E-mail interruption
The meetings with Fletcher were now going to be regularly, once a week - it had become a kind of routine for us to visit the psychologist in the old building and talk to her - even if the fourth session was due - So we were positive - well, most of us were.
"I wish you a nice afternoon Miss Kenson - see you tomorrow, I'm glad that tomorrow is finally Friday and the library is open only until 12 o'clock", a colleague and library staff spoke to me, just before I go out I wanted to - why was it so hard to understand that I just wanted to be free - I wanted to be happy with the session with Dr. Fletcher, but no, there was always this extremely difficult interaction with other people. I do not really like other people, especially not when they stand between me and my end of work.
"Thanks - I wish you that too", I murmured and somehow wanted to use the time of the short break before another word of the others to scurry quickly through the door.
"Would you like to have some ice cream with me and the others? We still wanted to go to the shopping center - there is a really great ice cream shop", the colleague suggested to me and I said no thanks, and then left the library.
Now all I had to do was come to Dr. Fletcher's practice without any further incident - and to do that, I had to use public transportation, aka the bus. That was not the worst thing - no, as I sat on a seat in the crowded afternoon bus - the voices in my head grew louder and the other personalities wanted to give their opinion to what had just happened - of course they wanted to do that.
"Your social interaction is - a shame", said Helena derisively.
"Leave Naya alone - she had a busy day" , Leslie intervened.
"Yes, we'll have to listen to you later, too - as she tries to make a clever statement to the Doctor Lady", Helena replied.
"You should be more lenient - Naya tries to maintain her social contact - not very good, but she tries", Leslie soothed the younger.
"Yes - I see the success - I am responsible for Naya´s social life, Naya sweetie you should urgently change something - how to celebrate - oh yes let's go celebrate, in Philadelphia there are certainly good clubs. We could cancel the appointment and have fun", Helena shouted enthusiastically.
"We're not canceling the appointment - it's now up to Naya's social life to find Dr. Fletcher" Leslie countered.
"Of course - we can never have fun, but if I'll have the light - oh yeah Naya will wake up with a huge hangover" Helena said.
"How well you do not decide who gets the light - and I think it's just fine that we vote on who's in the light" Leslie said.
"If it was you Leslie - we would spend the whole day just - shopping, reading magazines and doing boring stuff - Naya I know you can hear us - come on a bit of a party go is much more fun than too - such a boring date to go" whispered Helena convincingly ...
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As I entered the old building, I quickly put my phone in my backpack and then, at a normal pace, took the wooden stairs up to the floor where the 70-year-old psychologist's apartment was.
Just when I wanted to ring the bell - the door was opened from the inside and a blond-haired young woman came out, thanked Dr. Fletcher and then, without taking notice of me, passed later, down the stairs go.
"Hello Naya - please come in" Dr. Fletcher turned to me with a hearty smile.
Just as we wanted to start the session - loud and clear came the message tone for an incoming e-mail and I could see with my green eyes that Dr. Fletcher would have just like to get up - to go to see.
"It's okay - we'd like to have a look at one of the many books - which they have on the shelves - if that would be alright, Doctor," I said and got a grateful smile from the older woman, with the answer we like Books should be allowed. So I got up from the couch and closed the door and go to the bookshelf as went to her PC - to check the incoming message.
There were a lot of books - most of course about psychology and all the illnesses you could get - but I also discovered a book on meditation and could not imagine - that our psychologist was a person doing something like meditation.
But as a psychologist you certainly need many books that deal with the area.
"Did you arrange the books by author and date of publication Doctor?", I wanted to know and my job came to the fore.
"Oh - no Naya, I have not got around yet, they are split up according to the different topics and the books I've already read," Dr. Fletcher explained and a smile appeared on my face - at least there was some order in there.
"Naya - I just got an e-mail from another patient who asked for an important session and he's coming in the next few minutes - I'm really very sorry" said Doctor Fletscher, and I recounted the book on meditation Back on the shelf and felt sorry for the older - she should not worry about something like that.
"This is not a problem Dr. Fletcher, then it will be a short conversation today, I replied and was actually quite happy about this e-mail interruption.
"I did not mean that, I had written with this patient that he would have to wait a bit - after all, our sessions are very important I would like to know more about their personalities Naya - at the last session I had the pleasure to talk to Leslie - are the other personalities ready to talk? ", asked with a gentle - almost mother-like smile - in which everyone else would instantly trust - but we remained suspicious, slowly settling on the couch and Naya was pushed out of the light, someone else took her place.
"Some of us, Dr. Fletcher, do not think so , because of all the awards they've got around here, no, because you're unknown to us, and Naya does not deserve to be hurt by something unknown - and Helena is good at it, to annoy her with a new hangover - by to much drinking - I am Brandon - I am pleased to meet you "