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Chapter Thirty-Eight

Lily couldn't sleep.

She lay in bed, in a secluded, dark room and listened to the banging that could be heard in the room next door. Tears stung her eyes and she rolled over, the mattress feeling lumpy and uncomfortable.

She'd already had nightmare after nightmare, and she felt too frightened to go back to sleep.

There was the screaming again; a little earlier than usual but just as loud. She whimpered and clamped her hands over her ears, wishing that she could somehow drown out the noise. The screaming just grew louder and louder though.

"Shut up!" Lily yelled to no one in particular, throwing herself out of bed.

She stormed over to the door and turned the handle, hoping to escape from the strange noises that surrounded her. To her surprise, it was locked. She was locked in.

"What?" She whispered, tears beginning to roll down her cheeks. "No!" She shouted, banging her fist hard against the door.

She felt trapped. Her chest tightened and her breathing became heavy. The walls started to close in on her and she began to sob harder than ever, wanting desperately to escape from the fear. She didn't deserve to be locked up, there wasn't anything wrong with her. She really couldn't breathe and she felt sick, her mind focused on the food that she'd eaten earlier.

"Let me out!" Lily screamed, kicking the door and banging her head against it.

She stepped away from the door and held her hands to her face, watching as the handle slowly turned. She sniffed and wiped her tears away, just as Connie walked in, quietly shutting the door behind her before Lily could even attempt to run out.

"What are you doing here?" Lily cried.

"Working," Connie answered. "I offered to help out with the night shift. Now, what on earth do you think you're doing? You are making more noise than anyone right now."

"I need to leave," Lily gasped, sitting down on the edge of her bed. "I don't like it here. I can't breathe, what did you lock me in for?"

"Because I know what you can be like with your little midnight strolls," Connie said. "And I don't want anything to happen to you. Come on, I thought you'd be sleeping anyway. Did the screaming wake you?"

"I was awake anyway," Lily whispered. "I couldn't sleep."

"Why not?" Connie asked her.

Lily shrugged her shoulders and replied with, "bad dreams." She lifted her head so that she was making eye contact with Connie and said, "I want to go home."

"I know," Connie sympathised. "But your mental health isn't on top form right now. You'll be out before you know it, I promise. We just need to get you better first."

There was another scream and Lily flinched, pulling her knees up to her chest, and clamping her hands over her ears again. Connie wrapped her arms around her and whispered soothing and comforting things in her ear, until the screaming had finally stopped.

"I just want to get out of here," Lily cried.

"Why don't I stay in here tonight?" Connie offered. "You could do with the company."

"You don't have to do that," Lily said quietly. "I really want Iain."

"Iain will come and see you tomorrow," Connie told her. "I promise. Just try and get some sleep for me, eh? I know it's hard, but at least try. I guarantee that you'll feel a lot better in the morning."

Lily nodded faintly and asked, "promise you're not going to leave?"

"I promise," Connie said. "I said that I wouldn't, didn't I? Come on, I wouldn't lie to you."

"People have done," Lily whispered, laying back down so that she was staring up at the ceiling. She gulped and choked out, "Archie lied to me all the time. I never know when someone is telling the truth."

"I'm telling the truth," Connie said, as she felt her heart break for Lily. "Promise."

Lily was sat on the sofa, watching TV. There wasn't much on, it was just an old gameshow that she'd never watched before, and it wasn't particularly great either. She sighed and looked up at the clock to see that it was only ten o'clock. Someone soon jumped on her and kissed her cheek, and luckily she knew who it was. There was only one person who could kiss that well.

"Hey Iain," she greeted, smiling for the first time that morning, and kissing him back. "Thanks for coming."

"How are you this morning?" Iain asked, stroking her hair, just as someone else appeared at the other side of Lily. "I brought Gem with me."

"Are you feeling better?" Gem asked, sitting down on the arm of the sofa.

"Yeah," Lily sighed, resting her head against Iain's chest. "I ate breakfast this morning," she told him, actually feeling quite proud of herself.

"Really?" Iain raised his eyebrows at her, shocked but pleased. "You did? That's great, Chuckles. Well done."

"Well." Lily gave a small shrug of the shoulders. "It was only a slice of toast again."

"But you ate something," Iain said, giving her another kiss. "And that's all that matters. I love you, well done."

"Aww," Gem said, folding her arms across her knees. Iain and Lily had both forgotten that she was there, she hadn't said much. "You two are so cute together," she stated, grinning at her brother and his girlfriend.

"Where's your room?" Iain asked. "Maybe we should go there, just the two of us."

"Without me?" Gem frowned. "Hang on a minute, I'm here to visit as well."

"And we will come and see you later," Iain said. "Just entertain yourself for the time being, yeah? I want some time alone with Lily for a bit."

"So the two of you can have sex?" Gem scoffed. "Are you seriously going to do it in a room of a psych ward? Interesting but if you like it that way, then go right ahead."

"Shut up," Iain chuckled, patting Lily on the back. "Let's go. Will you be okay, little sis?"

"I'll be fine," Gem sighed. "I might just watch TV or something."

"Just tell Connie that I'm in my room," Lily said, as she stood up from the sofa. "And that Iain is with me so she doesn't have to panic." She took hold of Iain's hand and kissed him as the two of them strolled down the corridor towards Lily's room.

"Lovebirds," Gem just muttered to herself, reaching out for the remote control so that she could change the channel.

Quite a cute filler chapter there. Not much happened but I hope you liked it :-) x