THE HELPLESS

By: Zaria Lucas

Rodshaun gazed with the affection of 1435 cute misty puppies. He said, in
hushed tones, "I love you and everything that you have done for me. Dr. Kensas
looked back, even happier and still fingering the solid record. "Rodshaun, I am your
counselor, and I love you as a client also" she replied. He was in love with Dr.
Kensas, but just before that he was her new client.
Dr. Kensas looked at her new case and was excited to help this child in need.
She walked over to the window and reflected on her beautiful surroundings. She had
always loved her office with its deafening, damp desk. It was a place that
encouraged her tendency to feel good about herself. She was very scared to get out
and just do things. All that she did was take her clients and then went home, ate
than slept. Then she saw something in the distance, or rather someone. It was the
figure of Rodshaun . Rodshaun was a peculiar demon with pointy toes and brown
eyes. Well, at least that is what she thought of him. He was a new client of hers and
he was so terrible with his words. So, he came to her office and she could just tell
that he didnt want to be there. Rodshuan was a 10 th grader at a local middle school
and he came to her office because CPS came to his home because of current claims
made by his family. After that first meeting she had learned a little more about him.
He was that type of kid that hated being at home but at the same time didnt
want to leave his mother. But as he was telling her he was having this nasty
attitude. I dont need to be here, this is a waste of my time and yours are you
even getting paid? says, Rodshaun. He would say small remarks to her to make her
feel uncomfortable. Dr. Kensas gulped. She glanced at her own reflection. She was a
hilarious, mean, tea drinker with blonde toes and wide elbows. Her friends saw her
as a lively and lovely.
This continued for a few more weeks then he came in one day very beat up
and almost crying. She of course, asked what was wrong. He replied with, Dont
worry about it old cunt. She didnt want to look discouraged by what he said so she
continued with the conversation. Out of the blue there is knocking on the door. It is
the police, she is very confused. They ask, Is Rodshaun Meador here? So finally,
he tells her what really happens. Very quickly, he says Ms. Kensas I got beat up
today because I called this dude sister a hoe. They said they gonna catch me
slippin, so I defended myself. Why the looking for me they need to be looking for
dem lil guys! Right then and there she could tell that she was scared, from that
point she told them that it was a huge misunderstanding.
That next session, after about 7 sessions which there are one a week, he
didnt show. So she took a trip to his home. Everyone was there but him, she then
begins to wonder what is really going on with him. His family, still in unbelievable
funk. Their home had mold and not to mind you 7 children. Including Rodshuan, of
course it is 8. But the home, it had a lot of clothes everywhere and it smelled like

cat pee. She then realized why Rodshaun acted as he did, you can act very different
from the home/background you come from. She went looking for him and he lives in
the raggedy part of New Orleans. Nothing for 3 hours, she starts to go toward the
school that he attends. Smoke started to rise from the building. She first calls the
police, and doesnt say anything her pone just sat there as she started to hear
screaming. Once she gets closer the fire gets bigger. She sees 4 children, around
the age of 15-16, run. She still hears the screaming from the building. She is very
familiar with the voice, she then knows its Rodshaun. In her mind she is thinking, is
it worth risking her life to save this kid that was so mean and disrespectful to her?
She doesnt hear the police or see any lights, so she took charge. She starts to get
into the smoke and the sound of yelling begins to die. She starts to hurry then. She
can see his legs, just not 2 but 4. She begins to panic then. She then drags then as
close to the air as she can. Mind you, she is only 51 and 125 pounds. These guys,
are 510 and 210 pounds. She drags them to the air and she then falls out, blacks
out at that. She wakes up in the hospital, next to her bed she sees Rodshaun right
there asleep. She was very confused on what had happened and she was wondering
what he was doing there. He told her what happened and that he appreciated her so
much for what she did.
She had left the hospital and went home 2 weeks later, she then starts to
think not even a hilarious person who had once rescued a nasty Rodshaun from a
burning building, was prepared for what Rodshaun had in store today. The clouds
danced like bouncing dogs, making Dr. Kensas grumpy. The medicine, made her feel
that way. As Dr. Kensas stepped outside and Rodshaun came closer, she could see
the entropic smile on his face.
He took that love as real love and she could see a huge difference in his
actions, so Dr. Kensas studied Rodshaun's pointy toes and brown eyes. Eventually,
she took a deep breath. "I'm sorry," began Dr. Kensas in apologetic tones, "but I
don't feel the same way, and I never will. I just don't love you Rodshaun." Rodshaun
looked disappointed, his emotions raw like a melted, melodic map. . She tried to let
him down gently, and not too mean. She loved him as a client but not as a partner.
Dr. Kensas could actually hear Rodshaun's emotions shatter into 3097 pieces. Then
the peculiar demon hurried away into the distance. Not even a cup of tea would
calm Dr. Kensas's nerves tonight.