Summer Stories

Dolly's Day

Prompt: Blank; I just had a random idea while in the shower. Where else am I supposed to have good ideas, or bad ones for that matter.

Dolly sat on a shelf in the waiting room of a therapist office. She sat there with Teddy, a big brown bear that was missing an ear, Curly, a doll with curly red locks and a blue jean dress, and Patch, a playful spotted puppy who was a favorite of the kids.

The office had a counter that had one of three receptionists behind it. The one most people meet first is Miss Betty Sue. Sue had been working there for years and she worked from Noon to five everyday that the office was open, which was all expect Sundays and Holidays.

The next was Samantha, a teen who works after school from five to nine. She had long blond hair and a friendly smile, and sometimes she would start work earlier on Saturday so that Sue could go home and play with her grandkids.

Lastly there was Burke, a guy of about 20 who worked from nine to noon and took night college courses. He was trying to get a medical degree and presumably work at the therapist office or a similar place.

Next there were five therapist, Moxie, Leo, Matt, Tabitha and Felix.Tabitha had inherited the office from her uncle who was also a therapist. She went to collage with Leo and his sister Moxie while Matt and Felix joined a few years later. All were pretty young, at least in Dolly's opinion.

While Dolly loved the therapist, it was the people in need of therapy that she found most interesting. Many came and went, too many to name them all but Dolly had her favorites.

The first was a little girl with an extreme fear of people and talking to anyone but her parents and older sister. Her name was Mackenzie and she often grabbed Dolly or Curly when she got to the office. She normally met with Matt who was the best with children of the five.

The next were twins, Kitty and Katty who only talk to each other, ever. They even made up a secret language so no one else could understand them. Tabitha was their therapist and she started using the toys as a way to get the girls to talk to someone else. Dolly mostly worked with Kitty and once was told a start of when Katty pulled a prank on the teacher. No one got hurt and it was actually really funny.

Another regular was Yula May, a girl who had multiple personality disorder. Yula was her main personality, she was shy and sweet but had to deal with the others problems when they didn't want to. Some of her personality's consisted of Millie, an old women who loved to talk, Jackie, a girl who loves sports and Cam who was stubborn and most often appeared when at the office.

Dolly's favorite was her youngest personality, a little girl around the age of four named Lilly. She normally showed up when Yula didn't want to deal with 'grownup' problems. Lilly loved to hold Dolly and sit quietly, but Dolly didn't mind. She knew that sometime just having someone to hold is better then talking.

Those were just some of the people who came in with problems. They weren't there to fix them though, they were there to learn how to cope with them and get better at not letting it control them. They were there to become better versions of themselves and Dolly was learning to be better too.

Dolly loved all the therapist, receptionist, patients, and anyone else that walked through the door to the little office. Every single one was unique and tried there hardest despite the problems they faced.

Dolly loved them all and she was happy to be be helping them.