"Can't sleep?" Calum asked as I sat in the kitchen at one in the morning, eating a cookie.
"No- you?" I questioned.
"I can, I've just been watching Netflix, what's on your mind?" He spoke.
"Mila" I spoke out simply.
"the shy girl?" He questioned back, making me nod.
"What about her?" He asked.
"There's something up- I'm telling you" I spoke, rubbing my face.
"We were talking, and she wasn't completely nervous for once- she was answering questions and playing Jenga, I got onto the topic of dogs and she literally got excited- I had never seen her expression change until that moment" I spoke to him, seeing him look to me.
"And that's a bad thing?" He asked.
"No- it was great, but towards the end of a story she was telling me it was like something clicked and she started stuttering and she just stopped" I spoke.
He nodded slowly
"It's like she remembered that she's shy" he spoke, making me nod
"Bingo" I spoke, sighing lightly.
"It's a weird situation" he agreed slowly.
"I wish I could make her come in every single day-" "Luke, you're the Doctor- do it" he mumbled.
"One of her dad's already questioned my ways, I don't want to give them more of a reason to complain" I spoke, seeing him sigh.
"Move slow with her, act professional around her parents, you don't want to lose her as a patient" he reminded me, making me nod.
"Why is she different from all my other patients?" I asked him, seeing him shrug as he leaned against the counter top.
"Because normally you treat mid aged people- this is one of your first teenagers- they're harder to understand, harder to gain trust" he spoke slowly.
I groaned into my hands
"I'm going to get her to take a mint one day" I spoke, seeing confusion spread across his face
"You want her to take a mint?" He questioned.
"Yes." I nodded firmly
"I think other than finding out what is going on in her head, I think that's my biggest goal" I spoke to him, seeing his eyes squint to me.
"You need to get some sleep- like now"
