"You do know that our meeting starts at 12am, right?" he calmly said just as If I didn't just bust into his office.
"So you're my shrink?" I asked and he laughed a bit. He then shook his head a little bit, like he was amazed by my stupidity.
"I never liked that term." he said and I just sat down on the chair in front of him.
"So, why did you come earlier? Normally my patients get late because they don't want to come."
"I was looking for food. I had none this morning. And also, maybe people not wanting to see you means something. Take a hint." he laughed again.
"It does mean something. If they talk to me, It means their problems become real."
"Know-it-all."
"Well indeed I am." he said proudly.
"I would kick you so hard right now." I said trough my teeth and he raised his eyebrow. It annoyed me. A lot. I felt my blood boiling. He smirked at me, as if he was showing that he was upper class then me, so I smacked the vase from the table that was sitting between the two of us. I would normally get some king of reaction. But he just sat there, looking at me calmly.
"Anyway, where can I get food?" I asked and he grinned.
"You remind me of... well, me when I was here. I was about the same age as you are now." I froze. Wait, so my shrink was mental before?
"Anyway Helia, I'll ask you this for now. After a while, It's not a question anymore. Do you feel ready to talk to me about your problem?" he asked as I was looking at him. He had black hair styled with a lot of gel, he had dark brown eyes, really sharp jaw line,really light skin and a dark purple suit.
"I really don't want to talk about that kinda thing with a stranger." I answered and he sighed.
"We won't be strangers forever, Helia. But for now,you can go." he said. That was it? Why was he letting me go so fast? ... Whatever. I exited his office and I walked up to the room I was in before going to him. But none of the people I met earlier were there. I sighed and I walked to my room again. 3rd floor, room 921. I pushed the doors so I can get in, but I heard noises. Crying noises. They were coming from a room 2 doors away from mine. I placed my head on those doors so I could hear better. It was for sure a girl who was crying. I wanted to enter and help her, but I felt like I should just go away. So I did. I went back to my room and I got on my bed. For the rest of the day, I was in it. Someone slided the food under my door and I ate it. Lunch and dinner. But I was still empty. I was looking out of the window, the only one I had in my room. All the windows in that place had metal protection. I guessed that at some point someone jumped and they are just preventing it from ever happening again, I though. I opened the glass part of the window and I felt like in a prison because of the metal bars I was now holding. I was looking at the forest that surrounded us, and I felt smoke coming from somewhere. Not smoke as in 'firefire' smoke, but cigars. I took a small mirror I had on my table and placed it between the metal bars. In the mirror, I saw Riven. Huh, so he is the same room, just one floor down. I really wanted to talk to someone so I got out of my room and I went to his doors. I knocked but no answer.
"Mr. Riven, If you don't open the doors right now, there will be some problems." I said in a deeper voice then usual.
"Uh, sorry, just a moment, I'm a... making my bed." he said and I almost laughed.
"Calm down man,It's just me. Helia?" I said in my normal tone and he opened the doors.
"Just get in." he said annoyed while looking around if the guards are anywhere near. I entered the room and saw a full ashtray on the bed. The room was filled with smoke. He closed the doors and sat on his bed.
"What brings you here?" he asked as he took a lighten cigar from the ashtray.
"I opened my window and saw a bunch of smoke coming from your room. My room is right above." I said and he grinned.
"Cool." he said as he let the smoke from his mouth.
"One question. Isn't it like, not allowed to smoke in here? At least like,for us?" I asked and he nodded.
"Well then,where did you get the cigars from?" I asked and he laughed a bit.
"This time? I took them from my shrink. She had them right on her table. When she wasn't looking I just pushed a few thing from the table on the floor and as I was picking them up I just placed these in my pocket." he said and I nodded.
"And the last time?"
"Huh?"
"You said this time you've done that. What about the time before that?"
"Oh. Look, I guess you still don't know about this, so I'm just gonna explain. Every once in a while our shrinks decide it's okay for us to go into town. I got the chance to go only about... 3 times."
"3 times in a year? That's not a lot."
"Tell me about it." he said and rolled his eyes as he took another smoke.
"But why? Is that like normal or... what did you do?" I asked and he let the smoke out again.
"The first time I got out I tried to run away. The second I... I drank again. Vodka. A lot a LOT of Vodka... and the third time I was alright. So I should be able to go out again soon." I nodded.
"How can they just let us go like that? Aren't they afraid of what we will do? After all, the do think of us as freaks, or whatever."
"They think of us like people who could use some help. If you think of us as freaks, It's a different story." he said and I looked away from him. It was true, I though of myself as a monster, so if they were in there with me, that would mean they were just like me.
"...Anyway, they let us walk around because they send guards with us. And we know what time is our time to go. Normally it's about 10pm. Sometimes before that."
"If they send guards, how were you able to drink? Weren't they supposed to stop you?"
"I never said those were good guards. I just got In the crowed, they lost me and I ran to the closest bar."
"I get it. Thanks man. I'm glad someone who is the same age as me is here. Plus you're not crazy, you just have a bad addiction. So we can talk normally." I said and he laughed.
"One question dude. Are you crazy,or do you also have an addiction?" he asked and I looked away. Then I looked back at him.
"Didn't you say that the newby talk about his problems last?" I said and he smiled.
"Yeah, I get it. Okay dude, nice talking to you, but If they see me smoking, they're gonna think you were too, so you might get in trouble for nothing."
"Bye dude." I said as I left his room. I got back to mine and just as I got on my bed, I fell asleep...