soooo... here's chapter 7! i didn't have school yesterday so i was able to type up both 6 and 7... next tuesday is my last day, so expect more frequent updates!
I couldn't believe that Maureen was making me do this. The day after I told her about my past she insisted that I go see a psychiatrist. Again. It didn't take long for me to give into her because I knew she wasn't going to give up until I did. So here I was, sitting in office with Maureen next to me holding my hand.
"So, Joanne, what brings you in to see me today?" appeared to me to be in his late forties, with some grey hairs appearing in his dark brown crew cut.
"Well, Maureen thought that I should see someone again, so I am." I shrugged my shoulders and looked at Maureen who squeezed my hand for reassurance. "I haven't been to a doctor in years, so I guess she's right."
"That's great that you're doing this for yourself," he said as he took papers out of his desk and put them on a clipboard. "I'm going to need you to fill these out real quick before we begin. This is going to take at least an hour, so your friend doesn't have to wait here." He nodded his head at Maureen as he handed me the clipboard.
"Oh, well, Maureen isn't my friend. She's my wife. I don't think she'll mind waiting for me." I looked at Maureen who nodded and said that she wouldn't mind waiting, and then back over at who looked confused. "Um, ok. But she'll have to wait out in the lobby."
Maureen squeezed my hand one last time before letting go and standing up. She kissed my forehead and walked out of the office. I turned and faced and crossed my legs. This was going to be a very long hour.
Two hours later Maureen and I were on the elevator headed back up to our apartment. had given me a prescription for an anti-anxiety medicine that I was supposed to start taking tonight, along with an anti-depressant. Although he didn't say it, I had a feeling that he had given me that anti-anxiety one because Maureen was pregnant, and she agreed with me. I was also hoping that it would help to relieve some of the stress I had been under since I had taken on Alexa's case.
When Maureen and I entered the apartment we found Alexa asleep on the couch with the TV on. It was only 7:30 but I wasn't surprised that she was tired after everything we had gone over today. Cynthia was still out of town which left a lot of answered questions for Alexa and I, such as her school and medical histories. I hung up my coat in the closet and barely made it to the bedroom before collapsing on the bed. I felt the mattress shake as Maureen dropped down on the bed next to me.
"Pookie, why are you going to bed so early? Are you ok?" I rolled over to face her and saw that she looked worried.
"Nothing's wrong, Honeybear. I just wanted to try and get some extra sleep because Alexa and I are driving down to Maryland tomorrow to meet with her parents." I ran my fingers through her hair as I talked to calm her. She sniffled a little bit, making me start to worry about her. "Are you okay?"
"It's just a little cold, Pookie. Nothing to worry about." She tousled my hair. "But I thought you were going to wait for Cynthia to come before you went to go meet with Alexa's parents?"
"We were, but I talked to Cynthia today and she said that she's going to be gone for at least another week, and I want to get this out of the way as soon as I can," I told her. I began to wonder if it was a good idea to leave her alone for two days, and then came to the conclusion that it wasn't. "Do you want to go with us? I'm not sure I'll be able to survive with Alexa as my only company for two days." She bit her lip and as she thought about this, then nodded her head said she'd love to go, then rolled over and got up out of bed.
"Where are you going?"
"I'm gonna take a shower before I go to bed. Care to join me?"
"Do you even need to ask?" I quickly got out of bed and followed her to our bathroom.
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and since i've gotten a lot of questions about joanne's past when i posted this on myspace, i figured i'd clear it up here. basically if you know me then you can come to a pretty good conclusion about what happened to her, but if not, then just use your imagination. since i've already finished this story and i'm working on the sequel i can't write it in, but i'm trying to find a way to write it into the sequel since so many people want to know. and yea, i guess that's all!
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