Hailey had made sure to not be late to see her brother. She hated to be late, it always made her feel like the worst sister in the world, and she hated that feeling. Hailey had always felt like that, worthless and useless, despite everyone's constant praise.
βGood job, Hailey!β
βWell done, Hailey!β
It made her sick to her stomach sometimes, because she didn't feel that she deserved the praise. For some reason, it always made her feel uncomfortable. She had developed the habit of hiding her sorrows by working them off, volunteering to help out around the house, or community, or school, helping others. It's gotten so bad that Hailey hardly has time for herself, just the people she helps. But she doesn't mind. As long as she knows that she helped somebody, and made them remotely happy. As long as she could see the smile on somebody's face, or to hear them say 'thanks' was all she needed.
She had hardly gotten any sleep the night before. She stayed up until well-near five o'clock in the morning, and woke up again at seven, unable to go back to sleep. Three hours later, she decided to get up, and just go. Go for a walk until it was time to go. She had knocked on Finnian's door on her way to the bathroom, but that probably wasn't enough to wake him up or stop him from... Whatever he was doing at the time. Hailey knew not to mess with him, especially in the mornings.
After getting dressed in a white, long sleeved shirt, with a red shirt over it, the one with the panda on it that Finnian had got her for her birthday a week ago, a white skirt plain red flats and the ribbon her best friend gave her, that was neatly placed in her straight, black hair, she ran out of her room and out of the door. On her way out, she yelled βSee you at the hospital!β to whoever was there, assuming Finnian wasn't still sleeping and her father wasn't to work.
She walked all the way there, it wasn't all that far, but when she got there, she was tiered. All the nurses knew her well. She would come and visit her brother almost every day, when he was here and not at home, of course. She always brought him something cool she found, or a picture she had taken earlier, or something she had made in art class, or exactly five mints, knowing how much he loved mints. Today, she had brought him the mints, and a cool leaf she found on the way here. She met him sleeping, and when she got there, nobody else was in the room. Placing the mints and the leaf on the table exactly between the chair and the bed, she sat down, and fell asleep.
No dream. Just a big, pitch black picture of nothingness formed in her mind. She hadn't been sleeping well for days, and when she did, there was no dreams. At least not anymore. Her friends said that one day she would collapse, and today, she did. She was practically out cold in that chair, waiting for the rest of her family to come and laugh and talk and wake her up. But that wasn't exactly what happened. What woke her up was a scream. From none other than Finnian, of course. Groaning a little and squinting her eyes shut, she spoke.
βThere's nobody else in here beside me, Finnian.β When she realized that she wouldn't be able to get back to sleep, she rubbed her eyes and shook her head, as if it would take the sleepiness away, and opened her eyes. What she saw had amazed her. A kid who appeared to be somewhere in their age brackets, with cat ears.. And he was on top of her brother, about to hurt him, possibly.
With a startled gasp, she jumped up, and backed away from the chair, more towards Finnian, but she kept her distance. This was strange.. No, it was weird. This had to be one of the weirdest things she had seen through her brown eyes in the sixteen years of living she had accomplished. Yes, she had to be dreaming. If she was, she sure hoped she would wake up soon.
((Sorry for exposing your eyes to my crappy writing. >< I had no idea what to do with Hailey..))