The next day
"Tori I'm here for your assessment, Cat please put on your headphones and turn them up as much as you can, you have yet to be cleared to walk around freely" says Ashley
"Kay" says Cat as she puts on her headphones
"you like working here" asks Tori
"yes actually I do and please don't ask any questions I'm not your girlfriend right now I'm your doctor, so why are you here" says Ashley
"I was trapped by fear, I was telling my fans too much about me, I wanted a break but worded things wrong and pushed Cat away, I'd only come here to tell her goodbye but the guard wouldn't let me leave" says Tori as Ashley writes that down
"ok do you think about suicide a lot" asks Ashley
"on and off, I haven't exactly had the best childhood, my mom recently got caught cheating, turns out she'd been doing it for years, my dad's always busy at work so I couldn't expect him to take time off work for me, I'd pushed Cat away and you were busy, I didn't know who else to talk to, turns out talking to Sinjin about suicide is a bad idea, he straight up told me to do it, I'm now convinced he wants all the pretty girls who won't kiss him to die, had that guard not stopped me I wouldn't be here right now or walking at all" says Tori as a federal agent bursts in
"excuse me I'm performing a psychological assessment here, don't you know how to knock" exclaims Ashley
"no I understand that but Tori here sent her lawyer down the cold case rabbit whole" says Agent Kristine
"if I crossed a line I'm sorry, I can call my lawyer off" says Tori nervously
"no, ok well yes a line was crossed but without her help ten children buried fifteen years ago wouldn't have been found, the government wanted me to find out what caused you to send your lawyer to do that" says Kristine
"I've had dark dreams and nightmares recently, mostly of Cat being kidnapped and never seeing her again so I asked my lawyer to find out if I was just nuts or if I was being told something from beyond the grave, I don't believe in it but it is part of my culture, in my culture they're called spirit seekers, did she actually find something" says Tori
"yes ten kids, all identified now, you just brought peace to ten families Tori, the FBI wants to ask you to be a consultant, pays really well" says Kristine
"there's an open case isn't there" asks Tori
"yes, a girl about ten years old went missing last night" says Kristine as Tori furiously draws on the wall
"holy cow did she just identify where the girl will be" asks Ashley as Tori stops
"I didn't have a pen and paper, if you don't go to that address soon, that girl will be at the bottom of the pier in a week, something of note is she can't swim, and yes he is hurting her down there" says Tori
"how can you get all this information and not go nuts" asks Kristine
"I'm in a mental health facility, pretty much answers that question, also I neither know her name or what she looks like, only age and location, also if I accept money it will go away, that is if this is the spirit seeker gift, nobody where I'm from has had it in fifty years so It really is a myth verse reality situation" says Tori
"but you must be paid, the government can't not pay you for solving that cold case" says Kristine
"the federal government had no problem letting children die in this facility and hiding that fact from the public for years, you want to right that wrong you can give my entire consultant fee to this facility, it's no longer in federal control so they could really use the money, now get going, save that girl from a life of pain and self-hate" says Tori as Kristine bolts it out of there
"so that concludes the assessment" says Ashley
"but you barely asked me anything" asks Tori confused
"it's quite clear why you have issues, this "spirit seeker" part of you is one you've denied attention for too long" says Ashley
"but I don't believe in that stuff" says Tori
"believe in it or not you have the gift and once you have it there is no such thing as not believing, Selena believes she was given intense hearing and colorless sight so she could hear Lucy cry and see her beauty regardless of the color of her skin, Selena doesn't believe in a need to worship God the way most do, her helping people here she says is god guiding her to where she is needed, that means more to her than religion, it doesn't help that she's tiny and just turned fourteen, she's acutely aware her height means her getting a job is basically zero, I hate to admit it but she's right" says Ashley
"do you think she will find love again" asks Tori
"I have a feeling she will yes, her and a new patient are really getting close" says Ashley
"what does the patient have" asks Tori
"I'm not allowed to share that Tori, if they tell you that's up to them but legally I can't tell you anything" says Ashley as she leaves
"how'd it go" asks Cat taking off her headphones totally unaware of what happened
"I think Selena's in love" says Tori
"wait like really really, it's not just attaching to someone because of grief over Lucy" asks Cat
"Ashley and I during my assessment had an fbi agent come barging in saying the nightmares that caused me to ask Jenna to do some digging actually turned up Real bodies of girls that have been missing for fifteen years so If I'm to really believe I have the soul seeker ability of my cultural beliefs then I see Selena being so in love with this Scottish red head who is a patient here now, she's from Ayr Scotland and cherishes the girl Lucy helped make Selena into" says Tori
"do you know this girls name" asks Cat
"no I never know their name, I've had these same kinds of pictures come to me since I was little, scared me to death, all I ever see is a glimpse of their faces, then a glimpse of where they have or will die, that FBI agent said the FBI was willing to hire me as a consultant but the thing with that ability according to my cultural knowledge is that if I accept payment of any kind for delivering the images to someone who can do something about it then I lose the gift" says Tori
"has it happened before" asks Cat
"over the past fifty years only two people stood by the rules of not accepting money for their gift, anyone else who had it in Puerto-Rico in that time got greedy and took money for their predictions almost immediately lost it" says Tori
"did you sign a contract with the Fib" asks Cat
"yes and no, if someone with the gift does so we are allowed to help people if we can, we just can't accept money so I said if they want to help right the wrong the government did with this facility they can give my consultant fee to the facility instead, which means if there is such a thing as a god I won't lose my gift because I won't be the only person benefiting from that consultant fee now, wait hold on can we dye our hair here" says Tori as she tics again
"you wouldn't be allowed to no, not yourself anyway, your tics complicate things, they would rather have someone do it for you than to endanger you, there was this guy who had Tourettes here and he tried to dye his hair rainbow in support of pride month and got some hair dye in his eyes and lost his sight because of it, as you know you can trade tics with people and say you picked up a finger biting tic then tried to do your hair and then tic bite your gloved finger with hair dye on it" says Cat
"ok I see the reason for the rule, what's his name" asks Tori as she tic chomps
"oh good you didn't bite down, his name is Tie dye Joe, he's actually kinda funny" says Cat
"is he here just because of his Tourettes" asks Tori tic chomping again
"yes unfortunately, he wanted to be a chef but one day he had a knife in his hand and he has this wave tic and lost his grip on the knife and almost killed his little sister, he asked to be brought here out of fear for his sister, he hasn't seen her since" says Cat
"I'm just now realizing I slept past breakfast and I'm starving, can we cuddle till lunch" asks Tori
"just remember no kissing, we agreed to reset to zero again so you have to earn my kisses ok" says Cat
"yes Cat" says Tori as they cuddle
Noon as Ashley walks in
"hey guys lunch…. Oh and you two are sleeping again" says Ashley as Cat wakes up and walks over
"nah I'm up, tori ya she just fell asleep trying to convince herself she needed to be up for lunch, it's ok I can feed her" says Cat
"you sure that's ok, you guys really had a bad fight, why are you so trusting of her Cat" asks Ashley
"look she's trying to adapt Ashley, if you're done with her go ahead break her heart so I can pick up the pieces, you are literally the only sane one in this tri relationship thing, you have no idea what she's going through, if you're unwilling to help her then get the hell out of her life" says Cat angrily taking the plates of food
"Cat, please I didn't mean it like that, I'm autistic, sure I look and act normal but I mask my insecurities out of fear, my logic was if nobody sees my problems they can't bully me because of them" cries Ashley
"I didn't know I'm sorry" says Cat giving Ashley a hug
"the only person who knew was my twin brother Lukaz and he killed himself last night, can I stay here for a bit, I already asked Cameron and she said it was ok" says Ashley as Tori wakes up
"damn I knew I couldn't do anything about that, yes you can Stay Ash" says Tori
"you knew he was gonna do it" asks Ashley
"they weren't just after him Ash, they wanted my dad, cat and you as well" says Tori
"what are they a gang of psychopaths" asks Ashley
"unfortunately yes, they believe I'm a hell worshiper and anyone connected to me is evil, they sent me an email last week saying I have to end my life or lose everyone I love to balance the earth, I sent the email to the FBI at the time and they refused to do anything, I mentioned your brother specifically, then last night I sent the email to my family in Spain, I'm only half Latina, the other half consists of a mix of English and French, my dad hasn't gotten blood work done to find out what percentage of English to French that half is, but anyway my Spanish forty year old cousin is a member of the morality party in Spain, while they have enough supporters to gain power they never quite make it so they instead use their money to help the homeless and the needy, they promised to investigate" says Tori
"ok so I got word you guys will be allowed to make music while in here, the only difference in policy is it goes through Cameron, she's mainly wanting to make sure you don't start writing depressed songs and freaking out your fans" says Ashley
"that's fair, though Cat and I told our fans that we were taking a short break, just a question, how long do you see us being in here as patients" asks Tori
"around four months, maybe six months, you know I'd do anything for you girls right" says Ashley
"of course we do Ashley, though maybe you should explain to us why your brother's death doesn't have you more in a mess" says Tori
"I'm just gonna come out and say it, when I first came into the relationship I absolutely hated Cat, cuddles grossed me out, then all of a sudden everything changed, I started longing for you and Cat to love me, as much of a fantasy loving two girls was for me Cat wouldn't have been my first choice, then I tried to imagine cat being anyone else and I found trying to replace you or Cat with ANYONE else made me cry, I guess what I'm trying to say is will you guys marry me" says Ashley as she gets on one knee and presents two rings
"damn what a way to present that, yes, just yes" says Tori
"I uhhhh don't know…." Says Cat upset
"oh" says Ashley saddened
"it's not that Ash, if I was gonna say no I'd have said no, it's just I wanted to propose to you guys, Tori does not like using her music money unless it's for music related events or things, you don't come from or have a lot of money, just paying for car insurance and gas takes most of your cheque every week and those rings look expensive" says Cat
"oh I understand now, I'm sorry if I ruined everything, it's just my brothers last words to my mom were 'make sure Ash makes her love official, they deserve her' I couldn't not follow through Cat, Jade gave me the money for the rings, she told me that someone had a plan to propose but that my brothers dying wish couldn't be trumped by any other motive, that it didn't matter, that I had an obligation to make good on my brothers death bed wish" says Ashley
"ok then, yes Ashley I will marry you" says Cat as they both kiss Ashley
"why so easily swayed" asks Ashley
"a deathbed wish trumps all, I was afraid you took out a loan or something to pay for them, given your pay you can't afford gas, insurance and paying off a loan, which is why I was unsure, you're very strict about when you feel it's ok to accept our money and when it's not, I didn't want you to get into loan trouble for me" says Cat
"I'll never understand why people think I'm that irresponsible, also starting next week you will be able to mingle with the other patients, but be warned you guys have some major fans here, you will not be permitted to use your fame to ask for favors, nor will you be allowed to sign more than five autographs a month" says Ashley as they cuddle