Bride To Be

Friends?

 𝐴𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑙 14𝑡ℎ, 2010 

𝐼 𝑤𝑜𝑘𝑒 𝑢𝑝 𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑙𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔, 𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑𝑛'𝑡 𝑓𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑎𝑠𝑙𝑒𝑒𝑝. 𝐼 𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑚𝑦 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑛𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑎𝑠𝑦𝑙𝑢𝑚 𝑤ℎ𝑖𝑐ℎ 𝑖𝑡'𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑡𝑜𝑜 𝑏𝑎𝑑. 𝐼 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑚𝑦 𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝐽𝑒𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑓𝑒𝑟. 𝑆ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑒𝑒𝑚𝑠 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑎 𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑠𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑛𝑖𝑐𝑒 𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑜𝑛. 

𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑡𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝑎 𝑝𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑦 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 3-5 𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑡ℎ𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑦𝑏𝑒 𝑙𝑜𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟. 𝐼 ℎ𝑜𝑝𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐼 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑦 ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟. 𝐼 𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑙𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑𝑦 𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑠 𝑏𝑒𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑙𝑖𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑛 𝑚𝑦 𝑜𝑤𝑛. 𝑃𝑒𝑟ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑠 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝐼 𝑔𝑒𝑡 𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝐼 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑠𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑎 𝑛𝑒𝑤 𝑙𝑖𝑓𝑒, 𝑚𝑎𝑦𝑏𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑟𝑦 𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑎𝑡'𝑙𝑙 𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑚𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑙𝑙 𝑢𝑛𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑚𝑦 𝑓𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑚𝑦 𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑜𝑢𝑠 ℎ𝑢𝑠𝑏𝑎𝑛𝑑. 𝐼 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑦 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑠 𝑎𝑏𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑚𝑒 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑑𝑜𝑒𝑠𝑛'𝑡 𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡 𝑚𝑒 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑡. 𝐽𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑙𝑜𝑜𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑏𝑎𝑐𝑘 𝑎𝑡 𝑚𝑦 𝑝𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑚𝑎𝑘𝑒𝑠 𝑚𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑘 '𝑊𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝐼 𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑜𝑛𝑒?' 𝑎𝑛𝑑 '𝐴𝑚 𝐼 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑡ℎ𝑦 𝑒𝑛𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ?'  

Around 8 in the morning many patients were heading into the cafeteria to have breakfast. Deborah followed the group of female patients and stayed far away from them. Deborah felt anxious being in this new place filled with many people that she never knew of. Once she grabbed her breakfast she walked to a table that was empty and far away from the people she never knew. Deborah watched patients male and females sit together talking and laughing. She didn't ever know if she was ever going to make new friends or blend in. She felt isolated.She stared down at her food and was about to eat until she felt someone walk up to her. 

"You seem lonely." Deborah heard a male voice. She looked up and saw a man staring down at her. "Uh...yeah. Kind of." She said nervously. She offered him to sit with her and he accepted. "I'm Deborah." She said to the man that sat across from her. "I'm Eddie." He replied. Eddie was taller than her.  It looked like her head would reach his neck. Deborah kind of adored his features. He had a muscular build, his hair was slicked back and the color of his hair was black, his eyes were a perfect ocean blue, and his facial hair looked like it was growing in. She loved it. "So uh...how long have you been here?" Deborah snapped back into reality when Eddie had asked her a question. "I just arrived here yesterday. What about you?" Deborah began to eat her cereal that was now becoming soggy. "About a few months now. I've been doing a lot better since I've been getting the proper treatment." He gave her a small grin. "But I don't know how much longer I'll be here hopefully I can leave soon."

Both Deborah and Eddie spent the next hour and a half talking about their favorite hobbies, what music they listen to, favorite movie, and favorite foods. "I have a session I need to go to." Deborah stood up and walked towards Eddie. "I really appreciate your company." Eddie said. Deborah could feel her cheeks getting warm when he said that. "Same. Perhaps we should do it again." She smiled. "I'll see you again." She waved and left.