I PROMISE THIS IS THE LAST RUSHED CHAPTER!!! I have no idea what gos on in rehab. The closest experience I`ve had was when I had to go to the hospital because I ate a peanut( Highly allergic, reason said I should`ve died....3 months ago...XD)
I don`t own RENT. Or heroin. Just saying. :P. Reviewers get a box of Captain Crunch. Flamers get tied to the hood of a yellow wrecking truck, being down with fertilizer. Pushed over a cliff by a suicidal Mikey Mouse.
This chapter covers A LOT of time!!! Don`t say I didn`t warn you!!!
Rue hummed she walked to Uncle Marky`s house. Destany went with Maureen shopping.
"Uncle MARKY!! Let me in!" She knocked on the door, again, after waiting a few minutes.
She heard talking, but wasn`t able to pick out any words. The voices sounded like Roger and Mimi, but that didn`t make any sense. Roger had band practice. Mimi went along as his "Good luck charm."
Mark, finally, answered the door, looking PISSED.
"RUELIE ANGELISE. Get. In. Here. NOW" Rue heard a guy`s voice from behind Mark yell. Crap, it was Roger.
Rue cautiously walked in to see a pair of ticked off parents.
Mimi held up Rue`s needle. "Explain. Now."
Rue looked down at her feet. She stayed silent, knowing that they already knew.
"You could have DIED!" Roger yelled.
"I`m already dying!" Rue yelled back.
"It`s illegal!" Mimi yelled.
"Is that why you were on it for years?!" Rue countered.
Mark stayed silent and stayed out of the argument.
Roger picked up a suitcase. "C`mon."
Rue sighed, automatically knowing where she was going. They boarded a cab and, silently, rode to rehab.
"Hello, dears. You must be the Davis`" A receptionist said.
Mimi smiled. "Yes, we`re here for our daughter, Rue...Ruelie."
The receptionist typed something into the computer. "Ahhh, yes. A nurse will show her to her room in momentarily." She handed Mimi a clipboard of papers. "Fill these out, please."
Mimi sat down on one of the couches and filled out the papers, trying not to remember the last time she did this.
Rue sat across the room, refusing to look anyone in the eye or speak.
"Ruelie....Davis." A nurse called. Rue stood up and took the suit case from Roger without looking him in the eye.
"Visitors are only allowed once a month in a the rehabilitation center." Rue heard a nurse tell her parents. She sighed. She wouldn`t get to see Melissa and Uncle Marky for a month. Wonderful.
Frankly, she didn`t care if she saw her parents ever again. They were the oes that ha made her come to this horrible place that smelt like death.
The nurse led her to her new room. There were to single beds. One was already made. Rue was getting a room mate. Wonderful.
Rue put her bag on the empty bed.
"Your room mate`s name is Zoe. She`s in group therapy. She`s been here a few months, she can answer any questions you have,"
Rue nodded. She pulled out the blanket, pillow and sheets that had been packed for her. She sighed and made her bed.
The nurse took the hint and left. Rue sat on her bend for a few moments, thinking about what all had happened.
She looked through her bag and found that someone packed her favorite book "The Catcher in the Rye"
She opened it and a note fell out.
Rue-
Please don`t be to mad at them. Yes, they over reacted. They just don`t want you to end up like them.
-Uncle Marky
Rue rolled her eyes and shoved the note into her suitcase. If he actually cared , he would`ve told her personally. Not in a note.
She started reading and was completely engulfed in her book when she heard the door open.
"Oh, hey. You must be Ruelie," A teenager smiled.
Rue smiled. "Rue."
The teenager smiled. "I`m Zoe."
Rue smiled. "Hi. Please don`t mind me asking....but why exactly are you here?"
Zoe frowned. "I used to cut. You?"
"Heroine." Rue looked down at her feet.
"Eating disorder as well?" Zoe asked.
Rue sighed and nodded. "AIDS, as well."
"Wow, no offense, but you`re REALLY messed up." Zoe smiled jokingly.
"Why, thank you!" Rue laughed.
Zoe laughed. "So, how old are you?"
"12."
"I`m 14," Zoe smiled.
Rue wrinkled her nose. "I`m guessing I have to go to group therapy,".
Zoe laughed. "Yep, you`ll LOOVVVEEE it!," she said sarcastically.
Rue rolled her eyes. "Bet so. It sounds WONDERFUL,".
Zoe laughed and sat down on her own bed. She looked at a wall clock. "Dinner is an 15 minutes. We need to get going."
Rue sighed. She nodded. Rue put her book down and followed Zoe to a the cafeteria-type-thing.
Rue looked around and was instantly scared. This was a HUGE rehab. Meaning, everyone under 18-with every problem imaginable-was there.
Everyone looked so...hardcore. Zoe noticed her staring and laughed. "Talk about stereotypical! Look at the people!"
Rue couldn`t help but laugh. "True..."
Zoe smiled and led her to what resembled a lunch line.
Zoe picked up a tray of food and grimaced. "Ew,"
Rue smiled, but only grabbed a bottle of water.
They sat down at a table alone.
"You aren`t eating?" Zoe asked.
Rue shook her head. "Not hungry,".
Zoe sighed. "You NEED to eat,"
Rue shook her head. Zoe rolled her eyes. "Fine,"
Rue sighed. "This is boring. Almost no one is talking,
Zoe laughed. "I`m fairly sure they were brainwashed during their individual therapy,"
A girl-a freakishly tall girl at that- walked over. "Hey, freak," she said to Zoe.
"Go away, October," Zoe rolled her eyes.
"It`s MAY. Go cut yourself," May -or October, whichever you prefer- looked at Rue. "Wow, new inmate,"
Rue didn`t look her in eye or say anything. She felt sick to her stomach. No, the amazon-girl didn`t scareher. Rue thought to the last time she had hit....almost 2 day before. She ran to the bathroom.
"Oh, goody. withdrawal," she thought.
********************************************************************Month LATER!!!! Boho`s visting!!!*********************************************************************
Rue put her book down as she finished it for the 6th time. Zoe had went out with her parents, so Rue was alone for a while. Someone knocked on the door.
Rue looked up.
"Your...family is here, sweetie," a nurse smiled.
Rue groaned and stood up. She walked to to meet her family slowly, dreading it. She didn`t want to see her parents, or Mark. She knew for a fact that they would be there.
"Rue!" Some one yelled and hugged. It took Rue a minute to register that it was Mimi. She didn`t return the hug.
The smell of home hit her like a ton of bricks. She was reminded how much she loved her family, how much she missed them. Still, the anger of being sent to a place to be treated like a kindergartner over powered everything.
Mimi let go. Rue didn`t meet anyone`s eyes. She looked at her feet.
"So, miss us?" Rue heard her Uncle Mark say.
Rue didn`t respond. Mimi sighed. "I know, you`re mad."
Rue crossed her arms. She didn`t plan on saying anything to anyone.
A nurse walked up to them. "M`am, May I speak with you, Please?"
Mimi nodded. Rue sat on a couch. She felt someone sit down next to her, but she didn`t look up to see who it was.
**********************************The nurse and Meem`s conversation***********************
"Hello, ma`am," the nurse smiled at Mimi.
Mimi tried to smiled back, but the place the creeping her out so it was more of a grimace.
"I think it would be safe to let Ruelie go home. But don`t leave her alone for a while. You know what could happen..."
Mimi nodded.
The nurse continued. "...she want a hit. She may become depressed, possibly thoughts of suicide."
Mimi nodded, fully knowing what would happen. Fully knowing how to handle it. "So just keep her away from anything she could use to kill herself with? Can we go now?"
The nurse smiled. "You may want to consider getting a dog, or a pet of some sort. Something to keep Ruelie`s mind off of heroin."
"A dog...hm...never really thought of that," Mimi thought out loud. She waved and went back to her group of friends that were trying -unsuccessfully- to get Rue to speak.
I know that this story sucks now :( But it`s fun to write. And I don`t want to just stop it. I am going to write until I run out of crappy ideas.