It was under control

seventeen

"Talk to me," Tom insisted as Jules was experiencing one of her many meltdowns.

"DO YOU KNOW WHAT THOSE FUCKING NURSES SAID TO ME? DO YOU?"

Tom replied in his calm voice, "no I do not, why don't you tell me."

"THEY DESERVED IT TOM. YOU CAN'T TELL ME THAT THEY DIDN'T."

"Okay, take a deep breath, and tell me what they said."

Jules was in tears, "I fucking hate it here Tom, they are horrible."

"I get that, but I need to know what they said, before I can help you."

"They said that they had seen deeper self harm, and that I should have cut more and done it harder if I really wanted to! Now do you get why I did it?" She spoke out with utter anger.

"Both of them?"

"Mmhm." As the young girl sobbed at the thought of the traumatic process.

"Listen to me Jules, the only reason your self harm marks were counted, was to see if you had hurt yourself during your time away from being supervised. I'm sorry they did it like that, and I understand now, why you responded the way you did. The whole situation must have been extremely uncomfortable for you, to which i'm sorry you had to experience, but it is mandatory. However the nurses acted completely out of order, and I can assure you that it will be dealt with. Although Jules, we do need to talk about what you did. I'm not dismissing your situation, you did not deserve any of what happened to you in the searching room, but you as well are in a lot of trouble. What was going through your head Julianna?"

"I was with Joey, of course I didn't self harm."

"Okay. So why were you with Joey? You don't really know each other."

"No, but he was best friends with Theo."

"Right. So do you want to inform me, on what the hell you two were thinking? Escaping the psychiatric ward, while being in the medical centre, being seen and observed for injuries, smoking and then running from us when we found you."

"Took ya a while."

"This isn't a laughing matter Jules. You are in a lot of trouble. I'm surprised Doctor White hasn't come and ripped your head off!"

"See who is joking now!"

He smiled, "it's all jokes now Jules, but honestly, I can't cover for you this time."

"I know, I know. I've accepted my fate now."

"Why Jules? Just why did you do this?"

"Honestly Tom, I don't really know what was going through my head. I wasn't thinking and sort of just followed Joey."

"Maybe Joey isn't such a good influence on you."

"I don't specifically want to be friends with him, I just want to get information out of him."

Tom shook his head, "and what information is that?"

"About Theo," Tom's radio alerted Jules and the occupational therapist to the incoming storm, that was Doctor White, "oh fuck."

"Someone's in trouble," Tom fiddled with the knob on the radio to turn the sound down, "it has happened now, you can't take it back. You have to accept that you will be in a lot of trouble, apologies, and promise to improve your behaviour. Got it?"

"Am I fuck, apologising to Doctor White. Doctor Carson, maybe, but definitely not him."

"Right, so you will be apologising to Doctor Carson?"