Trapped

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"Wake up!" Cassie screams as she hits me with a pillow. "W-what?" I stutter. "We're going to be late for lunch." Bridget explains. "We get punished if we're late." Miserie says. I jump out of bed. There is no use in changing because all the clothes I have is one plain white dress and a thin sweatshirt. We run into the lunch room just in time.

"Let's sit over there," Piper points. "There are less people." We walk to the corner of the room. "So explain to me all the rules in here." I say. "We wake up at 7 o'clock everyday," She says. "Our bedtime is at 8-" "Never talk back to the staff... always act happy. Oh! an never ever try to skip a session with your therapist." A guy jumps into our conversation. "Ashton! Stop interrupting me!" Piper yells. She looks pissed even though she seemed happy five seconds ago. He has messy long hair that was dirty blonde and bright green eyes. His skin looks slightly tan and had a couple of bruises. He smiles at me.

You must be new," he says. "What are you in for?" "I don't know," I say. "What about you?" "Conduct disorder," Ashton says. "But if you ask me I think I'm normal. You see, I'm not crazy like everyone else." "Neither am I." I say. "Yeah but they make us seem like freaks." Piper says. "Breakfast is done!" One of the staff members say. Everyone begins to leave the room. We hand them our trays and utensils. Me, Piper, and Ashton walk down the hallway. "I got to go," Ashton says. "I'll see you later. I can give you a tour of the place." "Thanks." I say.

Before I can say anything else there is a loud piercing siren. "A plastic knife has been missing. Everyone please go into your rooms. There will be a room search." Someone from the speakers say. "Shit," Piper says. "Whenever someone steals a knife there is always a room search. If you get caught you get out in solitary." My hands get cold so I stuff them in my sweater pockets. I feel something cold and hard. I reach in and pull out a knife. I gasp. Piper is ranting and I try to tell her about the knife. "Lacey not now. Fine what do you-oh shit!" She says. "What do I do?" I ask. I begin to panic. Piper begins to run. I follow her.

"Give me that knife." She says. I hand it to her. She slides it under a closed door. Then we run back to our room and act like nothing happened. One of the guards barges in and look though everything. "All clear!" he yells. We wait for five minutes to see what happens. "Hey that knife ain't mine! You got the wrong guy!" Someone yells. We see the guards drag a sixteen year old boy down the hall. He breaks free. He tries to run away but one of the guards grabs him and begins to beat him. "No!" I yell. I jump in front of him. The guards hit me. One of the guards holds me down. The other one drags the boy away.

"You're lucky that this time I'm going to let you off with a warning. This is just because you are new understand?" the guard says. "Yes." I quietly say. He releases me. I find Piper. "You could have gotten seriously hurt! Promise me that you will never do that again." She yells. "Ok." I tell her. "Good." She says. "Piper," I say. "Yeah?" She asks. "What will happen to him?" I ask. "He probably won't get to eat for a couple of days and go to solitary." She answers. I can't believe it. It's all my fault.

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