To Write Love on Her Arms Page #2

and I wasn't sleeping obviously

and I'd run out, I couldn't get anymore.

So I was scrabbling around on the floor

looking for crumbs in the carpet.

And I drank a bottle of vodka

and my heart stopped and I flatlined.

I actually ended up withdrawing on my own

at my parents' house,

I was

lying on my... My parent's couch

and my father just sitting there

holding my hand and...

He had his other hand on my head

the way that...

I don't have any conclusions for you guys.

I'm very much a work in progress myself.

But if you take anything from today,

let it be that addiction is real.

It's bigger than you are.

Sh*t, sh*t!

I know a place.

- You want me to make a...

- Yes, yes.

You know, down there

there's a trampoline, somewhere.

Renee Yohe?

So I'll take it. When can I move in?

So do you have drugs in your system?

Yeah. Don't most people who come here?

So what drugs have you taken

in the last 72 hours?

Some uppers, mostly just coke.

That it?

Alcohol.

Ecstasy, but not that much.

What about legal drugs, prescriptions?

You know, for conditions.

I'm here because I have a drug problem.

Not prescription drug problem.

You ever been diagnosed

with any mood disorders?

Miss Yohe?

I don't see how that has

anything to do with anything. Sorry.

How long have you

been off your medication?

Are you gonna let me in or no?

Is my audition finished?

You need a dance

or a little song or something?

No, but I do need to see your arm.

Congratulations, guys.

You brought me to the only rehab

that doesn't take drug addicts.

I didn't make the cut, let's go.

- This isn't a detox center, you know that.

- Yeah, but...

You need to bring her

back when she's clean.

- Are you kidding me?

- Like... Is that a joke?

- Guys...

- Guys, just give me a second.

Conrad, let her detox here.

What's the problem?

We're not equipped, we're not insured

to deal with detoxing.

You can't take drug addicts?

Then who gets rehabbed here?

Bring her back in five days.

She can't sit in a room

without drugs for five days.

That's why we came here.

That's why she's here.

Okay, everybody just needs to calm down.

No, you don't understand how hard it was

to get her here.

Stop! Stop! This is why I can't.

Let's just go, please.

My God. Who does that?

So how do you know this girl?

We just met.

Come on, let her in.

Look, you saw her arm.

She could trigger the other girls. I can't...

I can't risk a fresh cut.

You know the deal, David.

Just bring her back.

Hey.

Where you been,

why haven't I seen you at meetings lately?

You know, business.

Yeah. I know bullshit.

This might be a very good thing

to happen for you, you know.

- Nothing is happening to me.

- Five days, no drugs, no new cuts.

I can't commit to that!

Well, I remember somebody

committing to that for you.

- You're an a**hole.

- Bring her back.

I can't do that.

Wow, I haven't seen your parents

in, like, forever.

Yeah, me neither.

- Renee!

- Hey, baby!

Oh, my God, I haven't seen you in forever.

Think you can stay?

April, honey, go inside, please.

Can Renee come in?

Honey, inside, please.

- Hey, Dad.

- Hello, Renee.

I...

I'm gonna go to rehab in a few days.

Good, good, that's really good.

And I just need to...

Actually, I was wondering if I could

stay here for, like, just until I go.

I'm sorry, I can't do that.

Crap.

He's not gonna let her stay.

Can she stay at your place?

No. My dad's not into sleepovers.

Not since my mom died.

She can stay with me.

Yeah, that's a great idea, Dylan.

What's wrong with his?

I don't know.

Just his mother being a raging alcoholic

might get in the way. No big deal.

Dad, I literally don't have anywhere else

I can go.

I'm sorry. I promised myself

it wasn't going to happen again, okay?

And the last time you stayed here,

- it was your... Please just listen to me.

- I know... No, don't...

It was your sister who found your blood.

Okay, I am aware of that.

It's not going to happen ever again.

You don't understand, Dad.

If you don't let me stay here...

- No, I do understand.

- ...I have nowhere else to go.

Five minutes.

Thank you, thank you very much.

- David?

- Yes?

- Can she stay with you?

- No, she can't.

I can't let it happen to your sister

and I can't...

Dad, you can't!

You have to let me stay here.

- Please.

- No. She's your friend, mate.

But you just stood up in church and said

how important it is for people

to have strong support.

I know what I just did and I am having

a tough time at the moment, Dylan.

- I've got a lot on my...

- Please. I know. So is she!

- You love me so much?

- I would do anything for you, but...

You don't want me to sleep in my room

so I can get better?

- Dylan, please.

- ...go home to something like this.

- Can I just have five seconds to try...

- She trusts you.

- And you have a huge house.

- You have a huge house?

- Well, it's big!

- Fine!

You shut up, and you stop sulking,

and you're all staying at my place.

...one of the things I can't do...

You would not do anything

because you're not letting me sleep

where I need to sleep!

Mr. Yohe, my name's David McKenna.

Do you mind if Renee stays with me

for a couple of days?

She's gonna need to get some things.

Lovely.

You moving out or you moving in?

Not sure yet.

This is fancy.

- Hey, Renee.

- Yep.

In this house

there's no booze and no drugs. Okay?

Just sleep, coffee and cigarettes.

My number one rule, we don't get tired

and we don't get hungry.

Okay.

- You in?

- I'm in.

Let's do it.

Okay, kitchen, my quarters, hot tub,

you lot can park it upstairs,

middle room's my office, no kids allowed.

We clear?

And you got first dibs. You two...

Addiction is a very

complicated relationship.

We've been friends with Renee

for, like, 12 years.

- Trust me, we know.

- Okay, all right.

This is not Renee.

You have to think invasion of

the Body Snatchersor something, okay?

Every single thing in her,

every fiber of her being

wants one thing,

is thinking about one thing,

cares about one thing and it's not you,

and it's not me.

It's drugs, okay?

So what do we do?

What we do is...

Okay, the game plan is distractions,

distractions, distractions. Okay?

Dylan, you're on snack duty, okay?

Take Renee, don't let her out of

your sight. Come straight back.

She'll ask you to go someplace else,

you don't go, you don't deviate,

you come back here.

Half an hour, 30 minutes. All right?

Or I'm coming after you. Jessie?

Jessie, take all the knives and anything

sharp in the house and hide them.

You want me to

hide all the knives in the house?

Did you see her arm?

Look, all the ways you want to punish Renee

for being a sh*t friend

will pale in comparison to the ways

Renee will punish herself.

Now get on with it.

All right, let's go.

Dylan? Don't forget my Lucky Charms.

Animal crackers! Oh, yes!

I missed you.

Yeah, I mean, why did we stop hanging out

in the first place?

What is this? What are we doing?

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