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"I tried to fix it up a bit while you were away" Rebekah opens the door to my room.
The bedding was this beautiful green floral pattern it reminded me of all the houses in the country my mom and I hid out in. The chair from the corner was missing it was replaced with a laundry bin with a similar green floral lining. The rug on the floor was also different it was this green and white woven rug it looked similar to the one in Rebekah and Marcel's room.
"I love it" I say looking around the room trying to see if anything else had changed.
"I brought the popcorn" Kol runs into the room and hops on the bed causing the bed to scrape against the floor.
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"Get away from me" I push the bed into Emma's knees.
"Hope please stop" Emma tries to chase me
I don't answer her I just try to block her from me
"Hope the other treatments weren't working as well this is your only hope" Emma tries to catch me.
"I'm not getting knocked out and I'm not forgetting" My tears stain my face.
"I promise it's not as worse as you think" Emma grabs hold of both of my arms
"Please stop I don't want this" I sob unable to break free from her grasp.
"Be brave Hope I promise it's not bad it will make it better." Emma tries to reason and I try to pull myself together " Your team and I really feel like you would benefit from ECT."
"Your messing with my brain" a final tear falls down my face.
"Please Hope be brave I'll walk you down to the room" Emma practically drags me to the room because I'm to tired to walk.
In the room I'm coldly greeted by numerous technicians and nurses.
"Hop up on the table" Emma releases my hand so I can climb up the steps stool and onto the table.
The room is cold and I'm just bare in a gown laying on the table then a nurse comes over with a mask "The anesthesia may smell a bit strong like nail polish, but I put this cherry stuff in it to make it smell better" she places the mask over my mouth and nose.
"Are things starting to feel off"she asks after a couple of minutes.
That's when this bone chilling fear takes over and I start squirming and kicking the table with the leg I had already lost feeling in.
"She's kicking the table" a nurse says.
I start squirming and I turn my head to the side managing to slip the mask off of my face.
"Hold still it will be okay" the nurse who put on my mask holds my hand. " I'll be with you the whole way"
"I don't want to do this" I yell into the mask.
Another nurse runs over to hold my arm.
" Please stop" I cry over and over.
Four nurse lean their head over mine while I'm crying in exhaustion and fear "stop" over and over again.
Until I'm just gone the last thing I remember is their faces and my foot finally resting against the table.
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I shudder and I reach back to hold onto Rebekah's arms and she makes it so she's holding me.
"Are you ok love" she asks sitting on the bed holding me in her lap.
"It's just memories" I shiver.
"Ok dear if you need anything just ask" Rebekah rubs my back.
"We are watching Heathers" Kol rolls around on the bed.
"Kol don't you think that movie is a little.....dark" Rebekah wraps a blanket around us.
"Come on Rebekah, Hope and I watched this movie all the time when she was seven" Kol begs
" You let here watch Heathers when she was seven" Rebekah scolds him
"It taught our niece valuable lessons like fashion, faking your death, and overthrowing your schools hierarchy." Kol defends.
"By committing murder" she argues
"Still valid" Kol defends.
"What are we watching" Keelin asks holding Nik.
"Heathers" Rebekah rolls her eyes.
"I thought you said you were putting on something family friendly" Keelin sets Nik on the bed next to me.
"This is family friendly Keelin" Kol scoffs.
"Ok fine" Keelin gives up
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I totally did not write this about past and present trauma ;)
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FanfictionFor most of her life, Hope has sat back and watched the world spin around her trying to fit into the picture. She tries to lay low like she does every year, but an accident causes her to see another student in a different light.
