Words on Bathroom Walls

One afternoon, Adam opens the blinds in his room—something he hasn’t done in a long time. He sits in his desk chair and watches the people outside for hours. After dark, his hallucinations show up to talk to him. They discuss Adam’s situation until Adam shouts that he “can’t fucking take this anymore” and orders them to be quiet (237). Everyone goes silent.

Fully weaned from ToZaPrex, Adam is in the hospital to try other treatments; none are working. He sends an email to his therapist detailing his thoughts. His therapist visits him in the hospital with two dry erase boards they can use to talk about prom.

After Adam’s parents told him he couldn’t go, Adam lied to them and went anyway after taking a large amount of horded ToZaPrex. Though he felt sick, he pretended he was fine. During a slow song, the strobe lights cut out and were replaced by a video of Adam screaming and being sick in the bathroom during the Knights of Columbus presentation. Ian recorded the incident and put it up so that Adam would look like “A freak on display for everyone to see” (248).

Adam doesn’t remember what happened after the video played.