A/N: Hey, look, Sofia's back! So it's maybe been a year since I last uploaded a story, but I've been working on this during the school year, so the first four chapters are typed up. It's quite a weird mix, Cat Valentine and Damon Salvatore in a mental institution together, but hey, don't judge, this is what came to me laughs. So, yeah! Review and follow and favourite and let me know what you guys think. Love y'all.
Rain splashed at the car's window as it drove down a dark road. A pair of brown, bambi eyes were glued to the raindrops, seeing which one would get to the bottom of the window first. So distracted was the girl, that she didn't even notice that the car had stopped.
"Get out of the car, Cat," a pretty woman, with big brown eyes said from the front seat of the car, examining herself in the rearview mirror, touching up her lipgloss, before opening the door, standing up and slamming it shut behind her.
Timidly, Cat opened her own door and stepped outside, closing it softly behind her as she took in the building in front of her.
The mental institution.
She had been diagnosed with bipolar hypomania disorder a few weeks ago and now she was being sent to Ellis Prest, a mental rehabilitation centre where they promised to take care of little Cat Valentine. Not that her parents really cared how they'd treat her.
She hadn't realised how long she had been glued to the spot until her dad kneed her behind her own knees and she stumbled and nearly fell onto the ground. "Sorry, daddy," she whispered, walking up to the gates of the huge building where she spotted a nurse at the entrance.
As they got nearer, the gates opened and the nurse approached them.
"Welcome to Ellis Prest, I take it you're Ms. Cat Valentine?" The nurse said to the red head, who smiled her childish smile and giggled.
"Yeah, I'm Cat." She replied, resting her chin on the stuffed giraffe she had in her arms.
Another doctor had come and had taken her parents away to sign some papers, so she whispered away to her stuffed toy until they were done.
As her parents approached, she held onto her Mr. Purple tightly. Even though she was seventeen, she was still very afraid of her parents. "Behave," her father growled. "We're spending enough in this place without you not even appreciating it," he told her and her mom pinched her cheek with her pointy nails, which made Cat wince slightly and lower her eyes. "I'll miss you, doll," she said, words dripping in sarcasm but Cat believed every one. "You too, mummy,"she said before a dark skinned nurse with black hair and brown eyes called her.
"Ms. Catarina Valentine? This way please," she said and Cat skipped behind. "It's Cat," she corrected and the nurse jotted it down.
"I'm the head nurse - Val," she introduced herself. "I'll give you a tour of the place," she said and Cat nodded and giggled.
"I love tours of places!" She said enthusiastically.
The nurse nodded, not quite sure what to say before taking the small girl around the place. "And this is the common room," she said, quite a lot of patients were there.
"Would you like to see your room?" She asked and Cat nodded excitedly. "Oh yes please!" She squealed but as they walked down the hall, she crashed into someone and went flying down onto the ground due to her petite nature. "Sorry," she said and looked up to see a very handsome man with black hair and blue eyes and an annoyed expression. "Watch it," he growled and then because the nurse was there, he threw in a sarcastic smile, setting the girl up on her feet and then leaving.
"That was Dr. Damon Salvatore," she said and then carried on to Cat's room. "This is it, you share it with a girl called Lisa," she said and opened the door.
Inside was a very pretty girl, in her early twenties with a strong jaw and bright eyes, who threw the cigarette she had been smoking out the window, but Val saw.
"Cat, this is Lisa, Lisa this is Cat. Lisa you know better than to smoke, come find me later." Val said and Lisa scowled, lowering her eyes to the ground.
"Fuck off," she whispered to Val and Cat flinched and held on to her toy tighter. She didn't like swear words, not one bit. Lisa turned around and nodded her head in Cat's direction, which was more than enough for her to feel welcome.
"I'm Cat, nice to meet you! We're going to be the bestest roommates in the wholest widest world and I have red hair and like to draw and sing," she said enthusiastically and Lisa cracked a smile.
"You're strange kid, it's nice. Lisa," she introduced herself and then Val turned to Cat. "You have to have a physical before settling in, Cat, and then you can come back here and unpack, I'm sure Lisa will help you when she comes back from her little chat with me.
Cat frowned a little and flinched, shaking her head a bit, confused. Her brothers had assured her the nurses and everyone were nice here yet... did Val insinuate she was going to hurt Lisa?
"W-whaty?" She asked nervously but Val was already on her way to the doctor's wing, dragging Cat along behind her.