"Oh, Axel, you're back," the receptionist stated with a feeble smile and began pulling out the various forms that were needed to process me. I could tell she was less than pleased to see me again, but I smiled back brightly anyways. I wasn't one to really care about peoples' opinions about me be it pity or disgust. I just tried to carry on with my life, doing what I was doing, but every once in awhile I managed to get stuck in a web.
"Fifth time's the charm, right?" I asked with a shrug, watching her eyes shift to the officer who stood behind me. Her attention was now on him as she directed him where to initial and sign on the forms. I was used to this, too. Being ignored by the 'higher ups.' I began drumming my fingers on the desk, much to their dismay I'm sure, to let them know that I was indeed still here as I waited for my turn to sign the papers and fill out the information. My information, having been here four times before, had to be filed away somewhere. I'm not the brightest guy out there, but I'm pretty sure important little files like that weren't just burned after their use was up.
"Third time, Axel. Third time's the charm," she finally replied to me, tapping the pen on the forms after she slid them in front of me, breaking me from my thoughts. I scanned over the paper and made a small face when I noticed the only thing that was required was my signature. It was like they didn't trust me or something!
Name: Lea, Axel
Age: 25
Sex: M
Reason for Admittance: Heroin Addiction
"Just sign on the line and you can go into the other room to wait. There are a few other new people coming in, so we're going to get everyone organized at once," she began explaining more things, but I tuned her out and scrawled my signature on the line at the bottom of the page. I knew what to do. I could probably recite the instructions in my sleep. Sliding the paper back to her I saluted the officer with a small sneer before turning on my heel and heading off to the other room.
It was going to be another long two months.