"What's 3 North?" I asked yet another doctor as I was lead to a ward.
"Adult psychiatric ward" he told me and I stopped dead in my tracks. I was being lead to the wrong place, maybe the doctor admitted me wrong? The guy turned around and raised an eyebrow.
"I'm 16..." I trailed off. He came back and placed a hand on my shoulder so I would walk forward again.
"The teenage ward is under renovations so you'll all be in together" he told me and I nodded as I kept walking through the door.

The ward itself was buzzing with people. Some talking to each other in groups, others talking to themselves. The doctor stopped walking when he saw the guy who was in the waiting room earlier.
He didn't look like a doctor now, he was wearing normal clothes. I cocked my head to one side and analysed him, trying to work stuff out. When his green eyes boar into mine I knew it was the one from earlier.
"PJ" the doctor said and the guy, who I now knew as PJ, waved his hand at him "this is Dan"
"Hey buddy" he said to me with a smile on his face, he moved some fringe out of his eyes as the doc started talking again.
"Would you mind showing him around?"
"it'd be my pleasure" we walked in silence for a little while before PJ stopped outside a white door.

"This is the shower" PJ told me indicating to a single cubicle "it doesn't have a lock so you have to turn this to read engaged so people don't walk in and see your balls... got it?" He seemed to to be talking from experience.
"Got it" what is this place?
"Good" PJ told me and chuckled a little "because no one else does"
"What kind of hospital ward doesn't have a lockable shower?" I questioned him, regretting coming here in the first place.
"I've been asking the same question since I got here" he sighed and we continued to walk through the place. It was a boring white throughout like any other hospital, except here the patients were free to walk around whenever they wanted. Not that patients are usually locked up in the normal part of the hospital, just most are too ill or injured to stand.

"How long have you been here?" I questioned him as our shoes squeaked on the newly polished floors.
"Long enough" he replied, he really gave nothing away
"What are you here for?" I tried again, hoping for some kind of real answer from him. Although not really expecting one.
"Now that's a story for a different time" he smirked. It's almost like he enjoyed the mysterious aurora he gave off. If he wasn't my only kind of friend in here he probably wouldve pissed me off by now.

I was very overwhelmed by the entire place, I had expected to have some pills and be on my way. I had promised louise I would go into town with her tomorrow which I definitely couldn't miss!

"Dan!" I turned around to see the doctor from before, he ran down the corridor to me. He was red faced and breathing heavily as he came up close to me "I've been looking for you all over!"
"Yeah?" I said, like it wasn't the most obvious thing in the world and I didn't figure it out by his darth vader like breathing.
"Your parents are here" he told me. I looked to PJ for support but he held up his hands in defeat.
"You're on your own on this one" he gave me a small smile which did nothing to calm the overwhelming panic I was in. I tried to smile back but felt a little too weak to even fake one.
I was led away and there were my parents in the ward waiting room. Thick visitor passes were dangling from their neck and it bounced into my chest as my mum ran up to give me a hug.
"Why didnt you tell us it was so bad Dan?" My mum asked me, her eyes glazed over like she was to cry at any second.
"I didn't really know how" I replied. I looked over at my dad, he handed me my bags for tonight. But it seemed to be close to bursting.
"Wow. I don't need this much?" I asked and looked between my parents.
"Have you talked to the counsellor yet?"
"Not properly" I replied and my parents exchanged nervous glances whilst my sister swung her legs from the chair she hadn't got up from, completely oblivious to what was happening.
"You'll be in here until Thursday at the earliest" my mum spoke cautiously
"Thursday!?" I questioned, my voice cracking "no! I'm feeling better now. Honest"
"Dan honey. This'll be good for you, it seems like a nice place" she seemed unsure as she said it. As if to confirm her uncertainty a man knocked into me telling an imaginary person to shut up and stop arguing with him. I cocked an eyebrow and indicated towards the guy.
"Can I stay here too?" Anna asked innocently
"No darling" she pouted
"But Danny gets to" she argued but soon shut up when dad shot her a look of annoyance.
"Come on guys this is stupid!" I groaned, regretting everything and thinking about how I shouldve just jumped off that bridge this morning, it would've been a lot less hassle.
"No Daniel. This is what's best for you" my dad told me sternly "it might also also give you the time to fill in your application" I sighed and my mum nudged him in an attempt to shut him up, it didn't work "I've put it in your bag for you" he informed me. Moments later he got a call and took it outside.
"We should be going now" mum told me and I nodded.
"Get better" she gave me a swift hug.
"Ill try"

Au: how are you guys liking this story so far?
I already have every chapter planned out, I feel so organised yay ^-^ new update soon and Dan gets to meet Phil next chapter!
- Rach x