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The Puppet Master

A Visit to the Doctor's Office

*Emilie's POV*
"Do you want a lift?" My mother (or rather smotherer) asks.
"I'd rather take the bus."
"Okay, back home by 6 pm. I love you. " she calls as I slam the door.

The bus stop smells of urine and rain like always. Always rain. But what can you expect in Scotland? They shouldn't have buses, boats would be better.
The old bus driver glares at me through his glasses. I hand him my student card and find a seat on my own about half way up. I make the dull mistake of sitting on the inside by the window and not putting my BVB messenger bag on the seat next to me, so some stoner who reeks of cigarettes and is missing half his teeth sits by me - there's plenty of seats, but he's clearly off his face on something. And of course, he is insistent on talking to me.
"I like your nose ring." He says.
"Um... thank you." I respond without choking somehow.
"I have my tongue done." And he shows me. His teeth are yellow and black.
"Lovely. " I say. The next stop is within walking distance.
"I have tattoos too."
"Um. That's cool. I'm sorry Sir, I'd love to stay and chat but this is my stop." I say.
"Oh, of course, " he stands as the bus decelerates "It was a pleasure talking to you."
"Thank you." I mumble.
"What a polite young lady." I hear him say as I get off.
Now it's a miles walk to West's office. In the rain. Fun. Not.

As soon as West's receptionist -Samantha- sees me, she is all over me.
"Oh my goodness, Emilie, you're absolutely drenched!" She exclaims whilst taking my coat. "Hold on. I'll get you some clean, dry clothes and we can put your's in the tumble dryer!"
"Thanks Sam."
She hands me a baggy top that's probably West's -considering he practically lives at the office- and a a pair of jogging bottoms (definitely West's). She then ushers me into a side room and takes my sodden clothes when I'm done.

I trundle into West's room.
"Emilie!" he exclaims from by the filing cabinet whilst beaming at me. It's that smile that makes me want to trust him. "I um, see you got caught in the deluge."
"Yeah, I took the bus until a mile out because some creepy stoner came and sat by me."
"Lovely for you!" he says sarcastically.
I sit down. "So what's your tool of choice to get into my head? You gonna use a saw or a metal spike like they do with lobotomies?"
He shakes his head and sighs. "Emilie, you know I disagree with such barbaric practices. I'm not trying to get in your head, Em. I'm not Doctor Saddler!"
I flinch. "Don't say her name!"
He looks sympathetically and it makes me mad.
"I'm not her Em. Nobody is ever going to do what she tried to do to you."
"Well excuse me for taking precautions." We glare at each other momentarily. His greenish eyes stabbing through my hazel.
He breaks off. "Do you haveyour diary?"
"No, I forgot it." Truth is, I left it on purpose.
"I got some new ink! Do you want to see?" He changes the subject.
"Okay." I admit. Damn my weakness for tattoos!
It's only small. A tree on his shoulder. It's pretty though.
We generally talk about everything. Then my 45 minutes slot is almost up. I get up to leave and grab my bag from the radiator. I'm almost home-free without him seeing what I accidentally did to myself the nightbefore last.
I am reaching for the door when, "Emilie, one last thing, sleeves." He demands.
I sigh and march towards the sofa where he is sat.
He takes my left hand and rolls up the sleves, shaking his head at the bandage. He gently unravels it and the scab comes off too, making it bleed. He doesn't say a word and it hurts more than if he'd screamed at me. He gets the first aid kit and disinfects it. I wince. His slightly calloused fingertips brush the side of my wrist as he puts a fresh bandage on. His hands are warm. He takes the other arm and re-bandages that one too. He motions for me to sit.
"Explain."
"It's not what you think! I had a dream where I cut myself and I woke up and I had subconsciously clawed my wrist . Please, I didn't mean to!"
He sighs and shakes his head. " Emilie, Em."
"Daniel, Dan!" I mock.
He looks at me through his hands. "Okay. I believe you."
"Thank you."
"Go get your clothes then."

I dress in my own stuff and leave through reception.
"- so you want an appointment on the 17th? Tomorrow then? Okay I can book you in at 2:30 pm." Samantha says into the phone.
"Bye Sam." I say and she waves.

The weather has gotten much better and I decide to walk instead of risk the bus. It's 4 miles, but I can do that in the hour and a half my mother wants me home in - I could even nip into Costa Coffee for a Mocha.
My route takes me past the Children's Hospice and I'm sipping my Mocha when a little girl with no hair whatsoever gasps at me.
"Your t-shirt has my angel on it!" She cries.
"Oh, it does?" I stop.
"Yeah! He is called Ashley and he visits my dreams! He grants me all my wishes and he says that he's going to make sure it doesn't hurt when the leukaemia kills me and that he's going to make sure I find my way to the Heaven Dimensions!"
"Oh, well, I'm sorry to hear about your leukemia. Ashley is nice like that, isn't he? He's my angel too, he helped make the cuts on my arms go away. Could you tell him that, next time you see him?"
"Ashley is magic. Of course I will tell him. He's going to take me to heaven tonight."
I had to go. I couldn't. That poor, sweet, innocent little girl was going to die soon.
"Hey, um, little girl, what's your name?"
"Kaelani."
"Well, Kaelani. I'm Emilie. I would love to talk more but my mummy wants me home soon and she gets upset if I'm late."
"Okay! Goodbye Emilie!"
Poor girl.

Notes

-TheBunnyRegimeQueen
Again, I know we didn't discuss this @MarryBerry, but I was off sick today so I had way too much time and I was bored so I wrote a filler. Hope you don't mind. :)

Please feel free to comment guys!

Comments

Da hell dude. You can't leave it like that!

Seagull_frenzy Seagull_frenzy
6/12/16

Back at cha

Seagull_frenzy Seagull_frenzy
5/27/16

@Seagull_frenzy
I love you x

Can't wait for the next chapter dude!;)

Seagull_frenzy Seagull_frenzy
5/17/16

@Seagull_frenzy
We do! Yay!