Piper looked away. �I have nothing to say to you.� Piper felt a surge of anger run through her; squeezing the life out of her. She clasped her hands into fists.
The woman sighed, and undid Pipers hands. �Look Piper, I know this is hard for you. Let�s do this slowly.� There was no reply and Piper�s eyes remained glued to the floor. �Ok�I�ll take that as a yes. Ok, let�s start with the basics. Can you tell me your name, date of birth, and how many people in your family?�
Piper�s eyes remained glued to the floor as she answered the question. �Piper Madison Drakeford. I was born on the 27th March 1999. I live with my abusive alcoholic father.�
�Good Piper. What�s his name?�
Piper was so tired of this crap, but she didn�t argue. �Nathan.�
The woman in front of her breathed a sigh of relief. You�re doing good. �Ok Piper, well done. I�ll tell you a bit about myself now. My name is Dana Brewster, I�m 31 years old and I have a mother � Rose, a father � Christian, and a little brother � Zack. I�m also married to a lovely man � Chad.� Piper sighed, she was so tired. Piper moved her dark red hair out of her pale face and turned her attention back to Dana. �Piper, do you know why you�re here?� Dana asked optimistically.
�No.� Said Piper calmly; knowing full well why she was in the hellhole that surrounded her. Dana�s voice again interrupted her masquerade of thoughts.
�Paige is in a coma Piper. A coma. Did you mean to hurt her Piper? Did you?� Suddenly the memories all came back to Piper. School � she � Oh God � Paige.
�No.� Piper replied quietly. A tear flowing down her rosy cheek. �Will she recover? I mean � she not going to�� Piper�s words caught in her throat. Her best friend as in a coma because of her. Piper wasn�t really doing much better, she was awake, but not all there yet.
�Well,� said Dana softly, not wanting to be the one to break the news, �there was a lot of internal bleeding, but the doctors seem confident.�
Suddenly Piper jumped up out of her chair, grabbing the knife from Dana�s lunch. She began to scream. �CONFIDENT? SHE�S IN A COMA! SHE�S DYING! AND IT�S ALL MY FAULT!� Dana�s first instinct was to jump to her feet and grab the knife, but it was too late, Piper had already begun to rip her arm apart. Not caring what happened to her, Dana grabbed the knife, slicing her hand as she did. Dana threw the knife to the other side of the room and grabbed Piper.
Piper was screaming in pain and frustration. Dana got up and quickly ran into the hallway. �We need an ambulance, quickly.� She ran back into the room, where Piper was still screaming. She rapped her arms around Piper and held her close while the assistant attended to her wounds. �Shhh�It�s ok, your gonna be fine. Shhh��