She waited in her room, knowing whoever had been in the bathroom would inevitably be at her door soon. Hearing the bathroom door shut a minute later, she braced herself for the intrusion she would soon encounter. As if on cue, she heard the knock on her door. She stepped aside as her Uncle Raph came in. "Hey kid, you ok?" Raph asked.
"Yeah, why wouldn't I be?" Sophie snipped, maybe a bit too defensively. She gulped, knowing she'd just given away her cover. Her red clad uncle, who would usually get angry and go off at her, just looked away, trying to think before acting, a rare event she knew. Looking back at her, he took a deep breath before speaking.
"Did 'ya write it down?" He asked. About two weeks ago, Donnie had given her a notebook, and made her write down every time she purged, in order for him to treat her. It also reduced the secrecy of her binges, but even Raph knew she didn't keep track of all her purges.
"I was gonna." She replied. Raph gave her a hard stare for a few seconds, before she cringed and averted her eyes. Even with her eating disorder, she had never been able to get away with lying to Raph. He had made that clear to her with a one on one round of Randori, and she's been at the receiving end. He hadn't been cruel, he was just firm. "Ok, I wasn't gonna." Raph's eyes then went softer as he embraced Sophie.
Sophie was surprised at this action, but didn't reject it. It was so rare that her red clad uncle hugged her, she wanted to take advantage of it. "We all miss him kid. But what would he think if he saw you doing this?" Raph asked, looking in her eyes. Sophie looked away from him.
"Don't bring sensei into this!" Sophie snapped. "It's not his fault, it's mine! If I hadn't been so weak, I wouldn't have this problem. No wonder April and Casey took Jazz away from me, I'm an idiot!" Raph looked at her, startled at the way this conversation had just turned, and shocked how much blame his niece really put on herself with this eating problem. He also knew how much taking care of Jasmine had meant to her. He, himself had thought that had been a bit drastic.
"You, Hamato Sophia are not an idiot!" Raph started. "If I ever hear you say that again…" He stopped, Sophie knew he meant business. "As far as April and Casey go, they shouldn't have done that, but they are her parents, so there's nothing we can do." Raph said as he growled internally at April and Casey. "This eating problem isn't your fault either. Sensei's death affected us all. We've just been focusing on the grief of the death, we've forgotten how to be a family. So this is partly our fault." Raph looked down at his feet at this realization. It made a lot of sense. "Sorry kid."
Sophie couldn't take this. As far as she was concerned, this was entirely her fault, so he shouldn't be apologizing. Breaking away from his embrace, Sophie shifted from the foot of her bed, where she'd been talking and tucked herself under the covers. "I can't talk about this anymore. I'm sorry Uncle Raph. Can I just go to bed, please?" She asked as Raph sighed, knowing he's hit the core of the problem when he mentioned Sensei, and it made her shut down.
"Sure kid, but only because it's late. We aren't done. " Raph got up, and pulled the covers up by her shoulders and gave her a kiss on the cheek. "Night kid."
"Night Uncle Raph."
** Yay, chapter two is done. Wasn't that sweet. Next chapter, we'll meet Thomas!" **
