Alice's Story 5

Nervous she pulled up her arm in silence. His face showed acceptance. She finally got up the nerve and said. "It started when my parents died in a car crash. It left only me and my sister. Once she found out that I was cutting, we decided that it was best if I came here. So, here I am".
"Ah. I'm sorry for your loss," He said, "by the way, what's your name?"
"Alice," she replied, "And yours?"
"I'm Max. Nice to meet you," said Max with a smile on his face.
The door opened. A nurse walked in and said, "Hi Max. Oh!  You must be Alice. My name is Ms. Natalie. It's time for art. If you both would follow me I'll take you to the art room."
The teens followed Ms. Natalie to the art room. In the art room there were paintings all over the walls from past and present patients. Some were bright and happy, while others were darker. Each piece was full of emotion and told a story. Max walked over to a table where other four patients were drawing, painting, coloring, and making all kinds of art. He motioned for Alice to come over with him. When she got to the table, Max introduced her to each person at the table. The first girl's name was Dory. She had beautiful long blonde hair and blue eyes. Dory looked up from her drawing and nodded to Alice, saying hi. The next person's name was Brian. He had short dark brown hair and hazel eyes. Brian looked up from his painting and winked at her, making her blush a little. After him was another boy. His name was Kora. He continued coloring as he looked up and waved silently. Kora had shaggy blonde hair.  Jane was the last one at the table. She had short brown hair and green eyes. Looking up from her collage, she smiled and said hello. Max and Alice sat down at the table and started painting. Alice started with big long strokes, switching between colors every so often. She used greens, blues, purples, reds, yellows, and many other colors. When she was done she held it up to look at her work of art. It was a painting of her sister. The painting was defiantly amateur work but, she was proud of it. Max looked at it and gave her a thumbs up. Brian walked over to look at the painting. He smiled and said, "Nice job. I could show you some cool pointers sometime, that is, if you'd like."
"Knock it off Brian," said Max, "Stop trying to flirt. She just got here a little while ago."
"C'mon Max," replied Brian with a grin, "I was just joking around"
After the day was over and it had gotten late, the nurse came and led Max and Alice back to their room. As they got ready for bed, Alice got her teddy bear out from her bag and climbed into her cot. Max turned off the lamp and climbed into his cot.
"Goodnight," he said.
"Goodnight," Alice Replied.