Fixable

5

I ain't gonna lie, the first few weeks was hard as shit. I was having hella cravings but luckily the gum seemed to help. Maddie and Demi visited every week. My mom? Not a damn word from her.

I was getting used to the flow of things by the third week. I had a horse named Chief and my responsibility was to take care of him. At first I thought it was bullshit but then I realized having that responsibility was really helping.

I kept to myself. I didn't let no one try to tell me who I really was or nothing. I did talk to the staff and counselors and shit because they were actually there to help me but the other residents I couldn't have cared less about.

At about a month of being in the program Demi and Maddie came to me to visit and they looked a little cautious.

"Hey, what's up with y'all?", I asked
"I know you're doing good here. Really good but I'm going to be honest with you. You have blown up on the Internet. Everyone's making memes about you and your episode on Dr. Phil is probably the most popular episode on Dr. Phil. Ever.", said Maddie.

"Bro, are y'all kidding? Dude, no y'all must be joking."

"Trust me, I'd tell you if she was lying and she's not," Demi smiled.
"What are you thinking?"

"Honestly, knowing that makes me happy and all but I'm here right now, you know? Like, I ain't trying to do nothing about this until I get out, you feel me?"

Maddie and Demi burst out in smiles and looked at each other like the sneaky little thangs they were.

"What's wrong with y'all?" I asked.

They kept smiling and snickering. I hit them with my jacket.

"Bro! Y'all making me nervous, what's up with y'all?"

Demi started "I know we have just told you a lot but we need to tell you something else."
She leaned towards me
"You're leaving with us today," she whispered.

"Uh, uh! Bro, what? They didn't even talk to me about this or nothing. Y'all sure?"

Just then my counselor came over with plastic bags and a grin on her face.
"Surprise," she said.

I couldn't take it. I was fucking happy. Yeah, I was doing good and shit but get me the fuck out of this place! I tried so hard to keep my tears in but I burst out into tears of joy and hugged my bad bitch of a friend, Maddie.

"I love you, hoe. You the shit, you know that?"

"Damn straight, I know it." She flipped her hair to the side. I playfully shoved her. Time to get the fuck out of here, I thought. I ran to my room, packed up my stuff, said goodbye to the people, and got THE FUCK OUTTA THERE.

As we sat in Demi's car, her chauffeur and body guards in there, I thought of my mom. Damn it, I didn't want to go to her house.

"Hey, what's my mom up to these days?", I asked. Silence.
"Hello?"

"All right, I know this going to sound like a lie and be really hard to believe, I want you to listen. Your mom is doing fucking amazing. The first week without you she came to our house sobbing and of course, we thought she was being fake. But, the thing is, she actually was inspired to get her shit together now that you weren't there to keep her shit together. She is exactly 6 weeks sober and she has a job.", Demi replied. Damn.

I had to take a minute to process it. My mom..doing good? It couldn't be.

"Hold up so y'all are telling me.. my mom.. has a job??", I asked trying to convince myself. "That she's doing good?" I pondered this for a minute.
"Is that why she didn't come see me? Is that why I haven't heard a damn word from her?"

"It's been a month, Dani. She's not magically going to be perfect in that amount of time. This. This is a start. And I think you should try to support her and give her a chance.", said Demi.

"You right. It isn't going to happen overnight. I'm not saying I believe you, I'm saying I get it. I won't believe it until I see it, though." And the rest of the ride was spent in silence.

I was just anxious to get on my phone and see what type of memes people was making of me. Just the thought of me being an overnight sensation made me smile. Maybe I was more important than I was giving myself credit for. Maybe I wasn't a complete failure. Maybe I was good enough.
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Thank you guys so much for reading! Honestly, I started this a while ago and when I logged onto Wattpad and saw that my book was on the charts, I freaked. Like, I thought I sucked at writing but I guess not! I wanted to write something original. I have been on Wattpad since 2014, where I started out religiously reading Demi Lovato FanFics. But I've noticed that they all follow the same basic plot. Well, I wanted to be different. So I combined a couple different fandoms! I'm glad some of you enjoy and thank you tremendously for reading my story. I really do appreciate it.