Strange

2. Queenie

As soon as Sunny left all of the questions hit.

"So what are you in for? Did you try to kill yourself like I did? What horribly awful backstory do you have?" Jen asked as she plopped down on her bed. "You don't need to be so shy. Lighten up a bit."

I didn't appreciate all the questions. What part of 'please leave me alone' did this girl not get?

"I said leave me alone." I managed to mutter, trying to add a bit more force to my words to get my point across.

"Why are you getting upset? Is the little crazy girl too afraid to share her story?" She mocked in a taunting voice.

I decided I didn't like Jen very much.

"I'm 17, not some stupid little girl. And I'm not crazy. Don't call me that." I mumbled through clenched teeth. I was struggling to hold my anger in so that I wouldn't attack the damn girl. Getting a roommate was one step closer to getting out of here and I really did not want to lose that chance.

"Oh shit I'm sorry. I thought you were like 15 or something like I am." She tried to look apologetic. It wasn't working. "But can you please tell me why you're in here? I'm just curious and want to get to know you better."

I slowly looked up and held up both my arms, revealing long dark scars running from my wrists to my elbows. Her eyes widened slightly at the sight of them. I thought that was pretty funny.

"Is that all?" The younger girl continued to question. "How long have you been in here?"

"Three years." Back to the mumbling.

"That can't be the only thing you did if you've been in here that long." Jen  persisted. "What else did you do?"

"None of your business. Now leave me alone. Please." I put extra emphasis on that word to let her know that I really didn't want to be talked to right now.

"Wait wait, just one more question." The younger girl scrambled to speak before I finally drew the line. "Why do you wear that mask?"

As soon as the words left her mouth, a bell rung to let us know that it was time for breakfast.

I sighed and stood up. "Come on, it's breakfast time. I'll show you to the cafeteria. You can meet some of the other patients too. They're all pretty nice so don't worry."

This would be my first time eating in the cafeteria as well as having a new roommate. Sunny would be dropping off my normal clothes soon too so that I didn't have to wear this stupid dress anymore.

As we walked down one of the many white hallways to our destination, I remembered something. I had to take off my mask to eat. 'Well shit.' I thought to myself.

Looks like she'd be finding out my "horribly awful backstory" a lot sooner than I had hoped.