Heroin(e) | DISCONTINUED

Chapter 6

*sensitive topics: abuse/drug abuse*

"So tell me something about you, then." I ask her. I already read her file but I'm still curious for what she has to say. I see her twitch and turn uncomfortably and fiddle with the edge of her blanket. "C'mon, I even told you my embarrassing age." I say sort of jokingly to which she smiles. "Not embarrassing, you're really pretty." She says and I awkwardly chuckle. "There's just not a lot about me." She turns her head and looks out the window. "I'm sure there is. I'm not pushing you to tell me, I want you to feel safe." I assure her and she looks at me, twinkling in her eyes. "You do?" She softly asks. "Ofcourse, I'm your nurse. I'm supposed to keep you safe and healthy." I say. And you're pretty damn interesting. I think in myself. This girl is so intriguing, I want to know every little detail about her. The more I talk with her the more relaxed she becomes and it's amazing to see. "Okay.. I'm Raja Gemini and I turned 20 two weeks ago." She says and stops talking. She might be more comfortable but sharing stuff is just not happening. "But that I already knew about you." I say. "How?" She asks me and I explain to her that I've gotten a file on her and some other info from the boss. "So you know how I got here then?" She asks me. Her head is pointing down and her voice is soft. "I do. But if you don't want to tell meanything about it, that's completely fine with me."

After 5 minutes of silence I decide to stand up to go do something else until I hear her soft, cracking voice. "I ran away from home." She says and I turn around in my path. "What?" I carefully ask. "When I was 16 I ran away from home. My father was abusive and my mother didn't want to acknowledge it. He showed me every corner of the house everytime she left." My eyes shoot wide open as I listen to her story, gently sitting back in the place I just sat. "Where did you live?" I dare to ask her. "Everywhere and nowhere. Sometimes I slept on the streets for whole weeks." She replies and I can't do anything else but nod. "And when everything had really went to shit I turned to heroin to get my mind off it all. I don't know who found me but I'm very.. grateful." She pauses before saying grateful, turning to face me and smiling weakly. At the same time I see the beady tears forming. I do what every good person would do and scoot closer to take the girl in my arms. I can feel her lean against me and I wrap my arms around her, comforting her.

I pull my arms back and already hate the cold air thats taking away her warmth thats trying to cling to me. I shouldn't be so close with this girl but I can't help it. She needs me and she's really showing it. "Listen. I'll be here all night so you can always ring the bell and I'll be right here." I say to her and she nods. I walk back to the door and walk out after opening it, closing it after. I walk back to my desk only to notice it's already getting dark and realise that I'll really be here all night. As I reach my desk I see pink stickers and other pink stuff scattered across my desk. Did Trixie try to give it some pezzaz or did a murder happen? I smile at it and rearrange it a bit better. "Well well well," I hear suddenly and look up to see Violet. I clench my jaw and wait for her to talk. "You're pretty close with her, aren't you? The boss won't like that." She says with a smirk. "Are you spying on me? I did what everyone should do when someone's about to cry, comfort her. Nothing more, nothing less. So you can take whatever you saw and stick it somewhere else." I say to her, my hands loudly slammed down onto my desk. It wasn't the smartest decision to defend myself like this but I did nothing wrong. Violet looks at me shocked, her mouth open. "You're so rude, you know that? This hospital is all about kindness." She says and I roll my eyes. "Violet, please. I really don't want to have this or any conversation with you. Ever. So if you want to tell scary ol' Needles, go ahead." I say as I'm just over it. She scoffs and looks at me angrily before leaving again.

"Dude, nice." I hear Willam say to me after my little outburst to Violet. "She needed to be put in place. And to be honest, we were all just waiting for you to do it." She says and I see her and Courtney walking over to my desk. "I just can't with her, she's so weirdly uptight." I say and let out a chuckle. "So how is that new girl of yours doing?" Courtney asks me and winks at me. "Why do you all sound like I'm in a relationship with her?" I ask and throw my hands up. They both laugh. "She's alright. Fragile, but alright." I say to them with a smile, a genuine smile. "Have a nice shift, we'll be around here somewhere if you need one of us." Courtney says to me and they both walk away to do their own thing.

I wake up a short while later with my head on my desk, paper sticking to my cheek. I must've fallen asleep. I rub my head and check my buzzer, no alerts luckily. I sigh and look into the hallway Raja's room is. It's right across my desk and I crack a smile, thinking to myself that I'm still sort of keeping an eye on her. She's mysterious and makes me want to go back to her room, get to know more about her but I know I can't. I play with the pink frilly things on my desk, bored out of my mind. I dare to take a look at the clock. 2:46. 4 more hours and Katya will be here to free me. I stand up and decide to take a walk through the hallways. I pass the hallway Laila lays in and open her door softly and stick my head around the corner. She's sleeping soundly, I crack a smile at the sight. She gets released in 2 days, she's been aching to go home. I feel a vibration in my back pocket and I reach in to grab my buzzer out. I look at it and smile as I see the room number. I softly shut the door and hurry over to Raja's room.

I get in the room and I see Raja standing by the window, the lights in her room dimmed. "You called?" I softly ask as I walk closer. "I can't sleep.." She softly speaks. "Something wrong?" I ask her and lean against the wall. "I don't have anywhere to go when I get out of here, I-.. I'll just be on my own and it'll happen all over again!" She blurts out, tears staining her cheeks. I have to swallow a few times to keep my own tears in. I've worked with pleny of teens, but never someone like Raja. I have more than enough space at my home, but I can't just do that, can I? "Hey, who told you she'd keep you safe?" I say with a soft smile, making her grin slightly as well. "You did." She softly mumbles as she dries her eyes. "Exactly. So when you get released, I'll help you find a place to stay." I say and I see her face just light up. She walks towards me and wraps her arms around me, catching me by surprise. I wrap my arms back around her in a loving embrace. Only a day and I'm already feeling such a connection to this girl. She pulls herself back but keeps standing in my embrace. The dim light is making this girl look even more seducing than she already looks. I feel my stomach twist in a knot when I look into her eyes. I snap out of my thoughts the moment I feel her soft lips pressed up against mine for a brief moment and look her in the eyes, what just happened? I quickly let go of her and walk back to the door and without saying anything I leave the room.