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As the sun went down and the street lights turned on, no one noticed the blue haired girl sitting on the railing of the bridge. She was used to this, no one except for her parents ever noticed her. She hoped they did not blame themselves for what she was about to do, it was not their fault.

Clutching the teardrop-shaped Lapis Lazuli she kept on a silver chain around her neck, she slowly stood on the railing.

Breathing heavily, she looked down at the water below her. It had rained earlier in the day and the river was flowing harder due to the extra water, although she could still see the tops of jagged rocks sticking out of the water.

Letting out one final breath, she let herself fall forward.

oOoOo

Lapis opened her eyes and immediately closed them due to the bright lighting in the room. Squinting her eyes, she looked around the room, trying to figure out where she was.

The room was void of color, except for a blue envelope on the nightstand next to the bed she was lying in.

Hearing voices outside the closed door, she focused on them, trying to hear what they were saying when the door opened and a tall woman with curly, pink hair walked into the room.

The woman did not notice her at first, instead reading a paper stuck to the clipboard she was holding.

At first she pretended to sleep, watching the woman, but deciding that she wanted answers, Lapis spoke up. "Um, excuse me." Her voice hurt when she spoke.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't notice you were awake. My name is Rose." Rose smiled at her.

"Where are we?" This time when Lapis spoke, her throat still hurt, and she coughed into her hand.

"Does your throat hurt?" When Lapis nodded she continued talking. "I thought it would, you swallowed, and breathed in a lot of water. And to answer your question, we are in a hospital outside of beach city."

"Why am I here?" Lapis shut her eyes.

"Well, for multiple reasons actually. That river was not kind to you, well I guess you were expecting that when you jumped," Rose looked at the paper on her clipboard, "but you have a minor concussion, two fractured ribs, and a compound fractured in your forearm."

Lapis opened her eyes again, now noticing the cast around her right wrist. "That's not what I meant." She spoke quietly.

Rose furrowed her eyebrows. "It isn't?"

"I meant, why am I here," She gestured vaguely. "And not six feet below ground."

Rose looked at her with what looked like sadness, but Lapis decided was pity. "Because you're lucky."

"I don't feel very lucky."

"Don't worry, one day you will."

oOoOo

Five minutes later, after much questioning, Rose left the room to go and tell Lapis' parents that she was awake. Once she was alone Lapis felt the tears start to roll down her cheeks, which confused her because she didn't feel sad, she didn't really feel anything, just numb.

When she heard her parents outside the door, talking to Rose in hushed voices, she quickly rubbed the tears away.

Rose walked in first, Lapis' parents following close behind her.

She looked at their faces, she could tell that her mother had been crying but she saw almost no emotion on her father's face, maybe he felt just as numb as she did.

"Hi." was all she managed to squeak out.

Her parents walked closer to her, slowly, cautiously, as if they were approaching a feral animal. Her mother grabbed Lapis' good hand and attempted a smile although it looked more like a grimace. Lapis lowered her gaze to her lap, she couldn't meet her mother's eyes.

Sensing the tension, Rose spoke up. "I'm going to go sort through some papers with the doctor. You guys obviously have a lot to talk about so just tell me when I should come back, I'll be down the hall."

Lapis' mother, Robin, just nodded in return. With one final glance at Lapis, Rose walked out of the room, closing the door behind her.

"Was it our fault?." Her father, Jay, mumbled.

Lapis lifted her gaze from her lap to meet his eyes. "What? No," she said quickly, "no it wasn't your fault. It was mine, I was the one who thought that it would solve my problems, I regret it." What I regret is not finding a more foolproof way of dying.

"Well," Robin said, her voice wavering, "we're glad you regret it."

What the hell is this? 'We're glad you regret it' ugh they sound like they're lecturing me for staying out past curfew. Her self-pity was starting to turn into anger and even though her parents were doing nothing wrong, she directed it at them.

"Did Rose tell you what her job is?" Jay asked.

"Uh, no. I assumed she was a nurse."

"You aren't to far off. She's just not the type of nurse that you're thinking of." Robin attempted a small laugh at her statement.

"What do you mean?"

"Well you see…" Robin trailed off, unable to find the right words. "Jay?"

Noticing Robin's distress at explaining the situation to Lapis, Jay, quietly, explained for her. "Rose is the co-owner of a hospital in Beach City, a mental hospital, to be exact. She's a therapist."

Oh God, they're sending me to an insane asylum. Was what Lapis thought, but all she managed to do was squeak out a small "What?"

Now that the information was out in the open, Robin took over again. "Lapis, listen. It's a very nice place, we've read dozens of reviews on it, it's for kids and teens so you'll be surrounded by others your age."

"No." Lapis said firmly. "I don't need to go there. I'm fine, see?" Lapis attempted a smile, but similar to her mother, it looked more like a grimace.

"Lapis," Jay said calmly. "We've already discussed it with your doctor, and we believe that admitting you as a patient there is the best course of action."

Robin stood up from her chair. "I'll go get Rose, she'll help explain the situation." She said, quickly walking out of the room.

"But, Dad, mental hospitals are for people who are insane. I'm not insane, just…sad." She chose her words carefully.

Jay sighed, "Lapis-" He stopped when Robin and Rose walked back into the room.

"So here's the plan, Lapis," Rose said. "I discussed this with you doctor and we decided that the best course of action will be to keep you here in the hospital until your injuries are healed. And while we both think you should be admitted to the Beach City Mental hospital, while you're here, we'll be bringing another psychologist in for a second opinion." She looked over to Lapis' parents. "Are you guys fine with that?."

They both nodded, Robin said, "Of course."

"Great," Rose looked down at the watch on her wrist. "I have an appointment with another patient in the hospital, so I'll be leaving now, but I'll see you tomorrow." And with that final statement, she walked out of the room; Robin and Jay both slowly waving goodbye and Lapis not bothering to look up from her lap.

oOoOo

Late that night Lapis sat up in her bed. She could not sleep, she needed to distract her, anything. She looked around the plain room and remembered the blue envelope sitting on the nightstand.

She carefully picked it up and held it in front of her.

It was not addressed to her, but it was not addressed to anyone else, either. So she opened it.

She did not know what she was expecting to find, probably so sort of get well card. But it was not a card. It was her necklace. The tear-dropped lapis lazuli, the gem she was named after, on the silver chain. But it was broken. A thin, jagged crack going down the middle.

It was this, small thing, that set her over the edge. She began to cry. Crying, was an understatement, though. She sobbed, she clutched the necklace to her chest, she was curled into a fetal position, hiding under the thin blankets, face distorted, the hand not holding the necklace pressed against her mouth in an attempt to muffle the painful noises she was making.