Desirable

Chapter 3

Emilia was curled up on the bed in her assigned room in rehab. She'd only been in three weeks and all it seemed to be doing was making her worse. She didn't talk to anyone, not the nurses or the other patients or even her doctor. She refused to eat. She hardly slept.

"What're you in for?" A dark-skinned girl asked, she was practically a goddess and was oozing sex appeal.

Emilia just glanced at her before shaking her head and burying her face into the pillow.

Rolling her eyes, the girl sits beside Emilia. "I'm in because I tried to kill myself. My family kicked me out for being a lesbian."

Emilia tensed and curled in on herself before stretching out a weak arm and pointed to her information which was on the wall above her bed. She made sure she wore an extra long jumper so none could see her arms.

Getting up the dark-skinned girl grabs the information and reads through it. "So your name's Emilia, and you're in here for self harm?"

Emilia nodded slowly, closing her eyes and pulling the pillow over her face.

"My name is Natalia, but you can call me Nat." The dark-skinned girl says, pulling the pillow off her head.

Emilia reached for the pillow, her sleeves falling down to reveal her scars.

Grabbing her arm, Natalia frowns and traces one of the scars gently. "Why'd you do it?"

Emilia pulled her arms away, rolling over to face the wall and curling up, trying to get the girl to understand that she didn't want to talk.

"Look, I get it okay?" Natalia says softly, running a hand through Emilia's hair. "I have the same scars, but everywhere."

Emilia didn't respond. She covered her face with her hands after pulling the sleeves to her jumper back up.

"Nat, back off for a bit, she clearly wants to be alone." Another voice said from the doorway.

Rolling her eyes Natalia gets up and moves over to the door. "What would you know Jade?"

"More than you do, obviously. The poor girl is terrified and you're just making it worse." Jade said.

Wrapping her arms around the hazel eyed girl, Natalia laughs. "Babe, you really aren't a badass."

"You're scaring her." Jade said. "You remember what it was like in our first few weeks. It was horrible. She just needs some time and she'll talk when she's ready, on her own terms."

Frowning, the dark-skinned girl shifts slightly. "I hear she's getting a roommate in two days. Apparently the girl has seizures, but tried killing herself."

Emilia tensed upon hearing those words. She shook her head and curled up even more, if that was even possible, pulling the hood to the jumper up and over her head.

"Rumor is it was over her girlfriend leaving her and then her dog died." Natalia says, leading Jade out of the room.

"You know the stuff Amy tells you is a load of crap, right?" Was the last thing Emilia heard before the sound of doors slamming filled the room.

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Prue frowns as she's led into the facility, she didn't get why they couldn't leave her alone. She's lost pretty much everything, and now they're taking her from not only her kids but her parents.

"I don't want to go, mama don't make me." She pleads, stopping in place.

"Prue, you have to, this will help you get better." Normani said softly. "I promise."