Author's Note: I'm sorry. Really sorry. I'd stopped writing for a couple of months, so when I came to my computer last week I had complete writer's block. But. Thank God. I churned out two first chapters for other stuff and am now back on track. And what happened in those two months to keep me from my precious fans?

Gah. A lot. Firstly, I passed my exams (HUZZAH!) and even got two As (DOUBLE HUZZAH!). About two weeks after that I started college full-time. And a few days after that I told one of my best friends (male..) that I liked him (secretly knowing he liked me to), I then split up with my 'then' boyfriend (who was a complete turd and whiny biatch) blah blah blah. Chaos for a few weeks. Ex boyfriend texting me to say he was leaving the country and all that jazz. Anyway. So: New boyfriend (soul mate – the muse I mentioned in my last chapter) takes up a lot of my time, college, new college buddies, coursework. Then some poo happened before Chrimbo involving me and the boyfriend's mother (which still hasn't been fully resolved). Then more poo happened with the man I refuse to call my father (haven't spoken to him since march…purposely). Then Chrimbo happened. And then earlier this week I decided I wanted to drop out of college and get a full-time job. And I still need to do both of those things…

I'm sixteen…Should life be this complicated?

Chapter Eleven: The Hospital – Part Two

I still felt distraught about the news of Ace being engaged, I tried to compose myself in the doctor's presence, but found myself failing. He offered me to sit on the examination table and asked me what the problem was.

I thought my problem was obvious, my eye was being a pain in the ass and John 'Ace' Merrill was too. I told him what the problem was, but left out the bit about Ace.

I sat on the examination table with difficulty while I tried to hold the cloth to my eye. The doctor asked me questions about what had happened etc and took down notes. He then asked me to remove the cloth as he walked over with this doctory thingy that turned out to be a torch thingy.

I walked out of the doctor's office twenty minutes later, ten of those minutes had been taken up by him 'hmming' while he looked at my eye and then his notes. I was going to leave the hospital with the eye-patch I was wearing, some painkillers, some eye drops and the knowledge that it was very likely I could go permanently blind in my right eye. I felt numb to what he had told me, he'd said something about removing the eye and after noticing my nauseas expression quickly moved on to arrange an appointment for two weeks time to check up.

I carried the white bag of medicine and instructions with the appointment slip in my left hand, as I stepped back into reception, the burly nurse gave me a dirty look. I turned away and was glad to see that Ace was no longer in the waiting room, I walked towards the double doors that led out and just as I pushed one of the doors open, I noticed that his car was still there.

I turned around, sensing his presence, he was leaning against the wall smoking. I waited for him to say something, staring at him coldly, minutes passed and he stared back at me unblinkingly.

He finished his cigarette and put it out with the toe of his shoe, he took a step towards me and I couldn't stop the words that came out of my mouth.

"I hate you." My words came through clenched teeth and they stopped him dead in his tracks, "I never want to see you again."

I turned around and marched towards the road, it was only a two mile walk, either that or hitch a ride, anything at that moment would have been better than getting into a car with him.

"Juiliette…" He grabbed my arm and I instinctively flinched and pulled away.

My mind at that moment couldn't comprehend the 'think before you speak' rule and everything flooded out. "My name isn't Juiliette, it's Bunny. I didn't come to Castle Rock all that time ago of my own free will, my mom sent me here because of the trouble was in." I began unconsciously pacing. "She thought if I could get away from New York then I'd be fine." I sighed. "Since fourteen I've been doing drugs, I got into the wrong crowd at school, and then the wrong crowd out of school when I dropped out. I fell in love with this guy and he completely used me and got me drunk and gave me drugs. At fifteen I was an addict and I'd do anything for just one drag and he knew it. I'm ashamed at what I did to make money, and I hate him because he let me do it. He lied to me, betrayed me, and stupid 'ole me thought you were different!"

I was in tears and the look of absolute confusion on Ace's face irritated me, "I was a whore Ace! A cheap whore! I slept with strangers for money so my so called boyfriend could buy drugs! He was my pimp! And my mom sent me here to recover from the-" I stopped in my tracks. I couldn't tell him that. No one except me, Leggy, my mother and a backstreet doctor without a medical degree knew about that.

Ace picked up on the nervous glint in my good eye, "Recover from what?" He grabbed both my arms.

"Nothing." I said, looking away, trying to get away.

"You're probably right," he said letting go of my arms, "since you lied to me about everything else, why should I believe you now if you tell me?" He yelled furiously and for the first time I'd known him, I was truly afraid.

I walked away from him and he didn't try to stop me, I cried as I walked the two mile's home to Aurora's house. It was now getting dark and as soon as I got there, I collapsed onto the porch.

Leggy, being the freak she is, was hiding in the shadows, waiting for me. She sat down next to where my head laid at the top of the steps. She saw my tears and began to stroke my hair.

"I thought you would be having a love-fest with Vince." I said nonchalantly.

She tutted, "I'm not that easy."

I gave her a knowing glance.

She rolled her eyes in return, "I'm…playing hard to get…"

I chuckled and as I did so, fresh tears began to pour from my eyes. Leggy pulled me up and pushed my head against her shoulder. Making soothing mom-like sounds.

"What happened?" She asked when I had calmed down a few moments later.

"Ace is engaged" Sniffle. "To that bloody red-headed tart!" Sob Sob. "And I was so angry in the car park that I completely lost it and told him everything." Sob Sniffle Sob.

"Everything?" She asked as I glanced up at her.

"Well, except that."

She nodded. "How did he take to everything else then?"

"As I thought. We now officially hate each other. And I doubt we'll ever speak again."

"And how do you feel?" Asked my new psychiatrist, Dr Leggy.

"Very tired."

We were silent for a few moments, until Leggy finally broke the silence by saying. "Cool eye patch. Makes you look like a pirate."

I looked at her with an un-amused face. To which she replied:

"Arr! Me hearties!"

Author's Note: Once again. Sorry about the delay. Hope you enjoyed it. Don't forget to review! Mwah!