"Sam is a nice girl, I'm glad you found her" Rita said quietly, Luna broke eye contact and looked away.
"I don't want to go to a mental hospital" Luna stated in a rather childish manner, Rita knew that Luna was scared, but she didn't say anything about it, now was not the time to be arguing.
"It's okay, I'm not going to make you, but you are sick and you need more help than we can give you on our own" Rita reassured.
"Does "we" mean you and dad?" Luna asked
"No, your father isn't really in the picture right now"
Luna was confused, if her father wasn't "a part of the picture right now", then who was Rita talking about?
"If it's not you and dad, then who are you talking about?" Luna asked
"It's your family, and your friends, and Sam, it's everyone that loves you" Rita said, a smile curling at the corners of her mouth.
"Mom, I don't want people to think I'm a bad person, do Lori and Leni and everyone else even know what happened?"
Rita thought about it and realised that she never told anybody why Luna was in the hospital, they just knew that she wasn't in good health, not even her own children know what happened to Luna.
"They would have to know eventually, but how do you feel about me telling your siblings about it before you come home"
"But what if they hate me?" Luna's voice cracked
"They won't hate you, they love you so much, they are worried about you" Rita tried to console her daughter but it didn't really work, tears fell from Luna's eyes and she turned onto her left side, facing away from Rita.
"Just do what you want" she said
"I'm going to sleep" Luna grabbed her phone and put on the earbuds, Rita got up and whispered "I love you" and walked out of the room.
"Keep holding on
'Cause you know we'll make it through
We'll make it through
Just stay strong
'Cause you know I'm here for you
I'm here for you
There's nothing you could say
Nothing you could do
There's no other way when it comes to the truth
So keep holding on
'Cause you know we'll make it through
We'll make it through"
Luna listened to the music and cried.
She cried for her mother.
She cried for her siblings.
She cried for Sam.
She cried for herself.
She cried about her dad.
She cried about her fear.
She cried about everything that seemed to go wrong.
She cried because she knew that she was sick.
She cried because she knew that she hurt her family.
She cried because she thought that she would never get better.
She cried until she fell asleep.
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Lynn Sr. stepped onto the transit and sat down, he looked at the ads that were displayed up on the walls
Ben and Jerry's
Nestle chocolate
St. Davis Hospital
Kingswood psychiatric Hospital
Lynn stared at the ad for Kingswood, he knew that Luna needed help, he also knew that he shouldn't have said the things he said.
Lynn took a picture of the ad on his phone and texted it to Rita, Lynn then texted an apology to Rita.
"Hey hun I think that this mental hospital would be good for Luna, also I am very sorry about the way I acted, I was mad at myself and took it out on you and Luna, I will be staying with my sister until you are ready to take me back, I love you." Lynn turned of his phone and sat back in his seat, he cried quitely all the way to his stop.
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Rita's phone pinged indicating that she got a message, she looked over at her phone, it was from Lynn, Rita ignored it and kept driving.
She checked the time, it was 12:02am, she didn't get to bring Luna home until 3:00pm, Rita wasn't sure what to do.
Rita pulled off to the side of the road and started thinking about how to tell her children that Luna overdosed on drugs, she decided that she would just put it straight for the older kids and sugarcoat it for her younger kids.
Rita was bored so she turned on the stereo and let Freddie and Davids voice put her to sleep.
"It's the terror of knowing
What the world is about
Watching some good friends
Screaming 'Let me out'
Pray tomorrow gets me higher
Pressure on people people on streets"
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Rita woke up around 6:20am, she turned the radio off and stretched, Rita grabbed her phone and read the message Lynn had sent, she was relieved to know that Lynn had come to his senses in such a short amount of time, however Rita wasn't going to let him come home until Luna felt stable enough to talk to him and she didn't know how long that was going to take. Rita texted Lynn back and drove over to to get some breakfast, she drove home around 7:00.
As soon as Rita opened the door to the house all activity stopped and everyone looked at her
"I'm not ready for this" Rita thought to herself.
Chapter 7 I think, this one was kind of boring to write so it's probably pretty shitty, anyways reviews are welcome.
The song Luna listens to is Keep Holding On by: Avril Lavigne (beautifully covered by the glee cast twice)
The song Rita listens to is Under Pressure by: Freddie Mercury and David Bowie.
That's all folks.
