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"Melody! I don't have time for these games. Can't you just be straight-foward with me" Melody looked at the ground. Beck took a deep breath. " Fine, I will guess" Melody gave him a small smile. " Okay" " You have an eating disorder?" Melody shook her head, no. " You are a cutter?" Melody shook her head no.
Beck tried to think of other reasons people would be here. He first thought Melody was lying. But he thought about it. He finally came to a conclusion.
His eyes were wide in shock. " You are a druggie!"
Melody nodded. Beck began to ask questionsa mile a minute. " How? How did you get it? Why? When did your parents find out? How long?" "It's a long story" Melody said. Beck sighed. He knew this was going to happen, he feared this. He and Melody use to be close, like brother and sister. But then her dad got a job offer. They had to move far away. Usually, when they lived close Beck hung out with his cousin on the weekends. Beck had a feeling something bad was going to happen. "Shit! I can't believe I let this happen. I knew something bad was going to happen when you moved. We're family, I'm suppose to help you. I'm sorry Melody"
"Don't blame yourself Beck. It's my fault" Melody said. Beck took a deep breath. " Okay, then tell me what happened and why you are here" Beck said. Melody sighed. " Okay" She grabbed Beck's hand and dragged him to the front of A05. Melody opened the door, and peaked her head in. Then she opened the door. " All clear. Come in" Beck walked into the room. He saw only two beds. " You only have one room mate?" Beck asked. " Yeah, that's the normal amount. They usually put us in rooms with people with the same problems and age" Melody explained as she sat on her bed, Beck sat down next to her.
" So it's story time" Beck said. "talk" Melody looked down. " You sure you want to hear it?" Beck nodded. "Okay, you know we moved, right? So dad's new amazing job offer, wasn't all that amazing. I had to go to a not so good school. There was some senior drug dealers. Since, I was a new freshman I was a target. Drugs was a popular as ice cream. When I refused to take some. People started to bother me. 99.9% of the school had them. Teachers included. Everybody called me a goody-goody. And some other not nice names. Then things started to go bad at home. Mom and dad was argueing. School was stressful, besides the drugs thing, my grades sucked. Everybody said drugs were an escape. They said it helped. So I finally gave in, and bought it"
Melody took a deep breath, before continuing. Beck looked at her, he swore he saw tears. But, he knew Melody never cried. " I got addicted. I spent my savings and allowance on it. I usually take it at school, I told my parents I signed up for an after school club. I stayed an hour after school. Taking them. Then, I was addicited, I wanted to take some home. I knew it was a huge risk. But, I wasn't thinking" She laughed.
" But at the same time, I never was. I brought them home, and put them under my bed. I toke them when everybody was sleeping at night. I took them when no one was home. Then one night, my friend invited me to a party. There was beer. I didn't want to drink and do drugs. I knew I was messed up, but I didn't want to be more messed up. I knew achocol was as addicting as drugs. So I refused. I begged my friend's older brother to drop me home. He did. So I went home, and of course nobody was home. So I decided to take my daily dose. I knew my mom wouldn't be home for another hour. So, I took a bunch. I went crazy" She laughed again.
" I knew I always was crazy, not it didn't matter at the moment. But that day, mom came home early. She caught me. Now I'm here" Beck couldn't believe this. His little cousin, was doing drugs. " Did you bring any here?" Beck asked. " No, I need to get out of here. I know this sounds wierd coming from a druggie, but I want to do something with my life. I knew drugs were stupid, but it was an escape" Something clicked in Beck's head. Cat escaped with cutting. Jade escaped by not eating. Tori escaped by throwing up. It made them feel better. It was a dark reality. That's why they were here. Their life was so miserable, they had to escape. It shocked Beck that his 14 year old cousin put him in a new perspective. Maybe now he can help all of them because he understands.
"Beck, I'm going to the cafeteria to eat. You wanna come?" Melody asked. " Yeah, sure"
(Tori's P.o.v)
Tori painfully swallowed the food she was forced to eat. Cat watched her eat carefully, while Jade finished her food. Tori believed Jade was finishing the food for Cat's sake. She Tori wanted to do the same. Tori grabbed a soda and sipped it, thinking of all that sugar. It made her sick. Tori put on her best fake smile. Tori who couldn't handle the attention, changed the subject.
" Shouldn't one of us have an appiontment soon" "Yeah, we should go back to room" Jade said. Tori excitingly got up, happy to get away from the food. Jade got up and so did Cat. Tori waited for hr friends to come near the exit of the cafeteria. She saw Beck walk in with a younger girl. She walked up. "Hey Beck" Tori viewed the girl, she wasn't extremely skinny, she wasn't an eating disorder girl. Her wrist didn't have any cuts. She wore shorts, she cutting on her tighs wasn't the answer. Tori gasped once she realized why she was here. The young girl laughed. " Is it that obvious I was a druggie" " Tori, this is my cousin, Melody. Melody this is my friend from acting camp and is one of the girls I take care of" Tori held her hand out for a hand shake. Melody shook her head.
" Food disorder chick?" Tori nodded, surprised. Tori gave a sigh of relief when Cat and Jade came. It scared her somebody figured her out so quickly. When Cat and Jade was by her side. "Melody these are my friends and the two other girls I take of. " Beck introduced. Jade a gave small smile. " I'm Jade. This is Cat" Cat waved. Tori added. " She doesn't talk" Melody nodded. " I'm guessing you are a food disorder chick" she said to Jade. Then she turned to Cat. " And you are a cutter" Both girls eyes widen. Tori held back a laugh, wondering is she looked that funny.
Jade turned to Tori. "Did you tell her?" Tori shook her head. " She saw through me too" "How?" Jade asked. " It's easy. You are skinny and Cat has bracelets on" Melody answered. Tori mentally noted this. She wanted to know other people's stories as well. " Oh yeah" Beck said. " Melody is my cousin." Jade raised her eyebrows. " Oh, you are Becky-boy's family" Tori gave Jade a don't push it look. Cat clinged to Jade. " I'm not going to hurt her" Jade said. " I just want to talk to her" "Yeah, the last time tht happened Cat ended up crying" Tori said. Jade stepped back. " Sorry" Jade walked away. Cat followed. Tori looked between them and Melody. She knew Melody was confused, she figured she would explain later. Tori gave Beck, We need you look. Beck nodded. Tori looked at Melody.
"I'm sorry" She whispered with that she walked away to catch up with Jade and Cat.
a/n: I hope you liked the new chapter. The only reason I've been updating on weekdays is because it's winter break. But when school starts again, I will be updating only on weekends. Have a wonderful Wednesday!
