Chapter Text
I stare at the tv watching as it played Phineas and Ferb for some reason.
They made me eat breakfast today, there was no food fight or anything a nurse sat across from me and watch as I ate a tiny bowl of cereal, feeling it sink into my stomach. Lucky the bathroom in the ‘relax room’ or the ‘play room’ or whatever had a door so I was able to empty the contents of my stomach into it without being caught.
I glance at the clock, 11:47. Almost lunch time. Damn it.
“Thomas Jefferson?”
Whatthehelldidido?
“..yea?”
“You have visitors.”
I look up at him confused and followed her.
We walk down a long hallway and now I understand what Hamilton was talking about, the sounds of this place.
Suddenly we stop and we’re in front of and elevator, he swiped his keycard and it opens, we go into it and he hits a ‘2’ button.
The elevator goes down and now I think I hate elevators because of that fucking nurse. Or whatever his job was.
The elevator stops and we walk off and I’m instantly overwhelmed by my whole family being there, I here the nurse mutter a swear under his breath but I can’t make it out by the sound of three adult women, one teenager trying to control an 7 year old, 2 toddlers, one baby, and a partridge in a fucking pear tree. Oh and a very pissed of mother. God how did she even manage to get them all here
“Can’t I leave, and like. Not talk to my family?” I ask the nurse. “Oh my god that’s- just try to talk to them.”
I take a giant breath and walk over to them all. “Hello moth-“ and I’m immediately interrupted by my mom yelling at me calling me stupid and saying how much this is gonna cost. Even thought we’re rich and she put me here.
Mary take Randolph from her and suddenly she’s talking to me in the calm tone she always talked in.
“Tom, how are you? How is it here?”
“Well honest answer mary, it’s hell.”
My mom gasp like I just called her purse outdated, And starts praying for my soul.
Elizabeth looks at me, clearly stoned, god who in their right minds would come to a mental hospital stoned?
“Hello zaza, smoked any thing good recently?”
Mary immediately Springs into action taking Elizabeth over to a nearby bench and going over to a vending machine to get her some water.
Jane looks at me sadly. “Thomas you little crap why didn’t you tell us you were.” She stops and leans in closed to my ear. “Suicidal?”
“That’s because im not jj. I’m just..” I start fiddling with my hands not knowing what to do.
“Your hair look like shit.” marris saids picking up Peter.
“MARTHA ABIGAIL!” My mom screams at her.
“Marris..” they say under their breath.
“huh?! Speak up! You know nobody can hear you when you mumble.”
“…marris..my name is marris mom.” They say tugging at their shirt
“NO ITS NOT YOUR JUST CONFUSED!” She screamed a at them
“Ma’am if you don’t calm down we’re gonna have to ask you to leave.” A guard asks her
“Fine! Your going to be here a week Thomas, if you act up or do anything out of line they will extend your stay. You’re lucky I’m not admitting you to be here until you are a legal adult. Come along children.”
“Mom I’m 25-“
She stares at Jane and she immediately shuts up.
They all follow behind her Elizabeth wobbling slightly. Suddenly Anna turns around, runs towards me and grab my knee.
“Don’t leave us Tommy..”
“Anna..”
“Please..come home, everyone homes now if you come home will be a family again.” She says having a death grip on my leg.
I put my hand on her head, “Anna I’ll be home soon. I promise.”
“And you won’t leave like daddy did?”
My heartbreaks and I feel everything crumbling down around me but I crouch down and pick her up, kissing her forehead. “Promise.”
I hand Anna over to Jane, and get one last look at my family, we’ve only been all together twice in this past year,
Randolph birth.
And dads..
“Time..time to go back upstairs.”