Felix, instinctively, wrapped his arms around Alice in an attempt to help her feel better. He wasn't completely sure what to do since the medical nurse wouldn't really care, so there was no point going there.
She was surprised at first, but Alice slowly hugged him back. Her eyes stung from tears on the verge of being shed, and she tried not to cry in front of her friends. They already had enough problems; they didn’t need her adding to it.
Felix smiled, feeling Alice's arms wrap around him. "Do you need anything? We can't really go to the medical nurse, so I'm going to have to be the one to help you, okay?" He was so glad he started working here, who knows how far Jake would have gone without anyone noticing.
She looked up at Felix. “Um…I kind of just want to take a nap or something, honestly. I just need to be alone for a little while…” she admitted.
(bump)
Felix nodded. "Okay, you should go to your room then, I don't care that dinner time hasn't ended. You can go, if anyone asks then tell them I sent you." He smiled a little and let go of Alice.
She nodded, giving him a wobbly smile. “Thanks.” She headed off towards her room, honestly a bit uncertain about whether his word would be good enough for more mean staff members, but too worked up to care.
Felix nodded as he watched Alice walk off. "So, do you guys need anything?" He asked, turning to Alice's friends.
“Nah, I’m fine,” Charlie responded.
“Yeah, I just wanted to make sure that Alice is okay,” added Chessidy. “But Jake needs to be punished.”
"Yeah, I know. I'm going to talk to the boss later. Hopefully, he'll do something about it more than just the detention chamber… if not then I'll do something about it myself." Felix looked at his watch then back to Charlie, Chessidy, and Maddox.
“What time is it?” Maddox asked, a slightly mocking lilt to his voice. The others glanced at him with the smirks reserved for their friends when they know they’re being annoying.
"Er… 6:47, why?" Felix replied. He smiled at them then looked at the floor. He felt like he needed to do something, but he had finished everything for the day.
Charlie frowned. “Dinner’s officially over then,” he announced. “We should all head to our respective activities or whatever. So see you all later, I guess.”
"Um, okay. Goodbye everyone, and if you need anything, you can definitely ask me." Felix gave them one last smile leaving right after. He decided to go to his room since he knew there was nothing else to work on.
(time skip?)
(Sure!)
Later that night, everyone was supposed to be asleep. The staff could wander freely if they so chose, but the kids had a strict curfew. It wasn’t that Alice was trying to avoid it, but that’s hard when one has hallucinations in the middle of the night.
She glanced around as she walked down the hall, seeing it as a bright forest with unique creatures flying and crawling around. “Hello?” she called softly. “Is there anyone here?”
Felix had to get something that he had forgotten in the art therapy room so he was walking down the dimly lit halls, looking for the room. He crossed into a hall and saw the outline of a girl. He approached her and got in front of her. "…Alice? Are you okay?"
“The Queen of Hearts wants to behead me!” she cried. “The Knave of Hearts is out to get me too. I don’t know what to do!” She came towards him, her hair tumbling over her shoulders and her pale blue nightgown making her look almost like an apparition.
