Chapter 16: Hand In Hand
Donna sat at her desk, trying to keep herself awake. She hadn't got much sleep lately due to all the time she was spending worrying about Eric. Ever since that day when she'd found him in his house so mentally broken inside, she hadn't been able to stop thinking about him. She knew she had to help him. She stared blankly out of the school window, when suddenly she noticed a teenage figure making his way up through the school gates towards the school.
"Can I be excused please, miss, I really need to use the toilet?" she asked and hurried out to meet up with him.
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"I hope I'll see you again sometime" Eric said with a kind of fake smile on his face.
He was happy their were others like him, but he didn't like the thought of so many young people going through what he went through.
Eric had been talking with Daniel for quite a while before he continued on to see Donna. Daniel had told him here he lived and Eric vowed to himself that he would eventually help this new friend. Daniel who was close to his seventeenth birthday, had told Eric that once he turned eighteen, his father could throw him out into the streets. He seemed quite upset when he had been talking about it. Eric didn't know what to say, he would have liked to have told him he could come and stay with him. But the reality of it was that he hadn't even recovered from his fathers abuse, and was living in a hospital.
Eric tried to shake the thoughts out of his head as he made his way up the school path towards where Donna was inside. He was almost at the entrance when Donna appeared there.
"Eric, what are you doing here?" she asked anxiously, yet caring.
He didn't answer, he just leaned in towards Donna and let himself fall into her arms. Again he found himself crying. He now knew he wasn't alone in this all, and in some ways they were cries of happiness, in others not so much. The fact that there were so many bad people in the world scared him to much to even think about. Donna held him in her arms again, like she had once before. They hugged for ten minutes straight.
"How many kid's in the world do you think have got a dad like mine?" Eric asked breaking the silence.
"Erm.........I dunno Eric, why'd you ask that?" She replied.
"It doesn't matter" he stated staring at the sky.
Again Donna asked why he was here. At first once again he didn't reply. But after a few moments he began to speak.
"Back at the hospital, last night........."
Eric explained to Donna about everything that had happened the night before and this morning. After he had finished he showed her the proof of what he was saying, by stretching out his bruised arm.
A little while later ric ended up back at the hospital doors. He was quite nervous about steping through them. After all somewhere inside there, Red was lay.
Donna pushed him to go further with her words.
"He wont hurt you infront of everyone and there are people who can help, c'mon, Eric your gonna have to do this some time."
He walked into the hospital and up to the secretary's desk. He didn't know what to say.
"We need to speak to Dr. Beheta please" Donna quickly asked.
"Have you got an appointment?" the secretary asked.
"We don't need one, my friend Eric has been ill and was staying here, but he got attacked while he was here and ran away, he was scared and he still is, and something has to be done about it. This kinda stuff isn't mean't to happen in hospitals!"
"Ok, young lady, calm down, just wait a minute"
Donna ad almost turned red, t was obvious she was very worried and stressed to everyone around her, including Eric. He smiled at her.
"thanx" he stated.
"What for?" she asked slightly confused.
"What for, for being there for me, for helping me, and for just worrying about me so much, it's nice to know you care so much, you've already done enough for me, I don't want you being hurt because of me"
Donna let a sincere smile spread across her lips. She looked like she was going to say something for a moment, but then she just smiled a little more and took Erics hand.
"I do care about you Eric, I care about you so much that I can't help hurting when you are"
"Awwww" Eric blushed and smiled like he'd never smiled before.
He had forgotten about his father for a moment when he saw his doctor heading towards him.
Erm...hmmm, like it so far?
Well even if you do or ya dont, I have some free time, and I am trying to use it, although I do have to copy up two peices of coursework for english some time soon! But I will try and get back into the pattern of writing more chaps, so dont worry.......
Donna sat at her desk, trying to keep herself awake. She hadn't got much sleep lately due to all the time she was spending worrying about Eric. Ever since that day when she'd found him in his house so mentally broken inside, she hadn't been able to stop thinking about him. She knew she had to help him. She stared blankly out of the school window, when suddenly she noticed a teenage figure making his way up through the school gates towards the school.
"Can I be excused please, miss, I really need to use the toilet?" she asked and hurried out to meet up with him.
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"I hope I'll see you again sometime" Eric said with a kind of fake smile on his face.
He was happy their were others like him, but he didn't like the thought of so many young people going through what he went through.
Eric had been talking with Daniel for quite a while before he continued on to see Donna. Daniel had told him here he lived and Eric vowed to himself that he would eventually help this new friend. Daniel who was close to his seventeenth birthday, had told Eric that once he turned eighteen, his father could throw him out into the streets. He seemed quite upset when he had been talking about it. Eric didn't know what to say, he would have liked to have told him he could come and stay with him. But the reality of it was that he hadn't even recovered from his fathers abuse, and was living in a hospital.
Eric tried to shake the thoughts out of his head as he made his way up the school path towards where Donna was inside. He was almost at the entrance when Donna appeared there.
"Eric, what are you doing here?" she asked anxiously, yet caring.
He didn't answer, he just leaned in towards Donna and let himself fall into her arms. Again he found himself crying. He now knew he wasn't alone in this all, and in some ways they were cries of happiness, in others not so much. The fact that there were so many bad people in the world scared him to much to even think about. Donna held him in her arms again, like she had once before. They hugged for ten minutes straight.
"How many kid's in the world do you think have got a dad like mine?" Eric asked breaking the silence.
"Erm.........I dunno Eric, why'd you ask that?" She replied.
"It doesn't matter" he stated staring at the sky.
Again Donna asked why he was here. At first once again he didn't reply. But after a few moments he began to speak.
"Back at the hospital, last night........."
Eric explained to Donna about everything that had happened the night before and this morning. After he had finished he showed her the proof of what he was saying, by stretching out his bruised arm.
A little while later ric ended up back at the hospital doors. He was quite nervous about steping through them. After all somewhere inside there, Red was lay.
Donna pushed him to go further with her words.
"He wont hurt you infront of everyone and there are people who can help, c'mon, Eric your gonna have to do this some time."
He walked into the hospital and up to the secretary's desk. He didn't know what to say.
"We need to speak to Dr. Beheta please" Donna quickly asked.
"Have you got an appointment?" the secretary asked.
"We don't need one, my friend Eric has been ill and was staying here, but he got attacked while he was here and ran away, he was scared and he still is, and something has to be done about it. This kinda stuff isn't mean't to happen in hospitals!"
"Ok, young lady, calm down, just wait a minute"
Donna ad almost turned red, t was obvious she was very worried and stressed to everyone around her, including Eric. He smiled at her.
"thanx" he stated.
"What for?" she asked slightly confused.
"What for, for being there for me, for helping me, and for just worrying about me so much, it's nice to know you care so much, you've already done enough for me, I don't want you being hurt because of me"
Donna let a sincere smile spread across her lips. She looked like she was going to say something for a moment, but then she just smiled a little more and took Erics hand.
"I do care about you Eric, I care about you so much that I can't help hurting when you are"
"Awwww" Eric blushed and smiled like he'd never smiled before.
He had forgotten about his father for a moment when he saw his doctor heading towards him.
Erm...hmmm, like it so far?
Well even if you do or ya dont, I have some free time, and I am trying to use it, although I do have to copy up two peices of coursework for english some time soon! But I will try and get back into the pattern of writing more chaps, so dont worry.......