Kaitlin sat in a doctor's office. She's been seeing a doctor for a few weeks now after she was forced to go to a psych ward. She had her arms folded as she leaned on her thighs where her elbows stood. Her hair fell in her face as she looked towards the ground. She was scared to show anyone her face. She was whiter and paler than a ghost. She has changed a lot.
The doctor came in and sat across from her at his desk. She peered up at her.
"How are you doing today?" the doctor asked.
She gulped and said softly, "Shitty."
"Are you ever going to talk about the accident you were involved in?" she asked.
"No," Kaitlin said, "You're not going to force me to do that."
"No one is going to force you to do anything," the doctor told her, "But, the longer you wait, the longer you'll be here at the ward."
"I don't care," Kaitlin said.
A knock sounded upon the door. "Kaitlin has visitors," an employee at the ward said, "I think she needs to see these people to feel somewhat better."
The doctor agreed and let her go. Kaitlin got up and was led out to the visiting room by the employee. When they got there, Kaitlin saw Susan and Lucas.
"Hey," Susan said.
"Hi."
"How are you?" Susan asked.
Kaitlin shrugged.
"Britney's fund raiser was a hit. We wish you were there, though. We would have raised more if we had you there," Susan told her friend.
Kaitlin nodded.
"What's wrong with you?" Lucas asked. "We took time out of our day just to come and see you. We know that no one, not even your own parents have come here to see you. Why are you being bitchy?"
"Lucas," Susan snapped.
Kaitlin glared at him. "BECAUSE I FUCKING KILLED LUKE! YOU SHOUDN'T BE HERE! YOU TWO SHOULD BE MAKING LOVE TO EACH OTHER LIKE BOYFRIENDS AND GIRLFRIENDS DO WITH EACH OTHER! YOU'RE FUCKING WASTING TIME BY BEING HERE! NO ONE CARES ABOUT THE WAY I FEEL ABOUT THIS! NO ONE UNDERSTANDS WHAT HAPPENED THAT NIGHT! YOU ALL THINK THAT PUSHING ME AROUND AND HOLDING KNIVES TO MY WRISTS AND GUNS TO MY HEAD IS GOOD!"
"That's not true," Susan said, "That's why you're here. You need help."
"FUCK OFF!" Kaitlin screamed, "LUKE IS GONE AND IT'S ALL MY FAULT! I WISH IT WAS ME!" Kaitlin broke a piece of glass off from something she found earlier in a garbage can. She places it to her wrist as tears ran down her face.
Doctors and employees ran up to her and grabbed her. She tried to fight them off but failed when a needle went into her arm.
Lucas wrapped his arms around his girlfriend as she began to cry. They didn't know that Kaitlin was this crazy. They looked at their friend lie on the ground in tears as she held herself.
"Good thing Bradin's not here to see this," Lucas said, "He'd be going crazy."
2 DAYS LATER
Kaitlin lied on the bed in the room she was staying in while at the ward. She hugged her pillow as she rested her head on it. She closed her eyes and let tears roll down her cheeks onto her pillow. As she lied there, she heard her door open.
"Go away," she said.
"Kaitlin, this came for you in the mail," Janice, an employee there, said.
Kaitlin looked to find a package being held in front of her. She slowly moved to take it to find it cut open.
"We didn't ant you cutting it open. We didn't know what you would do if we gave you a knife or something sharp," Hannah said.
Kaitlin went into the box and pulled out a stuffed tiger. She went back into the box and found a card. She ripped the envelope open and took out a card. On the front, there was a birthday cake with candles. She opened it up to find a written message in the card.
"Happy Birthday, Kaitlin. I hope you enjoy the tiger. How are you holding up in there? I hope you're doing fine because I miss you. I haven't got the courage to go there and see you because I don't want to see you act the way you did when Lucas and Susan were there. I'm scared that you'll do something to yourself. I don't want that. Please, get better, Kaitlin. I want you out of there as soon as possible. Bradin
P.S. Once again; Happy Birthday!"
Kaitlin couldn't help but smile.
OUTSIDE HER ROOM AT THE FRONT DESK
The employees of the ward were getting files of their patients when an alarm went off. They all ran to room 245B: Kaitlin's room. They got the door opened and ran inside to find her yelling, screaming and crying.
"Kaitlin!" Hannah yelled since she was Kaitlin's doctor, "Kaitlin, stop it! Tell us what's wrong!"
Kaitlin was on the ground going crazy. Hannah tried to get to her but Kaitlin was fighting her off. She kept yelling Luke's name as well as the word 'no' through the tears.
