One more night

Allure

Chapter 1

Allure

Looking at my watch, it read at 4:32 pm. Yes! it's time to wrap up my last session with my patient for the day, well in this case for the next month. I perked up listening to the end of mr.hanson sentence and wrote it down as fast as I could.

"Alright mr.hanson we will get more into this in our next session and maybe open up more about your childhood. how does that sound?" I said flashing him a gentle smile.

"yeah that sounds good ms.rivet." he replied and got up gathering his keys, phone and his water bottle.

I sat my things on my desk and followed him to the door that leads out of my office. before opening the door I turned to him to ask about the new sleeping medication I prescribed almost 4 weeks ago.

" also no mishaps with this new medicine right? it's been about a month now and you haven't once said anything about not sleeping and I haven't heard anything about the nightmares. I assume you're getting a good night's rest?" I asked looking at mr.hansons face to see if I could find anything to tell me otherwise and studying his body in my peripheral view. I didn't see any bags under his eyes that used to be there and his eyes are not red anymore and he looks more relaxed and almost happy peaceful like. his face lit up a bit with the question I asked and he smiled as he responded.

" yes.yes. it's working great thank you! gosh I totally forgot to mention it. I have been sleeping wonderfully and waking up has been a lot easier for me now so much so I have been getting out a little more just for a short walk around my block though." I seen his shoulders slump a little with his last statement.

"hey now mr.hanson, any progress no matter how big or how small, all adds up in my book" I said giving him an award winning smile and a celebratory clap for his accomplishments. I meant what I had told mr.hanson and I was truly proud of him, he has most definitely been a work in progress but in the course of 6 months, mr.hanson has come quite a ways from our first appointment. he was very fidgety and skittish with deep dark circle bags underneath his eyes. even the white part in his eyes was a constant blood shot red. he always looked like he just literally rolled out of bed and rolled all the way to my office. I hate to say that but with his rumpled clothes and messy bed hair that is exactly what it looked like and now over the course of the last 3 months I have seen him slowly evolving and I could not be more happy. I really love my job and I love to see my patients progress because that means I am doing my job right and the fact that I really have been making a lot of progress myself with all of my patients well that deserves a celebratory clap for myself as well but I will get to that later. I could not help but smile inwardly at myself.

" sheesh , thank you Ms. rivet . . . so much for everything . you truly are amazing " Mr . Hanson spoke with a tinge of blush coming to his cheeks .

" No , thank you for allowing me to help you truly . . . and remember I will be gone for a month. if you need anything please do not hesitate to call me, if your medicine is not working and /or the side effects are too much to bare please call me, if you need to talk and feel it is super important it can not wait for our next session or you are having a full break down episode please please do not hesitate to call me and if you feel you need a session before I am back in the office please call me and we can set something up for a video conference or if you prefer in office I have 2 of my best doctors on standby and can do a session with either of them while I am out, okay? .. do you have any questions for me?" I rattle off

" No , you pretty much covered everything . enjoy your time away , hopefully it is for pleasure and not some sad reason your going to be away for such time " he said and I seen the tinge of blush coming back to his cheeks .

I felt the tension in the room shift a bit , oh boy ! I hope he did not mean what I think he meant . I will brush it off as nothing because I do not like jumping to conclusions but I was usually right no matter how wrong I wanted to be and it just makes for an awkward situation , I do not like to be in .

" thank you ! thankfully not a sad reason . and remember . . . " Mr . Hanson cut me off .

" yes , to call you if any mishap happens " he replied with a big smile on his face .

" correct , alright Mr . Hanson see you in a month . bye bye now " I let mr . Hanson walk out and I shut and locked my office door . I let out a deep sigh and walked back to my desk . I unlocked my computer and put in today's notes and logged my completed sessions . all of my patients showed up today as they do majority of the time . I hardly ever have any no calls no shows and cancellations so I did not have to log those in .

I completed a few more things on my computer before getting up to clean and disinfectant my office . all in all it was a good day and I am finally done with everything . making it out of the office by 5:30pm after saying my goodbyes to the reminding staff in the office still , I was nearly running to my car . I connected my phone to my car and played some music while I high tailed it out of the parking lot . I had a couple things I needed from the store still and I wanted Chipotle for dinner tonight so I had to make quick with the stores .

I was done shopping and in Chipotle by 8 : 15 pm ordering my burrito bowl that I have been craving . on my way home blasting my music , I started to get excited . I was singing along with the music and dancing while I drove to my house , I was officially pumped for my birthday trip now . my girls and I are leaving tomorrow . we planned this trip for my birthday about a month ago and during a drunken night out at a bar , we came up with this plan to show up to the airport and I will randomly pick a destination out of the cup , we all secretly wrote a destination down on a folded piece of paper and put it in the cup and Kiara my bestest bestest friend is holding on to the cup until tomorrow when we all get to the airport .