Katie and Ivy were sitting in the center on the dorm surrounding by a mass
of glowing candles. After Leah had told her about the information had
found. Ivy needed a break, Katie recommended a few things. Candles were one
of them. The door opened and Lindsey walked inside.
"Isn't there a rule about open flames inside buildings?" Lindsey asked the pair.
"Shut up Lindsey," Katie said
"I'm just saying, in case you didn't know or something," Lindsey retorted.
"What are you doing in here?" Katie asked.
"Rob is looking Lil' Scarbrow. I'd make an appearance pretty quickly, he looked kind of mad," Lindsey answered.
"I'd better go. Thanks Lindsey." Ivy sat as she jumped up and ran out the door.
As Ivy was headed toward the main building, Rob spotted her. "There you are, we need to talk," he said.
"Okay, what do we need to talk about?" Ivy asked.
"Sit." He said leading Ivy toward a bench. "Is there anything, that you want to tell me?" Rob asked.
"No, not really." Ivy said skeptically. "What does he know?" She asked herself.
" I have heard a few things from a few different sources, about you breaking the rules," Rob said.
"Oh really. Do go on, I'm intrigued," Ivy said.
"I don't want to be blunt, but do you have an eating disorder?" Rob asked.
"Do I have an eating disorder? That's about the funniest thing I've herd, in a long time." Ivy laughed.
"I'm being serious, this isn't funny," Rob scolded.
"I'm being serious too. I know I'm not fat, but I am not skinny enough to be puking up my food, or whatever you think I'm doing," Ivy said. "Who told you that?" Ivy asked.
"I can't say," Rob answered. "I do however have to watch you now, during and after meals, to make sure you're eating."
"That is so lame. You have no prove, no wait, you don't have any evidence either," Ivy fumed.
"Ivy, I'm doing this for you." Rob started.
"Don't even try to feed that line of bull crap!" Ivy interrupted.
"Are you going to listen to me or not?" Rob asked. He was irritated by Ivy's behavior.
"I listening." Ivy said quietly.
"Myself or one of the other counselors will have to sit by you at every meal. After breakfast and lunch, you'll be in class, and you won't be allowed to leave. After dinner," Rob went on, "you'll have to sit with someone for at least an hour."
"Do you actually think, I have a problem?" Ivy asked.
"Ivy these are just precautions." Rob told her.
"Right, I forgot the rule around here, guilty until proven otherwise," Ivy said sarcastically.
"This isn't a punishment," Rob said.
"Well it seems like one to me," Ivy stated. "May I leave now?"
"Do have any questions?" Rob asked.
"Actually just one. Did my dad make you do this?" Ivy asked.
"You know, I can't answer that," Rob said.
"He did, didn't he?" Ivy asked.
"Any other questions?" Rob asked.
"Yeah, how come no one ever believes me?" Ivy said softly. Her face was turned away from Rob, so he wouldn't see the tears.
"What?" Rob asked.
"I said, I hate this place." Ivy screamed. She stormed off, after she got a few feet she turned. When she saw, that Rob was following her, she started to run. He began to run too.
"Ivy, there's no way you are going to out run me," Rob stated.
"Leave me alone!" Ivy yelled back at him.
"I can't leave you alone, it's my job to not leave you alone," Rob said.
"Oh, does your job description say jackass?" Ivy asked. She stopped running now she just stood facing Rob, tears were following down her cheeks.
"Hey watch your mouth!" Rob told her.
"I will when you start treating me like a person!" She yelled.
"How am I not treating you like a person?" Rob asked.
"Everyone acts different around me because of who my parents are," Ivy said. "I want to go home."
"Ivy, I don't know what to tell you. Have you talked to them about this?" Rob asked.
"No, they wouldn't listen. They don't care. They'd just think I want drugs or something." Ivy continued to snob openly.
"Why were using all those drugs in the first place?" Rob asked.
"I was alone. Do you have any idea, what it's like to have parents who are always busy helping someone else?" Ivy asked.
"Actually I do, my parents are doctors," Rob said. "You have a sister, I had no siblings."
"What did you do?" Ivy asked.
"Lots of things. I even broke my arm so I could go see my dad at work." Rob told her. "It's painful, you feel cheated."
"Leah and I were cheated. We could have had parents who were around. Leah is all alone now that I'm here. You should hear some of the things that she tells me," Ivy said.
"When do you talk to Leah?" Rob asked.
"Do you really think I'm going to answer that?" Ivy asked.
"No. Back to the drugs. You wanted to get rid of the pain, but it didn't work did it?" Rob asked.
Ivy just shook her head.
"You had to keep trying stronger things but nothing worked. The pain was still there," Rob said. "Here there are no drugs, but the pain it's still inside you. You had to find something, you can control your food here, so you don't eat." Rob told her.
"You are really good," Ivy said. She wipes her face with her hand.
"Ivy I was you, when I was a teenager. My parents worked a lot, and I was mad because they adopted me. I thought I could have had better." Rob said.
"How did you stop the feeling of loneliness?" Ivy asked.
"I told my parents how I felt," Rob answered.
"Did they start spending time with you?" Ivy asked.
"No, they didn't but at least I tried," Rob said.
The two stood in silence for several minutes. Rob waited for Ivy to minimize her crying to just sniffles.
"Ready to go?" He asked. "We have group."
"Yeah, I'm ready." Ivy said with a slight smile.
"Isn't there a rule about open flames inside buildings?" Lindsey asked the pair.
"Shut up Lindsey," Katie said
"I'm just saying, in case you didn't know or something," Lindsey retorted.
"What are you doing in here?" Katie asked.
"Rob is looking Lil' Scarbrow. I'd make an appearance pretty quickly, he looked kind of mad," Lindsey answered.
"I'd better go. Thanks Lindsey." Ivy sat as she jumped up and ran out the door.
As Ivy was headed toward the main building, Rob spotted her. "There you are, we need to talk," he said.
"Okay, what do we need to talk about?" Ivy asked.
"Sit." He said leading Ivy toward a bench. "Is there anything, that you want to tell me?" Rob asked.
"No, not really." Ivy said skeptically. "What does he know?" She asked herself.
" I have heard a few things from a few different sources, about you breaking the rules," Rob said.
"Oh really. Do go on, I'm intrigued," Ivy said.
"I don't want to be blunt, but do you have an eating disorder?" Rob asked.
"Do I have an eating disorder? That's about the funniest thing I've herd, in a long time." Ivy laughed.
"I'm being serious, this isn't funny," Rob scolded.
"I'm being serious too. I know I'm not fat, but I am not skinny enough to be puking up my food, or whatever you think I'm doing," Ivy said. "Who told you that?" Ivy asked.
"I can't say," Rob answered. "I do however have to watch you now, during and after meals, to make sure you're eating."
"That is so lame. You have no prove, no wait, you don't have any evidence either," Ivy fumed.
"Ivy, I'm doing this for you." Rob started.
"Don't even try to feed that line of bull crap!" Ivy interrupted.
"Are you going to listen to me or not?" Rob asked. He was irritated by Ivy's behavior.
"I listening." Ivy said quietly.
"Myself or one of the other counselors will have to sit by you at every meal. After breakfast and lunch, you'll be in class, and you won't be allowed to leave. After dinner," Rob went on, "you'll have to sit with someone for at least an hour."
"Do you actually think, I have a problem?" Ivy asked.
"Ivy these are just precautions." Rob told her.
"Right, I forgot the rule around here, guilty until proven otherwise," Ivy said sarcastically.
"This isn't a punishment," Rob said.
"Well it seems like one to me," Ivy stated. "May I leave now?"
"Do have any questions?" Rob asked.
"Actually just one. Did my dad make you do this?" Ivy asked.
"You know, I can't answer that," Rob said.
"He did, didn't he?" Ivy asked.
"Any other questions?" Rob asked.
"Yeah, how come no one ever believes me?" Ivy said softly. Her face was turned away from Rob, so he wouldn't see the tears.
"What?" Rob asked.
"I said, I hate this place." Ivy screamed. She stormed off, after she got a few feet she turned. When she saw, that Rob was following her, she started to run. He began to run too.
"Ivy, there's no way you are going to out run me," Rob stated.
"Leave me alone!" Ivy yelled back at him.
"I can't leave you alone, it's my job to not leave you alone," Rob said.
"Oh, does your job description say jackass?" Ivy asked. She stopped running now she just stood facing Rob, tears were following down her cheeks.
"Hey watch your mouth!" Rob told her.
"I will when you start treating me like a person!" She yelled.
"How am I not treating you like a person?" Rob asked.
"Everyone acts different around me because of who my parents are," Ivy said. "I want to go home."
"Ivy, I don't know what to tell you. Have you talked to them about this?" Rob asked.
"No, they wouldn't listen. They don't care. They'd just think I want drugs or something." Ivy continued to snob openly.
"Why were using all those drugs in the first place?" Rob asked.
"I was alone. Do you have any idea, what it's like to have parents who are always busy helping someone else?" Ivy asked.
"Actually I do, my parents are doctors," Rob said. "You have a sister, I had no siblings."
"What did you do?" Ivy asked.
"Lots of things. I even broke my arm so I could go see my dad at work." Rob told her. "It's painful, you feel cheated."
"Leah and I were cheated. We could have had parents who were around. Leah is all alone now that I'm here. You should hear some of the things that she tells me," Ivy said.
"When do you talk to Leah?" Rob asked.
"Do you really think I'm going to answer that?" Ivy asked.
"No. Back to the drugs. You wanted to get rid of the pain, but it didn't work did it?" Rob asked.
Ivy just shook her head.
"You had to keep trying stronger things but nothing worked. The pain was still there," Rob said. "Here there are no drugs, but the pain it's still inside you. You had to find something, you can control your food here, so you don't eat." Rob told her.
"You are really good," Ivy said. She wipes her face with her hand.
"Ivy I was you, when I was a teenager. My parents worked a lot, and I was mad because they adopted me. I thought I could have had better." Rob said.
"How did you stop the feeling of loneliness?" Ivy asked.
"I told my parents how I felt," Rob answered.
"Did they start spending time with you?" Ivy asked.
"No, they didn't but at least I tried," Rob said.
The two stood in silence for several minutes. Rob waited for Ivy to minimize her crying to just sniffles.
"Ready to go?" He asked. "We have group."
"Yeah, I'm ready." Ivy said with a slight smile.