She's still standing.

Meet my bodyguard

Ch. 26
The next day I woke up with a pounding headache. There was a big body guard guarding the bathroom door. Now, if I had to use the bathroom I had to go out of my room. But, he would just guard the door. He'd be my escort, to go basically anywhere.

"Hello Mr." I said holding my head.

"Hello Shailey." Said the body guard. "My name is Joe. We're going to be best friends."

"Right..." I said a little creeped out. "Is there a shower in the other bathroom?" I asked.

"No." Said the body guard.

"Am I supposed to not take a shower for a month?" I asked with a disgusted look on my face.

"No, they have a bathroom where you can go with a bunch of showers in it. " Said the body guard. "Don't worry, there's curtains separating them."

"Okay..." I said as I laid back down in my bed and looked at my therapy schedule. Friday: 11:00 am and 4:30 pm.
"I guess I have therapy today."

The nurse arrived with my breakfast and reminded me about therapy.

"I'll be here at 10:55 to take you to therapy, Shailey." She said kindly, setting my breakfast tray at the end of my bed.

"Thank you nurse...uhh...What's your name?" I asked.

"Monica" she said walking out the door.

"Thank you nurse Monica." I said grabbing some toast.

I got a text from Noah around 8:45am saying: that's a pretty sweet room. Everything going fine?

I replied: yes. Everything's great here!

I didn't want to tell him about my third suicide attempt in 1 day, so I just left that part out.

He replied: great! I'll be there right after school. 2:00.

I said: okay. See you then

10:55 came eventually and nurse Monica showed up.

"Let's go Shailey." She said.

"I don't have any other clothes. All I have are these for a month." I said.

"You can worry about that later, we have to get you to therapy." Said Monica.

I got up off the bed and followed Monica upstairs to therapy. Once I got there, a nice looking man greeted me. Monica pushed me in and walked out.

"Good morning Shailey, I'm doctor West." He said shaking my hand. "Please sit."
I sat on the couch "criss-cross applesauce" (as they used to say in kindergarten.) "You're probably aware of this, but we're here to talk about your feelings, why you feel how you do." He said. "First question: "what caused you to try to commit suicide the first time?"

I thought about it, then spoke.

"There was a video and very nasty and mean comments were written on there. But there was some other nasty and very mean comments before the video, but the video was my breaking point." I said looking at the floor.

"Okay. Do you want to tell me what the video was about?" He asked.

"Not really. It was too bad to even think about." I said.

"Alright." He said.
He was writing stuff down in his notebook. I pulled my knees closer to my chest.

"That's all we're going to do today Shailey, you're free to go." He said standing up and opening the door.

"Really, that's it?" I asked.

"Yep. You're doing better than most people. Usually people don't open up as much as you did, but since that happened we're done for the morning. Come back this afternoon." He said.

"Cool." I said. "Thanks sir."
I walked back to my room with Monica.

"You did great Shailey!" She said.

"How do you know?" I asked her.

"Most people don't finish that fast." She said. "Here we are. Here's your room."

"Hey, I didn't even realize my room number was 123." I said.

The nurse laughed and closed the door behind me.

"Hey Joe." I said. "Can I go and take a shower? My boyfriend is coming after school."

"Yeah. Sure. I just have to escort you. And I have to let Nurse Monica know. " He said.
We started walking to the showers and Joe and I started to talk a little. "So, I'm gonna get to meet your boyfriend?" Asked Joe.

"I guess so. I can't leave this building, and there's really no where else to go, so yeah." I said.

"What's his name?" Joe asked me.

"Noah." I said.

"That's a cool name." He said.

"Yep. I like it too." I said smiling.

I hopped into the shower and hopped out. By the time I got out, it was time for lunch. Joe and I walked back to the room, and I waited for Monica to bring me my lunch. After my shower I put on the same clothes. I called Noah and told him to grab some of my clothes at my house before he came over.

12:00 pm came and so did my lunch.

"Here's your lunch. Shailey." Said nurse Monica. "Yours is coming Big Joe."

"You get lunch too?" I asked him.

"Yep. Do you think I just stay here with you, watching you eat lunch, and I don't get any?" He asked.

"Well, I wasn't sure." I said.

"It's cool" he said.
Monica came back in.

"Here Joe." She handed Joe his lunch.

"Thanks Monica." He said.

"Shailey, I'll be here at 4:25." Said Monica.

"Okay." I said stuffing my sandwich in my mouth with a couple chips.

I got a call from my mom,
"Shailey?!? Where are you?" She yelled into the phone.

I totally forgot about my mom.
"I'm staying at my friends house for a month or more. I sent Noah to get my clothes and bring them to...uh, Riley's house." I said.
I don't have a friend named Riley I made it up so my mom wouldn't know I'm at a mental hospital.

"Okay." She said. "Come back whenever."
She hung up.

"Who was that?" Asked Joe.

"My mom." I said.

"Does she know you're here? It didn't sound like she did." He said.

"She doesn't know and she wouldn't care." I said.

"What kind of a mom is she?" Asked Joe.

"You have no idea." I said.