Malachi's POV The quick pacing back and forth with each of my steps, can't be stopped, no matter how badly I want to.. It's a type of nervous habit or otherwise known as a stress reliever for myself. I feel better keeping myself busy and trying to keep my mind distracted. I have done this for so many years to sooth my stressed out mind.. that I don't even know why I started doing it in the first place. But it sometimes doesn't relieve the stress, it just numbs it, so it only works slightly in that moment, until the stresses flood back. Because I'm not doing anything productive with it, even if it's helping me for a second. It's not helping anyone but me and that's even debatable. Especially when I feel like a ping pong ball that's bouncing endlessly around this small hospital room. I

