The Perfect Mask

Chapter 3

so I did not expect people to actually read this, thank you for 200 reads in FRICKEN  2 WEEKS, like seriously that was unexpected. anyways, here is the next cringe chapter. Im not gonna have a set update schedule because I do travel bball and that can get extremely chaotic. I will try to update tho whenever I am free.

~Eric POV ~ (weird I know)

Honestly, I do not know what to think of Elliot. He is a mystery. He can be super hyper active at one point, and then pretty calm at the next. It has only been three days since he arrived, but I can tell he is hiding something.

Yesterday he was outside since early morning all the way to dinner. While he had been extremely active, the only meal he ate was dinner. Even then, he did not each much. Only one slice and then he had some water. 

While this may seem an invasion of privacy, I am concerned for the kid, so I decided to put cameras in his room.

Just hear me out. If we do not find anything wrong, no harm done. We take the cameras down and go on like nothing happened. If we do find something wrong, we get to help him.

It is a win win situation.

Everyone in the institution knows that I out the cameras in Elliot's room except Elliot himself.

I really just want to figure this kid out. I was trying to figure him out at dinner last night, but I think could tell. He looked at me calmly, not like the hyper active self he normally was, then looked away becoming hyper active again.

After that, it seemed as if his mental walls greatened. He avoided almost any question we asked him about his life before coming here. He only answered enough for all of the other boys at the Institution here to be satisfied. Not me though, I know there is something wrong with him and I will find out.

I think that he does need medication for his ADHD, and he is trying to hide it. That is the only thing that I can tell is wrong, but then again. He could be a great actor. 

That is why, the next time he goes out to play basketball all day we are going to watch the recordings of the cameras. 

If I suspected anything truly wrong, I would watch them sooner, but he does seem fine to me.

Let me just say something though, THIS KID IS AMAZING AT BASKETBALL! 

My boyfriends and I, still don't know how he found that we were all dating, decided to go outside to the back and hang out together on the back porch when we saw him. He could crush a D1 team on his own if he wanted! At least I think so, I don't know too much about basketball.

Simon is pretty good at sports though, and he himself said that Elliot was good. Simon hardly ever complements people, so that is saying something.

Anyways, I need to go make sure that the boys eat and take there meds.

~Elliot POV~

I woke up this morning, screaming again. Though, I was suprised that I was able to fall asleep two nights in a row. I look at the clock, and it 7:00 am. I knew I was up last night till at least 5:00 am. I think I might have passed out from blood loss. I don't really remember anything.

I just remember the bad thoughts coming through my head. The need to study, but my brain couldn't take it, so I played music. Then I cut. I think I did some stuff during or after that but I don't remember.

I don't even know how I got on my bed. Whatever. I don't feel like socializing today, but when do I ever.

I look down and find that I did not properly clean my arms. Shit. There was blood all over the sheets. I guess I will have to use the sink to clean them as best I can. I know I can't use the washer they have here because there is a chance that they will see how bloody the sheets are.