Chapter 4: Meeting people
Clare's point of view:
During the walk to the prison cafeteria I noticed Eli was still holding my hand. I looked down and blushed at our interlocked fingers. I guess he noticed so he let go. I was disappointed by the warmth that left with his hand. Looking around I saw many doors. Most of them said things or had numbers. I then saw a door that said 'Dr. Ruben' I'm guessing that's the therapist here. Great so I'm going to have to talk to people, let them call me crazy, and then get hopped up on meds. If I must say so myself…I'm livin the life. (Sarcasm intended). I have a feeling that I'm gonna get even more 'crazy' by just looking at blank ass gray walls. Like come on. How is staring at a wall good for brain development? Because I think it actually makes it deteriorate because of the lack of activity. Me and Eli entered the cafeteria and I saw groups of people talking as they ate.
"Follow me." Eli said. I followed and he led us to a table in the back that sat 4 people. There were 2 boys and 2 girls. One boy was tan, tall, and was jittery while the other was wearing a sock puppet on his left hand and talking to it. One of the girls was tall and had long curly hair. She was beautiful. I wonder why she is here. The first girl was talking to a shorter Indian looking girl. What could her condition be? Eli and I walked up to their table and they stopped talking.
"Hey guys." Eli said. They didn't pay attention to him much because they were too busy studying me.
"Eli who's this?" the girl with curly hair asked.
"This is Clare" he said pulling out two chairs for us.
"Hi Clare, I'm Alli" the Indian girl spoke.
"I'm Fiona." The curly headed girl spoke again.
"I'm Andrew but you can call me Drew." The jittery boy said.
"My name is Adam and this is Toby." The boy said gesturing towards his socked hand.
"Hi. It's nice to meet you all."
"So…What you in for?" 'Toby' asked.
"Toby! You can't just ask that." Adam hissed at his puppet. "Sorry about him he can be very blunt. But while the topic is out there why are you here?" Adam asked. They're going to find out sooner or later so I might as well tell them now.
"No it's okay. I'm here because of my anxiety disorder. I just kind of snapped. I killed my father and step mother. My anxiety made me paranoid and I thought that they were going to kill me someday but I killed them before they had the chance to. That's why I'm here." I explained and they all nodded.
"I have ADHD" Drew said.
"I have clinical Depression" Alli stated.
"And I have OCD" Fiona commented.
"You can probably guess what he has." 'Toby' said.
"So this is what you have to eat?" I said poking at the green gunk on my plate.
"Pretty much. You get used to it." Eli said while taking a spoon full.
"Do you guys like just sit in a room all day or due you get to go outside?"
"You can go outside in the yard but someone has to watch you." Alli said in monotone.
"Oh because I thought that all you did was stare at a blank wall and take medication." I said. They all laughed except for Alli but she put on some facial expression that looked like she was trying to smile.
Suddenly there was a blood curtailing scream. They were seriously screaming bloody murder. I looked around for the source of the sound and saw a blonde girl screaming and clawing at her scalp. Suddenly like 5 guards busted in and restrained her. She was still screaming and kicking so they gave her a shot. She then relaxed into their grip as they led her out.
"What was that about?" I asked.
"Oh Sarah was just having one of her Schizophrenic attacks. No big deal." Drew said while popping a carrot in his mouth.
"Didn't look like 'no big deal'" I sad and Eli smirked that cute little smirk of his.
"It happens a lot around here when people haven't taken their medication yet." Eli said
"This place must be loads of fun" I said sarcastically.
"You could say that again" Drew said with a mouth full.
"Ewww. Drew Chew and swallow before you talk." Fiona said. Drew just rolled his eyes.
"Here comes the OCD" Drew quipped.
"Here comes the ADHD" Fiona said. "Boo!" she screamed in his face.
"Ahhh!" he said as a response to her scare. Since he's so jittery it must not take a lot to scare him. After his yell he looked around embarrassed to see if anybody heard. A few people were looking at him awkwardly so that caused me to burst out in laughter.
"Nice laugh" 'Toby' said.
"Shut up" I said laughing. Maybe being in a Mental Health hospital won't be so bad.
This chapter sucked and I'm sorry but I think I'm suffering from writers block on this story. Any ideas for the next chapter?