I woke up late.

 The lights in the room were off and the doors were closed which was weird because the nurses almost never fully closed my door or any patients door. The bathroom door was closed but the light was on inside. 

Also strange. 

I sat up in bed then turned on the TV for a little light. I checked my phone for notifications. I had a missed call from mom and three from Ollie. Hoping Ollie came to his senses, I texted him back then heard ringing sounds came from the bathroom. Soon after, the toilet flushed.

What the heck. I thought. All the bones in my body stiffened.

"Is someone in there?" I called out, sure it could have been a cleaning nurse. My hands started shaking. No one else was allowed to use that bathroom except me. They wouldn't even let my mom use it the whenever she visited. 

Suddenly, a figure walked out. It started walking towards the light switch at the end of the room. When the lights turned on I was met with Ollie. He was dressed up in jeans and a hoodie. He walked towards my bed casually. "Hey," he said.

I paused for the longest time. "What are you doing here? How did you even get in here, it's after visiting hours."

He stuffed his hands in his pocket and looked over his shoulder at the front door. "Honestly, I don't know."

"You don't know?" I raised an eyebrow. "Ollie this is weird! How did you get in here? Where's mom?" I grabbed his hand.

"I don't know! But...something's wrong. I know it," he said. 

"Is mom okay?" I asked, scooting towards the end of the bed. I attempted to stand up but Ollie grabbed my arm and inched me back down slowly. I snatched my hand away. "You're ice cold and I don't know what you're doing here. I-I'm calling mom." Panick slowly seeped in.

He snickered and turned around to face the door. "She's not coming. She's out, drinking."

I sighed and put down my phone knowing if I called she would get in trouble for abandoning Ollie. 

"Ollie, I'm going to call you an uber and I need you to head out the exit down the hall and go home. I'll be there tomorrow."

"It's so strange, Eleanor," he said, still facing the door. "I can see you sleeping but this...this isn't you. This isn't real." He turned around and swiftly walked towards me then grabbed my face.

I felt nothing. No cold hands. Just...nothing.

"Something's wrong." His bulging eyes burned into mine.

***

I woke up to one of the nurses feeling my head. "Darling, you're sweating so badly. We have to take your temperature."

I sat up. "My brother, where's my brother?"

She looked at me with a raised eyebrow. "Your brother? No one is here ma'am."

I looked around and out of the window. The mist had begun, I could barely see out the window. "How long was I asleep?"

"For a long time. I was worried too," she said. "Whenever we came to check your vitals you wouldn't wake up. You slept so heavy. Even when they came by to do blood work. You tossed and turned a little but you were in a deep sleep. Didn't even feel the needle."

"It felt so real," I whispered to myself then looked up at the nurse. "What time is it?"

"4pm darling," she said. "You missed breakfast but we'll bring you lunch shortly. Be right back." When she left, I called Ollie. He didn't answer. I called my mother.

"Hello?" A raspy voice answered. 

"Hey," I said. "have you seen Ollie? He's not answering."

"Ollie? Oh man, what time is-" I heard her curse in the background.

"Mom? Are you home?" I asked.

"I'm heading home now. Fuck!" She yelled. "Sorry hun, I have to call you back."

After she hung up, I sat there. My eyes were wide with worry. In my dream, I remembered Ollie saying mom went out. And it seems like she did since she wasn't home. I felt angry. She left him alone. I was about to text him when I saw that he had left me a message while I had been sleeping.

"Tell mom don't come looking for me. I'll be with Jean. Sorry."

The message was sent 5 hours ago. 

What do I do? Call the police? It's not like he's missing yet I didn't know who Jean is. I frantically called mom back. She picked up.

"Mom. I'm going to need you to pick me up...today! I got a text from him. Something happened to Ollie."