Chapter 13: Sorry
"So, how was it, Eric?"
Eric burst out laughing.
"What's so funny?" Donna asked confused.
"Nothing, it's an inside joke between me and Angie"
"Angie, So you've made friends with your psychiatrist?"
"I guess, I mean she's nice an' all"
Donna smiled, "Well you seem happier today"
"Yep"
"You're seeing 'Angie' again today aren't you, she better not steal you away from me"
"No one could do that" he replied, smirking at her.
"Listen, I'll see ya this afternoon, I've gotta get going or I'll be late for school!"
"See-ya later then"
Donna left only to return a second later and pop her head back through the door.
"Oh and Hyde's back today, he's coming here to see you with me later, bye"
"Yes" he said to himself excitedly after she'd left. He had never been more anxious to see one of his friends before.
Also he still felt quite guilty about what he had said to Hyde to make him leave him alone and he wanted to apologise to him.
About an hour later Mrs. Walker or as she was now known to Eric as Angie, returned to continue her sessions with him.
"Hello again" she said.
Eric noticed she didn't say his name this time.
"Hi"
"So how are you today?"
"Fine"
"Are you sure?"
"Of course I'm sure, why wouldn't I be?"
Angela could tell by the slight agitation in his voice that she should change the subject.
"Did you have any visitors today?"
"Yer, Donna"
"She must care for you a lot then, this best friend of your?"
"I guess, I care for her a lot too, she's my bestest friend in the world"
"It's good to have a friend like that at times like these"
"I know," he said lowering his head towards the ground again.
"Why do you do that?"
"Do what?"
"Always stare at the ground when I'm talking to you"
"I don't know, I don't even realise I'm doing it"
"Eric, do you feel ashamed?"
"No, ashamed about what?"
He had the urge to lower his head again but he kept his eyes in line with Angela's and waited for her reply.
"About what happened to you"
After a few moments he whispered, "A little"
"Tell me, why are you ashamed about something you had no control over?"
"I just am!"
"Eric, to help you I need you to tell me the truth, no matter what I wont judge you, I'm here to help you, can you do that for me, can you trust me?"
With his eyes still on hers, he brought his hand up to his head and brushed it through his floppy brown hair. He nodded timidly like he always did with any adults.
"Good" she stated with a small smile.
"Now can you tell me why you're really ashamed?"
Eric hesitated for a moment before answering.
"Because it's all my fault," he whispered.
"What's all your fault Eric?"
He was doing it again, staring at the ground wondering how to answer her questions with out making her hate him.
"...It's my fault that all this happened with my mom and dad"
"How is it that it's your fault?"
So many questions in such short time... "Because it's my fault she slipped, it's my fault she's in a coma"
Angela didn't know whether he meant he had pushed his mother or whether it was just something that had been programmed into him by his father.
"Did you push her?"
"No, But..."
"Eric, if you didn't push her yourself then how could it be your fault she slipped?"
Everything she said was a question...
"YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND!" he screamed.
Every time he talked about this he ended up shouting at the people who were only trying to help him. But he just felt so angry, not towards Angie, but towards himself.
"Ok, Eric, it's alright, I know I don't understand, but if you'll help me I'll try and understand."
Another nod. He was trying to calm himself down.
"I didn't do my..."
There was a loud tapping at the door and after a couple of seconds a truanting Hyde pushed it open and entered the room.
"Hyde" Eric almost shouted.
"Hey, Foreman, what's up?"
Before he could answer Angela interrupted.
"Hello, and who would you be? I have doubts about you being Donna"
Sticking his hand out and shaking hers, he answered. "Hyde, Steven Hyde"
"Well, Steven, I'm in the middle of a session right now"
"A session, a session for what?"
"I'm Eric's psychologist, Mrs. Walker and shouldn't you be in school young man"
Hyde looked at her like he didn't even care about what she'd just said.
"Well you see Mrs. Walker friends are there for each other, school or no school" he said and smirked cheekily at Eric with his usual grin.
Eric had missed that grin, he felt like he hadn't seen it in weeks.
"Angie, can I talk with Hyde for a bit please?" he asked.
"Alright then, but I've got to get going in less than half an hour, so please don't be too long"
"Ok" Eric replied.
After she'd left Eric tried to apologise to Hyde.
"I'm really sorry about what I said the last time we met, I didn't mean a word of it, I was just so scared, and..."
"Eric, it doesn't matter man, you were going through a lot, I know you didn't mean it, there's no need to apologise!"
"I know, but I'm still very sorry about what I said"
"Okay, Eric I accept your apology, now tell me what you've been up to"
"Not much, been living in the hospital"
"Yer, but hey you wont believe how much Donna talks about you! She's so worried about you, I don't think I've seen any girl ever fuss over you like she does"
"I know, she's great, I miss her"
"You miss her, man, she comes and see you every chance she gets"
"I know but I miss her in between when she leaves and when she comes back"
"Awe...wouldn't you two be such a cute couple"
"Shut up Hyde!" he replied humorously.
"You're telling me to shut up," he stated.
And with that he grabbed Eric's head in between his arm and ruffled his hair playfully. He soon stopped when he saw Eric flinch and try to squirm away.
"Oh man, I'm sorry, I just forgot for a second, I didn't mean to scare you," he said guiltily.
Eric had automatically returned to his protected shell. Pulling his knees up to his chest and burying his head in his arms. Hyde didn't know what to do; he'd never been in this kind of position before. His dad had hit him a few times when he was drunk before he had left some years before, but that was nothing as extreme to cause him to behave like this.
"I'm sorry Eric, do you want me to go"
Eric lifted his head from his arms. His eyes were a bit watery.
"No, I'm sorry, I'm acting stupid, I didn't mean to make you feel bad, it's not your fault...it's good that even if it was just for a second you forgot. It's good that I'm not getting all the usual sympathy I'm so used to now, it makes me feel human again"
"Ok, well, I'm sorry anyway, man I guess today's no. 1 word is 'sorry'" he said trying to cheer Eric up.
"Yep, I guess it is"
Angela came into the room at that second and told them she had to go, but she'd be back tomorrow! Soon after that Hyde left, saying he wanted to try and catch dinner at school. Eric mean while lay in his bed thinking until he fell asleep, he didn't have much else to do anyway.
Well, this is chapter 13, like it? Don't? Tell me in a review!!!!!!!!!!! Cya, luv, Cesca, x
"So, how was it, Eric?"
Eric burst out laughing.
"What's so funny?" Donna asked confused.
"Nothing, it's an inside joke between me and Angie"
"Angie, So you've made friends with your psychiatrist?"
"I guess, I mean she's nice an' all"
Donna smiled, "Well you seem happier today"
"Yep"
"You're seeing 'Angie' again today aren't you, she better not steal you away from me"
"No one could do that" he replied, smirking at her.
"Listen, I'll see ya this afternoon, I've gotta get going or I'll be late for school!"
"See-ya later then"
Donna left only to return a second later and pop her head back through the door.
"Oh and Hyde's back today, he's coming here to see you with me later, bye"
"Yes" he said to himself excitedly after she'd left. He had never been more anxious to see one of his friends before.
Also he still felt quite guilty about what he had said to Hyde to make him leave him alone and he wanted to apologise to him.
About an hour later Mrs. Walker or as she was now known to Eric as Angie, returned to continue her sessions with him.
"Hello again" she said.
Eric noticed she didn't say his name this time.
"Hi"
"So how are you today?"
"Fine"
"Are you sure?"
"Of course I'm sure, why wouldn't I be?"
Angela could tell by the slight agitation in his voice that she should change the subject.
"Did you have any visitors today?"
"Yer, Donna"
"She must care for you a lot then, this best friend of your?"
"I guess, I care for her a lot too, she's my bestest friend in the world"
"It's good to have a friend like that at times like these"
"I know," he said lowering his head towards the ground again.
"Why do you do that?"
"Do what?"
"Always stare at the ground when I'm talking to you"
"I don't know, I don't even realise I'm doing it"
"Eric, do you feel ashamed?"
"No, ashamed about what?"
He had the urge to lower his head again but he kept his eyes in line with Angela's and waited for her reply.
"About what happened to you"
After a few moments he whispered, "A little"
"Tell me, why are you ashamed about something you had no control over?"
"I just am!"
"Eric, to help you I need you to tell me the truth, no matter what I wont judge you, I'm here to help you, can you do that for me, can you trust me?"
With his eyes still on hers, he brought his hand up to his head and brushed it through his floppy brown hair. He nodded timidly like he always did with any adults.
"Good" she stated with a small smile.
"Now can you tell me why you're really ashamed?"
Eric hesitated for a moment before answering.
"Because it's all my fault," he whispered.
"What's all your fault Eric?"
He was doing it again, staring at the ground wondering how to answer her questions with out making her hate him.
"...It's my fault that all this happened with my mom and dad"
"How is it that it's your fault?"
So many questions in such short time... "Because it's my fault she slipped, it's my fault she's in a coma"
Angela didn't know whether he meant he had pushed his mother or whether it was just something that had been programmed into him by his father.
"Did you push her?"
"No, But..."
"Eric, if you didn't push her yourself then how could it be your fault she slipped?"
Everything she said was a question...
"YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND!" he screamed.
Every time he talked about this he ended up shouting at the people who were only trying to help him. But he just felt so angry, not towards Angie, but towards himself.
"Ok, Eric, it's alright, I know I don't understand, but if you'll help me I'll try and understand."
Another nod. He was trying to calm himself down.
"I didn't do my..."
There was a loud tapping at the door and after a couple of seconds a truanting Hyde pushed it open and entered the room.
"Hyde" Eric almost shouted.
"Hey, Foreman, what's up?"
Before he could answer Angela interrupted.
"Hello, and who would you be? I have doubts about you being Donna"
Sticking his hand out and shaking hers, he answered. "Hyde, Steven Hyde"
"Well, Steven, I'm in the middle of a session right now"
"A session, a session for what?"
"I'm Eric's psychologist, Mrs. Walker and shouldn't you be in school young man"
Hyde looked at her like he didn't even care about what she'd just said.
"Well you see Mrs. Walker friends are there for each other, school or no school" he said and smirked cheekily at Eric with his usual grin.
Eric had missed that grin, he felt like he hadn't seen it in weeks.
"Angie, can I talk with Hyde for a bit please?" he asked.
"Alright then, but I've got to get going in less than half an hour, so please don't be too long"
"Ok" Eric replied.
After she'd left Eric tried to apologise to Hyde.
"I'm really sorry about what I said the last time we met, I didn't mean a word of it, I was just so scared, and..."
"Eric, it doesn't matter man, you were going through a lot, I know you didn't mean it, there's no need to apologise!"
"I know, but I'm still very sorry about what I said"
"Okay, Eric I accept your apology, now tell me what you've been up to"
"Not much, been living in the hospital"
"Yer, but hey you wont believe how much Donna talks about you! She's so worried about you, I don't think I've seen any girl ever fuss over you like she does"
"I know, she's great, I miss her"
"You miss her, man, she comes and see you every chance she gets"
"I know but I miss her in between when she leaves and when she comes back"
"Awe...wouldn't you two be such a cute couple"
"Shut up Hyde!" he replied humorously.
"You're telling me to shut up," he stated.
And with that he grabbed Eric's head in between his arm and ruffled his hair playfully. He soon stopped when he saw Eric flinch and try to squirm away.
"Oh man, I'm sorry, I just forgot for a second, I didn't mean to scare you," he said guiltily.
Eric had automatically returned to his protected shell. Pulling his knees up to his chest and burying his head in his arms. Hyde didn't know what to do; he'd never been in this kind of position before. His dad had hit him a few times when he was drunk before he had left some years before, but that was nothing as extreme to cause him to behave like this.
"I'm sorry Eric, do you want me to go"
Eric lifted his head from his arms. His eyes were a bit watery.
"No, I'm sorry, I'm acting stupid, I didn't mean to make you feel bad, it's not your fault...it's good that even if it was just for a second you forgot. It's good that I'm not getting all the usual sympathy I'm so used to now, it makes me feel human again"
"Ok, well, I'm sorry anyway, man I guess today's no. 1 word is 'sorry'" he said trying to cheer Eric up.
"Yep, I guess it is"
Angela came into the room at that second and told them she had to go, but she'd be back tomorrow! Soon after that Hyde left, saying he wanted to try and catch dinner at school. Eric mean while lay in his bed thinking until he fell asleep, he didn't have much else to do anyway.
Well, this is chapter 13, like it? Don't? Tell me in a review!!!!!!!!!!! Cya, luv, Cesca, x