“She’s doing a bit better,” Doctor Hoffman replied. “She’s taking her drugs, but not willingly, if that makes sense.”“In other words, yo... don’t trust her to take them if you send her home,” I replied.“Correct. We did back off a bit on the dosage of her antipsychotics, and that’s helped her lucidity a bit. We’re hoping to get her to a point where we can begin proper counseling again, and see if we can get her into a frame of mind where she’ll take her medication willingly and in the prescribed. Her Gothic appearance with thick mascara, dark purplelipsticks and pale complexion was shouting for attention anyway. Elliehad piercings on her nose, ears where the left side had 5 earrings whilethe right had only one which was a shape of a skull while her ravenblack hair was done in pigtails and was dyed partially in red. Sheappeared to have tattoos on her neck, arms and most probably on otherplaces as well. Her code of attire was usually the black T-shirt withmini skirt and goth jewellery. . except forPatricia, who smiles and winks at me, lightly slapping my half-raisedhand as she runs by, quickly followed by Sister Rita."Good half, Sister!" I shout.She waves her hand as she pushes the locker room door open. "Thank you,Ms. Conner" she shouts back, her closed fist with an upright extendedthumb being the last thing I see before the door slams shut behind her.Looking around, I'm filled with a wave of nostalgia, memories of my daysas a player flooding back. Some of the best years of. He warned me that I might feel a little dizzy and/or sleepy and that he would always take them when he knew he didn’t have to travel anywhere. He said, “At least you aren’t going to be driving anywhere” and laughed at his joke.I hesitated to take the pill, not knowing if I could trust the guy but consumed it anyways when I felt my head throbbing as the plane went through a particularly violent patch of turbulence. I then put on my headphones to listen to some music and read a book that I had.