Wrong Number, Kid

Stressed

<<Delilah>>

Group chat

Delilah
Hey, is anyone still up?

Ms. Nat
Yeah, hon. What's up?

Delilah
Could I just talk to you?

Ms. Nat
Yeah, of course.
Are you okay?

Delilah
I just need something to distract me.

Ms. Nat
Isn't is like, 3 am where you are?

Delilah
Yeah, but I can't sleep.

Mr. Arrow
What's going on?

Delilah
I don't know. I was only sleeping for a few hours.

Mr. Parent
Hey, did you have a nightmare?

Delilah
Are you guys working? I don't want to bother you.

Ms. Nat
You're not bothering anyone.

Delilah
Yeah, I had a nightmare.

Mr. Parent
Do you get them a lot?

Delilah
More than I like.

Mr. Arrow
Are they usually about the same thing?

Delilah
Kinda

Mr. Parent
What are they usually about?

Delilah
It's stupid. Forget I said anything.

Ms. Nat
Delilah, it's not stupid. We want to help.

Delilah
So, I'm in foster care, and the last person that I
was living with was not the nicest. Well, right after
I accidentally texted Mr. Web, he got arrested. Now,
I have to go to court on Friday to testify against him so
they can put him in prison. I know that he's locked up,
but I keep having a nightmare where he is in the house
I live in now, and that he still controls me.

Mr. Parent
Wow

Ms. Nat
I'm sorry, honey.

Mr. Arrow
Is there anything we can do?

Delilah
I don't think so. I just am so done with feeling
helpless and like I have no one. I have so many
thoughts that I know are irrational, but I can't
help but think them because that's what been engrained
in me. Now, I have to miss the internship on Friday,
and I didn't really tell Mr. Stark why.

Mr. Parent
There is a lot that he probably knows that
you didn't tell him.

Ms. Nat
Don't worry about Stark.

Mr. Arrow
How are you feeling?

Delilah
Terrified

Ms. Nat
What do you usually do to calm down?

Delilah
Promise you won't laugh.

Mr. Parent
Promise?

Delilah
No one really knows.