Sunlight streamed through the small window positioned at the top of the wall. Rays of light assaulted blue eyes that bore into the ceiling. Blinking the light away the girl pulled herself out of the white linen wrapping her tightly. Another sleepless night had passed and she was left with nothing, but dark bags clinging to her eyes. Shifting slowly she lowered her bare feet onto the cold, hard, white tile of her room. Pushing blond hair out of her face she made her way across the small room to a stark white dresser provided for her. A blue tote had been given to her when she arrived along with a few bathroom products that smelt like strawberries that sat by itself on the top of the dresser. Pulling open the top drawer the tote jiggled slightly as she looked blankly at the three items contained there. A small brush, a bundle of black hair ties, and a worn Bible sat lonely scattered without any organization. Organization wasn't needed for so few items though. Gently grabbing the shabby white brush she set to work pulling out the tangles and knots the night had put there. The plastic handle made her hands sweat if she took too long, so she always tried hurrying before she would have to struggle with the slippery plastic brush. Sighing she pulled her hair into a tall ponytail concentrating on the task which she found was far more difficult without a mirror than one would think. They wouldn't allow mirrors in anyone's room, a patient before had killed herself with the glass she busted out of it. They also had to share bathrooms, the boys bathroom was located at the far end of the east wing along with the boys dorms. The girls had the west wing with the bathroom in the farthest area while the girls dorms continued down the hall. The north wing was the cafeteria and the desk where patients were asked to take their medications while the south wing was for patients to relax. There wasn't much to do though they had only supplied crayons and paper, scissors weren't allowed for obvious reasons. Supposedly they had a movie night every once in a while, and located someplace in the south wing was a library. It was only her third day there and she was willing to find the library for a source of entertainment. Adjusting her ponytail for a moment she shrugged and left her room without a thought.
Blue eyes narrowed as she poked the mush sliding around on her plastic tray. She wasn't really sure if this could be a proper meal. An apple, toast, and a pile of mush. Appetizing the girl thought in distaste. The growling of her stomach jeered her away from those thoughts and she frowned dipping her spoon in the unidentifiable substance. Carefully she took a small bite. Much to her own surprise it tasted like bananas. She quickly shoveled the food down her throat as fast as possible wanting to get to the library without any interruptions. As if God was working against her a body plopped down in the seat next to her. A redheaded boy beamed at her. Freckles were scattered around his face and emerald eyes glowed at her with delight. With her mouth full of mush all she could do was raise an eyebrow.
"Hiya, I can see you like the banana pudding!", he giggled looking at her in a way she wasn't sure how to react to. So she simply nodded before spooning more into her mouth and thought about how delicious this pudding was.
"My names Eddie! What's yours? I'm just kidding you're Rachel Gardner. I've been watching you since you got here y'know?", counting his freckles had almost distracted her from the shocking thing the boy said.
"I'm sorry, but what?", she stared blankly at his green eyes searching for some sanity in them. But oh wait, she was in a mental institution. They were all technically insane for one reason of another.
"I know what you desire Rachel", his smile seemed less sweet suddenly and Rachel could feel panic clawing at her stomach. How could he know what she desired when she hadn't told anyone, let alone talk to any of the patients milling about the place.
Choking on her pudding blue eyes bore into green ones, "And what might that be, Eddie?"
"Aww, you're no fun most newbies are actually scared by that", the redhead frowned at her sighing he got up from his chair, "next time we'll have a proper talk okay, Rachel?"
The boy winked at Rachel leaving her alone to her pudding. Blinking away the shock that had settled its way into her mind she frowned at her pudding. She didn't really feel like eating after talking to him.
Wandering the halls felt like an eternity and she found herself wishing she had gone to the bathroom before. While walking around she heard various discussions a lady had been yelling about how she loved seeing all the beautiful sinners walking through the halls. Rachel had no idea what she was talking about, but she figured that her and the other patients were the sinners. Further down the hall she could hear Dr. Daniel assisting a patient. As if sensing her arrival the man turned to Rachel smiling.
"Rachel, your eyes look lovely as always. Keep them safe for me, okay now dear?", he smiled at her in a way that made Rachel's skin crawl. She only nodded before continuing her journey down the hallway.
She quickened her pace when she saw Eddie chatting in a circle of other patients. Lowering her gaze to floor and walking as fast as possible without going noticed seemed to go well and she had made it past Eddie undetected. At the end of the hallway she saw a sign that pointed her to the library. Pushing open the oak doors she peered inside. The library itself looked as though it hadn't been used in ages. Dust covered the shelves and wrapped its way around books. A few desks were in neat rows with four chairs at each. All of them were barren except for a single desk with two seats tucked in the very far corner of the library. Rachel squinted attempting to make out what was on top of the desk. Quietly she found herself walking through the shelves that lined the walls making her way to the lone desk. Her foot kicked a paper ball across the floor. Looking closer at the ground she found that nearly three dozen papers were crumbled on the floor. Bending down she carefully opened a single paper ball. The paper crinkled in her fingers in protest of being opened, but once she opened it she frowned slightly. Red scribbles were all over the page in no particular order, but it almost looked like it was the product of someone attempting to copy writing of a book before growing frustrated and throwing out the failed project. Reaching for another paper ball blue eyes clouded over seeing the same thing. Feeling confused Rachel opened up paper ball after paper ball only to find similar scribbles mostly in red, but occasionally a blue, green, purple, or black scribbled paper would turn up. Clutching the papers close to her chest she got up looking at the papers sprawled across the desk. White paper had been stained with scribbles, unlike that papers on the ground some of the papers on the desk had small doodles in the corners. One had something that slightly resemble Eddie smiling from ear to ear with a knife held up to his throat by someone. A drawing like this would get whoever drew this in trouble, but she couldn't help but understand why someone wouldn't like the kid. Thinking for a moment she looked further through the papers looking for more doodles. Dirty bandages had been drawn at the top of a paper, while another contained a detailed sketch of a knife that looked suspiciously similar to the one earlier, a scythe dripping with blood, and randomly drawn graffiti that didn't actually read anything. Crayons were scattered across the table most of them had been broken in two like whoever had been using them continuously pressed too hard on them, while white paper had been dropped haphazardly in the upper right corner of the desk. Carefully setting down the papers she had gathered from the floor she stood quietly processing everything. Thinking for a moment she sat down in the worn chair and picked up a piece of paper and carefully started drawing with a blue crayon. She smiled a little bit in satisfaction once she was done. She hoped whoever had been sitting here before would appreciate her doodle. She had drawn Eddie drowning in a pool of banana pudding. Placing it in the middle of the desk she looked back around her. That was right she had come here to find a book. Smoothing out her hospital gown she stood and began her hunt. It took much longer than she thought it would to find a book, but she did practically have to clean off whichever book she saw because the titles weren't even legible underneath their coat of dust. Poking her head out of the library door she made sure the coast was clear trying to steer away from that red headed kid.
Walking down the halls she noticed there were less and less people milling around. It was probably close to dinner at this time. She decided to quickly return to her room to put her books away before going to dinner. After stashing her books away she milled around the girls dorm area before heading out for dinner. The cafeteria lights seemed brighter than the last few days and it seemed less crowded than normal too. Uneasily the petite blond get her tray for dinner and took a seat by herself. Before she could get halfway through her sandwich Eddie made an appearance.
"Rachel, did you hear yet?", he leaned in close saying those words so quietly she could barely see his lips moving. She shook her head. "Isaac Foster is out of solitary. Apparently they put him in there because some kid made him angry and he tried killing him."
Blue eyes stared blankly at his.
"I'm being serious! That guys a monster. A real freak, but don't worry I won't let anything happen to you!", he beamed at her and winked again, "I just wanted you to know,"
With those final words he left Rachel alone to her own devices. She frowned finishing her sandwich. Why couldn't he leave her alone especially while she was eating. Just as she was about to leave a man walked through the cafeteria. It was hard to make any of his features out because it seemed that his whole body was wrapped in bandages. All that she knew for sure was that his hair was black. Getting up to leave she looked at the man again staring at his back. As if he could sense her eyes boring into him he turned and glared directly at her. Frozen to the spot Rachel was in awe. His eyes were gold and they were beautiful. One pupil was far more dilated than the other. Maybe from some kind of accident? Slowly turning away she walked out of the cafeteria and walked straight back to her room. Contemplating what Eddie had said she figured she didn't need to worry. But one thing that kept coming back into her mind were those gold eyes. Shaking the thought from her head she gathered her tote and a clean set of clothes before heading out her door to the girls bathrooms. Standing in the cold shower she thought about what she needed to do so she wasn't bored the next day. Maybe she would clean the library. In the morning she would have to ask someone if she could clean the library, hopefully the would let her have the cleaning supplies she needed. Turning the shower off she shivered drying herself with her white towel. Almost everything was white here. The only thing that had any color was the south wing. At least the staff didn't want them to go completely crazy staring at only white all day and night. Gathering her items she had to head to the desk to take her medication. Breathing deeply she made her way there accepting the paper cup containing a pink colored pill and a small round white pill. She hated the powdery taste they left in her mouth, but what was even worse was that they made her open her mouth and move her tongue to ensure the pills had been swallowed. The lady inspecting her mouth nodded before allowing her to leave. Sighing she realized it was close to lights out when everyone was expected to be in their own rooms. Running down the hall she made her way to the safety of her room wanting nothing more than to curl up in her bed. Setting her bathroom tote back on her dresser she jumped into her bed with more energy than she had in the past few days. As soon as her head hit the pile her burst of energy was gone and she felt her body being lulled to sleep.
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A/N: I edited this chapter and actually proofread it so hopefully all mistakes made are gone. Thanks for reading!