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The room was illuminated only by the window light. Michael´s hair seemed to glow, when he felt the young woman presence he turned around and walked to her. Outside a young guard, Loomis and a nurse were watching with nervousness and surprised faces.
The guard made an attempt to enter the room, but was stopped by the doctor.
"Wait" he blurted
"But Doctor…. He´s to close from her"
"I said WAIT!" Samuel repeated, his eyes never leaving the room where Erin was.
The gap between them was smaller, Erin sigh and the Shape turned around; taking the seat that Loomis always used. His back facing the window that looked like a mirror. Walking slowly she took the seat in front of him.
She pushed the plastic bag to him and watched with curious eyes how he took everything out. "I'm Erin Deschain" she finally declared. Michael stopped everything and took off his mask. His eyes were so blue, again she thought of a huge storm
He didn't say anything, just stare at her.
"You are Michael Myers, right?" Receiving a small nod for an answer, Erin cracked a nervous smile
Outside a smiling doctor was taking notes.
Tucking her hair behind her ear, she watched how he painted a white mask. The eyes were dripping red pain, just like the mouth. The rest was black and white. Putting the mask at his side, he took another one in his hands. This one without a mouth, orange was the first color he used, a purple eye and then Michael wrote on the table with a trembling letter. Tapping his fingers on the table to catch Erin´s attention from the mask and pointing to what he wrote.
"Michael" Erin read out loud. "Yeah, I know you are Michael Myers"
Tapping louder on the table he point to his name again. "Michael… You want me to just call you Michael?" A small nod again. The nervous smile turned into a big one. "Then you can call me Erin"
The shape continued painting after erasing the painting from the table. A small grumble was all that Erin heard from him and the she tried to remember what her old teacher told her about colors.
Red is for aggressiveness, its dominance, danger. White is innocence, purity, light. The other mask colors where just resembling a Halloween decoration, a pumpkin, she thought.
Michael could feel her eyes on him, and he would never have admitted that the small grumble he gave her, was him trying to say her name. She was familiar to him, she was on his dreams of freedom, and her ears reminded him to her mother ears... Three small shinning stones of different colors were her earrings.
Erin tugged her hair behind the ear that was being closely examined. She looked up and that's when he looked directly at her eyes too. An electric feeling was drop in the room, Erin shivered and Michael's eyes turned into darkness. The bluish storm was now gone and for the first time the brunet felt scared. Looking at his eye was the same damn thing than looking at an abyss; she could feel the beast inside. She remembered a time when she opened her eyes on the ocean, a big wave hit her and took her away; after being so scared, she opened her eyes; the salty water hurt her at first, but then it stopped and she thought she was contemplating her dead. Her dad took her out of the ocean at that instant. This was like that, somehow Erin managed to blink sometimes and she turned her gaze to the mask that Michael was painting.
He couldn't understand the difference between the beast and the human, for Michael Myers all of that was mixed. He couldn't explain why Erin broke his gaze and why he was feeling somehow betrayed. After a moment Loomis entered and told Michael it was time to go back to his room.
After some questions from her boss, she went straight to her office so she could rest on the couch that was destined for patients. She was confused, and she didn't tell Loomis about Michael message... "It will be another topic for a crappy book" repeating that as a mantra she was soon interrupted by a slightly ache behind her eyes and a knock on the door.
Erin went to her desk and sitting there she rubbed her forehead. "Come in"
"Sorry to bother you, Miss Deschain, but doctor Loomis told me to remember you about an appointment with some patient... In 20 minutes more or less" the nurse said after stealing a glimpse at her watch
"It's ok, thanks for the reminder"
"You are welcome" Betty said after closing the door.
New Doctor
"It's like I'm some kind of monster. That's the nightmare about... Me scaring people, just like I did with my family" giggling oddly the young man looked at Erin
He was there after trying to burn his house, his entirely family was inside. He said it was because of the music that wouldn't stop playing so loudly. The cigarette burns were still really visible. According to Loomis he suffered from schizophrenia.
"You know; it feels good to have a new doctor. I thought it would be hard to talk to you, but it feels good. "
"Thanks Glen... For now our time is over, but tomorrow we'll try a new method. And maybe that could include seeing your family again, would you like that?"
"Of course, I would love it... Do you think that's possible?"
"Of course it is, we are going to change a little bit our process and in a few weeks I'm sure we can do it."
Neighbors
"Not bad for a first day" she thought.
Driving straight home, she felt like sleeping for an entire week.
Parking her car she noticed Rebecca, her neighbor, waiting for her. Smiling she walk to the door.
"Hey there doctor, did you had a nice first day"
"Yeah, It wasn´t bad" Opening the door, she invited Rebecca in.
"Charlie wanted to come with me, he even remind me to bring you some food. I'm sure you haven't eaten anything."
"Thanks! I haven't, it was a long, busy day…. Let's go to the living room, and I´ll eat that later"
Sitting in front of each other, Erin asked. "Is everything ok? You seem a little bit off"
"Yeah, I am. Is just that I need to ask you a favor… I didn't want to bother you. I know it was your first day and that you must be tired"
"I'm good, but you are worrying me, just tell me how can I help you"
"I know a girl; she has been the babysitter of my kids for a long time. She´s 19 years old, and today when I asked her to babysit my baby, she told me about some nightmares she´s been having for a while. I'm worried… Would you please talk to her, I think it would be good to her and of course I´ll help her with the money to pay you"
"I would love to. You don't have to pay me; you can bring her tomorrow at this hour"
"Oh, Erin!, thank you so much..."
"Don't even mention it"
"I have to go now" Standing up, the two made their way towards the door.
Rebecca was already on the sidewalk when Erin called her.
"I'm sorry, but what´s the girls name? You didn't mention it.
"Laurie, Laurie Strode"
"Ok, then I'll see you tomorrow. Please say Hello to Charlie from me"
Closing the door, she went straight to the kitchen. She was starving.
