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A/N: As usual flashbacks will be typed out like this!
The next morning Heather woke up around 9am and sighed when she realized she was still in this place, glancing at the bed next to her she noticed her roommate Gwen was already gone so she realized she figured she should get up too! She made it as far as the hallway when she literally walked into Chef
"I was just coming for you" Chef sighed "Don't make me have to come get you! I don't like doing more jobs then needed, Breakfast Is 8am when everyone is allowed out of their rooms, you don't come then you don't eat until 1pm when I serve lunch"
"Sorry, I didn't know" Heather told him "Gwen must have forgotten to mention it"
"Just remember the rules" Chef sighed "I'll escort you to breakfast and then I need to get the medication train moving, Chris will most likely want to speak with you, He does the very first patient evaluation and then after that you'll be speaking with me in our group session"
By the time Chef finished explaining it to her how everything works and what the routine is she was at this room that appeared to be a dining hall, it was set up buffet style most likely because this place only ever seemed to be staffed by two people which also seemed strange, but then again Chris seemed like a freak anyway. The breakfast was basic, Scrambled watery eggs, burnt bacon and soggy bread that was attempted to be passed off as toast, the orange juice was nothing more then water that may have had orange flavoring added to it, Heather realized that Chef's name was ironic because he obviously couldn't cook, in fact she was surprised the others were actually eating it, She grabbed some eggs just to look like she made the effort in trying this garbage food and sat down in the vacant seat at the end of the table.
"Food here sucks" Duncan told her as he took the seat across from her "Don't expect much better then this, after awhile it starts to grow on you"
"I don't think I'll be eating much around here" Heather laughed
"I said the same damn thing" Duncan told her "It depends how long you end up here, you'll even have a favorite and by that I mean something that you'll think sucks less the rest"
"I guess" Heather sighed jabbing her eggs with a plastic spork "Not even real silverware?"
"We can't have plastic forks or spoons" Duncan laughed "Chris says there dangerous, plus they cost more"
"This place is…..Unique" Heather laughed
"Don't tell me that, I already know" Duncan laughed "Take a look around you! Did you meet Gwen's boyfriend yet?"
"No, but she mentioned him" Heather told him "Trent?"
"Yep" Duncan told her "Gwen spends a lot of her time with him, He loves the number 9 which is why he's here"
"I don't think that's a good reason to be here" Heather told him "So what if he likes 9"
"Just wait until you get to talk to him" Duncan sighed "Everything he does involves 9"
Right as Duncan was explaining this to Heather, Gwen came over to see her brother bringing Trent with her, Heather assumed this would be interesting.
"Trent, this is Heather" Gwen introduced them as he sat down "She's the one who killed her boyfriend and then sat down and watched a movie with the body"
"Great way to introduce them" Duncan rolled his eyes "So Trent, Why don't you tell Heather the story of Jenn"
"Really!" Gwen yelled "You had to bring that up? What kind of conversation starter is that?"
"One that's just as good as the introduction you gave" Duncan rolled his eyes
"No, it's alright" Heather put her head down "He doesn't have to tell the story"
"I don't mind at all" Trent smiled "I'm sure you'll enjoy it and maybe understand the magic of 9"
"The magic of 9?" Heather asked, she must admit she was interested "Go ahead then"
Trent was walking to the park, he loved writing songs there it was where all his inspirations came from, He loved looking at the pond and watching the ducks swim in it, He loved watching all the couples go by and he hoped that someday he would find that special someone, He spent most of his days at the park, on the way home one day he came across a beautiful girl with red hair in a ponytail that came down to her back, she had brown eyes and had on a brown sweater.
"Excuse me…." She asked him "Can you help me? I'm new in town and decided to go out for the day and I suddenly got lost"
"I can try" Trent asked "Do you know what street you live on?"
"99th street" The girl told him "But I have no idea how to get back there"
"Oh that's easy!" Trent told her "You just go to the bus stop that's two streets over and get on bus 9 and that will take you to 97th street and then it's just a short walk from there"
"Could you maybe show me?" the girl asked him "Maybe you can take me to my house?"
"I'd like that a lot" Trent smiled "My name is Trent"
"My name is Jennifer" the girl smiled "But I hate my full name so call me Jenn with two N's"
"Why two N's?" Trent asked as they walked to the bus stop
"It sounds more….Unique!" Jenn told him "So what school do you go to?"
"Revolli High" Trent told her "You?"
"Me too!" Jenn told him "Well I will be when I start school in a few days"
"I can show you around if you would like" Trent smiled as they got on the bus
"Sounds great!" Jenn agreed "Where do you live? Maybe we could meet up at your house!"
"I live on 87th" Trent told her "I live at building 162 there and the apartment number is 92"
From that day Trent and Jenn were constantly together, they eventually started dating, Trent couldn't be happier he found the perfect girl for him, they liked almost all the same things. One day Trent was drawing a heart to write Jenn and his name in, that's when he discovered the truth Trent+Jenn together has 9 letters! He then realized that when they met she said she lived on 99th street! Trent decided that 9 must be his lucky number because he was seeing it everywhere, he immediately called Jenn to tell her! Her phone number was 817-9909 which he thought was even luckier! Jenn and Trent decided that 9 would be their number! Jenn and Trent decided that they would try to do everything they could in sets of 9, when they would eat they would get the 9.99 special no matter what it was, they would call each other 9 times a day and it was basically the way their unique relationship worked.
Once summer time hit Trent got a job that he would start everyday at 9am, Trent decided to pay Jenn a visit one day after work, Jenn was acting unusual and didn't want to take their usual walk In the park or even listen to him play songs for her, he mind was obviously somewhere else.
"What's wrong?" Trent asked "You seem distant today"
"Trent, you know I love you right?" Jenn asked "You know I would never try to hurt you on purpose….."
"What are you saying?" Trent asked "Did I do something wrong?"
"No, I'm afraid I did" Jenn grabbed his hands and looked him in the eyes "I cheated on you"
"You cheated on me?" Trent asked his eyes were starting to water "With who?"
"It doesn't matter" Jenn told him "You don't know him"
"It's okay, Jenn" Trent tried to tell her "I forgive you"
"You wouldn't be so willing to forgive me if I told you how many times" Jenn looked down
"You cheated on me more then once?" Trent asked
"Yes" Jenn cried "9 times"
"You counted?" Trent yelled "You counted the number of times you cheated and to top it off you used OUR number!"
"Trent, I'm so sorry" Jenn cried "What do we do from here?"
"We?" Trent laughed "There is no we anymore! Not when you bring 9 into this…."
"Trent, are you breaking up with me?" Jenn asked
"No" Trent laughed "I'm breaking you…."
"What are you talking about?" Jenn asked "You're scaring me!"
Trent then grabbed Jenn and took her outside to the shed, He grabbed a hammer and smashed her in the face with it 9 times and that alone killed her, still not good enough for him Trent managed to dismember her body into 9 pieces and then scattered the pieces in the yards of 9 of her neighbors, Police were called when the neighbors saw him suspiciously walking around covered in blood, Once he was taken into custody he started telling them all about the relationship with Jenn and everything about the number 9, He was labeled as unstable from that point.
"I was stuck here for awhile" Trent then told Heather "Then I met Gwen! I knew we were destined to be….."
"I still don't see how 9 is very lucky for you" Heather told him "Sounds like it got you in trouble"
"It did" Trent rolled his eyes "9 controls my life, I have come to accept that no matter how much Chef tries to tell me otherwise!"
"So what made you attracted to Gwen?" Heather asked
"Trent and Gwen together have 9 letters" Trent told Heather taking Gwen's hand "Plus, I know with her being here she can never cheat on me"
"I would never cheat on you" Gwen kissed Trent and he smiled "I love you way too much! Plus the whole 9 thing is cute!"
Gwen and Trent then walked away holding hands and going to socialize with Sierra.
"That's his story" Duncan shook his head "I think he's messed up pretty bad but he makes Gwen happy"
"Why are you here anyway?" Heather asked "What's the rest of the story?"
"I told you my part" Duncan sighed "The rest is all on Gwen, You'll need to ask her"
"What about Noah?" Heather asked "Does he really not remember Cody?"
"I don't know" Duncan told her "He reads a lot and can be an asshole that's all I know about him"
"Maybe its better that way" Heather sighed "Do you think he's crazy?"
"He's my roommate" Duncan said "I watch him enough to know he reads, he never says much, He reads a lot of books, our whole room is full of them"
"What type of books does he like?" Heather asked
"Noah likes nothing" Duncan told her "He reads to keep his mind sane I think, He likes educational books, a lot of times I see him reading medical books"
"So he wanted to be a doctor?" Heather asked "Where does he get the books?"
"Cody brings him whatever he wants" Duncan told her "That boy is devoted to him and in return he gets nothing"
"So do you know why he's here?" Heather asked "What's his story?"
"He never tells it" Duncan told her "If you want the story you would need to ask someone else, I don't care to talk to him much all I know is they tried everything with him and nothing works, Cody stayed the night one time and that went horrible…."
"Are you sure you wanna stay, dude?" Chris asked "It may just be a waste of time"
"It could help him though" Cody told Chris
"Fine by me" Chris told him "Duncan, you good with this?"
"I don't care" Duncan told Chris "Where is he going to sleep?"
"Cody?" Chris asked "Where will you sleep? I don't have cots because this isn't usually requested"
"I'll sleep on the floor" Cody told him "Maybe this is what he wants, maybe he wants me to stay with him"
Noah walked into the room and looked to see Chris, Duncan and Cody standing in his room, this was unusual because it was almost 9pm and Cody rarely stayed after 8pm because it wasn't allowed.
"What's going on?" Noah looked around "What did Duncan do now?" Noah rolled his eyes
"I didn't do anything, Bro" Duncan laughed "This is about you"
"Can't it wait until morning?" Noah yawned "I have much reading to do"
"You can read all you want" Chris told him "Cody decided to stay with you tonight"
"Why?" Noah asked "I don't want him too"
"I won't take no for an answer" Cody told Noah
"I wasn't asking you a question" Noah rolled his eyes "Doesn't this have to be approved by both parties?"
"Noah, just let him stay" Chris told him "Be nice for once"
Chris then shut the door leaving the 3 of them alone, Duncan was reading comic books like always and Noah started reading his books which made it completely awkward for Cody.
"So, what are you guys reading?" Cody asked breaking the silence
"Superman" Duncan told him "I like the classics"
"Noah?" Cody asked "What are you reading about?"
"None of your business" Noah told him
"I can see the cover" Cody told him "I know what you're reading anyway"
"Then stop asking" Noah told him
"I don't know why you have to be like this" Cody sat on Noah's bed "We can get through this, I already have"
"I don't know why you continue to come here to see me" Noah told him
"Because I love you" Cody told him
"I don't love you" Noah told him
"You don't love me anymore" Cody corrected "At one time you did very much and I still love you as much as you used to love me"
"Are you sure you're not a patient here?" Noah laughed at his own joke "I think you're nuts and I also don't know who you are"
"I know you remember me" Cody told him getting irritated
"I know you as Cody, the boy who brings me books" Noah told him "All you are to me is a source entertainment for books"
"Don't you want me to take you home?" Cody asked "Don't you want to be out of here?"
"I don't even know why I'm in here" Noah told him "But if I had the choice of going with you or staying here I think you know my choice"
"I'm still staying here tonight" Cody told him "You can't stop me from doing that! Same goes for visiting"
Cody then sighed and decided that this conversation was going nowhere at all and he allowed Noah to read and ended up reading comic books with Duncan, around midnight Duncan and Cody decided to go to sleep, Cody went to lay down on the floor with the pillow and blanket that Chris gave him, Duncan was laying in bed and he heard Noah sigh.
"What are you doing?" Noah asked him putting his book away
"Going to sleep" Cody told him
"On the floor?" Noah asked
"Unless you want me in the bed with you" Cody told Noah and Noah rolled his eyes
"No, you may be my unwanted guest but you're still my guest" Noah sighed "You take the bed and I'll sleep on the floor, you need the bed more then I do anyway"
"Cody never stayed again" Duncan told her "That's all I really know, Cody was gone before I woke up the next morning"
Heather was about to ask more questions when Chris walked in
"Heather, C'mon" Chris instructed "Time to get evaluated"