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TRIGGER: this chapter contains mentions of eating disorders, if you feel you may be affected pleas don't feel like you have to read :)

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Chapter 24:

"We think Finn has an eating disorder", James said, regrettably. Emma gasped, "he's got a what?"

Emma couldn't believe what James had just said, how did Finn have an eating disorder. She thought Finn was more depressed than anything, shows how wrong she was. To be honest Emma was shocked, emotional and she felt guilty. Guilty, because she was a nurse and she didn't realise that something was going on with Finn. This then pushed him to try and take his own life. Was Finn really that desperate?

Luke made his way to relatives room, drawing a rough plan in his head of everything he needed to say. Luke seen people like Finn everyday, but there was something about Finn that intrigued him. Finn, like most people with eating disorders denied he had a problem, but with Finn when you spoke to him he didn't seem to panic or stress, he just didn't really answer the question.

Luke knocked on the door and walked into the relatives room. "Sorry to keep you waiting and you must be Finn's mum?", he asked Emma who nodded as he sat down. "How is he?", Emma asked, clearly worried about her son. "The boys said he had some kind of eating disorder, is this true?" Luke put his hands up just to stop Emma's rambling.

"We do think Finn has an eating disorder" Luke said. "Now at the minute we are trying to find out what has triggered this. Over the next 3 days we're going to monitor how much Finn eats and what his mental health is like. From there we will either discharge Finn and he'll carry on seeing his counsellor, who we have or already notified. Or, we think it is too much of risk and we refer him to adult services."

As Luke said this the Bartons all processed the information. None of them could really believe what had just happened in the past 24 hours. They knew Finn's life would never be the same, not after what had happened. They just hoped that Finn would be able to move on.

"Now what we will ask is if Finn is discharged, that you keep an eye on what he eats. Don't pressure him or force him just take a note of how much he eats" Luke said and James nodded. "Hang on, what do you mean don't force him. If he's not eating surely we should make sure he is" Emma said confused at why the hospital weren't taking much action.

"Mum, leave it" Pete said not in the mood for his mum sticking her nose in. "No it's alright" Luke said turning to face Emma. "At the minute we want to assess Finn's situation. This means seeing how much he eats, then we can go from there for getting Finn help. As I said, I've already informed his counsellor and he will talk to Finn and then will report to us if there is anything to be concerned about." Emma and James both nodded. "Thank you."

2 days later:

Finn had hated the last two days. There was constantly someone next to his bed, whether it be his family or a doctor. Finn knew that today was it. The day they decided whether Finn was going to be discharged or refered and Finn was praying that he was going to be discharged.

"How you feeling about today?" Finn sighed, out of all his family Ross had been the one constantly there; Finn didn't like it. He knew for fact that even when got home, people would still watch him, they would be constantly on his back. Finn hated the idea of that. "Fine" he replied shrugging his shoulders.

Ross looked to left to see his dad talking to Luke, no doubt about Finn. Ross was wondering how much Finn had eaten, he knew he'd eaten something and he knew it was more than he'd eaten at home but he was still concerned. Ross didn't know much about eating disorders, he'd done research and realised there was lots of different triggers, which just confused him even more.

"Right he has managed to eat something so for now I would just say keep an eye on him." James nodded as Luke explained everything, just thankful that Finn was getting discharged and not having to be referred to anywhere. "If you can just sign these please" Luke said handing James the discharge papers so he could sign on behalf of Finn.

"If something happens, please don't hesitate to bring him back." James thanked Luke and then walked off to get Finn and Ross. "Right come on then you two, were off, Pete's waiting for us in the car park." As James said this, Finn sighed, yet another person the watch him and question him.

Finn gathered his things together, pushing away Ross who wanted to help and insisted on carrying his bag. Finn just gave in and let Ross carry his bag, knowing it was the easy option. As they walked out Luke said goodbye, Finn just nodded but carried on walking.

They made their way out of the hospital and into the car park where they found Pete. "Alright Finn?" Asked Pete as he took Finn's bag from Ross. Finn just got in the car completely ignoring his brother.

The car journey home was awkward to say the least. Nobody spoke and the only sound was the gentle humming coming from Pete's mouth. Finn started to wonder how his life had changed. He'd gone from being a perfectly happy young man to all of a sudden having the weight of the world on his shoulders, with his whole life being turned upside down. Obviously it was his fault.

They got home and the four Bartons went inside. James told Finn that Emma would be round later and that Victoria might join them. However then came the part Finn dreaded. "Do you want something to eat, Finn?"

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