AN: I am so, so, sorry about not updating Friday, but you know that ice/snow storm? Welllll it knocked my power out. While I was in the middle of typing everything. So I got it back, and I promise to update ASAP. Kay? Kay!
THANKS FOR THE REVIEWS/FAVORITES/ALERTS! :)
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Clare's POV
Eli and I didn't talk after that, which was okay by me. After lunch, a male nurse came in holding a clipboard. He was tall and intimidating.
"Torres, Goldsworthy, Bhandari, Fitzgerald and Edwards, group therapy in room 1," He said, his voice booming.
"Ooh, more time to spend with me!" Eli mocked beside me. I rolled my eyes and walked out quickly, only to realize I had no clue where I was going. "This way," Eli said, pointing down the hallway.
He started walking and I followed behind him, eventually going into a room with three other people there. I sat down in one of the hard, uncomfortable grey chairs that were arranged in a circle. Eli took the seat directly in front of me.
"Good afternoon, everyone. I would like to point out we have a new person here today, her name is Clare. Clare, why don't you tell us some information about yourself?" Dr. Johnson started off, and everyone's eyes were on me.
"U-Uh, w-well," I started, feeling uncomfortable under their stares, "My name's Clare and I'm 16 years old." I said, and looked up to see Eli smirking at me.
"Wow, Clare, you just gave me too much information, I don't know how I can remember it all!" He said sarcastically, and I glared at him. I've known him for about 45 minutes and I can already tell he's a complete ass.
"Eli, enough. Clare, that was fine. Everyone, introduce yourself to Clare," Dr. Johnson stated, looking around the room expectantly.
An Indian girl spoke up first, "Hi! My name's Alli! I think Dr. Johnson said we're gonna be roommates! It's gonna be AWESOME!" She exclaimed, and I merely nodded my head and smiled lightly. She was bouncing up and down in her seat, grinning.
The next person to talk was a young boy, with bright blue eyes. He didn't look very manly; he actually looked feminine. "I'm Adam," he simply said and gave a half wave type thing.
"And I'm Fitz," the last guy said, and that was when I realized it was the crazy guy I saw earlier in the hallway. I instinctively scooted away from him, and felt bad after doing so.
"Of course you know who I am," Eli cut in, smirking.
"Unfortunately," I muttered, loud enough for him to hear.
"Ouch! That hurt," he joked, putting his hand over his heart. I rolled my eyes again (I seem to be doing that a lot today), and Dr. Johnson stepped in, asking everyone how they were today and whatnot. I saw her give Eli a curious look before starting, though, and he returned it with a shrug, looking down.
I learned that you didn't have to talk if you didn't want to, which was good because I didn't want to. Adam, Fitz and Alli did. I learned that Alli was in here because she was manic-depressive (that explains her overjoyed mood), Fitz was a schizophrenic (now I get why he said he was hearing voices) and Adam was an FTM and he burned himself.
I didn't talk at all – I just wasn't comfortable, and Eli didn't either. When our hour session was over, we were allowed to go to the entertainment room, and that had a T.V., decks of cards, air hockey, and other things.
I wandered into the room and looked around. It seemed pretty inviting, unlike the other bland rooms here. I was just standing there in the middle of the room when Eli came up behind me. "Wanna play speed?" he asked.
I jumped and turned around, coming face to face with him. I never really noticed before, but he had the most gorgeous green eyes…
"Uh, sure," I said, and he maneuvered us to a table. We set the card game up and played for awhile, with him beating me every time.
"I win again!" he exclaimed, looking triumphant. I couldn't help but crack a smile at the cute expression. I realized that he actually wasn't that annoying, and he was pretty clever.
"Time for dinner!" A loud voice roared, and we all got up and went to the cafeteria again. I went through the line, loading my plate up with food
"CLARE! CLARE, OVER HERE! COME SIT WITH ME!" I heard Alli scream, and saw her obnoxiously waving her arms and patting the seat next to her. I walked over, sat down and began to stuff my face.
Alli and I talked, and she was actually really nice. "Um, I have to go to the bathroom…Could you take me? I don't remember where it is," I asked.
"Just go tell one of the nurses over there; they have to take you," she replied.
"What do you mean they have to take me?"
"Nobody's allowed to go by themselves, you have to be accompanied," she explained.
I suddenly felt dizzy and on the verge of a panic attack. Dr. Johnson hadn't told me this! I slowly made my way over to a nice looking nurse, and asked her to take me to the bathroom. She, of course, agreed, and took me.
I went into the stall, and shut the door. How was I supposed to do this with her standing right there? I decided it didn't matter if she knew, because all I could think about was getting rid of all the fat that was now in my body because I ate all that food. I kneeled down on the cold floor, and lifted the toilet seat up.
I stuck my pointer finger down my throat, causing me to throw up everything. "Are you okay?" I heard the nurse ask, and I didn't answer. I just flushed the toilet and wiped my mouth.
"I'm fine," I told her.
"It sounded like you threw up. Did you, Clare?" She asked, meeting my gaze with a steely glare.
"Nope," I lied, and strode out, feeling satisfied that, even though I was in here, I still had control.
A/N: Sorry for the sucky chapter. I just needed to get the background info. out there; now you know why Alli, Adam, Fitz and Clare are here. Next chapter will have Eclare fluff, yay!
And good job to:
we-will-not-fall-down for figuring out Clare's problem, and to krey11 who knew who the guy in the hallway was, and to mrseligoldsworthy27 who figured out both! Haha. :D
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