There seemed to be many unsaid things in that first meeting. Not just the unanswered questions, but something more. As if she wanted to say something or like maybe there was more to the story. She didn't push though. Admits were simply that as there was always plenty of time later to learn more.
The requirement for each student to have a physical before entering the school was where things had gone wrong. Tracy seemed to have a real aversion to doctors. As she reflected on it she thought it might have had something to do with her self harming, but she was sure on that. It seemed like something more. It was actually unsure if the girl did self harm at first. She had bruises and other marks on her from harsh treatment at mental health facilities she had been at before coming to Horizon.
Sophie had actually been relieved when she found out that the various cuts and scars had been self harm, fearing at first that all of it had been done to her. She had managed to convince Tracy to be examined and she had put up with it until it was time for the blood sample. Tracy had been dead set against it. The doctor made a joke about being scared of needles, but Sophie knew that wasn't it. Between the self inflicted cuts and the medication that her files had mentioned were forcibly injected into her, she knew it had to be something more to it. This girl wasn't scared of physical pain, she couldn't be.
When it was obvious Tracy was not going to let her blood be drawn, Sophie had called in force to be used. It was procedure. They couldn't admit her to Horizon without blood work. It was a safety issue as well. Tracy had went crazy when they tried to hold her down for her blood to be taken. Kicking, scratching, biting, anything she could think of. Even after it was done she was angry. She had almost destroyed the infirmary. It had taken a long time before the girl's anger had run out. The stamina she held was amazing. This wasn't a sudden burst to go away, but a long rampage.
Yet she knew it was because physical force had been used. She doubted that Tracy would have acted the same way otherwise. She had been obstinate and refusing, but not at all violent or even showing much anger until that point. She sipped her coffee, looking at Tracy's file. She knew the contents weren't the whole story, no student's file ever was.
Sophie could tell from what was in their though that Tracy had a hard life, she just wasn't sure how hard yet. Peter's right, she does belong here, she thought. Not for most of the reasons listed, but for other reasons. Did these people who wrote all things in here even know the girl at all? Had they even bothered to look? She wondered.
