Opposites ~ n.h (rewriting)

Chapter 28: Rehab

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Niall's POV

We're back in Manchester and me and my brother get along better, way better. I'm happy he agreed to drop the custody case if I went to rehab and we looked for rehab clinics near Manchester. We found one near Uni and they allow me to continue my study so I don't have to drop out.

I don't know if I'm happy to go to rehab because it will mean that I will have to face my dark past and fight my demons but I'll do it for Liz and Luna. Luna says it will be hard to miss me but that it will be good for me. I trust her. I do really believe it will be good for me to stop snorting cocaine and stuff but that means I will have to stop dealing.

Luna thinks I've stopped already but I haven't. I can't just stop doing business, I have a kid to feed and bills to pay. It's not easy for me to find a job because I have a criminal record, society doesn't hire people with a criminal record. I don't like lying to Luna about it but there's no other way. Be honest would only make her disappointed in me and that's one of those things I never want to see in her eyes when she looks at me.

Good thing I won't be able to work when I'm in rehab anyways. I'm going to be in rehab for a good 2 months, I'm not allowed to go out unless I behave extraordinarily good, which is pretty hard for me. I am allowed a visitor 2 times a week, on Tuesdays and Saturdays. They're supposed to help me continue my study so visitors who come for homework and tutoring are allowed an hour a day. I'm not allowed any alcohol or drugs of course and I will be following intense psychological therapy to overcome my past with my parents and Rose.

Luna will be here to help me pack in a few hours and I'm trying to get Liz to bed but she ate from the sugar jar again when I wasn't looking and at the moment she's jumping on her bed, refusing to put her pj's on.

"Liz! Come on now! It's ten o'clock already." I try to sound a bit angry so she'll listen but nothing works. "Fine." I groan after a few minutes of bed creaking and still no succes. "Jump on the bed all you want but in half an hour you will be laying in bed all dressed in your pj's and with your eyes closed or no friends and candy for the coming week."

She shrugs her shoulders and I walk out of the room, closing the door behind me before cleaning up the kitchen.

"Hey love." I kiss Luna's cheeks as I watch that pretty adoring smile appear on her face.

"Hi Niall." She kisses me properly.

"You staying over?" I point to the bag in her hand as I let her in.

"Yeah, I didn't want to make it too late since I have Uni tomorrow so I just thought I'd better stay over if that's okay."

"Yeah sure."

There's an obvious tension in the room and it's never been this awkward. I guess we're both just trying to realize that I'm going to rehab for 2 months and that she'll only see me twice a week. Plus she has to take care of Luna. She has to play the role of mum for a bit when I'm gone.

"Have you decided if you wanted to stay at my flat or yours yet?" I ask her after 30 minutes of silence.

"No not really." She sighs. "But I think I'll stay here since this is Eliza's home. She'll be more comfortable here."

I just nod as I try to get the idea of missing my two girls for 2 months in my head. I honestly don't think I want to get that in my head already, it'll only make me sad while trying to spend the most of the coming week with them.

A week to prepare is short, way too short. But honestly I think there's no way you can prepare for rehab even when you have 6 months to do so. You can't prepare for something you haven't been through yet. Only people who go for the second or third time know what it's like and even then I don't think you can fully prepare for what's coming.