A/N: Thanks for all of your support. fox-mccloud helped with chapters 9 and 10. This chapter was inspired by The Night I Disappeared on chapter 17. Also the Powerball by Dynaflex exists.

Mild swearing is in this chapter.

Chapter 10: New & Familiar

It was the same dark room. I saw the same black and white checkered tile floor. I was in the same hospital gown with my bandages on my arms. Then I heard laughter. The same menacing laughter. I looked around to see no one was there. Menacing laughter. I looked around again. No one there. I was starting to tremble. Menacing laughter was growing louder and louder. Only quicker than before. Breathing quickened. There were an abundance of voices with higher intensity than before. I plugged my ears but, it never worked. I kneeled down with my butt touching my heels. I trembled. I bawled my eyes out. Menacing laughter grew more and more louder and menacing! Then they boomed, "You'll never escape your Hell!"

I woke up trembling. I put on my glasses to see. I peeked through the window. I see a car outside. A fox came out with a brief case. It was Dr. Brushtail. I can't get out. I sat down in this bed a bit less paranoid than yesterday. Strange. I told a lot of things without hesitation.

The door open to see him came in. He had the same clothes as yesterday. He opened the same suitcase he was holding yesterday. "Good morning, Charlotte," he said smiling. At least I know I'm not in a Groundhog's Day loop. He sat down on a chair and opened his briefcase. He grabbed his notebook and pen. "I was recommended by Dr. Taylor that we continue where we left off yesterday."

"Hi Doctor," I said. "I thought I was in in a Groundhog's Day loop."

"I see." He put on his reading glasses on his nose. "The voices that you described intrigued me. Can you describe them in more detail?"

"They terrorize my life." I said without hesitation.

"How do they terrorize your life?" He sounded like he's interested.

"They say hurtful things."

"What is one of the hurtful things they say to you?"

"To kill myself." That was a big reveal.

He was calm. He recorded something in his notebook. His wrote fast. "They must make you life difficult to live, correct?"

"Yeah."

"How long did they terrorized your life?"

"I don't know. They were there before I dated Levi."

He wrote something in his notebook again. Again, very fast. "You and Levi seemed to be the perfect couple, correct?

"Yeah," I said as I wondered why he changed the subject.

"How long was since you first met him?"

"Why do you need to know that crap?" I thought he was getting creepy. He wanted to know how long I dated him. "It not really important."

"Maybe it is." His voice was relaxed.

"Fine. Almost seven months." I wanted to snap, but I felt bad about it. He's too charming. "You got too personal."

"I apologize for treading too far into your personal life."

"It's okay."

"I'm glad that was settled." He smiled. "How is your work prior to your suicide attempt?"

I was confused by this unknown word. "What's 'prior'?"

"Prior to means before."

"I mostly duck under the desk under the cash register in a gas station." I don't really think he's pushing it. "I didn't get fired or laid-off because a fat guy buys $130 worth of donuts. If I'm not at the desk, I stock the shelves and mop the floor."

"Fascinating." How did he find that fascinating? He wrote some more in his notebook. He took off his reading glasses. He sets his notebook and pen in his suitcase, and he shut his briefcase. "I nearly exceeded the time allotted. Thank you for sharing this conversation once more." He stood up and offered his paw to me. I reached over and took it. He kept me company besides Dr. Taylor and my only faithful boyfriend. I'm not being sarcastic. "I must be going. It's been a pleasure to meet you again, Charlotte."

"Bye, Doctor." And like that, he left.

I grabbed the Powerball thingy. It's a ball with a gyroscope thing. Just look up 'powerball gyro'. Anyway, I started to move the yellow axis so it can move without my help by flicking it with by thumb. I held it tight. The window of the blue shell wasn't covered by my hoof. I moved the Powerball thing in a circle. I done that for about 45 minutes for each hoof. I set that thing down.

The door opened. It was Levi. "Hi," he said. He sounded slightly annoyed. It seemed like it was not from me. "I just want to see you, but work and my God damn…" He sat down as he sighed and rubbed his temples. He calmed down. He grabbed what appeared to be hand sanitizer. He set that on the floor. "Know what? I'm happy that I can see you. That what matters."

"That explains why you didn't see me yesterday," I said. I wasn't mad at him for not visiting me, I'm just disappointed.

"How's your day?"

"Dr. Brushtail asked questions."

"What are they?"

"One of them my work habits."

"He asked those questions too."

"Why?" I wiped my glasses off with the hospital blanket.

"Dr. Taylor said it was important. Other than that, I dunno."

I put my glasses back on. "Okay."

There was silence. Finally Levi spoke. "Those questions that Brushtail asked reminded of something."

"What is it?" I asked Levi.

"We seemed to apart, yet we're as close as ever."

"What?" I was surprised at what he said. It didn't make sense. "What do mean?"

His phone rang before he could answer me. He looked like he could punch a wall. He answered his call. "What?"

I could hear his friend's voice. "C-c-can you drive me home, bruh?"

"Can you get a taxi? I'm with my girlfriend." Levi tried to remain calm.

"You can't get off your ass?"

"I'm sick of driving your drunk-ass!" Levi is already losing it.

"I-I'm sick of you hanging out with that wacko chick. S-She just leeching off of you."

Levi lost it. He stood up extremely quickly. "HOW DO YOU KNOW! YOU DRINK 'TIL YOU BLEW YOUR MONEY AWAY! AND YOU MAKE ME DRIVE YOU BACK ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT YOU STOLE MY MONEY! I'M SICK OF YOU! THIS! ENDS! NOW!" He hung up and threw his phone onto the ground. His phone's screen protector shattered into a million pieces, but he didn't care.

I looked at the door to see Dr. Brushtail at the door holding a hand sanitizer bottle. He had a calm face despite what I assumed witnessing Levi's wrath. "I apologize in disturbing your conversation. I'm just here to retrieve something." He left.

Levi sat down as he rubbed his face.