Hell With A Smile

ANDY'S POV

I stood right in front of the massive building, having stepped outside the car, Finn stood beside me as he followed my gaze and looked upwards to the very peek of the building, I clutched tight to my bag slung over my shoulders, I breathed out heavily, Finn stared at me and suddenly gripped my hands, fixing his fingers in between mine..

"Wanna make a run for it??" He asked

I laughed, imagining the scenario especially when the therapist calls and informs our parents that we didn't show up, bailing out wasn't any remedy..

"No bro, I'm going in, just trying to know which window to break you know, that might be necessary"

"Hahaha, no suicide baby, just push the dude instead"

"Finn!!!" I nudged him playfully

"What???, he's old, in my defense, I guess" he smiled

We both laughed and got quiet, he stared at me again and said "come on sis, let's make it in"

"You ain't coming up with me Finn" I objected and for no reason

"Why???"

"Huh, dunno, it's my mess, can I make it alone?" I said weakly..

"Story....let's go jhor"

I laughed as we moved in and headed towards the elevator, we got in, pressed the floor number 7 and fell silent as it glided upwards, I didn't know how I was going to feel after today, but this was me facing my fears, my fear of been called psycho and imbalanced, this was me gulping it all in...

"You okay sis????" Finn asked again

"I'm okay, hahaha, you get worried much more for me than you should, I'll be fine"

"Alright, if you say so" he said still gripping my left hand

The elevator came to a halt much faster than I bargained for, it opened and I slowly took a step forward, Finn gently pulled me back, I turned to face him smiling weakly...

"You got this Andy Hunter!....you are a pain in the ass but strong, you can take down any kinda show down psychologically, you got this"

I simply smiled and hugged him with every emotions in me

"I'm not about been slaughtered you know, I'll be okay bro, thanks, I needed this, I doubt I can but if you do believe I can, I'll flow with you"

"You ain't about been slaughtered?... You think????" Finn said trying to joke and cheer me up and it did lighten me up a bit, I smiled, disengaged myself and stepped away from the elevator, he winked at me, reached for a button, pressed a number and smiled as the doors came together to shut me out from his sight

I smiled and breathed hard out, again...smiled and headed towards his office, couldn't they just provide a female psychologist?, at least for me????

I sighed and knocked timidly on his door, waited for about 5 seconds and knocked again, this time with a little bit of confidence, hearing a voice say "come in", I let myself in almost immediately...

Welcome to my mess, therapist, let's hope we both benefit from meeting each other...

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He had his back to me, obviously on a call as I heard him mutter some replies, since there was no one else there but me, I figured it had to be a call, I coughed and made light sounds with my feet, that got his attention as he unplugged his earphones and turned to face me..

He wasn't old as Finn thought, he was the direct opposite of been old, I guess he was around 23 years of age, no kidding, I became confused..

"Sorry, I guess am in the wrong room" I said

He laughed "no you ain't, come right in, I'm Doctor. Andrew, definitely not who you were expecting, Doctor. Oaukrim is on a vacation, probably for a year or 8 months, so, I'll be here for a while"

"Okay, nice" I stuttered

"Do make yourself comfortable, I hope you can still talk to me as you would do, him"

I smiled, "actually, I've never had a session with him, so I think I can, just wasn't expecting a replacement"

"Oh, good, I'm glad, works for me too, was scared I would have to put on glasses and smear my face with powder to look older" he said obviously trying to make me feel comfortable and ease up, really doc????

I smiled lightly "I'm okay doctor, you don't have to try acting funny if you can't"

He looked at me and smiled even more "I'm glad then, I can easily be myself then, care for a drink?"

Did he just offer me a drink when he was meant to pull out a jotter??

"No, thanks"

"Not even juice???" He pressed on

"Okay, I'll take Everyday juice, if you have that please"

He grinned "sure, I do, someone's favorite, same here you know" he moved towards the little refrigerator in the corner to get the juice, I smiled weakly and just stared round his office, it wasn't so bad looking, he had obviously changed some things in the office that screamed elderly and old, nice of him, I thought

Having poured out a glassful of Everyday juice for me, he settled in his chair to get out a note pad and pen, I sipped a bit of the juice and muttered a ' thank you'

"So, Andy, could we begin from the basis, tell me about yourself, name and all"

"But you have my file there doctor, I'm sure it contains all that" I queried

He quietly removed a lighter and set the clean sheet of paper on fire, I stared with my mouth open..

"What the hell!!" I cursed

"How about we pretend I never got any file on you and let you begin from the scratch, and also pretend you didn't just swear" he said, when the file had reduced to a black patch of smoke in the bin, smiling, he increased the volume of the air conditioner and in few seconds, no fume of smoke was seen anywhere around..

"Sorry about swearing, but that took me off balance"

"I can tell"

"And I could lie you know" I argued

"Then try not to, I'll roll with you still if you lie to me, am putting my trust instincts in your hands, I'm on your side, whatever you say now is what goes into this note pad, so, let's begin"

I stared at him as he smiled, somehow, that one action got me relaxed and comfortable, he was ready to accept anything I said without doubt, whether true or false, I smiled in return and began talking slowly.....