Keira's Life

Keira: Chapter 9

I rubbed my eyes slowly and looked around. I was in the same room I'd been in for the past two days. I'd just spend the two days adjusting to my new surroundings, it was weird being away from home but in the end it would benefit me. My auntie said if I wasn't making enough progress she'd pay for me to stay for two more months, I was only here for 2 weeks.

A knock on my door made me look up and my psychiatrist Cathy was standing by the door, she smiled at me warmly and sat on the chair in the corner of the room.

'How are you settling in?' I shrugged.

'Okay I guess, kinda homesick.'

'You think 2 weeks is bad? Some are here for 6 months to a year, Keira I really want to help you get better but I can only do that if you're willing to help yourself.' I nodded, she made sense and she seemed nice.

'Yeah, I will... I want to get better, I'm here to do that.' She smiled.

'Good, so I'll see you in the hall in about an hour?'

'Yup, bye.' She waved and left the room. I was sharing my room with another girl that was a year older than me called Rebecca. She was alright but I wasn't really here to make friends, I was here to get better and then leave. I went to shower and brush my teeth, I got creamed and dressed and sat back down on my bed. I wanted to give Ricardo a call so I had to go and use the phone that everyone else used seeing as our phones were taken away from us. Apparently it's to stop us getting distracted, this place was becoming like a prison. I dialled Ricardo's number and after a few rings he picked up.

'Who's this?'

'It's me... Keira.' The line went silent and I heard him sigh.

'Don't hang up please... I'm in rehab I just thought you should know I am trying and I really do care about us, this is why I'm doing it-'

'Keira, don't just do this because you think I'll take you back when you come out. I want you to do this for you, not me or anyone else. You don't understand that do you?'

'I do but-'

'No, just get better yeah? I'll speak to you soon.' He hung up and I just left the phone hanging and walked down two flights of stairs. It was quite nice I must admit but I just wanted to go home. I walked into one of their smaller halls were about 10 other girls were sitting, we were all here for different reasons. I had been assesed and they confirmed that not only was I just depressed, it was manic depression also known as Bipolar. It scared me to think I had it and how it was caused but I needed to learn how to control it.

'Good morning Ladies, we've got someone new joining us, this is her first time doing anything like this so Keira would you like to stand up and tell us why you're here?' She already knows. Why does everyone else have to know as well? I slowly stood up looking at the floor, I could tell they were all watching and I sighed.

'I'm Keira, I'm 14 years old and I'm here because I've got Bipolar and I don't know how to control it.' I said and quickly sat back down, I could tell Cathy was looking at me. Whether she was happy with it or not, that was all she was getting out of me. She continued speaking anyway and all I could think about was Ricardo, what if he'd already moved on? Maybe that's why he told me not to think about him? I might sound desperate but I was really falling for him so it was hard for me. After that whole class I went straight back up to my room and sat on my bed, about 5 minutes later Rebecca came in and gave me a small smile.

'What was that about in the hall ?' She asked and I raised my eyebrow.

'What do you mean?'

'The quick description of yourself, the whole point of you being here is to open up Keira, you're not gonna be taken seriously if you can't even introduce yourself properly.'