Psycho: Vinnie Hacker

Chapter 5: Ray

Harpers pov
I woke up in a sweat. I jumped up real quick and I felt someone hold me down.
"Stop leave me alone!" I yelled.
"Harper calm down calm down! It's me!"
"Stop!" I yelled.
"It's Martha Harper calm down!" She tried to hold me down and she looked me in my eyes.
"It's me sweetie." I began to cry and I just hugged her.
"I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry." I repeated.
She held me in her arms and she cradled me.
"It's okay baby it's okay."
After I calmed down, she gave me my pills and I got ready for the day.
I went down to the gaming room. It was finally open, and I just wanted to get my mind off some things.
Cody was already down there playing Pac-Man.
"Hey loser." I said
"What's up?"
"Nothing, just had another bad night."
"Same one?"
"Kinda, this time I saw my sister choking on her own blood."
"Damn, that sucks."
"Yeah well so does my life."
"Anyway move over loser it's my turn."
"Bitch back up, you can wait." He said
"Damn okay mr pissy."
I looked over and vinnie was there playing his favorite game. He was in the zone, he would not take his eyes off the screen.
"I'll be back." I left Cody there and I went over to vinnie.
"Fun game I see."
"Yeah lots." He said while smashing buttons.
"Fuck!" He yelled.
He slammed his hands on the game and he turned around.
"That bad huh?" I said
"I was about to beat my high score so yeah."
"You're Harper right?" He asked
"The one and only. You're vinnie right?" I mocked.
"The one and only." He mocked back.
"You know that last level is tricky but all you have to do is strategize. It's simple." I said
"How would you know?" He asked
"I'm harp809. Check my score."
"Holy shit you're number one. I've been trying to beat your score for like weeks now."
"Yeah well it's a hard one to beat."
He just laughed.
"You're pretty cool for a crazy girl."
"Well you're pretty cool for a crazy dude." I said
He started to blush.
"I'll see you around." I said
I walked off and went back to Cody.
"You whore, I saw that." He said
"Yeah well I had to shoot my shot somehow."
"Before you know it you're gonna be fucking him behind the front desk." Said Cody.
I just laughed.
"Nah more like my room."
Cody just slapped my arm and I laughed.
Before I knew it was time for lunch.
I walked to the cafeteria with Cody and we grabbed our food.
"Let's sit with vinnie today." I said
"Really?" Asked Cody.
I nodded.
"Yup it won't hurt to talk to him again."
We sat down at his table and he just stared at us.
"Sup." I said
"Hey."
"You looked like a loser sitting her alone so we decided to join you. This is a gift."
"Where's the gift."
"We are the gift, our company is the gift." I said
He just laughed.
"Any plans today besides sit in your room all day." I asked
"Nope, you know the usual. Get drugged up sleep and think about my life choices." He said sarcastically.
"Cool cool me too." I said
One of the nurses came over to our table and said
"Vinnie, you have a visitor."
"Who?" He asked
"It's your brother. Ray."
Vinnies whole mood changed when he heard that name.
"I don't want to see him." He stood up and left the room.
I looked at Cody. He just shrugged his shoulders.
Vinnie pov
I stormed out of the cafeteria. I went back up to my room and I just sat on the ground.
I started to cry, I don't even know why but it all just came out.
Ray is my older brother. He wasn't there the night of the murders. He was at a sleep over at his friends house. Ray was 12 when it happened.
After I went into foster care he went to live with my aunt in Texas. She didn't take me in because she said I was too young and too much to handle.
I envied him, he got the life I wanted, he got the life I could only dream of, but most importantly he didn't see what I saw. He wasn't traumatized from seeing his parents murdered in cold blood.
There was a knock at my door. I stayed quiet and didn't answer.
Then a piece of paper slid through the bottom of the door.
I stood up and walked over to the door. I picked it up and it read " it's me loser, open up- Harper"
I opened the door and there she was.
"Are you okay?"
"Yeah im fine. Thanks." I said
"You don't look fine."
"I'll get past it. Don't worry."
She just looked at me.
"Sit down."
We both sat down on the ground and she asked
"Why did you storm out like that?"
"It's complicated."
"Everyone her is complicated. Trust me I should know."
I just stayed quiet.
"My parents and sister were murdered when I was a kid. Some man came into our house and killed them in cold blood. He left me alive, and I still don't know why. I deal with that guilt everyday. Trust me I know complicated." She said.
She wiped her eyes and I just set my head down.
"Why did you just tell me all that?" I asked
"Because I want you to know everyone has their shit, you don't need to keep it in all the time."
I stayed quiet and just sat there.
She stood up and said
"Fine I'll leave."
I grabbed her arm and said
"No wait. Stay."
She sat back down.
"Ray is my older brother. My parents were killed by some mafia gang when I was 9. They were killed right in front of me. Ray was at a friends house that night and he didn't see anything. When I went into foster care he went to live with my aunt, she didn't want me so I was just left behind. I hate him for having the life I wanted. I hate him because he didn't witness what I did. I'm here because of him."
Tears slid down my face. Harper all of a sudden just hugged me. I held her tight, and cried in her arms.
"I'm sorry Vin." She said
She caressed my hair and she said
"We didn't deserve any of this. We were just kids."
We sat there in silence on the floor just crying.
I've never told anyone what had happened. Harper was the first person I've ever told that too.