The Unusual Thoughts of November (On Hold)

Chapter Nine

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"Alright what have you got on you?" The lady behind the desk sneers.
"What?" I ask.
"Empty your pockets."
"Oh," From my pockets I retrieve a fiver and two 2p coins, a 20 pack of Pall Mall with three left in the pack, my lighter and a Post-it note.
"You got a watch on?"
"No."
"Belt?"
"No."
"Shoelaces?"
"Shoelac-"
"Shoelaces." So I remove my laces and place them on the desk.
"November?" A young nurse with a clipboard asks approaching me. Her small heels click on the smooth floor.
"Yeah."
"We're going to have to search you," She smiles.
"Search me?"
"Mmm hmm." I follow her to a room further inside the clinic. "Okay, can you go inside and take of your clothes please." I freeze. "Come on, I haven't got all day." Hesitantly, I step inside and take off my clothes, leaving me in just my underwear. "You done?" She calls from outside.
"Yes," I mutter. She opens the door and starts scribbling something on her clipboard, the pen scratching against the paper.
"Turn around." And I do, avoiding the full-length mirror on the wall. She writes something else. "Okay, thank you." I turn back around. "We'll have to search your clothes but in the mean time you can wear this," she hands me a dressing gown which I quickly put on and gathers my scattered clothes. We climb the stairs to a bare room with two well-made single beds in it. "This is your room, your room mate is in the activity room right now so you'll be meeting her later. Your brother brought over some of your things," she gestures to basket at the end of one of the beds filled with clothes and some CD cases. "Your timetable and a map is there as well. If you have any questions go and ask at the office. I'll leave you to it." Just like that, gone.
I sit down on the bed and pick up one of the CD cases. Witten in marker pen on the front it reads 'November's playlist'. I smile. Leo must have put this together. As I rummage through the pile I find Leo's favourite book 'The Curious Incident of The Dog in The Night-Time'. The spine is broken and the pages are curved. A hot tear streaks down my cheek. I wipe it away and start reading the book. I lose track of time and before I know it the door opens.
"Oh sorry," a girl with overly layered black hair walks in. "You're November aren't you?"
"Um, yeah."
"I'm Leah. Well, you might wanna get ready for bed it's lights out soon."
"Oh, right," I find some pajamas among the heap of clothes and get changed. The whole while I stay faced away from Leah.
"Don't talk much do you?"
"Not really," I confess, sighing.
"LIGHTS OUT!" A nurse shouts from outside.
"Well, night." Leah smirks and we climb into bed and she turns off the light.

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Sorry the update is so late but Wattpad was being a bitch and I'm sorry the chapter is reeaally short but sice the last three have been really intense so i thought I'd tone it down a little. Anyway we're nearly at 1k reads!!! Thank you all so much! Have an amazing day!