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Chapter 23:

Finn sat there just too shocked to speak. He couldn't have an eating disorder, he just didn't deserve to eat not after all the hurt he'd caused. Finn didn't see that as an eating disorder. He could tell that his brothers were shocked, they hadn't moved or said anything. Finn just hoped that they didn't hate him; in Finn's eyes there was nothing wrong with him.

"Do you reckon me and Finn can have a conversation on our own?", Luke asked the other Bartons. "Charlie can take you down to the relatives room, I would like speak to Finn on his own", Luke said. He knew that Finn was more likely to open up when his family weren't there so he thought he should give it a try.

James nodded and squeezed Finn's shoulder as he left, then Ross ruffled his hair as he walked past and Pete shot Finn a reassuring smile. They followed Charlie down the corridor and to the relatives room. That left Finn with Luke, Finn had a feeling that this wasn't going to go well.

"Finn, I want you to know that you can tell me what's on your mind", Luke said. "Well there's no point because there is nothing on my mind", Finn said. "Look I only want to find out what prompted you to try and take your own life and why your weight has dramatically gone down", Luke said and Finn turned his head away.

"Do you mind if I weigh you Finn?", Luke asked, treading carefully. Finn nodded taking off his hoodie that Ross had brought for him. When Pete and Ross had came they'd also brought Finn tracksuit bottoms and a t-shirt so that's what Finn was wearing. As Finn stepped on the scales, Luke was shocked by what he saw.

Pete, Ross and James sat in silence in the relatives room. "Finn can't have an eating disorder", Ross said, breaking the silence. "Well he might, we don't know what goes on in his head", Pete said, he was heartbroken by what Finn was going through. "Yeah but it would be a weird if he did have one, I mean he looks fine", Ross said, slightly annoying Pete.

"That's not the point I'm making", Pete said starting to get frustrated. He just couldn't understand why Ross was asking so many questions. "Enough, both of you", James said. "If he does have an eating disorder then we, and I mean all of us, will support him and help him recover", he said, Ross and Pete both nodded understanding what James was saying.

Finn sat back down on the bed, putting his hoodie back on while Luke wrote something down in his file. "Right then, it appears than in last few weeks you've lost 1 stone and 7 pounds", Luke said. He knew this was bad, Finn's physical health had just got worse and no doubt his mental health was slowly getting worse.

"I spoke to your dad earlier, he said he's rang your mum and she might be coming to see you", Luke said and Finn nodded. "Do you think you're ready to tell me why you tried to take your own life?", Luke asked. Finn didn't respond, he just stared straight ahead. "You know your not the only person who's came here in your situation", Luke said and again Finn nodded.

"Everyday, I see young men like yourself come here, struggling. Struggling with their thoughts, feelings and emotions. I've seen men who are depressed, who have schizophrenia; young men like yourself who are battling some kind of eating disorder", Luke said trying to get Finn to understand. "If you talk to me now then we can get you help, but if don't you'll just go down the route of seeing every single health professional until there's nothing more we can do for you." Finn still didn't say anything, he just looked down playing with the cuffs of his hoodie. Luke sighed he knew he fighting a losing battle.

"Look Finn, it's been a long day. I'm going to go and get your family and then get you a meal sheet, we'll talk more tomorrow", Luke said before leaving to go and get Finn's family.

Finn put his head back against the headrest and sighed. He didn't know what was happening anymore, it was like he'd just been trapped and his whole world had just came crashing down. The problem was, Finn didn't see what he was doing to himself. In his eyes he didn't need help, and his mental health was perfectly fine. At least that's what he thought.

Luke sighed and sat down at the nurse's station, writing something down in Finn's file. Finn had a weight of 9 and a half stone, which for someone of his height wasn't healthy. His BMI was low at 15.8 and this worried Luke. What also worried him was the fact that Finn didn't recognise that he had a problem.

"What you pondering?", Charlie asked as he arrived at the nurse's station. "Finn", Luke said. "Why, what's happened?", Charlie asked. "I weighed him; he's 9 and a half stone, which for someone of his height gives him a BMI of 15.8", Luke said and Charlie knew that was bad.

"Also in 2 days we need to make the decision of whether to discharge Finn and just inform his counsellor of what's happened, or do we refer Finn to adult services where he'll get a full psych assessment", Luke said clearly struggling. "I think we should just wait and see", Charlie said.

"Yeah, I better go and speak to his family", Luke said, before getting up and heading off to the relatives room.

"So what else have they told you?", Emma asked. She had came to the hospital as soon as James had rang her saying that Finn was in hospital after trying to take his own life. "Look Emma, I think you should prepare yourself", James said. "Prepare myself for what?", she asked confusion in her voice. "We think Finn's has an eating disorder", James said, regrettably. Emma gasped, "he's got a what?"

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