“No, I haven’t seen my room yet. I was getting aquainted with some of the other patients.” Alexander nodded after hearing her talk. "Thats good, its best to make friends in a place like this.. well in any place really. Friends can help you in ways you could never imagine." Hearing his cellphone start ringing in his pocket he sighed and held up one finger as he answered.
"Hello? Dr. Evans?" a voice of some staff member boomed from the phone speaker, loud and obnoxious and young... one of the interns at the young age of 19. A very smart boy, but also very annoying and loud. "Hello Edgar, what is it that you need?" Edgar's phone made a noise like he was shuffling and and then Alexander heard some whispering before Edgar's voice sounded back in his ear. "Cassidy has a roommate now." Well that was quite shocking news. Why in hell would they give her a roommate? "Why?" was the first question he blurted out. "Well, some people are deciding to pair more people with roommates to give them a sort of chance with it." Alexander sighed, "alright, thanks for telling me Edgar."
After Edgar hung up Alexander turned back to Casssidy with a kind smile. "Right this way, follow me," he said remembering her say something about not knowing where he room is. "I think it would be to your best interest to know you've just recently been given a roommate. I haven't been given details yet though I expect Edgar... he's an intern here.. to contact me again soon to give me details. I'm sure you two will get along fine."
Making his way down the hall in silence with Cassidy Alexander raked his brain for something to say. Sure he was a therapist but Alexander didn't like being the typical "I want you to know you can think of me as a friend, you can talk to me and come to me whenever you need" because he knew when he was depressed the least appealing thing was to talk to some dick head who acted like they knew all.
"Have you made any friends yet?" He inquired at last, tilting his head slightly so his dark brown curls fell in his face. "I know it might be hard to become friends with some patients here as they could be shy or even reluctant to engage in such social activities but if you give it time someone might open to you." He gave a light hearted laugh, "I don't even think some of the patients even like me." He shrugged his shoulders, "no one likes to talk about their problems though. They make me pry them out which most patients don't enjoy."
Once they arrived at Cassidy's room he pulled out a key and unlocked it for her. "Your room will be unlocked at all times from this point on. It had been unoccupied for a while so we had it locked." Just as he was thinking of leaving her on her own for now his phone rang again. "And theres Edgar" he said softly answering his phone and clicking it on speaker so Cassidy could hear.
"Okay Edgar, you're on speaker so Cassidy can hear you and I dont have to repeat information to her."
"Okay" said the loud voice from the other end. "Her name is Peyton Johanen. From what I can tell she seems..." he paused, thinking of a term better to use than crazy. "Violent at times I guess. Her application says she has a sort of alter ego, but not multiple personality syndrome. Other than that she seems pleasant. Just.. stay on her good side and be gentle and careful not to say anything to upset her."
Alexander cringed at this pairing. It would end in nothing but bad. "Okay, thank you again Edgar" he said before clicking his phone off and shoving it in his pocket. "I'm sorry Cassidy but I fear this roommate may not but very good with you, I'm going to look into giving you a different roommate or maybe even not any at all. Sorry to be so harsh, but I don't wanna sugar coat anythings. You have a violent past, and I dont think someone who can tend to also be violent should be with you in a room for long periods of time."
-To Cassidy's room (Cassidy, make your next post in Cassidy's room)-
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Word Count: 744
Addressed: Cassidy, Intern (Edgar)
Mentioned: Cassidy, Intern (Edgar), Peyton
Wearing: Clicky
Song of The Moment: Summers in PA by The Wonder Years
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