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Chapter 12
Ryan glared at the nurse before him. She stood, facing him, with her hands on her hips.
He didn't know why he was being forced to stay here and this woman was not helping.
He needed to go to the bathroom and she wouldn't let him go by himself. She couldn't even seem to understand why he was annoyed.
"Look Ryan, for your safety, you have to be within eyesight, 24 hours a day. I won't look, I just need to be there, in the room, in case something happens," her voice was patronising and Ryan felt like screaming at her to be quiet and leave her alone.
Sandy had spent a long time explaining why they were leaving him in this place for a week but Ryan had only agreed so as to placate his foster dad. He'd thought that it would be good for the Cohens to have a little break from all of his issues.
He hadn't known that 24 hour supervision actually meant 24 hour supervision. He couldn't even shower without someone checking on him every five minutes.
He was sick of being watched.
His bladder was screaming at him and he'd held it off for as long as possible. He growled low in his throat before standing up and allowing her to follow him into the bathroom.
Xxx
Seth sat on his bed, going over everything in his head. He couldn't believe how messed up everything was getting.
He heard a quiet knocking on the door and groaned, hoping it wasn't going to be his mom or dad again. He couldn't understand their decision to have Ryan locked up in a psych ward. He'd seen Ryan's face during their goodbyes and he just hoped that this wouldn't make everything even worse.
He was surprised to hear a girl's voice coming in through the door that definitely wasn't his mom's.
"Summer?" he called out and his door opened, revealing the brunette.
"Hey Cohen," she looked slightly nervous and Seth watched as she contemplated whether to move further into the room. "I wanted to see how you were. I heard about Ryan."
Seth nodded sadly. "Yep, Kid Chino has finally lost it," he said sadly and she frowned slightly at his comment.
She came over and sat down on the edge of his bed.
She hesitated for a second before pulling him into a hug.
"Well, I brought a little care package with me," she said pulling away and pasting a smile on to her face. She lifted the bag that she had brought with her onto the bed and Seth peered in.
He chuckled slightly as he recognised Princess Sparkle amongst all the other things littering the bag. He lifted the plastic horse out.
"Hey, she's not for you, she wanted to see how Captain Oats was doing." She admonished with a smile, and Seth chuckled.
He'd missed having her around.
She picked Princess Sparkle out of his grip and moved over to place her next to the Captain on the night stand.
She then began pulling out all the different things that she had brought, talking him through them all.
Seth's eyes widened at the sight of all the books and DVDs that she had brought. All were supposed to help him relax and help him.
Finally, she brought out a photo album that she had decorated the cover of. She handed it to Seth and he opened it gingerly. He was met with the sight of himself, Ryan, Summer and Marissa all smiling and happily hanging out together at the beach.
His heart ached at how laid back Ryan looked. One arm was gently encircled around Marissa's waist and the other was covering his eyes from the sun.
"Where is Marissa now?" he asked and noticed the way she ducked her head sadly.
"She's having dinner with Luke for her birthday. He came back all "knight in shining armour", apologising and she immediately forgave him. She rolled her eyes and turned the page of the photo album to another picture of the four of them smiling.
"This is just something to remember the old times with." She bit her lip nervously and he turned to her.
""It's amazing," he said.
"You're different now, like, not as talkative." Summer commented quietly and Seth shrugged.
"You know if you ever want to talk, I'm here." She took his hand in hers and he watched her with his brown eyes.
He didn't know what made him kiss her. It was just one of those spontaneous things. He hadn't had anyone to talk to for so long. His parents were both too busy with Ryan and Ryan was too busy with his own problems.
She didn't stop him though and soon they were locked together, in their own separate world.
Xxx
Ryan sighed as yet again someone was shouting from down the corridor. The people in here were nuts and they wouldn't let him sleep. The nurses were forever hurrying down the corridor to help one of them.
He put his pillow over head and tried to bite on his lip to hold back the tears.
He should have ended it properly. He should have slit his wrists during the night and then no one would have noticed. The shrink that he had been assigned with was so invasive and would make him do stupid things like using play dough to model people who meant something in his life. She'd then analyse what he had made.
"You've given Mr Cohen large eyebrows, that means he frowns a lot." It felt like she was constantly doing her job out a text book. Although she always got everything wrong with him.
She heard someone coming into the room and knew it was the night nurse coming in to check on him.
He sniffed quietly, the tears escaping.
"Ryan, are you okay?" she asked gently and he felt a hand on his shoulder, gently turning him over.
He couldn't hide the tears and she immediately had the light on, he could see the concerned look on her face.
She paused for a moment, a sympathetic look on her face before she spoke.
"Are you ready to talk?" she asked soothingly and Ryan could feel all the emotion he had been trying to keep down, well up inside of him. All of the humiliation that the kidnappers had put him through, and all the depression he had been unable to escape from since. He couldn't stop the sobs from coming.
He nodded slightly, almost too slight to notice but the nurse sat down in a chair next to the bed. He knew that he had someone here who would listen to him and after he left the hospital, he would probably never see her again.
He desperately wanted to get rid of this oppressive sad feeling that was constantly overwhelming him. He wanted to open up when he was too tired for his brain to tell him to shut up.
TBC...