The curious mind of alice hall

Gifts and remembering red

After having a nice dinner i lay on my tummy, across my bed playing with my teddies, its so fun the adventures we have.

'Playing is joyous,oh how we love it,it makes us happy..happy it does indeed'

"Yes i like it to" i reply.

I can hear the pitter patter of rain outside, if i could sleep now i would,its nighttime and quiet late.I stare out the small window of my door,seeing the flickering light.

"One,two...three,one..two..three,one,two..three" i mumble as i count the faulty light. I didnt like todays therapy session,she made me remember,remember how my shadow friends brought that scary person.i bite my lip as i remember those crimson eyes.

'Yes him,we remember'

'Hell take us away,away..away we shall go to dance and play'

"Who is he? " I ask the voices as I play with one of my plush dogs.

"He is our most beloved"

Beloved? What do they mean,I'm so confused i feel the tightening of my head and the pressure against my temple.I press a finger to my head as I try to shake it away but to no avail my headache continues

"Sing for us?"

"No,no singing..i want to rest"i reply lying down on the side and curling up into a ball, "no,no..silence please" i continue to say. the eerie silence and no reply is a slight relief to my uncomfortable and sore head. I stay in that position all night staring away into my own world,remembering the warm touch of the shadow stranger and those red irises.

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The next day I wait for a nurse to come, everyday at 7.30 aclock is when we have breakfast, i look at the clock in my room and see its 7 am, I wish to have a shower before i eat,nodding to myself in agreement i plop off my bed and walk over to my door with my mind set and bang on the door loudly,probably waking up some of the other patients.

The loud squeaking and groaning of the metal door as its wrenched open sounds like a horrible chalk board.a female nurse opens it and as it seems her shift just started she does not look to pleased with my loud noise so early in the morning.

"Alice! Please do not make such a horrible racket so early in the morning some of the other residents are sleeping!..now what is it you are after" she asks a hand impatiently on her hip and her lips twisted into a scowl.
Disappointed with my service I look up at her and clench my hands together.

"i want a shower" i say confidentiality

The nurse gives a frustrated sigh before glances at her nursing watch and then back to me.

"Ok,very well,let me grab the towels and wash cloths first. grab some clean clothes and make sure they're warm its a rainy day outside" she says before turning around

I smile to myself and turn around and skip over to my draw were i keep majority of my clothes. I grab some clean undies,socks,a loose white shirt,with long sleeves and a loose cream knitted sweater. I look at the pants laid in my draw and i feel my eyebrows pull together. I do not like wearing pants they feel to restrictive,changing my sock again i pick out some thick black thigh ones. the nurse has returned and she gestures for me to follow her to the showers. i eagerly follow in her footsteps with a jump in my step, as we arrive in girls showering section the nurse stops and hands me the towel and wash cloth. a lot of the time they have to shower the other patients as they're not capable of doing it themselves, but the easier patients like me and Vanessa are a bit of a relief for them as long as we don't have any episodes.