Keystone Outcasts

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Melanie moves off the bed, letting Robbie lay back down, and he covers himself with the quilt, resting his head on the pillow. He looks at Melanie out of the corner of his eye, half asleep now that he was laying back down.


Melanie looks at Joshua. "I do know more than you three do, yes. But by the looks of things Robbies catching on, and Lee's still an oblivious man whore." She shrugs her shoulders, "just don't expect her to 'get with' any of you any time soon."


Lee raises his eyebrows. "Is she a lesbian?"


Melanie shoots him a look, that silenced him. "No. No she is not a lesbian."

 

[CrystalSmith]

Joshua looks at Lee and glances at Robbie and then at Melanie again.


Chloe takes a deep breath wiping her eyes and staring at the floor, she didn't want to remember what happened or the fact you even went through it. She wanted a fresh start and she thought it would be simple but clearly not as simple as she'd like. She grabs a coffee and takes a deep breath before heading slowly back to the room, her eyes red from crying.

 

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Melanie watches the three. "Something happened, but I'm not going to tell you because it isn't my secret to tell." She says, before moving and standing over by the window, looking out of it. Lee sighs, and sits on the edge of the bed.


Robbie had dozed off slightly, his eyes shut and his head turned to the left. He began to move about in his sleep, turning from one side tongue other.

 

[CrystalSmith]

Chloe returns back, moving and standing furthest away from everyone, she didn't want them to see her like this, crying. She wasn't crying no more though, her eyes were still red though giving it away.

 

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Melanie looks up and sees the red around Chloe's eyes. She moves away from the window and over to her, wrapping her arms around her in a hug, "it's going to be okay, it's in the past," she murmurs in Chloe's ear.


Lee looks down at the sleeping Robbie, whose chest was rising and falling slowly. Until all of a sudden, he quietly requests, "bucket." Though there was a tone of urgency to his voice. Lee dives for something, anything, and picks up a bin much like he had this morning. He shoves it towards Robbie, who sits up and holds his head over the bin. He begins to throw up again, though much more controlled than this morning. There was no food in his stomach to throw up, it was all just a watery and stinking substance. Robbie spits into the bucket when he had finished.

 

[CrystalSmith]

Chloe smiles, "I thought I was coping, and forgetting would help but I just keep being reminded Melanie." She murmurs tears in her eyes again. She looks around and then stares at Robbie, "You okay, buddie?" She asks lightly when he's finished being sick.

 

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Robbies head was still in the bucket, but he raises a hand to signal that he'd heard her, one thumb up. "What's reminding you?" Melanie murmurs, "is it Lee being a douche. I can talk to him, if you want?"

 

[CrystalSmith]

Chloe shrugs, "Just the whole, oh she's flexible, she's dying for sex thing, that's what got me in the whole mess at the party.. Everyone thinks cheerleaders are gagging for it," she mutters lowly, she wipes her eyes and shakes her head, "No it's fine, don't have ago at Lee he's just being himself, I can't stop that, I won't." She mumbles.

 

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"He's not being himself. He's being what he wants people to see," Mel mumbles, "which is why I will talk to him, how much do you want me to tell him? I can just tell him you know the sort of basics like: 'well something happened and you're reminding her of it and making her uncomfortable.' He'll understand."


Robbie raises his head from the bucket and sighs, "I think that was a side effect of the treatment this morning. I-" he puts his head over the bucket again and gags, wretches, then throws up, this time blood was in the sick.

 

[CrystalSmith]

Chloe shrugs, "I don't want people to know Melanie, they'll think less of me. Just don't say anything, please." She murmurs before glancing at Robbie and grimacing, "There's worse things to worry about then how I feel right now." She murmurs.


Joshua looks at Robbie and grimaces, he glances at the girls and then at Lee.

 

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"They would never think less of something that happened to you, never. The boys aren't like that, they never have been. It'll be a lot easier if they have an idea that you're uncomfortable with what they're saying." She says and looks at Robbie, "is that blood?" She asks, and Robbie nods his head, spitting into the bucket and blood coming from his mouth. She looks back at Chloe. "Think about it, about telling them, or even just not telling them. Tell them you're uncomfortable, they'll understand." She walks away from Chloe and out of the room quickly, calling for a nurse.

 

[CrystalSmith]

Chloe nods before wiping her eyes and paying full attention to Robbie instead. She glances at everyone and sighs lightly. She brings a hand through her hair.

 

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Robbies head was over the bucket, but he glanced up at Chloe. "Your problems are just as important as mine, Chloe." He says slowly, "don't feel like you have to stop being sad for yourself because you're sad for me. If you never sort out your problems, they only grow." He says, before squeezing his eyes shut. "Oh, shit." He mumbles to himself. A nurse ran in at that moment, another one had a wheelchair and a drip to attach him to. One nurse pushed past all three of them and Lee moved away, Robbie looked in pain. "Robbie we're going to lift you and put you in a wheelchair." He shakes his head, "I can do it myself." He puts the bucket at the side of him, and stands on shaky legs, trying to walk to the wheelchair, he got there, but not before throwing up on the shining floor of the room, blood shined through. He sat on the chair as the nurse called for clean up, and he was wheeled away. Lee looks at the floor, "he's definitely not going to make it, not without a fight, and he's not fighting it. But he's right, Chloe. Your problems are important."

 

[CrystalSmith]

Chloe shakes her head, "Right now, we focus on him. I don't care about how I feel, I'll be fine." She mumbles quietly, looking at the floor, "I just get uncomfortable around certain things, okay? Something's just bring up bad memories." She murmurs, taking a deep breath.

 

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Lee nods his head slightly. "You want me to stop being a perv? I can do that." He says and smiles at her before leaning against the wall. Melanie walks back into the room. "The nurse just told me he's going back in for treatment, then he's going to be put in his own room. No visitors allowed. Not till he gets well again." She rests her hands on her hips.

 

[CrystalSmith]

Chloe shrugs at Lee, "Just stop with the whole, she's was a cheerleader, she's okay with all this perv stuff." She mumbles quietly. She glances at Melanie and nods slowly.


Joshua sighs, "Okay, we should probably go." He says quietly.

 

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Lee looks at her, "I wasn't implying that you-" Melanie glares at him. "You'll dig yourself a hole. Shut up. Let's leave." She says, grabbing her bag from the floor and heading out of the children's ward. Lee walks next to Chloe. "I'm sorry. I didn't presume that you were okay with it, I just... I can't justify it, but I won't do it again, alright?"

 

[CrystalSmith]

Chloe smiles weakly, before starting to walk out of the children's ward behind Melanie, "It's fine." She murmurs to him looking over at Joshua who was walking beside Melanie.


Joshua glances at Melanie and smiles weakly, "I'm sure Robbie will be fine." He says quietly, he himself worried.

 

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"There was blood in that vomit." She says, "it's never a good sign." She wraps her arms around her waist as she walks, trying to comfort herself. She could tell this was bad.


Lee looks at Chloe and walks next to her, "I'll stop being creepy now. I'm not usually as... Yknow. Forward as that. I just... I don't know I was trying to impress you, or something, but that was stupid, and I'm sorry. I'll just be my normal self from now on."

 

[CrystalSmith]

Joshua smiles weakly, "I know," he murmurs rest a hand on the girls shoulder and looking at her. He wraps an arm round her shoulder, "It'll be okay." He comments, trying to comfort his friend.


Chloe smiles at Lee, "Normally impressing someone isn't done by creeping them out. Honestly though, it's fine, I'm just, well I've been though a lot." She murmurs almost silently.

 

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Lee smiles, "Don't worry, I won't make you talk about it, not unless you ever want to. I am always here." He turns away, walking silently out of the hospital.


Melanie wipes a tear away and fakes a smile. "I hope so." She didn't think that he'd be okay, buy she didn't want to say it out loud. Not yet.


(You want to time skip to Saturday so we can skip the boring school?)

 

[CrystalSmith]

Chloe smiles slightly and continues to walk. Joshua kept the arm around Melanie, he wasn't sure whether Robbie would be okay but he wanted to keep his hopes up too.

 

[CrystalSmith]

(Yeah, I'll say that Chloe got through the cheer tryouts and is now part of the cheer team if that's okay.)

 

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(Okay!)


Melanie knocked on Chloe's door, her hair pulled up into a messy ponytail. She was wearing a long black skirt, and a black long sleeved shirt which said 'Probably High' on it. She pulled her sleeves over her hands, her backpack almost weighing her down. She was only a tiny thing. She looked at the door, waiting. Today they were going to The Den. It was 6pm, and Lee was getting pizza to bring back to the den. Melanie had no idea where Josh was, and she was still waiting for Robbie to text her back.

 

[CrystalSmith]

Chloe answers her door, smiling at Melanie. Chloe has her hair down and curled. She has her usual look of eyeliner and her snakes bites too. She's wearing a blue skirt with a black top, with this outfit she's wearing black converse. She was holding a bag which was full of food too, "Hey, do you know if Robbie is coming yet?" She asks, stepping out and closing her door behind her.


Joshua looks at the time before staring in the mirror, he had a bruise below his eye that he knew he couldn't hide. He dad had got mad at him Friday night and though he knew he could fight back, he knew he didn't have the guts to hurt the man. He sighs before heading out towards the den, he decided to just head straight there and wait for the others.