Young Battles

Chapter Seven

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Rose Point Of View

Talking with Mr. Morrison has helped me accept and deal with what had happened to me. I still had a long way to but I finally realized that it wasn't my fault. Having my journal to write in everyday helped a lot too. I wrote in it more then twice a day, I drew in it and everything. Our little group of six was another thing that made everything seem a little bit easier. I was glad that I had people to befriend here. Was that bad? Because of everything that had happened to all of us?

I did my usual shower, and breakfast routine and journeyed to the social room where we had our meetings. It wasn't very long before everyone was in. The nurse started with the usual pleasantries like we really cared how nice it was outside.

"Today we're going to break down into small groups." She said. "Emmett, Jessica, and Edward, you'll be grouped together. Josh, Alice, and Lauren will be another group. Rose, Bella, and Jasper will be the third group. Everyone has been at level four or higher for two weeks now. Your assignment today is to make a small presentation about your journey so far in your recovery." She handed out supplies and a sheet giving a few ideas that we could possibly do.

I sat down on the floor with Jasper, and Bella and we started to converse about our ideas. "We have a whole week for this, that's good," Jasper said after we had been spit balling for half an hour.

"What about a timeline?" Bella piped up out of no where. "We could make a timeline and illustrate it, put some comical relieve in there with good cartoons."

"I don't think that would be a bad idea."

"Yea, but would we do one timeline or three?" Jasper asked. "One with all of us might be jumbled."

"Or each of use have a different color, and write it ourselves to personalize it." Bella said.

"I'm up for either, both would turn out well I think."

"Then it's settled. Now where do we start?" Jasper asked.

"Our notebooks. We make separate timelines, and make a final combined timeline. We just have to make sure we date everything as accurate as possible." It was a brilliant response on my part. I liked our idea, and I thought it would be great. Jasper, and Bella nodded in agreement, "Alright let's get this ball rolling." I said with a smile, getting up to collect three pens.

Alice Point of View

I had talked to Josh and Lauren a little bit, but I didn't know much about them. The three of us collected around the round table, and sat in silence for what seemed like a hour.

"Okay, so maybe we should get to know each other a little bit better?" Josh was the first one to speak.

"Well I'm seventeen, and I battle with anorexia due to family issues. I suffered severely depressed after my mother and father separated, I walked into their final argument and learned that my ad had a whole other family, and both made serious claims that made it clear I was nothing but regret. I focused mainly on taking car of my brother and sister, they're all I care about."

"Well, umm... My birthday is coming up I'll be eighteen. I'm bulimic due to excessive bullying from being over weight in grade school. Exercise never helped, the only way I could lose weight was throwing up. I'd work out until I threw up, or would just make myself throw up. Over time it only got easier. I have no siblings, my parents are always working I just slid under the radar." Lauren had been doing good too. We were both green bracelets, level three. I had gained eight pounds, I think she had gained seven now. I smiled at her.

"We're all seventeen, but, yea I'm here because I tried to hang myself in my closet. Honestly, I was binge drinking and blacked out. I can't really remember much, a lot of the past two years are hazy so yea. I guess my drinking problem seems from my father, he's a meth head that won't stop for nothing. I just needed something to accept that drugs were more interesting then me, and that my mom just left me with him. I found out a couple weeks before I tried to kill myself, that my mom overdose on meth, had a seizure and crashed her car into a bridge. I was in the backseat, she died instantly. I can never remember the accident I was ten I think, I'm not so sure tho." Josh's story was so sad.

"What if we write poems? All three titled seventeen years, for the years that we have suffered." They both nodded. "So we write the poem with our emotions, letting our words paint pictures."

"That way of explaining it was beauty itself." Lauren said with a smile.

"Thank you."

"Hey the nurse is back." Josh chipped in.

Bella Point of View

"Okay assignment time is over for today, we have an announcement." A second nurse walked in with a plastic container that was covered. Sitting it down on the table she left, and quickly returned with napkins. She nodded to our usual room nurse. "Today is a special day, so we brought in cupcakes to celebrate Lauren, and Jessica. Lauren will be eighteen by the end of the week, and Jessica will be seventeen tomorrow."

We all sung happy birthday to Jessica, and Lauren and indulged in some amazingly delicious cupcakes. It had been so long since we had real chocolate. Rose, Emmett, and Jessica left shortly for their individuals with their doctors. I spent the time we had before they came back reading a book, while sitting nest to Jasper on the couch.

He was so sweet to talk to, and wonderful to have around. I was curious about asking him to stay in touch after we graduated but I hadn't worked up enough courage. Plus I didn't know how just yet. Even if he didn't entertain the crush that I had with him, we could still be good friends right?

Once the others came back, we ate our dinner in the cafe, then went back to the social room to play apples to apples. The night was filled with laughter, and jokes. Somehow we actually got out of hand. Emmett and Rose kept giving each other the eye, and Jasper would point it out; only to have Emmett counter with the fake that Jasper glances at me, making me blush so deeply red my face felt like it was on fire.

I was joyous that we were getting better, and that we could help each other along the way.

My day soured a slight little bit when I laid down for bed, thoughts of Charlie came to my mind, and I couldn't shake them. I wondered how he was doing, what he was doing. I didn't want him to be crying or upset. I didn't want him to miss me, even though I missed him so dearly. When I asked the doctor for gym permissions with my group tomorrow I would also ask for a visit from my father. Or at least a phone call.

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