I didn't get much sleep that night based on previous events. So I laid quietly on my rickety bed, waiting for the sun to rise and shine its rays in the room. I shifted in my bed, making it groan in disagreement. I cringed at the sound thinking it would wake the other kids, which has happened in the past. It's not a pleasant experience, especially when some of the kids have extremely violent tendencies. After another hour my eyelids started getting heavy, finally, maybe some rest will treat my night.
"Fran? Fran!! Nurse get a gurney stat! Don't let her take that Medicine again!"
"Y-yes Dr. Deern!" I heard a frantic nurses heel clacking on the linoleum and the squeaky wheels of a gurney shortly after that auditory episode. I could hear her getting closer to my room.
No, please...not another one..
I put my pillow over my head and prayed that the metal door wouldn't slam open and wake the others.
*BAM*
I jumped at the sudden bang, I knew it was coming. But I didn't expect it to be so loud, I wearily looked back and saw the nurse carefully placing a young girl, probably 9 or 10 on one of the beds. She wore a yellow sun dress with black and white stockings and her hair was a light brown, chin length to be precise. I had to admit she did lighten up the atmosphere in here. Her pastel clothes pulled me back from forgetting there were brighter things in life. That's a lot to take in from just a yellow dress, I know. The nurse looked to me and said with a frown on her lips,
"You're the oldest here (Y/n), would you mind watching this girl for any strange behavior when she wakes up. We gave her a new medication to try and she didn't exactly take to it. Her names Fran, just make sure she doesn't get into any trouble. Please?" That was the nicest any nurse has has spoken to me before. I slowly nodded my head,
"Uh...y-yeah sure. Don't worry I'll take care of her." She smiled and turned to walk out of the room. I looked at Fran, she was out cold so I didn't think I'd have to worry about that so much right now. Maybe I could still get some kind of sleep? I laid my head back down in my pillow and closed my eyes.
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"Hey! Hey lady! Get up, please!" I heard a young voice pressurizing me to wake up while shaking my arm. I groaned and groggily opened my eyes. Barely, I could make out the figure of the little girl from earlier. What was her name? Fran? Yeah, I think that's it.."Oh good! You're up! Thanks for listening to me!"
"Oh...Uh you're welcome." I mumbled, not really sure what I was saying, since I felt half dead. I sat up in my creaky bed and looked wearily in her direction. "So...Uh...what did you wake me up for hun?" She narrowed her eyes at me.
"I...wanted someone to talk to.." she said, although it came out more like a question. I shot her a puzzled look.
"Ok? And what about the other kids here??" I questioned, gesturing my arm around the room for emphasis. "Well...I would except there too far gone, sadly." I was pretty impressed by the way she spoke, it was very sophisticated for her age. I rose an eyebrow, "So, what did you want to talk about?" She moved her hand in a "come here" motion and I obliged.
"An escape plan..." she whispered, my eyes widened and I pulled back. "An esca-" She put her hand over my mouth hastily, "Ssssshh!! We don't need the nurses hearing, silly!" I smirked at the name. She was pretty adorable, smart and polite too. I could only guess she need my help. And I was more then happy to comply, I mean I wanted to get out of here to! Plus, it wouldn't look suspicious! I was in charge of keeping an eye on her anyway! Us walking around while on the down low looking for a way out probably would raise hardly any eyebrows...actually why was she even here? She seemed to be perfectly sane.
"Fran...if you don't mind me asking..why are you in here?" The chipper look on her face slowly faded to angst and sadness. "Um...well I lost my parents...after I found them in there room, I was so sad and scared I ran into the wood with my cat Mr. midnight. I can't remember what happened after that, but I lost my cat and I want to get him back and find the one who killed my parents!" It felt like someone came in to the room, pulled my heart out of my chest, and punched it in the face. This poor girl! She is so young! She doesn't have anybody to go home to and she's stuck in the asylum! And to make thinks a million times worse, she lost her kitty...I was tempted to gives her a hug, but I didn't want to make her uncomfortable. So I have her a sympathetic look and gave her my condolences for her parents.
"Your turn! Why are you in here??" I told her the story of my dark past with my family and I got the same looks from her that I probably made during her back story. After we exchange pleasantries and back stories, I asked,
"So what this escape plan you've got conjured up?" I asked her as I sat on my bed, patting it next to me. Signaling her to take a seat next to me, she giddily hopped up making the bed bounce and smirked up at me.
"Before I start...what's your name??"
"(Y/n) (L/n), the nurse already told me yours Fran." I smiled at her, and she smiled back.
"Alrighty! Here's the plan..."
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