she pulled off her dress.

"Yeah, Coach Cruz actually put me on the team today, he said the Catcher is ineligible." I smiled. She was easy to talk to.

The girl was pretty too. She was on the bigger side. She wore a light blue dress with cherries on them. Her lipstick was bright red to match her blood red hair that she had curled and pinned up in victory rolls. To top off the look she had red cat eye glasses atop her perfectly made up grwy eyes that resembled Patch's.

"Oh thank god. The catcher was my ex, I kept aiming the ball at her face instead of her glove." She smiled.

"I'm Karma." I smiled politely.

"I'm Alma!" She giggled through her red lips.

Once we were dressed we headed to the field. Alma and I instantly connected and became friends.

There I found out she was a pitcher, I was glad she was my pitcher, we had an instant connection and it was honestly perfect.
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"Hey!" Alma yelled after me as she ran up the stairs in her poofy dress.

I stopped and waited for her to catch up. "You should audition for the play, I'm the costume designer so I can put in a good word about you. The lead character quit on us. If you can learn lines and choreography quickly I think you'd be perfect."

"What play is it?"

"Into the woods."

I remembered seeing that movie with Patch. I did need another thing to do. "Okay why not!" I giggled. As Alma excitedly dragged me towards the Auditorium I texted Mali telling him I was busy after school.

She pulled me into the auditorium and I saw the director who looked annoyed. "All these people who have auditioned suck! Nobody. Can remember lines or anything!"

"Ronnie!" Alma yelled, everyone turned towards us. "Pinky here wants to audition."

"Oh, I already like her." He smiled. "Can you act?" He asked me.

"She's been in broadway five times, that's a lie, just give her a script." Alma laughed.

Ronnie handed me a short scene that ended with a kiss between myself and the baker, lyrics to a song, and I had to learn some dance choreography within 15 minutes. It was overwhelming, but I did it.

First I had to sing the song, luckily it was right in my range, I knew the song already, it was my favorite song from the play. Along with the song I danced through the choreography, I stumbled a bit, but I think I was okay.

I stood backstage, waiting for the director to call me onstage so I could act out the scene. I turned towards the guy I had to act with, he was the baker.

Not trying to be mean I spoke to him. "I have a boyfriend. Don't try too much with the kiss please."

The guy laughed. "Honey, I like boys. Don't worry. My name is Felix, yours is Karma right?"

I nodded.

He was taller than me, but not taller than Patch. He was a bit chubby, and he looked like he could be Jewish.

"Scene!" Ronnie yelled.

We went on stage, quickly getting into character. We acted out the scene and in the end, the kiss, Felix put his hand between our mouths, and his back to the audience, nobody even knew it wasn't a real kiss.

"Okay, I still have three people to audition, but you were great. I honestly think you're the one I'm going to use. Write your phone number on the script, I'll call you." He was excited, as was I.

He let everyone go, even Felix, Ronnie said he didn't need Felix to kiss any more girls for the day. As Alma and I walked out front Felix caught up to us. "Hey, you're a good actress. I can't wait to work with you." He grinned.

"She's a great softball player too." Alma added.

I blushed. Today was a great day. When we got out front I saw my brothers car. I exchanged phone numbers and hugs with my new friends before getting in the car and rambling on about my perfect day. The only thing that could have made it better was Patch.