I need help, Miss Lovato

Chapter 24

Lyric

'So Lyric, why do you think that Demi had you admitted here?' Mandy asked for the fifth time, I kept my gaze on the ground and ignored her question, I was not going to talk to her under any circumstance. I missed mom and all I wanted was for her to hug me and tell me it's all going to be okay, god I just wanted her. 

'You aren't going to get better unless you talk about it, do you not want to get better?' I again ignored her presence, she sighed and stood up walking away from where we were sitting.

I heard the door open and her call Amelia's name, she then returned to where she was sitting and I heard footsteps that had to be Amelia's.

'Come on Lyric, you still have to eat dinner' I didn't look up so she wheeled me out of the room and back to my room

'okay so your dinner is here and you are expected to eat all of it' Ashlynn who was already in the room said as we came in

'I already ate' I said, there was no way that was going into my stomach 

'Your mom told us you haven't eaten since lunch time, so you have to eat dinner' Ashlynn simply stated, it was obvious she had been dealing with patients for a while

'I said no' I spat through gritted teeth, kind of scaring myself

'if you don't eat then you'll have to drink a supplement, if you don't drink the supplement you'll get tubed, it's as simple as that' Ashlynn stated again

'I said I'm not eating that, now get it away from me' I screamed as I stood up to run from the room, but Amelia grabbed me and put me down on the bed giving me a stern glance 

'Ashlynn, go, I'll handle this' Amelia said, Ashlynn gave a stern glance to Amelia before hesitantly walking out

'Lyric, seriously, you need to eat' Amelia said in a stern yet caring tone

'No, leave me alone, I'm not eating' I screamed sitting up in the bed

'I know it's hard, and I know that this isn't you talking Lyric, it's your disorder, and there is a little part of you inside that is telling you to fight the disorder, you've got to listen to it Lyric or you won't be alive much longer' Amelia said holding my hand

'I won't eat and you can't make me, you have no idea what it's like' I said pulling away my hand and turning away from her

Amelia mumbled something before standing up and taking away the meal, I smiled to myslef knowing that I had won the battle over the meal. Amelia returned not long after with a cup of something, she placed it on the tray where the meal had been sitting 

'you have to drink all of this, and if you don't we will have to tube you' 

'you won't tube me, I'm not sick enough to be tubed' I claimed pushing the drink away

'you have no idea just how sick you are Lyric, you should have been tubed the minute you stepped into this place even if you were going to eat' 

'I'm not sick!' I screamed

'And I will not fucking drink that so get it out of my sight' I grabbed the drink and threw it across the room, making a huge mess on the floor. Amelia sighed and left the room again, I didn't want to be here any longer, it was like torture, I needed to call mom. Amelia returned ten minutes later with Ashlynn, and Ashlynn had a kit with her. Amelia then placed her hands on my shoulders and held me to the bed

'this is going to hurt alot Lyric, but you have left us with no choice' Ashlynn took the tube out of it's package and placed it against my nose, then marked where my stomach was.

'okay, we're all done' Ashlynn then hooked the tube to a feeding machine that was filled with some sort of high-calorie mushed up shit. Let's just say that she didn't escape without me kicking her twice in the stomach, and Amelia has some scratches on her hands, it hurt so much. 

'I want to talk to mommy' I whined to Amelia as she checked my blood pressure for the fifth times since I've been here

'no phone calls or visitors until you eat' I started to cry as I thought of just how much I missed mom and Marissa

'It's too hard, I can't do it, please Amelia let me talk to mommy, I can't do it without her' Amelia shook her head sadly and looked at me sympathetically

'I'm sorry sweetheart, those are the rules could you please stand up for me?' I stood up like she asked me and felt instantly dizzy

'sit, sit down right now' I quickly sat on the bed and she put me into a laying position

'did you feel dizzy?' she questioned

'no' I lied

'okay, let me rephrase that, did you feel dizzy and don't lie'

'fine yes' She pursed her lips and grabbed my clipboard writing something down

'am I okay?' I asked, she simply ignored my question and walked out of the room coming back with Ashlynn

'okay Lyric, could you stand up for me again' this time it was Ashlynn checking my blood pressure and she gave the same reaction as Amelia

'Well it seems as if your blood pressure is dropping quite significantly when you stand up, so from now on, you are completely wheelchair bound, if you need something done you must ask one of us to help you with it. You are not to leave this bed without one of us knowing, not until we get your health up enough' I rolled my eyes and shoved myself back into the bed, they checked the feeding machine again before Ashlynn left and Amelia sat on the chair next to my bed

'Don't you have other patients?' I ask sassily

'nope, I get assigned to one patient throughout their stay and I have to monitor them 24/7 and report anything that is problematic to Ashylynn, and you are my one paitent'

'great' I mumbled sarcastically before closing my eyes, Amelia sighed

'get some sleep sweetheart, tomorrows going to be a long day'