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Chapter 10:

Fletch knocked on the door of Ben's office and waited for a response. "Come in!" Fletch heard Ben shout. Fletch opened the door, went into Ben's room then took a seat. "What can I do for you Nurse Fletcher?" Ben asked even though he knew it was about Arthur.

"Dom was talking to me earlier and mentioned that he hadn't seen Arthur eating; he asked me to go and speak to him" Fletch explained. "And how did that go?" Ben asked, sensing that it didn't go smoothly. "He denied a lot of what I said then said that he had a lot on his mind and didn't have time to eat."

Ben frowned; this does not sound good. "Right thanks, I'll find Arthur in a bit and speak to him. In the meantime can you and Dr. Copeland just keep an eye on him?" Ben asked. "Yeah course" Fletch replied. "Thanks" Ben said as Fletch stood up and left the office.

Ben sighed and put his head in his hands. When was this going to be enough for Arthur? He knew that this had to be dealt with fast. He figured it must be anxiety related; it has to be. Arthur wouldn't have an eating disorder, Ben knew.

Although Ben also knew that Arthur wanted the control. He wanted to control every aspect of his life and recently Arthur had been battling to lose that control. Ben sighed; he should have seen this coming. Arthur wanted the control, to feel like he was still in control and one of the ways he could do that was by controlling what he ate, when he ate and how much he ate.

Ben stood up from his desk, closing his laptop and grabbing his suit jacket. He had to go and find Arthur. He had to get to the bottom of what was going on.

Ben made his way down the Keller, hoping that Arthur wouldn't have wondered off anywhere. He should have saw this coming, but Arthur was so unpredictable; Ben had never really met anyone like him.

Another thing that concerned Ben was the fact that if Arthur wasn't eating, there's a high chance he wasn't taking his medication. Even though Arthur didn't see them as useful, Ben knew they were necessary to help Arthur recover.

He rounded the corner and walked through the doors onto Keller. He looked around, trying to find Arthur. He could Dom but still no Arthur. He walked on further onto the ward when he heard a voice behind a shelf talking to someone. He walked around and wasn't surprised to see that Arthur was there.

"Hey Arthur, you alright?" Ben asked as Arthur turned round from his patient, ending up facing Ben. "I'm fine" muttered, before pushing past Ben. He knew exactly why Ben had come to see him; it was Fletch's fault.

"You sure. Was wondering if we could have a chat?" Ben asked, knowing he had to play his cards carefully. "A chat about what?" Arthur asked. "Anything. You, work, I don't mind" Ben said, again keeping it casual.

Arthur knew exactly what he wanted to talk about. He wanted to talk about Arthur's eating habits, obviously. Fletch had gone straight to Ben after their little chat had finished. Arthur gritted his teeth and took a deep breath, he had to keep calm.

"Did Fletch speak to you?" Arthur asked, still knowing that he would get a lie for an answer. "That doesn't matter, I'm asking to speak to you" Ben said, completely avoiding the question Arthur had just asked.

"I didn't ask that" Arthur said, trying to hide his frustration. "I know you didn't, but I'm not answering it. So are you going to come and have that chat?" Ben asked, leaving now room for argument. Arthur just sighed and followed Ben out of Keller, missing the nod Ben gave to Sacha.

The walk back to Ben's office was quiet. Ben didn't try making conversation with Arthur; he could tell by the look on the young doctor's face that he wasn't in the mood. That just meant that Ben would have to work just that bit harder to get through to Arthur.

"Take a seat" Ben said as himself and Arthur entered his office. Arthur walked over to the sofa in Ben's office, furthest away from Ben's desk. Ben smiled at that, he grabbed his notebook from the desk and sat down on the opposite sofa.

"So what did you want to talk about?" Arthur asked, this time really not in the mood. "You eating habits and relationship with food" Ben replied. Arthur knew it, Fletch had betrayed him. "I don't have any eating habits" Arthur said sternly.

"Okay then, how about I ask a few questions that I have then we talk about it" Ben suggested, wanting to defuse the situation right there. Arthur nodded, knowing he wasn't going to win. "Right okay. How often do you eat a day?" Ben asked.

Arthur looked down at his feet because in truth, he didn't know how many times he ate a day. He couldn't even remember the last time he ate. He looked up at Ben and managed to make awkward eye contact with him, now Arthur knew he had to answer. A few" Arthur lied and Ben wrote that down.

"How many is a few?" Ben asked, already starting to doubt Arthur and believe Fletch. "A few" Arthur replied, really starting to hate this chat. "Okay then. How do you feel about food, like are there some foods you don't feel comfortable eating?" Ben asked, moving onto the next question as Arthur wasn't going to give him any more on the first question.

Arthur sat there and thought; it wasn't that he wasn't comfortable eating, he did. It's just he didn't see the point of eating, he was an adult, he could control what he ate and when he ate. He didn't need someone to tell him that he was doing it wrong.

"I feel fine when eating" Arthur said bluntly. Ben wrote that down and held back his sigh. He knew Arthur was lying, it was obvious and there was a part of him that just wanted to give up on this conversation.

"Right okay last question. How is your relationship with food? Is it good or is it bad?" Ben asked. Ben studied Arthur's face carefully, trying to see what Arthur was thinking. Arthur was thinking hard. His relationship with food?

"My relationship with food is good" Arthur said. Ben could immediately tell that that was a lie, Arthur didn't even think about it. "Did you think about that?" Ben asked and watched as Arthur shrunk into his chair.

Arthur knew Ben was onto him now. He could lie, that was probably the only way now, although Ben would already know. "Yes" Arthur replied to Ben's question, another blatant lie. "Okay" Ben said, seeing right through his lie.

"Are we done now?" Arthur asked, he just wanted to get out there. Ben hesitated before answering, he really needed to push more but the problem was he was scared to push Arthur too far in fear of pushing him right away.

"You can trust me, you know that and I'm here to help. I want to help Arthur, you can push me away but I won't go away, you can tell me if something is going on" Ben explained, hoping Arthur would understand.

"I know that" Arthur said, contemplating whether he should tell Ben. "But I'm okay, I just still have a few off days but nothing I can't handle" Arthur said. Ben nodded, knowing that he wasn't going to get anything else from him.

"Yeah you can go back, I'll see you later okay" Ben said as Arthur stood up to leave. "Yep, see you later" Arthur said as he left Ben's office. Ben sighed after Arthur had left, the road to recovery had just got even longer.

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