Someone was knocking at my door, I was hoping it was Holden but it wasn’t. The lady that told Holden to fit in walked in. She introduced herself as Samantha. She said she was a highly qualified therapist and she had my best interests at heart. I didn't believe a single word she said. She asked me to tell her my story. I lied the entire way. I told her I was swimming and then hit my head, got a concussion and ended up here. She didn't believe me, but it's not like I'm going to tell her my story, not after she told Holden to stay away from me. She told me all the benefits of fitting in. She used the word, “conformity”. It's like telling me to be someone I am not. To be what other people expect of me. I pretended to listen but as soon as I looked outside my window I saw Holden, he was walking towards the lake. Samantha could see him very easily so I started to cry. She was confused to why I was crying but she just gave me a very pathetic hug. I told her to leave me so I could be alone, and so she did. I was glad no one saw Holden. I jumped outside of my window and met him by the lake. …show more content…
Sometimes I consider running away from here” I don’t know if it was the adrenaline I was feeling but I said, “Let's do it, let's get out of here. They only want us to be people we are not, they want us to pretend we are happy and willing to change our identity”. Holden smiled at me and told me to be realistic, I liked it when people didn't sugar coat anything for me. We laughed, and then were created this insane plan to leave this physiological facility. Our plan had loop holes everywhere but we were willing to try it