Disclaimer- I own no one but Betsy.
Chapter 2
Lucy woke up at 11:30 a.m. the next morning. Kevin was sound asleep beside her but as she started getting out of bed Kevin woke up.
"You're up late" He said.
"I was up at 4 a.m. last night." Lucy told him.
"Why?" Kevin asked.
"I got a phone call at 3:30." Lucy explained.
"From who?" Kevin asked.
"Chicago Psychiatric Hospital." Lucy replied.
"What? Why? Are you sure you weren't dreaming?" Kevin asked.
"No, I wasn't dreaming. They were calling about an old best friend who is now there. She's been calling out my name in her sleep. They want me to go down there." Lucy explained.
Kevin laughed. "You sure know how to pick best friends"
Lucy hit him. "Not funny"
"Ok, ok. So are you going to go?" Kevin asked.
"I don't know. I'm supposed to call back today. I have a week off next week, they said I'd be there for at least 3 days. I might go." Lucy replied.
"Well," Kevin said "If you do go, I'll go with you."
"You don't have to" Lucy said.
"I know but I want too." Kevin kissed her "I love you"
"I love you too." Lucy said.
Kevin lay back down. "Goodnight, sweetie" He said
"Goodnight." Lucy replied.
Lucy went in to the living room and picked up the phone. She dialled the number from the paper.
"Hello, Chicago Psychiatric Hospital, how may I help you? " A man said on the other line.
"Hello, Is Betsy there, please. Betsy Rogers?" Lucy asked.
"One moment please." The man said.
A few minutes later a women picked up the phone. "Hello, This is Betsy"
"Hello, I'm Lucy Camden." Lucy said.
"Ahh, yes. Mrs. Camden. How are you today?" Betsy asked.
"I'm good. Can you tell me a little more about Nicole, please?" Lucy asked.
"Yes, Well the Doctor's think she has a Dependant Personality, among other stuff. I can't really share that much, since you aren't family. I shouldn't even be telling you this much." Betsy explained.
"I understand. How is she now?" Lucy asked.
"She's doing O.K" Betsy replied. "So have you decided if you'll come down or not?"
"Well, I'm not really sure yet. What if she doesn't want to see me?" Lucy said.
"What if she does. I think it would help. There's something she needs you for. Maybe it's good, maybe it's bad. But she needs you, Lucy. Will you come, please?" Betsy asked.
Lucy sighed. "If it means that much, I'll come. Next week I have a week off of school. I'll leave Monday morning, is that OK?" Lucy asked.
"Yes, that's perfect. Thank you so much Mrs. Camden." Betsy replied.
"Oh, one more thing. Is it OK if my husband Kevin comes with me. If he can get the time off I mean." Lucy asked.
"Yes, but when you see Nicole, at first, only you should probably go in until she gets use to it. You can stay at the Holiday Inn nearby. The hospital will pay for you room." Betsy said.
"Ok, Well bye then." Lucy replied.
"Bye." Betsy said.
Lucy hung up the phone. She decided to go visit her family. She got in the car and drove there. When she went in the house, Ruthie was standing there.
"Why did the mental hospital call for you? Are they finally coming for you?" Ruthie laughed.
"No, it's about Nicole." Lucy said.
"Nicole, Nicole, Nicole. Nope don't remember any Nicole." Ruthie said.
Mary walked in. She was visiting from Ft. Lauderdale.
"I do. The cutter, right?" Mary asked.
"Yeah, Nicole Jacobs." Lucy said.
"Oh, I remember her" Ruthie replied.
"Remember who?" Simon said, as he walked in the room.
"Nicole" Lucy said.
"Nicole who?" Simon asked.
"Nicole Jacobs, Lucy's old friend" Mary replied.
"Hmm.. Is she the crazy one that cut herself?" Simon asked.
"Yep" Ruthie said.
"Why are we talking about her?" Simon asked.
"Talking about whom?" Annie asked as her, Eric and the twins came in.
"Nicole" Mary said.
The twins ran over and hugged Lucy.
"Nicole who?" Eric asked.
"Yeah, Nicole who?" Sam said.
"You know, Nicole Jacobs" Ruthie said.
"Lucy's friend who cut herself" Simon said.
"Oh, Ok" Annie and Eric said at the same time.
"Why are we talking about her?" Mary asked.
"The Mental Hospital called her at 3 a.m. last night looking for Lucy" Ruthie said.
Simon and Mary laughed.
"Why?" Eric asked.
"It was about Nicole. They want me to come down and see her. She's been calling out my name in her sleep." Lucy replied.
"That's creepy" Mary said.
"I thought she'd be better by now. I thought that program would have helped." Eric said. Just then, the front door opened it was Matt and Sarah, who was 6 months pregnant.
After everyone said hi, Lucy continued.
"Well, she tried to kill herself 3 times so they moved her to the Psychiatric Hospital." Lucy said.
"Who" Matt said.
"Nicole Jacobs" Annie said.
"Who's that?" Sarah asked
"Lucy's old friend from high school" Ruthie said.
"Oh, The cutter that dad helped" Matt said.
Everyone nodded.
"The what?" Sarah asked
"Cutter. Someone who cuts themselves" Mary said.
"That's, umm, different" Sarah said.
"Anyway, I'm going to go down there next week." Lucy said.
"What do they want you to do?" Simon asked.
"I'm not sure. They said there's something she needs me for." Lucy said.
"How long will you be there for?" Eric asked.
"At least 3 days." Lucy said.
"And is Kevin going?" Annie asked.
"If he can" Lucy replied. "Well I should be going. Bye guys."
Everyone said bye and Lucy went home.
*Sorry that was a little crazy, but I thought it was cool. Yeah, Well please Review it.*
