His Forever Love, Her Second Chance

I wish my story could start as "Once upon a time....." and end as "Happily ever after...." but it doesn't. It starts as "This is me...." and ends as "Holy S**t..." My name is Lyneth Owain , I was born somewhere in Wales, I don't remember much of my childhood. I wish I could, but at times I wish I didn't. What little I do doesn't explain the voice in my head, her name is Naga, or so she calls herself. I've seen the inside of so many institutions I've lost count. The last time I was locked away lasted a year and the doctors there diagnosed me with "manic bi-polar depressant disorder" with a heavy side of "personality disorder", none of which explain how Naga and I can speak to each other and are so different from one another. I guess it gives them an explanation as to why I am the way I am, or maybe it's their way of covering their a**es. Don't worry, I'm still trying to figure it all out, but I could use some help with that, so I guess I must take you back to the beginning for it to make some sense. So here we go.......      Flinn-Jack The Ripper you silly head  Me-Jack The Ripper...No fair I said it first!   Flinn -Sure you did lol  Me-Stupid internet is lagging again (smh)  Flinn-RIGHT!! Let's blame it on that. How was school Lissy?   He always called me Lissy, regardless of what anyone else called me. Lissy with 2 ss and I loved it, made me feel special. He always found a way to make me stand out no matter the crown or room.     Me- School was LAME!! No to mention homecoming is next week and I have no one to go with, I will remain Lyneth the dateless girl forever!  Flinn -Stop it! He'll ask you to homecoming and all will be fine. Worse case you could go with me (lol)  Me-I doubt it, he's all hung up her (HUGE SIGH) and no you don't have to drag yourself out here because of me. I'll be ok  Flinn - Promise?  Me-Promise  We ended our evening conversation, and I went off to shower.     Flinn has always been there for me. He's an amazing guy and any girl would be lucky to have him, or guy. He's like a brother to me, he's 12yr older than me, but he's my best friend, my advisor and my go to guy. My mom, Esyllt, met his older brother, Sion when I was 4yrs old. Sion raised me, taught me right from wrong, taught me how to ride a bike, how to swim and so much more, to be fair Sion is my dad and I wouldn't have it any other way. I love my dad; can't believe I even have one.    We moved around a lot when I was a kid, I was in and out of schools like nobody's business. But in all honestly, I didn't mind it. It wasn't until 9th grade that I cared about moving. See, I met a guy, his name was Raoul. According to me, Raoul was the love of my life, hence Mr.Ask-Me-To-Homecoming-Or-My-Life-Is-Over kind of love.      I was constantly talking about Raoul to Flinn, and I mean CONSTANTLY. Flinn just listened and never spoke ill of him, come to think of it he always avoids the Raoul subject, that is until Raoul did the unthinkable. See Raoul thought he would go to the homecoming dance alone, and that made me feel funky. Flinn got ahold of Raoul's sss and sent him a very nasty message, telling what a sorry excuse of a man he is and so on. I must hand it to Flinn, he knows what "having a girl's back" is all about. Not that it worked in my favor, Raoul went without me, but points for Flinn for sticking up for me when I couldn't. I loved Flinn for that, he always had my back no matter what.     Homecoming came and I stayed home, regardless of having bought my ticket, dress, heels and having my makeup appointment set up. I couldn't bare seeing Raoul dace with other females and have a good time. No sir, I stayed home, made some popcorn and watched Friday the 13th and Ghost Ship, because that's what you do, right? Nooo, it's not what you do, and while I was getting txt after txt from my friends asking me where I was and why Raoul was dancing with other girls, I kept a smile on and watched my movies. It wasn't until around 10pm that Raoul posted a pic of him and some random girl hugging with the quotes "king & queen 2000" that I realized how livid I really was.     Here I was at home feeling sorry for myself, and all the while he was crowned Homecoming King with some perky cheerleader as his "queen". Unreal! But as is some sort of physic, Flinn was calling to see if I wanted to and grab some pizza. I had a feeling he had seen the picture and was doing what he always does, he was coming to my rescue.      I agreed to meet Flinn at our favorite place for pizza. I got there before he did, a whole 30mins before he did. I figured if I stayed home any longer, I'd have a panic attack and that is something I wasn’t looking forward to. Last time I had one, Naga introduced herself and I haven’t been the same since. She revealed herself as a dragon. I haven’t told anyone, but I’ve been seeing my doctors more since the incident, I'm taking pills to keep “her” shut out. The doctors keep telling me I need to seek intense therapy, but for the time being, the pills are doing their job. I was fidgeting with my phone so much that I didn’t realize how long Flinn had been standing next to me.     Flinn was 6’ 3’’, athletic built, really I should say he’s solid muscle. He has jet black hair, not too short but long enough to show how his hair curls at the ends. He has the most beautiful deep honey-colored eyes which you can get lost in if you look into them for too long. He always seems to have the perfect tan too! He was every woman eye candy and whenever we hung out, I got endless death glares, despite the obvious age difference. I was 12 years younger than him; he was 30 and I was 18. He was oblivious to the effects he had on them, but that’s Flinn, a true gentleman.     “Hey silly girl!” said Flinn as he gave me a kiss on the cheek and hugged me tightly. I’m pretty sure he just sniffed me, or it’s just me?     “Well, if it isn’t my knight in shining armor” I said back as he put me down. I was only 5’ 4’’ so every time he gave me hugs, I had to get on my tippy toes to be able to reach.     “You want a whole pie or just half?” he asked. “Let's do a whole pie and chocolate ice cream, please and thank you” I replied.     He placed our order, and we took our usual seat at the back corner of the restaurant. I loved our corner; it was a single table for two and the lighting was perfect, dark but bright enough to where we could see each other. I watched as he went and got us our usual drinks all the while my chest started to get tight.   Please don’t let this happen again, not a panic attack in front of Flinn. I never told him about the first one I had; I couldn’t bring myself to look weak before him. Then suddenly I heard her voice, it had been a few months since I had heard it, but her voice is one I'll never forget. She screamed it “MATE” and this amazing sent hit me, cedarwood and pine. I looked up see where that sent was coming from only to see Flinn staring at me with our drinks in his hands. “Everything ok Lissy?” he said to me as he set our drinks down. The voice in my head kept saying “MATE! MATE!” repeatedly, so I did the unthinkable. I got up and ran, I just ran and left Flinn standing there clueless. “Everything ok Lissy?” he said to me as he set our drinks down. The voice in my head kept saying “MATE! MATE!” repeatedly, so I did the unthinkable. I got up and ran, I just ran and left Flinn standing there clueless. My phone was ringing, Flinn was calling me, I let it go to voicemail and shortly after he sent me a txt:     Flinn-What happened? Are you ok?  Me-No reply  Flinn-Please answer your phone, you have me worried.  Me-No reply  Flinn-Lissy please come back, let's talk about it.     Talk about what? There was nothing to talk about, I was having a panic attack, that I was sure of. But how can I explain to Flinn about this voice shouting at the top of its lungs “MATE”. I was going to sound like a maniac I was sure of it. I kept running until I made it home, I wasted no time and ran to the medicine cabinet over the bathroom sink and looked for my pills. I took two, I always took one but today that voice came back, and I needed it gone.   My phone rang again, thinking it was Flinn, I picked it up and said, “I’m fine I'll call you in the am, please don’t make me talk about it now”. But it wasn’t Flinn, it was my mother. “Sweetheart? Everything alright?” she sounded so worried. “I’m fine ma, just thought you were someone else. Why are you calling me, you're supposed to be in vacation with dad”? There was a pause and I heard dad telling her “It’s time”.   “Ma, what’s dad saying?” She was so calm when she replied “Lyneth, we’re on our way home, your father and I need to speak with you. Be sure to take your meds and we’ll have a chat over some tea when we get there.” I didn’t get a chance to reply because she hung up before I could, she knew I had questions to her and dad's sudden call. What was happening to me? What was dad talking about? And what was it time for?