A/N: Just a few more days and I'll be on winter break. I can finally get back into my routine of working out for my sporting events. I'm sick of being a lazy bum and that's saying something considering how much I love laying around and sleeping.

I'll try and work on the other chapters during the break. And by try, I mean hoping I get my work done without being interrupted by anyone.

Damn interruptions! _

The rest of the stories will be on here unfortunately since my brother is following me on my DA account. I'm not saying that's a bad thing...sort of. I just wanted to do things without alot of people I know reading my things.

Lord knows that if they read it, they'll wonder what I was thinking and I'm not gonna explain why.

I don't have to explain myself to anyone I don't feel in my spirit I can trust! Especially in this day and age.

Thank God no one in my family have fanfiction accounts. Otherwise, I would be sooo screwed; especially with the fics, the shoujo fics anyway, I write.

Anyway, before I forget why I'm here, here you guys go.

Enjoy!

The next day, Snowgre, Carley, and Author were watching things on TV in the activity room with the other patients.

"Man, there's nothing on!" Snowgre complained, "Isn't there anything else we can do?"

"What else are we supposed to do on a day like this? It's raining," Author told him looking at the rain falling outside.

The only person who isn't watching the television was Leah who wore a casual dark blue shirt with black shorts. She wasn't wearing any kind of shoes on her feet, her hair was out of its usual ponytail making her look more feminine to the eyes of others than her usual tomboyish look, and the stitched up scar Snow gave the dark brown-eyed woman is seen on her face going from the top of the left side of her forehead, to inbetween her eyes, to the right side of her now closed eye. Leah was looking outside, wanting to go, but was being held down by Fiona wrapping her arms around Leah's waist and sitting on Fiona's lap. A few times, Leah would let out a few whines and whimpers of disapproval while looking out the window and slightly rocking back and forth a bit annoyed. Some of the patients ignored the sounds Leah was making, while others looked at her oddly before going back to what they were doing. A few of them knew how much Leah loved standing in the rain; especially on days that are cold like today.

"Fi, let me go. I wanna go outside," Leah whined.

"I'm sorry, Leah, but the doctor said you can't get that wound wet for 72 hours," Fiona told Leah who let out another whine.

"But today is the perfect day to go outside!"

"I said 'no'." Fiona heard Leah groan and whine again, feeling Leah angrily stir from sitting on Fiona's lap before feeling Leah hit her right leg out of anger. "No hitting."

Leah didn't respond to Fiona's comment, biting her entire bottom lip and looking at the window. Leah just put her RCA earbuds in her ears and began to listen to music instead of watching or listening to the Disney Channel.

Carley saw what Leah was doing and found it cute. Ogre Child, on the other hand, didn't and said, "What a baby. Getting upset for not going outside. I know I wouldn't be like that."

"You did last month when you broke your leg in that fight with your mother," Carley reminded.

"That was different. I got over it."

"Yeah. After the first week."

Ogre Child didn't say anything for a minute until muttering, "Shut-up." Making Carley smile in victory.

"Sorry if Leah's bothering you," Fiona's voice reached through Carley's ears that made her snap out of her thoughts and look to see Fiona looking at her.

"Oh, uh.. it's okay."

"Normally, Leah's more manageable than this, but Leah really loves going out on rainy days like today."

"Odd," Ogre Child said.

"Shush, you!" Carley told her alter ego, asking Fiona, "Doesn't Leah get sick from being in the cold rain?"

"Surprisingly, no," Fiona answered, "Usually, Leah would wear some other clothes after being outside in the rain for a couple of hours."

"I see," Carley said seeing Leah still listening to music, "Now that I'm thinking about it, after looking around the different areas of this place, I didn't know Worcestershire had an infirmary."

"Yeah. It does. We have a lot of them on the different floors since a few of the patients bite, hit, or harm other people or themselves. This place is like a hospital and respite care for people who have different types of illnesses or disabilities and are getting the right treatment to help them become more independent and go back into society," Fiona said.

"Shrek told me about it the day I first came here, along with the different floors that vary from person to person depending on the severity of the illness or disability sometimes."

"You're right. Depending on where the person is and how they are, that person can transfer to the top or bottom floor if things are getting better or worse. For instanse, Leah here used to be on the second floor of this Institution," Fiona said that made Carley, along with Ogre Child, surprised.

"Leah was on the second floor with the rest of the severely mentally ill people?" Carley said.

"Something told me she's been up there for more than just to goof around. She's a bit.. off. And not in a good way," Ogre Child said.

"Quiet!" Carley told Ogre Child before asking Fiona, "... Uh.. why was Leah there?"

"The people here couldn't control Leah on the first floor when she first came here at the age of twelve because of her severe anger issues, anxiety that was always high, depression, and always going into her own world and not talking to the other children. When she was thirteen, her anger and anxiety became worse and the people here sent her to the second floor where Leah wasn't getting the help she needed at all from what the nurses and helpers were doing. The nurses at that time forced Leah to go to different areas of the second floor; making Leah talk to people she wasn't feeling comfortable talking to, and not being able to have her Rubber Thing."

"Her Rubber Thing?" Carley wondered what Fiona meant by that.

"Do you see the white wristband in Leah's hand right now?" Fiona said as Carley and Ogre Child saw the white wristband around Leah's wrist.

"Yes."

"She calls that her Thing. She had others, but the nurses threw them out saying they were trash."

"Damn... What jerks," Ogre Child said as Carley agreed.

"The following year when Leah was fourteen, and it being my first day in the Institution before Shrek came as well, I saw how Leah was always angry, confused about things, barely smiling, and not making a lot of eye or physical contact with other people," Fiona said feeling Leah turn her body around and gave Fiona a hug still listening to music and sitting on Fiona's lap. "I was working on the second floor for a few weeks since someone at that time wasn't available. So, in curiosity, I asked what was wrong with Leah and they just gave me the documentation about her. It said that she has a Mild Learning Disability that slows her Processing Skills, and Anger and Anxiety issues. It also said that she had Depression, along with having suicidal thoughts, but it seemed to have went away when she was fourteen; even though no one really did anything to help Leah with the depression as I read more on her file. Anyway, I luckily looked up a few of the symptoms Leah has and knew how to help her when the nurses said they tried everything they knew and basically gave up on her. They also said I would never get Leah to talk or get her out of her room or the world she made for herself."

"That wasn't very nice of them to say that," Carley said.

"Not very nice? More like them being absolute pricks!" Ogre Child said angrily.

"Yeah, but I proved them wrong." Fiona looked at Leah and lightly laughed. "On the second week of me working on the Second Floor, I saw the helpers forcing Leah to do something she didn't want to do. I saw the anger and slight fear Leah had in her eyes and that's when I ran over to Leah being pulled by the arm by one of the nurses and told the nurse I would show her the right way of helping Leah. The nurse just laughed and said good luck before walking away."

"Geez, and I thought Carley's old man was bad," Ogre Child said with her hands on her hips.

Carley didn't say anything, knowing that half of what Ogre Child said is right as Fiona, Ogre Child, and Carley heard Leah mutter, "I'm sorry I hit you."

"It's okay. I'm not saying you can't handle yourself or anything. I'm only keeping you inside today is because of the wound Snow gave you." Fiona said in a calm tone, rubbing Leah's back as Leah had her head against the crook of Fiona's neck, making the ogress lightly smile. She then looked at Carley and said, "When I was assigned to Leah, she didn't want to talk to me, she didn't want to look at me because she didn't want to be around other people which is, to an extent, understandable since the people on the second floor aren't mentally there. So, Leah would just stay in the room she had on the second floor and watch TV or go into her world she created so she could be safe and not be apart of anything. I would try and do things she loves to help so I could join in the world she has been in for so long. Some days were better than others where Leah didn't want to be bother by anyone and I didn't find it annoying. If Leah didn't want to do anything with anyone, then I wouldn't push her. I just let Leah do whatever she wanted to do at her own pace. The more I did what I did, the more Leah began to open up to me as she became older."

"I bet those old hags were surprised," Ogre Child said.

"Were the nurses/helpers surprised?" Carley asked Fiona who nodded at the question.

Ogre Child smirked and chuckled. "Heh. Knew it."

Carley was about to ask why Ogre Child was taking Leah's side, in away, but Fiona continued. "They were surprised when Leah was talking more, and not being so violent to the staff when I taught her different methods to calm herself down without removing her from her world and characters she likes in different games and anime shows. She even came up to a few of the nurses and apologized for attacking them out of anger and fear which made me happy when I saw her do that one day. Then, when Leah was 17, after talking to some people, she was transferred to the first floor where things have gotten better for Leah with my help. Granted, Leah has moments of being mad, but she gets over it considering how she used to be and I'm happy about that and I know Leah is as well seeing how she always smiles now compared to when she was younger."

Ogre Child and Carley were amazed as Ogre Child simply said, "...Damn.."

"If you don't mind me asking, but does Leah know the difference between reality and fantasy?" Carley asked.

"When she was a teenager, Leah couldn't tell the difference because she was so used to being in the world she created for herself that if someone came between her and her world, she would be very very angry to where she hit someone. Once, she was so upset when someone did that she grabbed a pen and stabbed them in their arm," Fiona said.

"Geez. She's like a rabit animal," Ogre Child said.

"Now, Leah knows when to be in her fantasy world and when not to be when I asked her one day. She actually combines the two together, making it easier for her to understand things. To answer your question, though, yes, Leah is aware of her surroundings more than when she was younger," Fiona said as Carley saw Leah turn her head to watch the rain fall outside.

"Hey, Carley! Come and check what Artie and I found out!" Snowgre called to Carley.

"Okay, I'll be there in a second," Carley called back turning back to Fiona and Leah who was still sitting on Fiona's lap calmly, "I gotta go."

"That's fine. I'll see you around," Fiona said as Carley walked to where Author and Snowgre were beckoning Carley to come where they were. "Well, that was interesting."

"What was?" Leah asked taking off her earbuds and looking up at Fiona in curiosity.

"Oh, it's nothing, Sweetheart."