A GRUNT escapes past my lips as my leg was freed from the cast. It looked pale and skinny since it was suffocated by cast, but when I tried to bend my leg, I let out a hiss. Dr.Geller shakes his head as I reached down to hold my knee, "It'll be a while before you could fully bend it. It needs to heal with physical therapy."

"How long will that take?" I ask him and he shrugged.

"However long it takes. It's up to and how you want to go with it," He simply told me, "It's not like you can go anywhere anyways."

I roll my eyes at his statement as he puts on my knee brace to keep my knee at a certain angle, "Okay, so what about my memory?"

"You're just missing pieces to a puzzle because you're making your subconscious do that," He explained, "You don't want to remember things, is all, so along with your leg, it's up to you."

I huffed loudly, "Thanks, Doc."

He then hands me my crutches and I put them under my arms before I limp out of his office. Thankfully he did study to become a doctor because my leg would've been fucked. I couldn't go to an actual doctor with a license and medical degree because I'm still wanted for the murder of my family, so Geller had to suffice.

When I leave his office, I notice Marcus against the wall a few inches away, his head of curls in a newspaper. I go towards him and clear my throat for him to look up and meet my eyes, "Can I help you, Marcus?"

"I was just passing by and I remember how you told me you were getting your cast off today, so I stayed to see if you got out okay." He explained and I slowly nodded as he saw the brace, smirking, "Looks badass."

I scoffed, "Yeah, if badass means crippled for another few weeks then yeah, definitely 'badass'." I glance down at the newspaper in his hands and motion to it, "Anything interesting?"

"Nope, same bullshit." He shrugged and I shake my head but when I looked back at him, he was already staring at me. I furrowed my brows at him and raise my crutches to hit his calf. He jumps a little and whine at the sudden attack, "Um, ow?"

"You were staring at me." I informed him and gave a stern face.

"I don't think I deserve getting hit for it," He grumbled as I notice Saya coming up to us.

"Freedom?" She asked me when she reached us.

"Not yet." I sighed, causing her to look down at my brace.

"Damn," Saya cursed out, before looking between Marcus and I, noticing how Marcus was rubbing the back of his neck, "Well, I'm gonna go. The new Headmaster is waiting for us, but she wants to talk to you after the bell."

I nod and she hesitantly walked passed us, before I heard Marcus sigh, "Are we ever going to, you know.." I look at him with a raised brow, "Are we ever going to talk about us?"

"What about us?" I asked and him and he gave a expressionless face, so I sigh, "We all got a lot on our hands, especially after what happened. I don't think questioning our-" I pause and eye him, motioning between us, "Or what ever is going on between us should be a big concern."

"I'm not with Maria anymore," He explained and I hummed, moving close to me so he could reach for my hand and whisper, "We can finally be together."

"I know that." I slowly put my hand on my crutches, "I know that opportunity is now available and I'm happy that you're finally thinking of what to do with your life," I applaud him, "But now I got to think about myself right now."

"What are you trying to say, Brynn?"

"I'm saying," I huff, "I'm saying that before this moment, I thought of being with you and living happily ever after. But now.."

"Now what?"

"Now it's... it's different," I expressed and he lowered his head, "A lot of shit has happened to us, Marcus. We are an odd pair-"

"I thought you liked that about us," He interrupted and I smile a bit.

"Yeah, but we are also a fucked up pair who has too much shit on their plate," I explained, "You and Maria were an odd pair and look what happened; she cut her boyfriend's neck open and tried to kill me for you."

"You think you're going to do the same if you're with me?" He wondered, "Or are you trying to say I'm the cause of people's insanity- that I will drive to you insane?"

"No, Marcus, I'm not saying any of that," I shake my head, "I just don't want you to be above all of my other priorities like Maria did."

"I'm not asking you to put me above all else like I'm some god." He crosses his arms over his chest, "All I ask is that you and I could finally be together because if you remember, I told you that I loved you."

"Yeah, but that was before El Diablo took us hostage, I was shot in my leg, and Lex-" I paused, "Everything is different now."

"But my feelings for you aren't," He told me, and grabbed my shoulders, the most amount of contact we've made in the past five minutes. I lowered my head and he sighed again, "Is this whole session just your way of saying you don't feel the same way for me?"

"That is not what I'm saying-"

"Then what?" He asked and lifted my chin with his hand so I could meet his eyes, "Just talk to me, Brynn."

The first bell of the day rang and I sighed to myself, "I should get going. The headmaster is expecting me."

I hear him kiss his teeth as he removed his hands off me to grab his straps to his backpack, "Yeah, okay."

He brushes past me, but I groaned, "We can talk about it, Marcus." I say loudly for him to turn around, "But I just can't...not right now."

He only nodded before he kept walking to class, having me watch him as he turned the corner. I let out a sigh before I turn to go to see the new headmaster, already dreading the rest of today. I was slowly losing everything and it was becoming scary.

I lost Lex, some friendships, Master Lin and now, sad to say, I was losing Marcus too.