//taylor's p.o.v.//

      Today is the day. I could barely sleep and I'm already awake by the time the sun shines through the psyche ward's wired up windows. I shoot up with excitement i can barely contain in my body, and rip Devon's blankets off of him.
          "DEEVONNN" i poke him around a little bit. "deeevonnn, its the daaay" i lean down to his ear and whisper. 
          "bro.... it is eight in the morning, please have mercy."
          "not gonna happen. Soo, what are we gonna do today since i wont see you for like two weeks?"
          "you're atrocious... well, what exactly can we do we haven't done in the past six months?" Devon sits up and ruffles his hair around. He never used any of his outing days to get a haircut, so he looks pretty shaggy after all this time. 
          "that's a good point. make something for me i can hang on my wall!" I sit on the end of Devon's bed while he continues to try to process all of this shenanigans.
          "you mean like the entire pile of paintings and collages we've made together?" he points to the bookshelf on his side of the room. Yet another good point. frustrating. 
          "then lets make another, shithead!" I shove Devon's shoulder lightly and give him a large smile. "c'mon, we dont wanna miss out on the good cereal." i put on my socks and fast-walk to the day room to avoid getting yelled at by staff for running. I can hear Devon groaning at me on my way out and laugh to myself about it.
          Devon follows after me, significantly slower and groggier. Not much has changed after six months, Devon definitely isn't a morning person, I'm always almost way too perky and annoying for him, i steal the cranberry juice every morning for breakfast, and i always talk to one of my favorite morning staff members to get the day started. I know around noon i'll be getting a call from my mom before she leaves to come get me. I can't wait to get fresh air for longer than a few hours finally. I can't wait to text my friends, see what i've missed in life the past six months. I never got to use my phone on the days i got to go out with my family.
         Devon sits next to me, barely even conscious as he slowly shovels his breakfast into his mouth.  i give him a slap on the back to wake him up a bit and see one of the staff raise an eyebrow at me. Me and Devon joke about how much shit they put up with with us two here. He'll be in a better mood here after he eats and has energy, I'm just here to roughly guide him into the good mood.
         Regular psyche ward shit goes on through most of the morning, Devon finally perks up and we're up to our usual fuckery. We sit down and start doing art projects and planning some piece to make i can put up in my room that resembles our time here together. It wont be that good with our lack of genuine art supplies, but it'll be special. and that's what matters most to me. A staff member is playing a playlist me and Devon built on paper, and the feelings of today are all perfect. I started to genuinely enjoy life a while ago, regardless of the Marc situation. I hope i get to speak with him when i get out, and i hope Jake hasn't fucked his head up too much. I'm not even sure if he's still with Jake, chances are he left but felt too bad to call me again. But those are outside issues, and i'm still inside. So i'll think that over in a few hours. Our mass art project is finally done, with a bunch of little inside jokes between me and Devon drawn into a painting of our room together. I put it in my folder to take home with me later.
          We both look at each other really long and i break a big smile. Its been a while since i've felt like this. My meds are balanced, I've made a best friend, and i'm...happy. i've put on a healthy amount of weight, i love my body again. its not easy, but i'm fighting. i have rough days but i know i'm stronger than them.  Devon breaks out into laughter with me and we give each other a deep hug, which gets us yelled at by a staff member but at this point it doesn't matter to us.
          Things finally feel like they're right. 

//authors note

i started writing this and got really exhausted, so there should be a second part to this later today. for now, enjoy the small update <3