DERRY, MAINE, 1963

You are Lilly’s best friend, you two have been friends since kindergarten, you take care of those who bully her or treat her differently. You’ve been more protective after she came home from the asylum, you guys hadn’t talked since she went in there, her mother didn’t want her talking with anyone that wasn’t doctors or therapist, she hated that Lilly was different after her fathers death at the pickle factory and thats why she was in the asylum in the first place, she said ‘Don’t act like you’re the only one something bad has happened to’ but you just comforted Lilly

Lilly had PTSD from the awful stuff they did to her in the asylum, its the 1960s lobotomies and electro shock therapy were all they would do to ‘crazy people’. Lilly’s screaming would wake up screaming in the night, this bothered Lilly’s mother so much, she asked if Lilly could sleep at your house and since your mother is a nurse, she also does the night shifts. You and Lilly slept on bunk beds and tonight was the first night of your guys arrangement, you cooked, cleaned and watched movies all night, until midnight at least…

You hopped on the top bunk and said good night to each other. 3am rolled around and you were woken up by Lilly’s screaming and you fell off your bunk after trying to get to her as quickly as possible.