Leah

Chapter One

Psychiatric Help

Leah Bourne

July

“So, Leah. Why are you here?” Dr. Laura Dean asks me from her ugly floral pattern chair.

I shrug. “For help, I guess.” I say, not really knowing what to tell her.

“Of course.” Dr. Laura says. “But what made you decide to come here now?”

“I just had problems that starting building up, and my parents couldn’t really help me the way they needed to anymore.” I say while Dr. Laura jots some notes down.

“When did these problems start?”

“3 or 4 years ago. I think I was 13, the summer before 8^th grade. I fell in with a bad crowd.”

“Alright, Lets talk about this from the beginning.” Dr. Laura says, while writing, of course.

“Okay. Well, my friend, Hayley moved away at the end of 7^th grade. So throughout the first few weeks of summer I was alone.”

Flashback to June 4 years ago.

I’m sitting their on one of the swings at the park, when one of the older girls walk up to me. She’s in eighth, though I suppose she would be in ninth now, unless she failed again. I mean seriously, though, that girls, like, 16

“Hey.” She says as she sits on the swing next to me. “Want one?” She asks, offering me a cigarette. I take one, because I’ve smoked a couple times before with Hayley.

“I’m Danielle.” She introduces herself. “I’m Leah.”

End flashback.

 

“Of course, I thought that I had made a good friend. But, really, it was just the start of a downward spiral.”

“So, what exactly happened with Danielle?” Dr. Laura asks, but I don’t really feel like talking anymore. “Can we just leave it for next time?” I ask.

“Yeah, we are almost out of time anyways.”

Reviews

[Miss Shea]

It's very short, too much like a vague memory that they're trying to forget.

It seems a lot like a book Ive recently read [ - the psychiatrist ].

I hope it involves a good twist later :]