Remember to Forget, Revised and Expanded by Ashley Royer

to.
    His eyes dart over to the container. “No, I just refilled them.” He rubs his nose
quickly and looks away from me.
    He’s lying again.
    I look at him, and he bites down on his lip.
    â€œWhy?” I ask.
    â€œWhy do you care? It’s none of your business.”
    â€œYou’re right, it is none of my business. But you know what? This is your health
on the line. You should care for yourself.”
    â€œSince when do you think you know everything about me?”
    Levi is just putting words in my mouth. He’s being so rude about everything. I was
just trying to be friendly.
    â€œI never said I knew everything! I’m just trying to be here for you! Because that’s
what I would want if I just moved to the total opposite side of the world!” I don’t
want to yell, but I am. I can’t help it.
    â€œI don’t need you! I don’t need anyone! Just leave me alone!”
    â€œFine, Levi, I will. I’ll leave you alone. Sorry for trying to help,” I say, leaving
his room and shutting the door.
    I leave without saying good-bye to Mr. Harrison.
    What happened with Levi keeps replaying through my mind. Every word, every movement.
I wish Levi actually spoke so I wouldn’t have to interpret the robotic voice. It
makes fighting more difficult because there’s no emotion in its voice.
    For some reason, the robotic voice makes me even madder.
    I don’t know why Levi suddenly went back to how he was before. It definitely has
to do with his pills. I know he was taking them before, because he said they were
making him sentimental.
    Why would someone stop taking pills? If they help, why stop?
    I know I will never understand how Levi’s mind works, nor do I truly want to. It’s
his personal business. He’s putting himself in jeopardy by not taking his medication.
    I’m worried about him.
    Maybe he just forgot. That’s a possibility, right? Maybe his mind was somewhere else,
and he didn’t remember to take them for a few days.
    I hope that’s why. I hope he’s not intentionally stopping.
    But something in the pit of my stomach tells me it’s intentional.
    Levi doesn’t want to be happy.

Chapter Eleven
    LEVI
    I anxiously sit in front of my laptop, staring at Caleb’s icon on Skype.
    C’mon, Levi. Just press call.
    We’ve planned to video chat today, with my mum too. She doesn’t understand how the
whole Skype thing works, so Caleb is helping her. I’ve kept my finger wavering above
the button to call for a few minutes now. I don’t know why I’m so nervous to see
them. It’s my mum and Caleb, the two most familiar people in my life. But for some
reason, there are butterflies in my stomach.
    I’m anxious to see them again; it feels like it’s been forever. I feel like I’m in
a whole other world, not just a different continent. Nothing is the same here.
    Caleb’s smiling icon pops up, saying he’s calling me. They probably think I’ve forgotten
or that I don’t want to talk to them, but I do. I always mess things up, don’t I?
    I press accept and wait for the call to connect. I can hear them, just not see them.
    â€œCaleb, it says the webcam isn’t working. What’s that? Where’s the webcam?” I hear
my mum say.
    â€œLilian, Lilian. Stop pressing random buttons! I got this!” Caleb says, laughing
hysterically. He sounds happy. He’s making the hiccup noises he makes when he laughs
too hard. I missed that.
    It’s been twenty-one days without them. It’s nice to hear their voices, but I want
to see them now. But just hearing them is making me happier already. I didn’t think
it was possible to miss Caleb this much; I thought we would both stop being friends
once I moved out here. But he hasn’t given up on me.
    â€œLook, oh my goodness, I can see Levi!” I hear my mum say. “Caleb, hurry! I want
him to see us too! Oh