70. thousand. reads.
I'm sufficiently speechless, so in celebration, I'm posting a favourite of mine. I hope y'all like the 'Nurse' chapters as much as I do.
(Also, in case you want to know, I'm almost done writing the second lady to The Boy In The Tree!
Any guesses for what they could possibly be up to? ;)
Comment your guess... it'll probably be true based on the last sentence lol.)
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"So, Scott, would you say you've improved at all in the last month?"
Scott shrugged, but gave a small nod.
"I... I guess, yeah." He replied softly, refusing to make eyecontact with the man in front of him. Ian frowned, writing down in his journal.
"And are you okay with your roommate?" He asked.
Scott looked up at him then, nodding.
Ian raised his eyebrows questioningly. He glanced down at his journal and flipped a few pages over.
"You're roomed with... Mitchell Grassi, correct?" Ian asked. Scott, smiling slightly, nodded again.
Ian's eyed widened slightly as he continued reading.
"Histrionic personality disorder, Peter Pan syndrome... Intermittent explosive disorder..."Ian mumbled. Scott pressed his lips together, playing with the stress ball in his hands.
Ian eye'd Scott nervously.
"And you're positive you don't need a roommate change?" Ian asked. Scot quickly shook his head.
"Yes! I mean... yes. I like him, he's... he's okay. He's good." Scott quickly defended. Ian nodded and hummed quietly.
"Alright... and is your new prescription in yet?" Scott huffed, trying not to roll his eyes; and yet continued answering his questions.
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"No! I'm not taking them unless Scott kisses my forehead!" Mitch yelled. Nancy let out a soft sigh, anxiously looking at Mitch.
"Mitch, I'm not sure how much longer Scott has his consoling for. You can't just refuse medicine unless he's here!" Mitch whined loudly, stomping the ground once with his foot.
"You're so mean to me! Nancy, why are you being so mean to me!?" He cried. Nancy shook her head slightly, gently placing her hands on either one of his shoulders.
"Mitch, I'm trying to help you. You trust me, don't you?" Mitch huffed loudly, frowning.
"I did until you tried positing me! I don't want it! I want Scott, he wouldn't poison me! I'll take them if Scott is here and kisses my forehead, he promised!"
Mitch exclaimed angrily.
Nancy opened her mouth to reply, but was cut off.
"Hey! Sorry, it ran a little too long." Scott apologized as he approached them. Mitch smiled widely.
"Yay! Hi Scott! Nancy, Scotts here! He promised me and he's here! Yay!" Mitch cheered. Scott smiled at him, before leaning frohead and kissing his forehead.
Mitch took the pills from Nancy and without hesitation took them, smiling widely.
Nancy sighed before looked at Scott.
"A word?" Scott narrowed his eyes, but followed her as she took a few steps away from Mitch. Mitch began talking to another nurse, and he didn't seem to notice.
"You need to tell Mitch to take his medicine even if you're not there." Scott tilted his head slightly, crossing his arms.
"But he just took it with whining?" Nancy shook her heard slightly.
"I've been trying to make him take them for ten minutes. He's only taking them when you kiss him. Scott, I understand that you and Mitch have a solid connection, but he cannot depend on you all the time. That's one of the reasons he's here, he needs to learn to function by himself." Nancy explained.
