Minor Gifts

Chapter 6: Six Months of Solitude...

Not long after the first visit to the Rec Room...

Seconds, became like Minutes...

Minutes, became like Hours...

Hours, became like Days...

Days, became like Months...

This is now my 6th month anniversary, of my stay at the capital.

Things have changed... But not much.

During Rec Room visits, there are group's. If your not in it, Then your either a loner, or your in a different group. There is about 3, and I just so happened to be at the right place at the right time, a few months ago.

I still haven't said a word... But I've met the members of my group.

There was Bennet... He was the groups #1 nerd. He was talkative, funny, and no doubt crushing on Sylvia.

Sylvia, she was a tough member of the group, but deep down she loved Unicorns... And I doubt she means any rude remark that she throws at Bennett.

Blue, Who I later found out was named Tanner, was probably the quietest of them all. (Of course not including me) And he always finds ways to stand up for me, when Grey is trying to torture me...

Grey? (Cole) Well, to sum him up... He's pretty much my frenemy. No matter what he says, or sticks in my hair, I'm always ready to forgive him. Its weird... Him and I.

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Today Dr. Link handed me a letter... She told me that twice a year us teens will receive 'presents' from the capital.

I rolled my eyes at the thought of 'presents from the capital' It ran threw my head a few times... And it only made me more angry.

I looked down at the letter, now in my hand, and gasped at the sight of my fathers handwriting.

' It was a letter from my father!' I told myself, trying to believe my eyes.

I looked back up at Dr. Link, (who must of been 4 inches taller then I) with tears in my eyes... I wanted to hug her, but I was still to angry with the world to put that into action.

She looked sad, as I now studied her face. My eyebrows scrunched up in curiosity. She took a deep breath, and began to sit down in her chair. I was confused.

'Why was she acting like this? Does she actually feel bad about my situation?' I asked myself.

My heart sank, but I was so relieved when, for the first time, we held a conversation.

"Jayden... Please sit down." Dr. Link said, taking another deep breath. So I sat down on my lab bed.

"I know your angry... Angry at everything, even me... But I need you to know that you can trust me." She said, now looking down at her clipboard. I heard the sincerity in her voice, but I NEEDED answers!

"I deserve answers." I replied to her, without meaning to. I must admit... It felt great to finally speak...

Dr. Links eyes widened as her eyes looked back up to mine.

"Y-You said something." She said sounding dramatic but desperate for more.

I wasn't going to say another word, intill she answered me. And only then would she earn a little trust from me.

"Jayden, I truly believe you deserve answers... All of you do... But there isn't much I can tell you, without putting you... Or someone you love in danger..." She said truthfully... So truthfully it hurt, because the first person I thought of was my father...

"What would happen?" I asked, demanding an answer from her.

"S-Something awful... Somthing non of you should ever experience." She said looking up at the darkness above the tunnel that's behind my glass wall.

"So your not going to tell me?" I asked probably in a disrespectful manner... But I didn't care.

"That should be enough!" Dr Link replied back, as her voice became louder, with a motherly like tone.

I flinched, hearing a woman use her strict voice at me. It was foreign to me... I hadn't had a mother in years...

Dr. Link, has been nothing but kind to me, scents I've gotten here. Other then her creepy stares. But I know deep down that I shouldn't disrespect her...

But the anger inside of me has pretty much taken over. I knew that it had, when I answered back with a bitter reply:

"Well, it isn't."

Before she left, Dr. Link took one last look at me as she studied my face in a different, non scientific, way.

She looked concerned for me.

And I probably looked like a little monster to her, that was just waiting to come out.

When she finally left my room... I mumbled out loud,

"I'd be afraid too..."