Lucy was suffering and it was all Carter's fault. "You shouldn't still be taking it", he said, "Ritalin is for hyperactive children, you're 24," he moaned, but what did he know? – But what did he know, was he "blessed" with Attention Deficit Disorder? No, she didn't think, slowly beginning to repetitively tap her pen on the table, trying to think, trying to concentrate…
She needed Ritalin, more than anything, it was the only thing keeping her at County General, keeping her in 'check', but without them her world was falling apart, becoming tardy (though it was only 20 minutes, what could she have missed in that time?) & she'd barely slept in the past two days, though not through trying (her 'wild jungle' of a brain wouldn't 'shut off'…)
So, that afternoon, she wearily dragged herself to her locker, stared up at the Ritalin &, after a while, reached up for it. It was the only way of 'securing' her future at County General, .pill… What was the worst that could happen?...
